httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXHTAHXFdLY
Trailer: Body Heat 1981
(Friday, August 28, 1981) — Body Heat, a neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, opened today in the U.S. Starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke, the plot is heavily inspired by “Double Indemnity.”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiiaJRXPAm4
An American in Paris (1951) Trailer
(Sunday, August 26, 1951) — An American in Paris, a MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, premiered tonight in London. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Georges Guetary and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli.
1991 Soviet Coup 2of3
(Wednesday, August 21, 1991)— Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev was said to be back in power today and returning to Moscow as the right-wing coup against him collapsed and its leaders reportedly fled. Continue reading Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses 20 years ago today
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS66DJCXsaw
Tanks on the Moscow Streets - Vremya, TV program (August 20, 1991)
(Tuesday, August 20, 1991) — The leaders of the Kremlin coup, facing increased opposition, responded today with a curfew. This was understood as a sign that an attack on the White House, a government building in Moscow, was imminent.
(click here to watch the full program, with August 14, 1921 @ 53:59)
(Sunday, August 14, 1921)— Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, writes about her husband’s illness in a letter. Franklin had developed acute symptoms of poliomyelitis four days before while visiting his summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fm6sa_L5_4
'A Place In The Sun' - Trailer [1951]
(Tuesday, August 14, 1951) — A Place in the Sun, a film which tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women, premiered tonight in Los Angeles. It was directed by George Stevens and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, and Raymond Burr.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEN1fEL4jg
Cremation Escape
(Friday, August 13, 1971) — Actor Sean Connery today filmed his final scenes for Diamonds Are Forever, the seventh “official” James Bond film. Ironically, the last shots were of Connery being placed in a coffin (he would not return to the role of 007 until the “unofficial” Never Say Never Again in 1983).
Watergate. Part 3 of 30
(Wednesday, August 11, 1971) — A plan by E. Howard Hunt, one of the Nixon White House “Plumbers” (a secret team of operatives charged with fixing “leaks” to leading newspapers), to burglarize the office of psychiatrist Lewis Fielding to steal his files on Daniel Ellsberg, who had leaked the Pentagon Papers, was approved by Chief Domestic Advisor John Ehrlichman.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQvDf2LoxA&NR=1
Tex Watson 700 club interview - Part 1/2
(Friday, August 9, 1991) — Charles “Tex” Watson, convicted murderer and former member of the “Family,” described his conversion to Christianity today during an interview on the TV program “700 Club.” Continue reading ‘Tex’ Watson grants rare interview
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRYb-YZa_aE
Queen - The Days Of Our Lives Documentary (Part 1)
(Friday, August 9, 1991) — “Queen: The Days of Our Lives,” a documentary about the English rock group Queen, debuted tonight on American television, just over three months before the death of the lead singer Freddie Mercury. The documentary featured an appearance by former Beatle Paul McCartney. Continue reading ‘Queen: The Days of Our Lives’ debuts in U.S.
