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U571 | several morse scenes of good morse - one scene has the German Captain, chained to a pipe, tapping morse out "MY NAME IS U571 KILL ME" | Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi | Jonathan Mostow | 2000 | NY Ryan B, RCI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U-Boats | History Television Canada Series - Part 1 & 3 - Morse radio communication with excellent & readable Morse scenes & sound dubbing . "Strange Intelligence" by HC Bywater discussed & how German U-boats able to fix British ships with own book & code . signals from subs sent only while on surface . excellent discussion on 'Enigma' decoder several brief/fast scenes with Morse signal lamps | - | Nigel Turner | 1997 | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Union Pacific | - | Barbara Stanwyck | Cecil B DeMille | 1939 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Union Pacific | TV Series - set along the right-of-way of the UP | Jeff Morrow, Judd Pratt | various | 1958 | ? (Morse use likely but not confirmed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up Periscope | . radioman copies message announcing promotion of all Ensigns 25000-30000 - actual code: WSC VX2IEO 2J000AE . Garner is secretly photographing a codebook message while message comes in and op acks with MSG | James Garner | Gordon Douglas | 1959 | Y update Donald C AA3EK, & John Y WD0FPY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vertical Limits | the main character is able to communicate with his sister who was trapped under snow because of an avalanche using Morse | Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Annie Garrett | Martin Campbell, Roger Vernon | 1968 | N N Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victory At Sea | Various segments of TV documentary Morse code is mimicked inaccurately by various musical instruments | - | various | 1980s | Y Mick S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villa Rides | two scenes with Morse and telegrams (some good train scenes) | Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchem, Charles Bronson | Buzz Kulik | 1968 | Y Joe B. N3TTE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vimy: Birth of a Nation | excellent mini-series of Canadian troops and capture of Vimy Ridge during WWI - in Part 2-'Gas' close up of badly 'tuned' key & message sent: GERMANS USE GAS TO AFFIXIATE . Canadian officer seen in 2 segments sending S M L (actor sends each letter with arm at least a foot off knob) | vintage WWI film clips - HistoryTV (Canada) | Peter Hollingsworth Johnson | 1996 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision TV | Vision TV ad for their TV programming - towards end of ad Morse dits out V I S I O N | Vision TV | Vision TV | 2017 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volcano | Slow paced drama involved with a diver | Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi | William Dieterle | 1953 | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Von Ryan's Express | when the train passes Milano Station without stopping, the station master signals to the command center with a straight key and uses Morse code | Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard | Mark Robson | 1965 | Y Dan S, AA70A |
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Voyage of the Damned | wireless Morse used to relay message to Captain of the St. Louis about troubles in Havana | Oskar Werner, Faye Dunaway, Orsen Wells | Stuart Rosenberg | 1976 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Movie) | in order to launch a special atomic missile into a ring of fire on the earth's surface, Sparks, the radioman, must contact the President to get authority to launch - while calling on voice radio a lot of Morse is heard in the background | Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden | Irwin Allen | 1961 | Y Dwight, W6AR |
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | TV Series - Morse used in a few episodes - *update episode* one of the crew on the sub was inhabited by an imposter & somebody's hand started beating out Morse Code revealing the presence of an imposter | Richard Basehart | various | 1964-68 | N Dan S, AA70A update Kathryn M |
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(Recording) Voyager Spacecraft Mission | the phonograph record placed aboard the Voyager Spacecraft, which has left our solar system, contains Morse Code! For further details: Scroll down/click on 'Sounds' | - | - | - | N Dan S, AA70A |
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Wackiest Ship In The Army?, The | . blinker: shore to sailboat & boat to shore . CW: at old coast watcher location . CW: sailboat radios enemy convoy position | Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund | Richard Murphy | 1960 | Y John Y, WD0FPY |
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Wagon Train | TV Series, odd episode | Ward Bond | Herschel Daugherty | 1957-58 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Island | telegrapher sending message (SOS started) during Japanese invasion but is killed .(updates) brief Morse sound by 'Sparks' about Japanese bombing Pearl Harbour . two brief Japanese Morse signal lamp scenes . Morse: 6TH ENEMY ATTACK 27 JAP BOMBERS IN DIVISION OF US OVERHEAD AT 1030 | Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix | John Farrow | 1948 | Y Les B updates RGB |
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Walter Winchell | - | Walter Winchell (A&E Biography) | Alison Guss | 1996 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wag The Dog | In one scene, William Schumann plays a fabricated "military operative" left behind in the Albanian theater of conflict, & White House staffers try to drum up public support while the diplomats & military try to bring him home / In a public PR photo, Schumann is wearing a sweater with Morse Code torn into it supposedly saying "Courage Mom" | Dustin Hoffman, Robert deNiro | Barry Levinson | 1997 | N/A Ron H, AH6RH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waltons, The | TV Series - one epsiode has John-Boy moving past news tickers clicking towards a politicians backroom | Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Ellen Colby, Will Geer | Philip Leacock . Various | 1971-81 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War Lover, The | two short scenes where navigator using Morse wireless during US bomber raid over Germany | Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner | Philip Leacock | 1962 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War Stories - Spies | Simply "the best" documentary with Morse on HistoryTelevison (Canada) - contains accurate Morse sound, scenes of many women operators receiving coded messages, Radio Detection vans, wireless - incredibly EXCELLENT | the real operator people who were spies & agents that lived & also a list of many others killed by the Gestapo | Jonathan Lewis (producer) | 1997 | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War Wagon, The | Douglas breaks the telegraph wire/using his gun barrel he taps out a message /ISEMGP/ (jibberish-message received says wire down in El Paso) | John Wayne, Kirk Douglas | Burt Kennedy | 1967 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We Dive At Dawn | John Mills | Anthony Asquith | 1943 | Y |
