Movies And Documentaries About CB Radio

 Smokey And The Bandit 1977

In This Movie, Bandit Accepts A Challenge To Drive 400 Cases Of Illegal Beer From Texas To Georgia. Smokey Tracks Bandit Across Several States. Bandit Uses CB Radio Communications With Other Truckers To Evade Capture By The Authorities. The Movie Was Instrumental In The Familiarization Of CB Radio To The General Public.

     The Thing 1982

In This Film, A Research Team In Antarctica Is Hunted By A Shape-Shifting Alien. The Team Has No Connection To The Outside World Other Than A CB Radio Link.

    Life On Air

https://directorsnotes.com/2020/07/23/louis-leblique-life-on-air/

Life On Air Is A CB Radio Documentary Telling The Story Of CB Radio From The Point Of View Of People Who Remember It Fondly. It Was Directed By Louis Leblique And Tells A Compelling Story Of the Connection Between Strangers.

  Super 8 2011

Based In The 1970s, A Group Of Teens Filming Their Own ‘Super 8” Film Encounter Strange Events In Their Town. CB Radios Are Used To Help The Viewers Envision The 1970s Correctly.

    The Cannonball Run 1981

The Cannonball Run Is A Fictional Car Racing Movie. In This Movie, Competitors Have 32 Hours To Race From New York To Los Angeles.

Competitors Used CB Radios To Gather Information To Help Avoid Police.

   Joy Ride 2001

Joyride Is A Thriller Film That Premiered In 2001. Lewis Thomas And His Brother, Fuller Are On A Road Trip Across The Country. His Brother, A Practical Joker, Uses His Car’s CB Radio To Play A Prank On A Truck Driver Known As ‘Rusty Nail’.The Trucker Pursues Them In His Bid For Revenge.

Movin’ On 1974

https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film218554.html

Movin’ on was a series about a trucker (Sonny Pruitt) and his Co-driver (Will Chandler) traveling and their interactions with people. Due to the influence of the films, CB Radio merchandise was sold and marketed to children.

The film had such a great influence on truckers that the phrases ‘Do it like Pruitt’ and ‘Do it as Pruitt used to’ became common in the conversations of real truckers for years to come.

The Dukes of Hazard

This show was based on two cousins (Bo and Luke) who ran a moonshine business for their uncle (Jesse). The local authorities tried to stop them. They use CB Radios to communicate with each other and their partners too.

Thunderpole on BBC Radio 4 (Documentary about 25 years of CB Radio)

This documentary extensively explores the use of CB Radio and the influence CB Radio has had on people in the past. It explains how CB Radio has been used in various instances, even in evading awkward laws.

It also explains how people can teach themselves to use CB Radio for communication.

It details what to do and what not to do on CB Radio and how policing is done in CB Radio use.