Video: 'The Wizard of Oz' trailer
(Tuesday, August 15, 1939, 8:30 p.m. PDT) — The Wizard of Oz, an American musical fantasy film about a Kansas farm girl who dreams herself into a magical land where she must fight a wicked witch to escape, premiered tonight at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘The Wizard of Oz’ premieres in Hollywood 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1939)
Video: 'Complete Woodstock Video/audio footage' (116 clips; Aug. 15-16, 1969, represented in clips 2-26)
(Friday, August 15, 1969, 5:07 p.m.-Saturday, August 16, 1969, 2:00 a.m. EDT; during Woodstock) — The “Woodstock Music & Art Fair,” a music festival billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” began today at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Sullivan County, New York, near the town of Bethel in the Catskill Mountains. Continue reading Richie Havens opens ‘Woodstock Music and Art Fair’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1969)
Video: 'The Beatles - Something (2019 Mix / Audio)'
(Friday, August 15, 1969, 7:00 p.m.-1:15 a.m. British Summer Time; during sessions for Abbey Road) — The Beatles completed recording George Harrison’s “Something,” with overdubs by a 30-piece orchestra and a new guitar part played by Harrison, today at EMI Studios 1 and 2 in London. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Something’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1969)
Video: 'Apocalypse Now' trailer
(Wednesday, August 15, 1979, noon EDT) — Apocalypse Now, an American epic war film about an Army captain who travels to Cambodia during the Vietnam War to terminate a renegade officer, opened today at the Ziegfeld Theater in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, three months after a “work in progress” version of the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘Apocalypse Now’ opens in Midtown Manhattan 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1979)
Video: 'Golden Slumbers (Remastered 2009)'
(Friday, August 15, 1969, 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. British Summer Time; during sessions for Abbey Road) — The Beatles completed recording Paul McCartney’s medley of “Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight,” with overdubs by a 30-piece orchestra, today at EMI Studio 1 in London. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Golden Slumbers’/’Carry That Weight’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 15 1969)
