CB RADIO 1977

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00:54:55 CB RADIO: UNITED VAN LINES TRAILER TRUCK SPEEDING ON
HIGHWAY. CU DRIVER SPEAKS OVER HAND-HELD CB RADIO AS HE DRIVES. CITIZEN BAND RADIO HAS BECOME SOCIAL PHENOMENA IN THE U.S. 1970s FAD
00:55:16 SALESMAN TAKES CITIZEN BAND RADIO OFF SHELF, SHOWS
IT TO WOMAN CUSTOMER AS COMMUNICATIONS LAWS MAKE IT EASY FOR A CITIZEN TO HAVE HIS OWN RADIO. TWENTY MILLION ARE NOW (1977) IN OPERATION.
00:55:49 CU WOMAN'S HAND FILLS OUT APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT LICENSE, SIGNS IT, ON ROOF OF CAR AS ANTENNA IS INSTALLED NEAR BACK WINDOW. ZOOM IN ON RADIO ON DASHBOARD OF CAR.
00:56:08 WOMAN AT WHEEL OF CAR, PICKS UP HAND-HELD TRANSMITTER, SPEAKS OVER IT WHILE DRIVING. CU QUARTZ CRYSTAL BEING POLISHED ON WATER FED GRINDER. IT IS THE HEART OF CB RADIO.
00:56:41 CU WOMAN SITS AT TABLE PICKS UP TINY QUARTZ CRYSTALS WITH TWEEZERS, CHECKS IT ON ELECTRONIC TESTER. PROCEEDS IN ASSEMBLING TRANSISTORS, CRYSTAL IN CB RADIO,
00:57:13 ELDERLY WOMAN IN WHEEL CHAIR COMMUNICATES OVER CB IN HER LIVING ROOM. MAN USES CB TO GET HELP AS BOY LIES ON GROUND NEXT TO CAR, AFTER ACCIDENT. HE IS COMMUNICATING WITH REACT, RADIO EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED CITIZENS TEAM. THE ONLY CHANNEL OF FORTY, WHICH IS MONITORED TWENTY-FOUR HOURS EVERY DAY. MAN AT REACT AT HIS RADIO, RESPONDING.
00:57:44 FIRE RESCUE TRUCK, SIRENS BLASTING, RACES TOWARDS CAMERA ON WAY TO ACCIDENT SCENE. YOUNG BOY LIES UNCONSCIOUS ON GROUND IN FRONT OF CAR THAT HIT. FIRE RESCUE WORKERS STOOP DOWN TO HELP BOY.
00:58:12 CU WOMAN BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR SPEAKING ON CB WHILE DRIVING. SIDE VIEW. WOMAN AT REACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE OVER RADIO. WOMAN BEHIND WHEEL LOOKS AROUND, OBVIOUSLY LOST, CALLS REACT OVER CB
00:58:31 FIRE TRUCKS SPEEDING TO FIRE TOWARDS CAMERA, SIRENS BLASTING. FIREMEN PULL HOSE FROM TRUCK, FIREMAN ENTERS BUILDING WITH IT. ANOTHER CARRIES LADDER INTO BUILDING.
00:58:50 MAN ON SIDE OF ROAD WITH HOOD UP WAVES DOWN APPROACHING CAR, WHOSE DRIVER GETS OUT TO HELP. HELPFUL MAN GETS ON CB, CALLS HELP FOR THE STRANDED MAN.
00:59:12 MONTAGE LARGE TRAILER TRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS. SOUNDS OF VOICES COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH OVER CB'S.