The Army’s first motorized tank destroyer, featured here, was the “T12/M3 Gun Motor Carriage,” a modified M-3 half track with a 75mm M1897A4 gun mounted in the rear, an adaptation of the quick firing “French 75.” The idea of such a thinly armored vehicle facing armored tanks may seem insane today, but the Army’s tank destroyer doctrine at the time was “shoot and scoot,” where fast moving anti-tank vehicles would
The invention and use of the tools of war:Machine Guns, Constant Artillery bombardment, Barbed Wire, Tanks, Aircraft, Submarines, Flamethrowers, Grenades, High Explosive… All came down to the suffering of individual soldiers, it becomes painfully obvious why World War One happened the way it did once you see this video…Some sobering statistics are below…The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 35 million.There were over 15 million deaths and 20 million wounded ranking WW1 high among the deadliest conflicts in human histtory…
The T28 (later called 105 mm Gun Motor Carriage T95) was a prototype heavily armored tank destroyer, designed for the U.S. Military during World War II. It was originally designed to be used to break through German defenses at the Siegfried Line, and was later considered as a possible participant in an invasion of the Japanese mainland.
A short clip picturing the aftermath of the attempted suicide of Japanese General Hideko Tojo and his post-war trial, which he really would have preferred to have missed.
This second part of the documentary “Steel Pots: The History of America’s Combat Helmets focus on efforts to develop a unique American design helmet. It also covers the modifications and adoption of the transitional M-1917A1 helmet.
My only hope is that we never lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mouse.””-Walt Disney
This short debuted at the Colony Theater, on November 18, 1928 “
A 1930’s Pathe newsreel depicting the jubilant crowds flush with their victory following the Spanish Revolution. Also featured is Spain’s King Alfonso XIII as he goes into exile.
Silent film footage depicting the vast numbers of Russian dead from the year 1921. The first Soviet famine lasted from 1919 through 1923; some historians have placed the death toll as high as five million.
A battle scene from the 1930 movie “All quiet on the Western Front”. In this clip you will see reflected in the faces of the young combatants the profound disillusionment and the soul-destroying horror that was World War I. The film was made by Universal Studios and starred Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.
Here we hear Rachmaninov play the moderato from his second piano concerto. This unique recording with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski was made for RCA in 1929.
Lord Bootsy Jenkins III wrote: The is my first documentary from film school. I interviewed a very cool dude and his Army buddies. They were Veterans from WWII who were actually involved in the D-Day invasion. They served their country all while being discriminated by the very same entity. Look, Listen and Learn!
Listen to an interview with Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller from a 1937 recording.
A few clips from 1933 featuring the smiling faces of various legally employed distilleries. FDR was right: happy days had come at last.
A few of the closing scenes from the 1930 Hollywood production of “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Universal) starring Lewis Milestone.
Those who have seen ‘Benny and Joon’ may know that Johnny Depp was imitating various gags made famous by silent comics Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. Towards the end of the movie, he climbs up the side of a building, definitely a Harold Lloyd thing. This is a scene from Lloyd’s most famous ledge-walking film, ‘Safety Last,’ in 1923. It is set to ‘Swinging’ by Rachel Portman, and it is the soundtrack from Depp’s Lloydesque scene in ‘Benny and Joon.’Harold’s lady here is Mildred Davis. She had replaced Bebe Daniels to be Harold’s second leading lady. But this was Mildred’s last movie, because she married Harold that year and retired to become a mom. She was replaced by Harold’s third leading lady, Jobyna Ralston.
