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Popular Culture (1940's-1980's)
There are 13 videos in this category and 35 videos in 9 subcategories.
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Ages: 9 - 18
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Max Fleischer, the power behind the Superman cartoons and comic superstar Betty Boop illustrates 1940 human interest stories. (10min)
November 14, 2011 at 11:42 PM
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Ages: 16 - 18
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1985 Welcome to the Information Age. A journey through Mankinds History. Post Industrial Age and by 1956 the information age begins. Future Trends in Computing. [18:32]
June 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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If Peter Goldmark had had his way, television would never have been broadcast in black and white. (3:39)
April 24, 2010 at 05:24 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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In the 1940s two corporate giants, NBC and CBS, fought over the means of broadcasting television in color.
April 24, 2010 at 05:20 PM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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From 1941 to 1945, the American motion picture industry geared itself up and marched into war.From 1941 to 1945, the American motion picture industry geared itself up and marched into war. Van Johnson is your host in this feature-length special spotl...ighting some of Hollywood’s greatest stars at the peak of their careers: from John Wayne taking on Japanese dogfighters; from Fred Astaire hoofing his way from civilian to soldier; to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford dazzling the troops at the Hollywood Canteen.THE WAR YEARS is a lively compilation of vintage feature-film clips along with original wartime documentary footage and interviews with several prominent stars of the era, including Joan Leslie, Evelyn Keyes, Gloria DeHaven, Jackie Cooper and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Enter the battle trenches with Robert Taylor and Dane Clark ... relive the days of the USO with Bob Hope and his entourage of sexy celebrities ... see how special effects created some of the most stunning battle footage ever shot ... hit the dance floor with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. From Carmen Miranda to Katherine Hepburn, from Pearl Harbor to the Allied Victory, THE WAR YEARS covers the range of experiences and emotions associated with the last “good” war. All the poetry and drama and humor and tragedy of the age is captured in this moving homage.For those who remember the war, or those who have parents or grandparents who lived through it, or those who simply want to know more about the one event that sent a young, innocent nation forward into the modern world, THE WAR YEARS is a must-see. (1:16:00)
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September 14, 2011 at 12:34 AM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This video could be used to do a compare/contrast assignment with early TV entertainment vs. today's TV entertainment, or as a part of a research project similar to "How TV or Entertainment Has Evolved." Students could also observe the way the childr...en are dressed and how they act vs. today's students.
The Howdy Doody Show ran for 13 years starting in 1947 all the way through 1960. Hosted by Buffalo Bob Smith and assisted by Clarabell the Clown, Howdy Doody was a true pioneer of television. (30min)
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November 14, 2011 at 11:59 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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The Suspense episode "The Hitchhiker" is well known because the radio play was transformed into a television episode. Orson Welles, for whom the role was written, first performed "The Hitchhiker" on the CBS network's Mercury Theater on the Air in 194...1, and then again on Suspense in 1942. (09:54)
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April 29, 2012 at 03:15 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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The Suspense episode "The Hitchhiker" is well known because the radio play was transformed into a television episode. Orson Welles, for whom the role was written, first performed "The Hitchhiker" on the CBS network's Mercury Theater on the Air in 194...1, and then again on Suspense in 1942. (09:47)
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April 26, 2012 at 05:17 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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In this History Channel video clip, Tom Brokaw gives an interview in which he talks about the year 1968. He talks about how John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King were both killed. Also he mentions the music of the Beatles and James Taylor. (1:17...)
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July 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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Ages: 7 - 18
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A slide show set to Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" looks back at some of the sights of the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY. Useful for lessons about fairs. (02:38)
March 21, 2012 at 01:02 PM
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