Movies

Said to be one of the oddest Betty Boops ever seen. You decide.

One of the classic Depression-era musical cartoons created by Max and Dave Fleischer. Satchmo’s soundtrack obviously inspires the artists – even if the visuals aren’t in any way “politically correct” 70-plus years later.

English philosopher Bertrand Russell and German philosopher Martin Heidegger gives their extremely contrasting assessments of Friedrich Nietzsche.

This clip comes from “The Powers Girl” (1942). The arrangement appears to be the Jimmy Mundy revision Benny commissioned in 1941 of the Mary Lou Williams classic, originally immortalized by BG’s ’37 band. Decimated by the WWII draft, this transitional ensemble was trashed by critics as one of Goodman’s weakest…but six decades later, Benny and the band sound awfully good indeed! Bonus: Watch for George Murphy and Dennis Day. (“The Powers Girl” also gave moviegoers a relatively rare opportunity to see Benny sans specs.)

A British documentary about the first W.W. I battle to be fought by the U.S. Marines.

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A clip from the film “Gettysburg” re-staging Colonel Joshuah Chamberlain’s (Jeff Daniels) necessary bayonet attack from the slopes of Little Round Top.

A small clip from the History Channel’s production, “Battlefield Detective” which tells the tale of the 2nd Ranger Battalion and their training for D-Day.

At this Battle of the Bulge Reenactment: “Footage taken inside a German Sdkfz behind a German twin MG42 of the 10th SS. As US M3 Half Track advances, MG jams and US sniper fires point blank then BMG30 unloads on the German infantry support”.

This is an early Fleischer cartoon from 1930 starring Bimbo and featuring the character who would soon become Betty Boop.

Edward Johnson’s recordings are few. The first 10 (which include excerpts from Andrea Chénier and Parsifal) were European Columbias generally supposed to have been made in Italy about 1915.(*) He made many 1919-28 for American Victor, mostly of trivial ballads of the moment, but also arias from Carmen, Pagliacci, La Bohème, and Fedora and (among his very best) ‘If, with all your hearts’ from Mendelssohn’s Elijah, recorded in 1920. (A discography can be found in The Tenor of His Time.) In recent years, off-the-air transcriptions of complete performances of Pelléas, Peter Ibbetson, and Hanson’s Merry Mount have received limited circulation. His recordings are reissued on Met Stars in the New World (MET 216CD, 1992), RCA/Met Singers, 100 Years (RCA Red Seat 09026-61580-2, 1984) and Great Voices of Canada, vol 2 (Analekta AN2 7802, 1993).A plaque commemorating Johnson’s life and career has been mounted in Guelph, Ontario. In 1992 his archives were deposited at the University of Guelph Library.

Watch a film clip of Arturo Toscanini conducting Ouverture Forza del Destino.

A showcase of late 1930’s sporting and evening wear fashions. All the clothes were made using the new wonder fiber Rayon.

A wholesome, instructional film produced in order that wholesome teenagers learn how (and how not) to be popular with the gang. Enjoy the neat, wholesome 1947 clothing.

Interviews with a former Soviet infantry officer and a German civilian recall the horrors of the 1945 collapse of Berlin.

Here is a four minute film clip depicting the Openhair festival in Sieradz (Poland) – which pays homage each year to its most illustrious son, Antoni Cierplikowski — better known as Monsieur Antoine de Paris. The father of modern hairdressing was a Pole, not French, and born there in 1884.

75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1938. Footage of Confederate and Union veterans shaking hands over a stone wall. I don’t know if this wall contained stones used in a stone wall during the actual battle in 1863, but probably so. It starts with the old veterans shaking hands and calling “Hello Yankee” and “Hello Johnny” and things like that, then one Confederate near the camera takes up the Rebel Yell for a few seconds. Laughter is heard (source unknown, possibly a bystander), then the old old Johnny identifies it: “That’s the Rebel Yell!”,355,425,1.197183099,4 to 3,,https://www.youtube.com/v/m1byof4IAHk,m1byof4IAHk,75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1938. Footage of Confederate and Union veterans shaking hands over a stone wall. I don’t know if this wall contained stones used in a stone wall during the actual battle in 1863, but probably so. It starts with the old veterans shaking hands and calling “”Hello Yankee”” and “”Hello Johnny”” and things like that, then one Confederate near the camera takes up the Rebel Yell for a few seconds. Laughter is heard (source unknown, possibly a bystander), then the old old Johnny identifies it: “”That’s the Rebel Yell!””