Hey, I never noticed that before....

[GNDN18]

All these decades of watching Star Trek, having seen City on the Edge of Forever probably 20 times, and I never noticed the radiation hazard sign on the front of the apartment building where Kirk and Spock have their "flop".

My wife and I were watching it on NetFlix last night and I noticed it, at the 38:00 minute mark, just above and to the right of the front door of the building on the establishing shot before it cuts inside to Kirk and Spock. Hilarious since "atomic power is years away" as we know, and Kirk earlier states.

My original season set DVDs are packed away so I can't check. Was it always there? Was it inserted for a laugh when they remastered it? Crazy.

This image is from Trekcore’s SD collection:

I guess Edith Keeler was so far ahead of her time that she thought a fallout shelter might come in handy someday.

 

[johnnybear]

Is that a gag or was it really there? Can't be England as there are no fallout shelters there at all!
JB

 

[Maurice]

This image is from Trekcore’s SD collection:
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I guess Edith Keeley was so far ahead of her time that she thought a fallout shelter might come in handy someday.

The dangers of stock footage.

 

[Mysterion]

Of course, he may have a Type 1 tucked in his pants,

Nope. He's just happy to see you.

 

[Phaser Two]

Where's the sign? Can't see it in that image.

 

[BK613]

Where's the sign? Can't see it in that image.

Try this one(by the right-hand arch):
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x28hd/thecityontheedgeofforeverhd728.jpg
The shot is right after Rat self-phasers and it cuts back to Kirk and Spock

 

[Phaser Two]

Try this one(by the right-hand arch):
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x28hd/thecityontheedgeofforeverhd728.jpg
The shot is right after Rat self-phasers and it cuts back to Kirk and Spock

Ah, yes. Thanks! Edith probably put that up, as part of the whole vision thing.

 

[Spock's Barber]

Mirror, Mirror....I just noticed that the redshirt at the Engineering station walks offscreen after Spock enters the Bridge. He has the same type of beard as Spock. It must be standard grooming in the Empire.

Sorry about that, chief. I couldn’t find a decent screenshot that shows this dude sideways.

 

[GNDN18]

Mirror, Mirror....I just noticed that the redshirt at the Engineering station walks offscreen after Spock enters the Bridge. He has the same type of beard as Spock. It must be standard grooming in the Empire.

Sorry about that, chief. I couldn’t find a decent screenshot that shows this dude sideways.

Freeze! And augment!

I’m afraid I don’t have that NCIS filter that can show pixels where none existed. Nevertheless, nice pickup. There are additional goatees in the Mirror Universe.

 

[Spock's Barber]

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Freeze! And augment!
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I’m afraid I don’t have that NCIS filter that can pixels where none existed. Nevertheless, nice pickup. There are additional goatees in the Mirror Universe.

Cool! Excellent post!

 

[scotpens]

I guess Edith Keeler was so far ahead of her time that she thought a fallout shelter might come in handy someday.

Fallout shelters in the U.S. were marked with the Civil Defense logo.

It's a bit hard to tell from that blurry image, but the sign on the building looks like three yellow triangles on a black circle.

I suppose that could be an early version of the radiation hazard symbol, which is is a circle surrounded by three pie-slice shapes.

Maybe someone in the building was studying the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds.

 

[UssGlenn]

Fallout shelters in the U.S. were marked with the Civil Defense logo.

The yellow triangle version seen in the episode was very common.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_shelter

 

[scotpens]

The yellow triangle version seen in the episode was very common.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_shelter

Yes, I did some Google-Fu and found that the yellow-on-black trefoil was also commonly used as a fallout shelter sign. So I stand corrected.

 

[GNDN18]

Yes, I did some Google-Fu and found that the yellow-on-black trefoil was also commonly used as a fallout shelter sign. So I stand corrected.

As it happens, the county building I work at still has both signs, so I feel doubly safe.

 

[Phaser Two]

As it happens, the county building I work at still has both signs, so I feel doubly safe.

Does it have a flop?

 

[GNDN18]

Does it have a flop?

Next door. Where they show the Clark Gable movies.

 

[Maurice]

Fallout shelters in the U.S. were marked with the Civil Defense logo.

Even that would have been an anachronism since it wasn't established til 1939.

 

[plynch]

I liberated a yellow one from one of our school bldgs with permission. I used to be really into the cold war. IIRC, Kennedy admin commissioned the widespread fallout shelters (as opposed to blast shelters) after the discovery of the long-term effects of Strontium-90 and Cesium (I think) in the fallout dust. There was supposed to be a shelter for every X people, with barrels of water, crackers, and Star Trek lookin pink and green sugar cubes. Even a party games/morale guide so things in the shelter wouldn't get too Twilight Zone-ish for the couple of weeks you were supposed to stay in.

A lot of that era's gear is readily available on ebay. Almost bought a barrel of water, no lie, but then wised up. The sign is cool though.

 

[publiusr]

Every so often people find sheters. There was a recent story--as well as this find a few years back
https://www.beprepared.com/blog/13307/emergency-preparedness-supplies-of-a-1960s-fallout-shelter/

 

[Noname Given]

That Which Survives....in the transporter room the sparkles are silver.

Down on the ghost planet the sparkles are gold.

Different light source (Ship interior Vs. Planet)