📼 Historical Archive

An official Royal Canadian Air Force training film produced by the National Film Board of Canada, circa 1959. Part 1 of the Antenna Fundamentals series covers radio wave propagation — how electromagnetic waves travel through space, interact with the atmosphere, and behave around obstacles. Remarkably clear animated explanations of RF physics that remain relevant today.

An official Royal Canadian Air Force training film produced by the National Film Board of Canada, circa 1959. Part 2 of the Antenna Fundamentals series covers antenna directivity — how antenna design shapes electromagnetic radiation into directional beams. Shared by RF Safe in the context of modern 5G beamforming claims. The film demonstrates that directivity and beamforming are established RF engineering concepts dating back decades.

60 Minutes segment hosted by Dan Rather featuring Dr. Robert O. Becker — orthopedic surgeon and bioelectromagnetics pioneer — discussing his opposition to the U.S. Navy's Project Seafarer, an Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) submarine communication system. Becker argues the system poses unacceptable health risks to nearby populations.

60 Minutes investigative segment with Mike Wallace. Biophysicist Dr. Andrew A. Marino — colleague of Robert Becker — presents research on the health effects of high-voltage power line electromagnetic fields. One of the earliest major American television reports on EMF health concerns.

In-depth radio interview with Dr. Robert O. Becker, author of 'The Body Electric' (1985) and 'Cross Currents' (1990). Becker discusses his career in bioelectricity, the body's electromagnetic communication systems, and the growing risks from man-made electromagnetic pollution — from power lines to cellular communications.

British Channel 4 Dispatches documentary examining the link between power line electromagnetic fields and childhood cancer. A rare pre-internet UK investigation from the same era as PBS FRONTLINE's 'Currents of Fear', covering Wertheimer/Leeper-era epidemiology and the growing alarm over ELF-EMF exposure in residential areas.

PBS FRONTLINE's landmark 1995 investigation into the power line electromagnetic field health controversy. The documentary examines the science, the politics, and the role of journalists like Paul Brodeur (The New Yorker) who brought EMF health risks to mass public attention. Features researchers, epidemiologists, and industry representatives.

ABC 20/20 covers the cell phone–brain cancer controversy, featuring Dr. George Carlo's announcement of disturbing findings from the industry-funded Wireless Technology Research (WTR) program, CTIA president Tom Wheeler's pushback, and the original David Reynard brain tumor lawsuit that started it all. One of the most consequential US broadcast segments on cell phone safety.

Dr. George Carlo — hired by the CTIA in 1993 to run a $25 million cell phone safety study — recounts how he found evidence of DNA damage and tumor promotion, was then sidelined when results didn't support the industry's safety narrative. His most detailed public testimony on how wireless industry science suppression works.

Dr. Louis Slesin — founder and editor of Microwave News, the field's most authoritative independent newsletter since 1981 — covers the landscape of EMF exposure sources: power lines, cell phones, wireless devices, and occupational exposure. Slesin has been described by the Washington Journalism Review as 'the world's most authoritative source on EMF health risks' and reported on the field for over four decades.

BBC Panorama investigation measuring Wi-Fi radiation levels in British schools and finding them three times higher than near mobile phone masts. Features interviews with Prof. Olle Johansson (Karolinska Institute) and other scientists. The programme triggered a major UK public debate about wireless technology in schools.

Dr. Devra Davis — former senior science advisor at the US Department of Health, National Book Award finalist, and founder of the Environmental Health Trust — presents her investigation into suppressed cell phone research. Her book 'Disconnect' (2010) was the first major popular science work on cell phone radiation, drawing comparisons to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

Dr. Henry Lai from the University of Washington — one of the first researchers to document DNA strand breaks from radiofrequency radiation exposure — presents findings on the genetic effects of cell phone radiation. His 1995 paper on RF-induced DNA damage triggered a major industry response and became a landmark in EMF research.

Dr. Samuel Milham — retired Washington State epidemiologist and author of 'Dirty Electricity' (2010) — presents his research linking the spread of electrical power in the 20th century to rising cancer rates. Milham analyzed rural electrification patterns and mortality data to argue that chronic disease epidemics correlate with electrification, not just lifestyle factors.

James Russell's 2012 independent documentary investigating how man-made electromagnetic frequencies interfere with biological rhythms. Covers Schumann resonance, Ross Adey-era calcium efflux studies, bee colony collapse, melatonin disruption, and the work of researchers including Olle Johansson. A touchstone film that has been viewed millions of times across multiple uploads.

Dr. Jerry Tennant — ophthalmologist and founder of the Tennant Institute for Integrative Medicine — explains his model of cellular voltage and healing, with a specific focus on the dental connection. Tennant argues that each tooth sits on an acupuncture circuit tied to a specific organ system, and that dental infections, failed root canals, and jaw cavitations can silently drain voltage from those circuits, causing downstream chronic disease. He developed his framework after contracting three brain viruses that left him incapacitated for years, eventually reversing his own illness through bioelectrical medicine.

The New York Times' Retro Report revisits the power line EMF health scare of the 1980s and 1990s. Includes archival footage and interviews with key figures including journalist Paul Brodeur, whose New Yorker articles and book 'The Great Power-Line Cover-Up' drove public alarm. An essential document of how EMF controversy played out in mainstream media.

Documents the Soviet microwave irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow from 1953 to 1976, the classified American response (Project PANDORA), cancer deaths among embassy staff, and Henry Kissinger's secret acknowledgment. This Cold War episode triggered the first systematic US government research into non-thermal microwave bioeffects and remains foundational context for the entire field.

Prof. Olle Johansson — neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute who coined 'screen dermatitis' and whose research led Sweden to formally recognize electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) as a functional impairment in 2003. Presents decades of research on skin and immune responses to electromagnetic fields and what current exposure standards miss about non-thermal biological effects.

Norway's former Prime Minister and WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland is interviewed by Norwegian news in August 2015. Brundtland — who as WHO chief had banned mobile phones from her office because they gave her headaches — speaks directly on camera: 'There is no doubt that wireless technology has health effects.' One of the most high-profile official voices to openly break from the WHO's public position on EMF health risks.

From DR2's 'Mellem Himmel og Jord' (Between Heaven and Earth), hosted by Michael Jeppesen. Four people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity enter a shielded room five times each — exposed to either 10 minutes of real EMF or sham. All four correctly identify every active session. DR's own ombudsman later ruled Jeppesen 'stretched the conclusion too far' and the episode was pulled from DR's streaming platform — making it one of the few blinded EHS provocation tests ever broadcast, and then retracted.

Comprehensive interview with Dr. Andrew A. Marino — biophysicist, attorney, and Robert Becker's longtime research partner. Marino reflects on 50+ years of EMF research, his testimony in landmark power line court cases, the suppression of inconvenient science, and how industry-funded research shaped regulatory outcomes. Covers his work from the 1970s through the cellular era.

CBC Marketplace's Wendy Mesley reveals that iPhones, Samsung, and other top-selling phones exceed Canadian government radiation limits when tested as people actually use them — pressed against the body rather than at the 5–15mm gap manufacturers use in official SAR testing. On the official CBC YouTube channel.

Professor Kenneth R. Foster — Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the most prominent academic skeptics of EMF health claims — presents his view in 'Minding the Future: Living in a High-Tech World.' Foster has spent decades critiquing the scientific methodology of EMF health studies and defending the existing regulatory framework. Co-presented with Cameron Smith. Represents the mainstream engineering/physics consensus against alarm.