I am getting ready to turn 60 yrs old and can remember this to be the sign off and the sign on tv channels years before cable when you had to have an outside antenna or a set of rabbit ears to pickup 3 or 4 local channels that were still in black and white, the phone system still had party lihes...a simpler time and where you sat at a kitchen table for dinner... thank you to who ever keeps these and other iconic times alive 😊
@ROE_4DaBoyzzz
16 күн бұрын
Amen. Wish they bring this back
@xobehtedistuO
7 жыл бұрын
Children of today.....this is how we knew it was time to go to bed back in the day..............only the silent buzz of static and snow thereafter.
@JavaScrapper
2 жыл бұрын
When I knew it was time to go to bed was when Americas diamond came on KSAT at like 12 am
@TonyBeazley
11 жыл бұрын
My dad would wake me up late at night for me to watch this with him when I was 10...he really loved it a lot and so did I. Just glad I get to see this after 40 years!!! It really is awesome.
@user-ii4zf5iq3t
2 жыл бұрын
I wish they still played the star spangled banner then this and then all would be safe and quiet so we could All get some rest and peace. "SIGN-OFF William Conrad reading High Flight by John Gillespie Magee (1986)" kzitem.info/news/bejne/xott2Gake599eaw _______________________________ This lowered my blood pressure and made me sleepy. How we have forgotten pre-digital especially with sound. It's like going back in time to grandma's house. lol "TV Sign Off Collection - 1956 to 1975" kzitem.info/news/bejne/2WN8k32isZOXfXo _______________________________ "HIGH FLIGHT-1960'S original" kzitem.info/news/bejne/qqWCk395f5R6o3Y
@briantxs
14 жыл бұрын
My father served two tours of combat duty in Vietnam. He grew up idolizing the WW2 flight crews. As a boy he memorized this poem. He would recite this to my sister and I. After a while we had also memorized it. I stumbled across this and as I listened to it, I found myself repeating it with the narrator. What a great post!!
@harrisonpolancopolanco9973
4 жыл бұрын
High Flight has KABC
@callmebigo
12 жыл бұрын
This was an ispiration to me when I was young. I also stayed up just to see this one short film. I'm glad I just happened upon it just now.
@donniedenny2821
4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@lottiestanley7696
2 жыл бұрын
I did as well! 😊
@polycarphunter2257
3 жыл бұрын
this is the first time i've seen this version with a T-38. Back in 69 i was stationed at Laredo AFB where i was a crew chief on T-38s. i grew up watching the version with the F-104 Starfighter.
@davedahl4461
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid growing up in Albuquerque the CBS station would air this along with a poem by st Francis. Then the tv would go to snow and white noise and I could go to sleep usually around 2am. Loved this I’d be the only one up and it felt like I was experiencing it all alone and just for me. First time I saw this I was six years old.
@genemetz1945
3 жыл бұрын
I love this. Absolutely beautiful. My dad always had the poem posted above his desk at home. Retired Lt Col. Bombardier / Navigator B-17 and B-47. Retired 1964 after 20 yrs service.
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
Wow....a salute to him, WWII and SAC !
@Reubenhubert
15 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was used on one of the TV stations from Cleveland, Ohio. This is my favorite version of this poem.
@chriswhiteauditions
3 ай бұрын
I remember this version - it used to air on OETA in the early to mid-90's when I was 11 or 12. The majesty of the music, the sonorous quality of the reader's voice, the thought of boldly flying free through the sky, and touching the face of God inspired awe and sense of thrill [of course, I couldn't have explained that feeling in that way back then]. I loved it.
@scottmathews3777
6 жыл бұрын
Best version on KZitem. The video is clear and bright, and the audio uses the original music, unlike some of the newer versions with their synthesized disco themes.
@DrWho-jy7lo
9 жыл бұрын
Wright Patterson Air Force Museum (Dayton, Ohio) has a recording of John Gillespie Magee's mother reading his poem. When I first heard it during station sign off in the 70's, it deeply affected me emotionally that I memorized it, so even forty years later, I still get teary-eyed.
