Make and Model of Radio on teachers desk?
The scene where the Sputnik radio signal was being played to the class. The aluminum or stainless steel cased radio. Anyone know the make and model? Thanks.
shareI am not sure but I know my grandmother used to have one just like it.
shareI like how the volume and frequency adjusters were cylinders that you rolled with your fingers instead of the traditional dials or knobs, and that they were flush with the frequency display (which was also cylindrically shaped). There's not many electronics manufacturers who put that kind of aesthetic styling into their products these days like they did back then.
shareI just saw my umpteenth viewing of "Back To The Future", and I swear the same make and model of that radio makes a brief appearance.
It appears when we first see downtown Hill Valley as it was in 1955 ("Mr. Sandman" is playing on the soundtrack). Marty is looking around and they have a brief close-up of the record store window display. I noticed it when I paused to examine the album covers on display, and the radio is sitting below them at the bottom.
Perhaps it's even the very same radio, since it's possible that both movies could have used the same prop company...
By the way these are the three album covers on display, from left to right: Eydie Gormé's "Eydie in Dixie-Land", Patti Page's "In the Land of Hi-Fi", and Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" (The LP, which is named for the title of the first song on it). Except for his album, which was released in 1954, the other two couldn't have existed in 1955. Gormé's album was released in 1959, and Page's album was released in 1956. I wonder if that's listed as an anachronism on the "Back To The Future" goof section.