Movies & Television: Police, Fire & EMS Vehicles
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An obscure movie with a ton of vintage lighting scattered through it....
The Milpitas Monster (1976)
Interesting in that has a really broad mix of lights, Beacon Ray's, Aerodynics, even strobes
The Milpitas Monster (1976)
Interesting in that has a really broad mix of lights, Beacon Ray's, Aerodynics, even strobes
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OK COPS is a given fish in a barrel one, but here are the two famous "Get on it Mel!" chases from the Cleveland episodes. Lousy video quality, but you can still see Edges aplenty and hear the music of the WS-227a.
At the end of the second chase, you can hear the WS-227a, but I swear that I also hear a PA-300 and sounds like there's another siren there too.
At the end of the second chase, you can hear the WS-227a, but I swear that I also hear a PA-300 and sounds like there's another siren there too.
From the Chris Rock Show. Features an r/r Streethawk that somehow transforms into an r/b Jetsonic! Also some Visions/Vectors .
The siren sound is a recording of a late 1960s Federal PA15A or PA20A.
The Ambulance 1990
An obscure movie with a very classy but sinister looking ambulance. One of my favorite movies for that reason. Plot is fine as well as the acting. Many actors are going to be familiar. The best part is the cool star car.
Featuring
1973 Miller Meteor "Lifeliner" Cadillac ambulance. STAR CAR
1981 Dodge Diplomat
1958 Seagrave
Several era NYPD cars
https://www.imcdb.org/movie_99026-The-Ambulance.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099026/?ref_=nv_sr_1
An obscure movie with a very classy but sinister looking ambulance. One of my favorite movies for that reason. Plot is fine as well as the acting. Many actors are going to be familiar. The best part is the cool star car.
Featuring
1973 Miller Meteor "Lifeliner" Cadillac ambulance. STAR CAR
1981 Dodge Diplomat
1958 Seagrave
Several era NYPD cars
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099026/?ref_=nv_sr_1
From the 2018 TV Series "The Rookie." In episode 2 you will see how the new officer in training gets a special "shop" aka patrol car issued to him because of all the newer patrol vehicles he has crashed. You don't see too many 1973 Chevrolet Impalas running this type of Aerodynic bar.
If this works. Alf Season 2 Episode 17. Jump to 20:20 near the end. Several beacons. some two and 3 bulbs. Let the two blank ad pages run by.
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Blue is North American, and red looks to be Tripp-Lite. Both have wrong domes.
There are so many things wrong with this production but the notion that the LAPD keeps a circa 1975 Black & White in service, a make/model that was never used by the Dept, is the most preposterous of all
Before I got promoted, I made it a point to drive the oldest car we had. Kept it really clean. I don't understand new guys. Always want to drive the new cars. Not me. What's one more dent or scratch on a rag?
Anyone seen the LED bars? They look almost white until turned on.
Dum show. Did 23 years on the cops, was hired at 38. Never saw any issues about age. Best cops I had as a sergeant were 3 girls and a couple retired navy guys, also older. Finish muster, head them out, wouldn't hear from them until the next morning. Did their jobs, no issues. I got flack from guys a few times when I said I wanted a squad of Beckys, Lauras, and Brendas. Some of the younger guys had so many issues, and I confirmed the fact that younger guys go on the rag.
We have talked about the Mayberry light many times on here. But does anyone know what the siren was on the Mayberry car?
I can hear two Federal sirens in that video. The yelp sounds like a PA20 and the wail sounds like an SD-10.
Ok, at 3:14, 4:10, and 4:20, what kind of lights are these? Pretty neat video series, if you get bored and start cruising youtube.
Agreed. And it should be noted that the video takes place in St Louis. That's where you'll see more PowerArc products in use than anywhere else in the country.
No vehicle, but Army of Darkness, Vitalite inside the S Mart.
K-Mart had the blue light specials Vitalite
before moving to strobes on a pole.
before moving to strobes on a pole.
I remember the strobes on a pole! As a kid, I always wanted one of the little carts with the light on the pole. I thought that it'd be so cool to push it around the neighbourhood with the strobe lit and the cart decked out to look like a police vehicle. Loved seeing them in the stores. Was more interested in the light cart than anything else in the store.
I suppose that sheltered could be one word for it. Personally, I'd go with something a bit more clinical like atypical or irregular.
One of my favourite movies.
Notice the blue on the driver's side?
Notice the blue on the driver's side?
From the 90's UK how, Heartbeat (Police drama set in North Yorkshire)
This is from an episode where the main character has transferred to the RCMP
(Full Episode link HERE )
This is from an episode where the main character has transferred to the RCMP
(Full Episode link HERE )
The low-pitched siren sounds like a Federal PA20 (c. early to mid 1960s).
The high-pitched siren sounds like a Federal PA20A series 2E (c. 1970s)