@elizabethbarnette2813
7 жыл бұрын
wow..you've got it..you're an American
@cobaltace62
6 жыл бұрын
still brings a tear or two when I hear it. I remember those days, fondly.
@1lowesrs
2 жыл бұрын
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@1lowesrs
2 жыл бұрын
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@Kramden429
14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I remember WEYI-TV, Channel 25 in Saginaw, Michigan, would run this version when they used to sign off on late Saturday nights (early Sunday mornings) after "Solid Gold" from 1986 to about 1991 for technical maintenence (WEYI broadcast 24/7 the rest of the week), This bought back a precious few nice memories of my post-college days; I graduated from college in June 1986 and was then trying to become established in the work force.
@jupitr2
15 жыл бұрын
This is the version that I remember waking up to on WTAE-TV (Pittsburgh) late night after dosing off in front of the TV. I'd hear the jet take off and the music start. Then, I'd listen to those riveting words and watch the jet dance among the clouds before dragging myself to bed. It was a nice way to end my night. Thnx for the post!
@hmdoc16
2 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to this late at night at the end of local channel broadcasting before cable, streaming, etc. came out, depending on which channel. Sometimes they would play "You'll Never Walk Alone" by The Lettermen or just play the National Anthem. At that point then go to sleep😴 or watch screen snow😵💫
@kathiegifford5112
4 жыл бұрын
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,-and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God
@susie.lolo63
2 жыл бұрын
Thanx for that I've always wanted to know the poem so there it is. Great! Love it I knew tv was signing off
@n136aa
12 жыл бұрын
My Dad was a Hump pilot and flew the Berlin Airlift with the "candy bomber". Flew P39's to Moscow over Siberia for the lend lease act and ended up over "fail safe" points prior to his retirement. I also was one to stay awake just to see this. Had it printed on his funeral cards along with a plaque with it on it placed on his casket Thanks for reminding us why we are safe. Many sacrifices by those guys, love em all Larry Maj USAF Ret
@LeftyStratPlayer
10 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this on KAKE-TV 10 in Wichita back in the 70's and again on KTUL-TV 8 in Tulsa during the early 80's. It still sends chills up my spine, which unfortunately due to family heredity and an injury in my early 20's derailed my dream of becoming a pilot.
@tonyhallum7968
10 жыл бұрын
I also remember this as a child when channel 8 out of Tulsa used this to sign off at night. I loved it then, and it has become my favorite poem.
@280StJohnsPl
Жыл бұрын
That was nice.....I wish our aircraft still had U.S. Air Force prominently displayed like this T-38. Former USAF F-4C crew chief
@2345allthebest
4 жыл бұрын
Awww geee I was waiting for the snow at the end of the poem... Or the beep of the test pattern... That would have made it 100%
@hf6150
3 жыл бұрын
Or some mention of KSAT.
@novice841
15 жыл бұрын
You are correct; this also aired back in the day on WBFF-TV 45 in Baltimore, and WDVM-TV 9 in Washington, DC (now WUSA) among others.
@timothycreamer8610
3 ай бұрын
Channel 9 Had this followed by Meditation then the Star Spangled Banner.
@donniedenny2821
4 жыл бұрын
Their are several versions of "High Flight", some good and some not so good. But this is the one I remember growing up with and is my favorite. Too bad television stations , especially local stations, don't use it anymore. I guess they are afraid they are going to offend someone!
@bobbendesky3851
Жыл бұрын
I think that the reason is that TV stations simply don’t “sign off” anymore. They’re on 24 hours a day. (I have cable. Broadcast may be different).
@vox1138
9 жыл бұрын
Be nice if they did TV sign offs like this today somewhere - something about the 24/7 state and lack of such inspirational moments from today's TV that makes it seem like the modern generation is missing out on something special.
@giltravers9107
7 жыл бұрын
vox1138
@djamesgrant
12 жыл бұрын
WOW..That brings back memories. My father was aircraft maintenance superintendent for the 3250 FTS from 67-69. Thanks for posting. /djg
@camoman270
9 жыл бұрын
Love this poem!!! What a tribute, what a video!
@Chattanoogaben
13 жыл бұрын
This is a great version, but the original will never be duplicated.
