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Media and Communication (23)

Radio Communications and Equipment (5)

  • Bandwidth
    Bandwidth
    René Jodoin 1960 11 min
    This film combines colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio wave transmission. It illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves and how they may be adapted to increase the bandwidth of transmissions. (The film was released for general use as a public service by the Royal Canadian Air Force.)
  • Directivity
    Directivity
    René Jodoin 1960 12 min
    Combining colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio-wave transmission, this film illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves and how they may be adapted to increase the directivity of transmissions. The theoretical concepts are emphasized.
  • Fred’s Lounge (English Version)
    Fred’s Lounge (English Version)
    Michel Brault  &  André Gladu 1976 26 min
    Every Saturday morning on the KEUN radio station set up at Fred’s Lounge in Mamou, Revon Reed hosts local musicians. He talks about the lives of Cajuns and introduces the Deshôtels brothers, Madam Landreneau, CD Courville, and Nathan Abshire, who perform ballads, waltzes, two-steps, and blues numbers to laisser le Bon Temps rouler…
  • Propagation
    Propagation
    René Jodoin 1960 13 min
    Combining colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio-wave transmission, this film illustrate how antennas propagate radio waves.
  • Trafficopter
    Trafficopter
    Barrie Howells 1972 10 min
    This short film is a portrait of Montreal as seen from a local radio station's traffic helicopter. Freeways, interchanges, bridges and downtown arteries are laid out in miniature. A seething, teeming spectacle, this film presents a unique view of the city with comments by the traffic guide, Len Rowcliffe.

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