Antique electronic equipment in Plan 9 from Outer Space

[wa2ise]

Screen grabs from the classic "Plan 9 from Outer Space"

Looks like they raided an electronics surplus shop...

Wonder what we can identify? Looks like a signal generator on the table, a direction finder loop, high voltage oil filled caps, variacs mounted on the wall of the flying saucer spaceship...

[Sandy G]

Oh, Man... Just THINK of the stuff we'd likely KILL for today that got hacked to pieces makin' these Sci-Fi wonders..

[old_tv_nut]

Old-fashioned futurism is the best!

[CoogarXR]

That ring looks like a painted fluorescent tube

[old_tv_nut]

Bendix direction finder antenna

[CoogarXR]

Or this and a can of spraypaint, lol:

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by CoogarXR

Or this and a can of spraypaint, lol:

Were those even available back when the movie was made?

[wa2ise]

I think circline florescent bulbs had just come out back then. If it was one (the picture of the woman operating the radio it does look like a painted one), they missed a special effect. They could have had it light up as she speaks into the microphone.