@akarpowicz
13 жыл бұрын
I'm another person who used to stay up late to see this. Thanks for posting.
@jnichols3
15 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. I love this one and the f-104 signoff from the 60s. After this one there was made a signoff that featured a f-16, but I think it was shot with video tape as opposed to actually film, and did not look near as good the 104 & 38 signoffs.
@saaamember97
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid, growing up in San Antonio in the 1960's, I would often watch this sign-off on Friday and Saturday nights, when my parents would let me stay up late (Also, the same poem featuring the F-104 aircraft, depending on which station you were watching). However, before station sign-off in the 60's and 70's, there was also a rendition of a song titled "Never Walk Alone." I have found many versions of that song online (KZitem, Google and iTunes), but not the version I remember. It sounded like it was sung by a young collegiate male quartet. Anyone know who the singing group might be?
@tahoma6889
2 жыл бұрын
William Conrad was the voice.
@jdbolt1955
12 жыл бұрын
great flight/sign-off, a fine tribute to our airmen. :-)
@MrGoldman777
11 жыл бұрын
I never tire of this...magnificent!
@Fabuladico
10 жыл бұрын
John Gillespie Magee was an American who, before the US was in WWII, went to Canada to join the RCAF. He went to England to help fight off the daily Nazi air assaults. One day while testing a new high altitude (for 1940) Spitfire, this poem came to him. He wrote it on paper as soon as he touched down, and sent it in a letter to his wife. In 1941, he was killed in an mid air collision with another RAF pilot.
@MsCactusWren
13 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten about this video. This was my father's favorite poem: thank you.
@susie.lolo63
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this as a young girl
@glassor
11 жыл бұрын
That next to last line..... an excellent assembly of words.
@rivco5008
8 жыл бұрын
Man, this takes me back.
@paulgerald7682
3 жыл бұрын
When you flew a Spitfire R. C. A. F. Written by a Canadian fighter pilot ,1941 / 1942 . U . S. A. F. Uses this poem written by a Canadian in W W 2 , 1941 . Flying a Spit Mark V . Thank you .
@brainpreservation101
15 жыл бұрын
that is the one I used to listen to late nights in san antonio in the 70s
@wmbrown6
15 жыл бұрын
This appears to be the exact same variation of "High Flight" that was used by KABC-TV in Los Angeles during the 1970's and '80's.
@harrisonpolancopolanco9973
4 жыл бұрын
And OETA From the Oklahoma
@63gstone
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories!
@messageprocyber_techsonins5138
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite version
@UncleKen926
4 жыл бұрын
This old Gator Squid pays all respect to our USAF Brothers and Sisters. :)
@elizabethbarnette2813
7 жыл бұрын
Does it get more American than this..just wondered...????
@thomasaris8004
4 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Barnette k
@Airsoftcleaner
3 жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!!!
@susiehaynie1767
9 жыл бұрын
When we were strong. We will be again.
@Maximara
15 жыл бұрын
This was the one that I would on occasion see in Columbus, OH.
@sharolynwells
4 жыл бұрын
They used this sign off at one of the TV stationed in Tulsa.
@messageprocyber_techsonins5138
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this
@PictureitPerfect
4 жыл бұрын
My childhood! I've found you!
@johnnyandersom9226
5 жыл бұрын
Love this
@screaming71datsun510
14 жыл бұрын
Awsome poem!
@xandermkrtumian4374
Жыл бұрын
0:59 OETA/Freeform/News Nation High Flight Sign Off (1978-Present) (1988-Present)
@a4000t
2 жыл бұрын
Check out the version where William Conrad recites this.
@novice841
15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting; this video brought back some great memories of my childhood. However, the end of this clip seems to be an anachronism; to my knowledge, Dr. Phil was not on the air during the 1970s or 80s.
@leonard3k
5 жыл бұрын
In south Texas 1970s, I remember a TV sign-off with You'll Never Walk Alone sounding something like Eddy Arnold or Matt Monroe, sounding a reverent mood, video of blue sky and clouds.... what sign off was this and WHO sang it??? Any one know?
