Poltergeist - opening movie on television

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anyone know what the movie is that is playing on the television at the beginning of the first Poltergeist?



Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.
You mean what happened when the station signed off to the "Star Spangled Banner"?



When a station signed off (stopped broadcasting news or entertainment), it still sent out an "Indian Test Pattern" to show that things were normal when they were "Off the Air".

I don't recall a specific movie at the end because they showed that local channel's pre-sign-off flick which included the Iwo Jima Memorial, but I don't recall that being from a commercail film. I believe it was more along the lines of a local TV broadcast showing that footage (from wherever) on their newa and going with it as appropriate. You gotta remember that we were anti-Commie but not anti-Indian in the '90s until somebody decided they should have more rights...
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