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It makes all the difference in the world: Become a Patron! January 3, 1936 – Opening day of the 74th Congress. The long, sometimes laborious ritual, but significant as it marked one of the first times a broadcast, live from Capitol Hill and from Congress took place. This was one...
Become a Patron! Reports from Helsinki and Geneva this December 12, 1939 – dubbed The Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland was escalating at a rapid rate. The matter was taken up before the League of Nations, the precursor to The United Nations, formed at the...
‘Tis the season for subscribing . . .Become a Patron! With the world breathing a cautious, albeit temporary sigh of relief, now that the Munich Crisis was over, news for this November 27th in 1938 had much to do with the goings on in Europe, post-Treaty. In France the big...
Become a Patron! Fritz Lang, as any film student will tell you, was one of the undisputed masters of the cinematic form from its very beginning. In an essay written for the DGA Quarterly by Terrence Rafferty, Lang’s work is examined from his earliest Silent films in Germany to...
Become a Patron! On October 28, 1936, President Roosevelt celebrated the 50th anniversary of the dedication of The Statue of Liberty. So, 127 years ago the Statue of Liberty was unveiled. It has come to symbolize a lot of things, and come to symbolize much that’s been forgotten and ignored....
Become a Patron! On the occasion of his return from a cross-country tour, President Roosevelt gave one of his familiar Fireside Chat’s ahead of a special session of Congress on October 12, 1937. He discusses the progress that had been made as the result of the Recovery steps the...
Patrons can download this rare and historic piece of audio for free: Become a Patron! Secretary of State Cordell Hull, speaking at the New York World’s Fair on the occasion of Pan-American Day, September 22, 1939. It was ironic; the New York World’s Fair, which embodied the optimism and technology...
Patrons and Subscribers: Become a Patron! President Roosevelt Fireside Chat – Recovery, Banks and Government – September 30, 1934 News for this day had much to do with the continuing efforts at recovery, stability and getting America back to work – trying to undo the tangle of economic collapse and...
Principe Kalender Plays Principe Kalender -1. La Muerte del Rusiñor 2. El Cisne y La Rosa 3. El Prodigio de las Campanasde Simbirsk 4. Impromptu en Mi Menor – Odeon Records, Argentina – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Patrons/subscribers can download for free (hint,hint): Become a Patron! A rarity as...
Patrons get perks – join up and find out: Become a Patron! News for this September 27th in 1938 was grim. The crisis in Munich was rapidly coming to a boil and it seemed at the time inevitable that war would break out. British Prime Minister Chamberlain, exhausted from the...