@SgtRum
12 жыл бұрын
If this does not give you a slight chill, or at least raise a few hairs, then have someone check your pulse, cause you haven't lived yet till you can at least appreciate what these words mean to a great many people, let alone the author. Thank You, And R.I.P: Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee No 412 squadron, RCAF Killed 11 December 1941 . May you always have the wind in your favor. . .
@harisimotube
2 жыл бұрын
Victory at sea
@ModernWarflare
11 жыл бұрын
No way, they had Dr. Phil in the 70s! (sarcasm)
@Mxsmanic
12 жыл бұрын
Did anyone archive a high-quality print of this film? Something other than a copy of a copy of a copy.
@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p
13 жыл бұрын
@Pippin76 I am a Canadian and I thought this was a great way to end a night on TV.
@NEPatriot
15 жыл бұрын
I wonder if KSAT, in addition to High Flight, also played The Star Spangled Banner?
@jimquantic
14 жыл бұрын
@jupitr2 Do you remember what happened AFTER the poem was over and the the TV "signed off" for the night? Remember the Indian face plastered on the screen then a beeeeeeep soound? Also, do you know who wrote this, the young pilot killed in a training accident while serving over in England with the Royal Air Force--Francis McGee.
@scottpeterson7042
7 жыл бұрын
Any help reading the name on the pilots helmet - I can make out the first part - Scott - I remember watching this in the late 60's at my grandmothers house (black and white)
@captainactionman01
9 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there something similar to this that had a song, "Who can touch the sky ..." or is that completely different or am I crazy?
@vincentsartain3061
7 жыл бұрын
Still wanting to know who narrated this; NOT William Conrad, who'd done a version of it.
@mike89128
5 жыл бұрын
Believe it was newscaster Chet Huntley of NBC.
@jareddicarlo7816
3 жыл бұрын
@@mike89128 Have you got a source for that?
@davidinflorida6814
2 жыл бұрын
@@mike89128 definitely not.
@Ropponmatsu2
14 жыл бұрын
ZAP....And you're back with Dr. Phil, in real america where you've got to be up in six hours and life is sh*t. "What would be wrong with saying, 'I'm smart, I'm healthy...I need to go to bed and not stay up until closedown, when the only people who appear to be awake are the US air force, and they get paid to be awake at this hour?"
@StanKrute
12 жыл бұрын
It's a Northrup T-38 Talon trainer
@stevewillson4983
5 жыл бұрын
ET, Call Home, nice Joke.🎨🖥️.
@mgwilliams1000
13 жыл бұрын
John Gillepsie MacGee Jr was only 20 yraers old I believe when he wrote this waiting for another call to fly his Spitfire during the Battle of Brittain. He didn't survive..... Was he not the only U.S. pilot lost? I may be wrong.
@QueenDynamo
9 ай бұрын
He was killed in action in 1941.
@bawbremy
15 жыл бұрын
This is my favoright version of the high Flight sign off segments. Who is the narrator?
@StanKrute
12 жыл бұрын
What is the make and model of this airplane ??
@ronaldrobertson2332
5 жыл бұрын
The T-38 Talon, a flight trainer the USAF used and still uses even now. I refueled hundreds of them ( it seemed) between 1980-1983. Great airplane.
@Kharkovkid
11 жыл бұрын
Out @#$%&standing!! Your memoir was better than the sign off...
@stevewillson4983
5 жыл бұрын
Tho.
@potsandpans960
6 жыл бұрын
When I was rug rat I would see this on the boob.
@KennBurch
13 жыл бұрын
Any idea who actually recited the poem here?
@vincentsartain3061
7 жыл бұрын
KennBurch I've wanted to know the same thing, for decades!
@pegbars
7 жыл бұрын
And what is the music? It's the same as the 1960 version.
@mike89128
5 жыл бұрын
Chet Huntley of NBC
@DIANNEELEE
13 жыл бұрын
@Pippin76 yOU ARE A MUSLUM?
@clawengrantlerian
Жыл бұрын
Toxic SJW preachy ner-do-wells who love bad sci-fi shows on Twitter or social Media platforms are probably hate it but for me, the beautiful poem High Flight made my insecurities and impatience to be faded away and an Dr. Phil promo ruined it.
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