Group: sliderule Message: 31617 From: Mike Bauer Date: 17/11/2006
Subject: Sighting (movies): "Codebreakers" and "Kronos"
1. CODEBREAKERS. Recent film on 1950 West Point honor scandal that
decimated the football team. Slide rules make a number of
appearances, esp. in the earlier part of the film. Some appear to be
K&E (as typified by orange leather cases), but no shot close enough
(for me) to determine model. A number of scenes where the SRs are
props, some in which they are handled.
Two interesting scenes:
1. Physics class, students at blackboards do class solution, slide
rules neatly - and identically - arranged on their desks. This was
how I remember the old days, where SRs were common.
2. A scene to make devout SR collectors tremble - main character, in
frustration over difficult physics homework, slams his SR - hard -
onto his desk. Appears to be K&E.
Decent movie, by the way; I didn't know the details of this incident.
DVD extra features footage by ESPN very good.

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2. KRONOS. Another silly 1950s science fiction. Slide rule makes
appearance near end, where meteorolgy office makes bombing run calcs
for dispersal recommendations of the anti-alien weapon (airborne
radioactive particles).

Best,
Mike