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.
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.
A short 2:00 clip from this once-lost silent film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
