On the night of April 14th, 1912, the R.M.S Titanic, bound from Southampton to New York, on her Maiden Voyage, collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The iceberg ripped open the first 5 compartments and the Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15th, taking the lives of 1,523 men, women and children. ONLY 705 survived that night.
Delightful caricatures of 1940 Hollywood stars can be seen on this color cartoon by Warner Brothers, titled “Hollywood Steps Out”. The actors spoofed: Cary Grant, Ann Rand, Johnny Wisemueller, Jimmy Stewart, Bing Crosby, Clark Gable, Oliver Hardy, Ceasar Romero, Mickey Roony, Peter Lorrie, Henry Fonda and a whole slew more.
Home movies filmed in color at Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s mountain retreat. All the assorted jack asses were in attendance.
A look at the history of automobile racing from it’s earliest days in 1903 to 1906.
1902 – Paris Vienna1903 – Irish Gordon Bennet Trophy1904 – Gordon Bennet Trophy1906 – French Grand Prix
The History of Ballooning, Blimps, and the Great Airships””Over 500 scenes were gathered from old photos, vintage movie films and artwork to build a time-line of events. The documentary covers the 19th century experiments, the Civil War, the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., WWI and WWII. Movie footage of the Gordon Bennet Balloon Races show the WJR Radio Balloon and other Michigan Balloon entries”
Produced by the Encyclopedia Britannica, this film clip explains that a new era in warfare was ushered in with the Hiroshima attack of 1945.
Set to the haunting theme music from “Band of Brothers”, this is a collection of photographs of one man’s trip to the old battle grounds of France.
A defiant anti-Nazi, Albert Göring spent the war years busting the persecuted out of concentration camps, smuggling them across borders and funnelling aid to refugees throughout Europe. He did everything to undermine his brother’s regime. But by 1944 the Gestapo were hunting him down like a dog. Did Hermann step in and save his brother?
Enter William, a twentysomething from Sydney, Australia, who stumbles upon the tattered pieces of Albert’s history. Shelving plans for a Ph.D., William sets off on a three year odyssey across eight countries and three continents to piece together the puzzling life of Albert Göring.
Please enjoy this terrific clip fom Harold Lloyd’s 1917 comedy, “The Flirt”.
Harley Earl, the larger than life, first head of styling for a major automobile manufacturer gave the world the joy of excess in color, chrome and steel. Recruited by GM in the late 20s to transform its drab autos and make them stand out from the offerings of its competitors, Earl transformed the industry and the American psyche.
He invented the annual model change over, the concept car and put swagger and some Hollywood panache into a staid industry. While its hard to defend his buoyant designs as fine art, he captured the imagination of millions worldwide, especially in Post WWII America, who embraced the outlandish vehicles as proof that there will be a big and better tomorrow. He knew how to create and sell dreams. Which is what he learned from his neighbor, C. B. DeMille.