Weapons At War - Special Forces | . soldier seen with straight key strapped to his leg sending Morse - told that US Army Special Forces are cross trained in different things, one being Morse Code at 12 wpm | . another scene where show portable suitcase radio used during WWII in southern France & being used to send code to agent in Algiers History Channel Documentary | ? | 1995? | ? |
Dwight "Dewey," W6AR Wells Fargo | aka: Tales of Wells Fargo TV Series | Dale Robertson | various | 1957-1962 | ? | Wells Fargo | good several visual scenes of morse and story - story includes passenger, mail & express transportation | Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan | Paramount Pictures | 1940 | N | Western Union | story about the laying of Western Union telegraph lines from Nebraska to Utah in the 1860s | Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger | Fritz Lang | 1941 | Y |
Roger B Western Union (Song from 1967) | Chorus uses Dit, da dit, da dit (8x) twice [ E, N ] | Mike Rabon, John Durrill, Jim Grant, Norman Ezell, Jimmy Wright | - | March 1967 | Y | Where Are All The UFOs? | A&E Special - Morse V used as a break & lead-in into an actual radio news clip on the Air Force press release announcing they found a crashed space craft at Roswell | various | - | 1997 | Y | Ron H, AH6RH Whiskey Galore | (aka: Tight Little Island) - | Basil Radford | Alexander MacKendrik | 1949 | N | Whispering Smith | A railroad station agent is involved in shady dealings - several station scenes with equipment and pounding sounder | Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall | Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein | 1948 | Y | Wild Bill Hickok | TV Series - some town episodes | Guy Madison, Andy Devine | various | 1951-1958 | ? | Wild Wild West (Movie) | movie take-off of Wild Wild West TV Series - only one short scene with morse signal lamp with two poor flashes | Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh | Barry Sonnenfeld | 1999 | Y | Wild Wild West Revisited | Loveless Jr. exchanges signals via heliograph with his agents who set off an atomic bomb - code wasn't clear | Robert Conrad, Ross Martin | Burt Kennedy | 1979 | N | Richard W, KW0U Wild West | some morse, weak | Eddie Dean | Robert Emmett Tansey | 1946 | Y | Wild, Wild West, The | TV Series, (update) in episode 'The Night of the Janus' (airdate 02/14/69), Jeremy Pike discovers a wax-roll phonograph with a 'catchy tune' - when he winds the unit up the 'tune' is actually a Morse code message (note: multi-tone tune turns into a mono-tone Morse code message!) | Robert Conrad | Various | Production run #96 1965-70 | Y | update from Ron H, AH6RH via Jim-n-Artie (More Wild West Info) Winchell | several scenes with Winchell using bug but all gibberish - no style! | Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headley, Christopher Plummer | Paul Mazursky | 1996 | N | Wind At My Back | TV Series on CBC TV, odd episode | Shirley Douglas, Tyrone Savage | Various | 1996-7 | N |
Wish Me Luck | Dramatic British TV Series about WWII British spies based on real-life stories of women civilian spies in British SOE - various episodes have Morse sending & receiving (some quite accurate, others gibberish) | Kate Buffery, Suzanna Hamilton, Julian Glover | Bill Hays | 1989 | ? |
World At War: Wolf Pack | Allies use shortwave direction finding on U-boat CW transmissions to counter the wolf packs - a bit of code is heard | - | various | 1974 | Y (many episodes) | George B, WA5HRC World On Fire | TV Series Episode 6 - Harry is learning Morse to become a spy for the final season episode - good accurate sound | Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jonah Hauer-King | Rebecca Eaton | 2020 | Y (DVD) | Wyoming Mail | an imprisoned telegrapher keeps busy by teaching American Morse - several railroad telegraph system scenes | Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith | Reginald Le Borg | 1950 | N |
Richard W, KW0U X Company | TV Series based on Camp X in Bowmanville Ontario and spy operation in Nazi Germany, Dieppe, France etc - several scenes of wireless Morse equipment - Opening title has 'X Company' and underneath in D&Ds ' -.-. .- -- .--. -..-' (Camp X) - Morse music played whenever a Camp X scene is coming on | Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jack Laskey | Various | 2015 | DVD |
Young Man With A Horn | While waiting in the train station in the background is soft clean Morse but hard to read as actors are talking | Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day | Michael Curtiz | 1950 | Y | Young Sheldon (TV Series) | Episode: An Entrepreneuralist and a swat on the bottom - Sheldon leaves his family a note with Morse Code in Dots and Dashes - just a quick glance at the d&d and looked accurate - d&d message reads: I am taking a bus funfact about buses ... | Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber | Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro | Aired Oct 2019 | Not Yet | Young Tom Edison | Continental Morse used in two scenes - code unknown | Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Chris Bevan | Norman Taurog | 1940 | Y | Stan W5JYK YYZ (Audio CD) | YYZ is an instrumental rock music piece by RUSH - opening part of song has Morse letters YYZ as its rhythmical beat pattern (also for Pearson International Airport, Toronto) | Polygram Records, track 3, "Moving Pictures", BarCode 0422-800048-28 | RUSH | 1981 | Y (audio CD) | Chad, K06TT Zeppelin | the hero spy (York) breaks into the Zeppelin's shack to send an SK message. When the opr returns & hears a CW confirmation, York beats him to death, then throws him overboard | Michael York, Elke Sommer, Peter | Etienne Perier | 1971 | Y | Richard W, KW0U Zeppelin Terror Attack | A few short scenes with good Morse | NOVA Series | Jay O Saunders | 2014 | Y | |