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   BK>> TW> Producer Steven Spielberg has used Amateur Radio or Morse   
   BK>> TW> code in three of his last four movies: Super 8 (2011), The   
   BK>> TW> Adventures of Tin Tin (2011) and Lincoln (2012). Members of   
   BK>> TW> the Morse Telegraph Club (MTC) -- an association of retired   
   BK>> TW> railroad and commercial telegraphers, historians, radio   
   BK>> TW> amateurs and others with an interest in the history and   
   BK>> TW> traditions of telegraphy and the telegraph industry --   
   BK>> TW> played an integral part in the production of Lincoln.   
      
   BK>> And Lucas used Ham RTTY in Star Wars. Only it was so chopped up   
   BK>> it was unrecognizable. Some hams got access to a computer fast   
   BK>> enough to actually figure out what it was.   
      
    TW> Most Movies and TV shows don't do it right. I was just   
    TW> impressed that Spielberg wanted to do it right. But that is   
    TW> the way he typically does movies.   
      
    I do get upset at movie producers who can't be bothered to check   
    out even simple things. TV also.   
      
    With those MTC people willing and eager to be involved, there is   
    no excuse not to take advantage of that help.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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