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The phone in Audrey's car is a precursor to modern cell phones. It worked off of the Mobile Telephone Service, a VHF service with very limited availability. The user would be connected to an operator, who would then route the call to a second operator that could then route the call to the intended recipient.
The National Guardsmen wear the insignia of the US Army's 33rd Infantry Division, which is the designated unit of the Illinois National Guard. The soldiers in Chicago wear the insignia of the US Fifth Army, which at the time was headquartered in Chicago, where the film takes place.
A couple of the scenes of deserted Chicago streets are actually still photos that were taken in the early hours of the day.
The sound that Common True Katydids make is used for the giant grasshoppers.
There really is a town called Ludlow, in the right area in Champaign County, IL, and the town Paxton is just north of it in Ford County. They are also near Chanute AFB, where reporter Audrey Aimes (Peggie Castle) was headed at the beginning of the film.
"Col. Tom Sturgeon: Where do I get off asking the Regular Army for help with a bunch of oversize grasshoppers?"
"Gen. John T. Short: Dr. Wainright, you're a scientist, you know what grasshoppers can do. I'm a soldier, I know what guns can do."
