# Movie Clips References Sought (test your film knowledge)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-clips-references-sought-test-your-film-knowledge/205652 "2003-10-05T02:55:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-clips-references-sought-test-your-film-knowledge/205652/1 "2003-10-05T02:55:05Z")

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Hi, I’ve been charged with getting a number of movie clips for a project I’m working on. My memory is not that extensive. If people could name widely-available films, new or old, that I could get the following shots from, I’d apprecaite it.

In no particular order:

Pony Express rider  
Smoke signals  
Women gossiping  
Roman Messenger  
Air mail plane  
Carrier pigeon  
Someone screaming in somebody else’s ear  
someone talking on a candlestick telephone  
Devil & angels on somebody’s shoulder  
Seance  
Fish in newspaper  
Telegraph (typing and/or wires)  
Nautical flag waving  
Lights dimming during execution  
Third base coach passing signals  
Flashing neon sign, i.e. “Gas/Food,” “Vacancy” etc.  
Newspapers coming off the presses  
Kids passing notes in class  
Bank robber passing note to telller  
Invisible ink becoming visible  
Tattooed treasure map on person’s chest  
Early television.

As you may have guessed, the theme is communication. Believe me, I’d much rather be doing something potentially degrading rather than wasting my time with this on a Saturday night.

Thanks.