1970s Fashion Disasters
With the possible exception of Jackie Onasis, no one emerged unscathed from the fashion horrors we were all forced to wear during the 1970s. This clip looks at the fashion victims of 1970s American television.
Movies
1956: Designing the Future
(Technicolor GM Film)
Design for Dreaming (1956)
Sponsor: General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
-Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950’s showing futuristic dream cars and frigidaire’s “Kitchen of the Future”.
Produced to bring the 1956 G.M. Motorama to audiences unable to see it in major cities, this fim introduces the new 1956 cars, Frigidaire’s “Kitchen of Tomorrow,” and the electronic highways of the future. G.M.’s “dream cars” of the 1950s, including the Oldsmobile Golden Rocket and the turbine-powered Pontiac Firebird II, are also displayed.
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Rare archive tv and film footage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 – a rare occasion when Parry’s anthem ‘I was glad’ includes the chant of ‘vivat regina’. NOTE: this clip starts in black and white and moves into colour.
1950s Car Culture
Enjoy this colorful video about the car culture in America during the 1950s; learn how it impacted the country in innumerable ways.
1945: War in the Pacific
An American newsreel reports on the the late war operations in the Pacific Threater: Battle of Okinawa, Assault on Kiyishew, U.S.S. Franklin under siege.
1945: The Last German Newsreel
-East Preussen evacuation by sea.-Onslaught of the Red Army.These are the last minutes from the final newsreel 22, March 1945
1945: Japanese Girls Dating US Soldiers
September 1945, Wake Island: Color footage of US servicemen violating military laws by dating Japanese girls.
1945: Goering’s First Day as a War Criminal
The tall, thin American officer filmed walking beside Goering was Major Paul Kubala. As the officer in charge of the Augsburg interrogation facility, Major Kubala was Goering’s interpreter and primary interrogator.Thanks to Lady Josette Kubala Walton, for the following precious informations about her parents and their important historical role:
“My father obtained a map from Goering with the location of all of the hidden land mines surrounding Heidelberg… once all of the map was constructed (verbally), my father immediately went to Heidelberg and advised the city leaders so that the farmers would not go out in the spring to start planting….The History Channel produced an anniversary film of WWII and at the very end you will see my father with Goering at the now famous press conference where reporters later made an issue that Goering was being treated with special consideration… the truth was that my father was using psychology to make Goering feel that he was still important… it worked and he talked and talked and talked. From those “talks” he divulged the location of the salt mines where his stolen treasures were hidden… and many, many other important issues.”
1945 Salute to General Eisenhower
The General of the Army receives a riotous reception on his arrival in Washington. More than a million people forget the heat and humidity to roar their welcome to the man who has been termed one of the greatest generals in history. His message to Congress is a message to all Americans, as he pleads for unity in the war to be won. London: General Eisenhower is given the freedom of the city, an honor that has been granted to but five Americans. Another symbolic honor is the presentation of the Duke of Wellington’s sword before the general addresses a throng at Mansion House. He tells them that they helped cement the bond between the two countries. Paris: In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, General Eisenhower is decorated with the Medal of Liberation by General Charles de Gaulle. The liberator of Frances receives his reward.”” scenes of Ike honored in England, rides in carriage, speaks from balcony, “”I am a Londoner myself”” then to France, at French Tomb of Unkonwn Soldier, with DeGaulle, tours the city of Paris, comes home to U.S., welcomed at Washington DC by Mamie, drives down Pennsylvania Ave. to Capitol, speaks to Congress in House chamber, to White House lawn for medal from President Truman.”
1944 R.A.F. Night Bombing Mission
Color footage from W.W. II of the R.A.F. night-bombing operations over Nazi Germany.
1944 Britain – GIs and British Girls
Rare color footage of American W.W II GIs enjoying the company of British girls on the eve of D-Day, 1944. One cannot help but wonder how many of the Yanks ever saw home again.