High Flight

Posted by Miss Cellania in Video Clips on February 21, 2008 at 8:56 am



(YouTube link)

Those of us of a certain age will remember seeing this late at night when some TV stations used it as their sign off. It’s from J. Alan Wall’s TV Sign-Offs, a collection of achived footage from the days when stations went off the air at night. Afterwards, you would get either static or a test pattern (two terms that you don’t hear much anymore). Link -via Fark


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6 comments to "High Flight"

  1. shecky
    February 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am

    Now that really brings back memories!

  2. Ash
    February 21st, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    I'm quite young, but I still remember the static and the test patterns... of course, it wasn't here in the US (in Philippines).

    I never saw any sign offs like this... this is pretty neat.

  3. emptyminded
    February 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    For those who are too young to remember this type of thing: Watch the movie "Poltergiest". There is a scene when the TV rolls the end of broadcast tape and static is left on the screen.

  4. kyboiz
    February 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 am

    "and touched...the face...of, GOD." Wow! I feel like I'm nine years old and it's past my bedtime!

  5. Miss Cellania
    February 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am

    kyboiz, exactly. This poem means "childhood insomnia" to me.

  6. gwdMaine
    February 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Nice find. It was always past my bedtime, but I remember the disappointment that there was nothing else on. Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click BEEEEEEEEE. . . Click CRRRSSSSSS. . . That's it - out of options, might as well go to bed. . .


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