Ditch Fahrenheit's Journal 7 7

[DR.X]

War of the Worlds [1953] Behind the Scenes Photo Featuring the Charles Gemora Fabricated Martian Costume/Prop. Paramount Pictures Film Corp.

 

[DR.X]

A Behind the Scenes Photo for The War of the Worlds [1953] Paramount Pictures Film Corporation.

 

 

[DR.X]

[Jeffro.]

Love the 50s War of the Worlds movie. Watching it on TV in the 70s is one of my earliest movie memories

[porcupine48]

The Fog is my first TV horror memory.

[porcupine48]

Fart in a jar

[DR.X]

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

That would make a great coffee table.

[DR.X]

"Everybody out of here, everybody out! The Air Force'll take care of these babies now! Dr Forrester, get out of here! Dr.X, get out of here! Everybody ou..." - Marine Colonel Ralph Heffner.

 

[Jeffro.]

 

Why does that sign say, Burt Lancaster makeup??

 

 

[DR.X]

I was wondering the same thing. Probably shooting several movies in the same studio?

[Jeffro.]

Carloyn Jones (AKA Morticia Adams) was in that movie uncredited. Never knew that

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

Check this out.

 

I said "Whoa!" out loud at least three times. Honest.

 

[DR.X]

Is this intense, or is this intense?

 

[MetalPSI]

It's a great movie

[RockMyAmadeus]

Check this out.

 

I said "Whoa!" out loud at least three times. Honest.

 

 

There had to have been some serious calibrating going on to make that.

 

It's amazing how creative and inventive people can be.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Is this intense, or is this intense?

 

 

If the quarter was dated 1958, it was 90% silver, containing roughly .18 ounce of that metal.

 

If it had been "traveling" 22 years, that would make the time in the clip 1980, in which year the film is set.

 

In 1980, the average price of silver was $20.63 (from an intraday high of $50.35 on Jan 18, 1980), which means that quarter was worth about $3.71, on average, during that year.

 

The US Gov't stopped producing silver quarters for circulation in 1965 (or 1966; the records aren't entirely clear), but here's the trick: they had been continuing, on an emergency basis, to date these quarters (and dimes and halves) 1964. This was in "violation" of Federal law, which said coins had to be dated the year they were struck, but the mint was under orders from Treasury, and they set that aside for those years. Not relevant, but interesting. The takeaway is that all US quarters, halves, and dimes dated 1964 or earlier were silver. The Mint also introduced the cupro-nickel clad coins, which contain no silver (dime and quarter) and halves (40% silver until 1970.)

 

By the mid-70's, it was difficult to find silver coins in circulation. By 1979, due to the spike in silver prices, it was essentially impossible.

 

So, I doubt Anton would have given that convenience store owner a 1958 quarter as a quarter in 1980, and I don't think he would have been unaware of its value.

 

Or....maybe he did, and that was what the shopkeep won.

 

[jsilverjanet]

Check this out.

 

I said "Whoa!" out loud at least three times. Honest.

 

 

There had to have been some serious calibrating going on to make that.

 

It's amazing how creative and inventive people can be.

 

 

how many marbles died or were injured in the making of this video?

[MetalPSI]

Is this intense, or is this intense?

 

 

If the quarter was dated 1958, it was 90% silver, containing roughly .18 ounce of that metal.

 

If it had been "traveling" 22 years, that would make the time in the clip 1980, in which year the film is set.

 

In 1980, the average price of silver was $20.63 (from an intraday high of $50.35 on Jan 18, 1980), which means that quarter was worth about $3.71, on average, during that year.

 

The US Gov't stopped producing silver quarters for circulation in 1965 (or 1966; the records aren't entirely clear), but here's the trick: they had been continuing, on an emergency basis, to date these quarters (and dimes and halves) 1964. This was in "violation" of Federal law, which said coins had to be dated the year they were struck, but the mint was under orders from Treasury, and they set that aside for those years. Not relevant, but interesting. The takeaway is that all US quarters, halves, and dimes dated 1964 or earlier were silver. The Mint also introduced the cupro-nickel clad coins, which contain no silver (dime and quarter) and halves (40% silver until 1970.)

 

By the mid-70's, it was difficult to find silver coins in circulation. By 1979, due to the spike in silver prices, it was essentially impossible.

 

So, I doubt Anton would have given that convenience store owner a 1958 quarter as a quarter in 1980, and I don't think he would have been unaware of its value.

 

Or....maybe he did, and that was what the shopkeep won.

 

 

[newshane]

Cormac McCarty is the greatest American author of all time.

 

Yeah. I said it.