Video: 'PBS Documentary "Television" - Episode 5 of 8' (Apr. 11, 1978, at 46:53)
(Tuesday, April 11, 1978, 9:00-10:00 p.m. EST on WNET-TV in New York) — Vietnam: Picking up the Pieces, the first American documentary shot in Vietnam after the 1975 fall of Saigon with unprecedented access to the ruined countryside and its people, debuted tonight on PBS. Continue reading ‘Vietnam: Picking Up the Pieces’ on PBS 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1978)
Video: '1988 Oscars' (25 videos)
(Monday, April 11, 1988, 6:00-9:33 p.m. PST) — The Last Emperor, a British-Italian epic biographical drama film about about China’s final emperor, Pu Yi, who becomes a pawn of imperial forces, won nine Oscars tonight at the 60th Academy Awards, including Best Picture (Jeremy Thomas, producer) and Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci). Continue reading ‘The Last Emperor’ wins Best Picture 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1988)
Video: 'The President: April 1968. MP895.' (Apr. 11, 1968, at 22:31)
(Thursday, April 11, 1968, 5:00 p.m. EST; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — One week after the assassination of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson today signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Continue reading LBJ signs Civil Rights Act of 1968 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1968)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (Apr. 11, 1968, at 52:00)
(Thursday, April 11, 1968, 10:00 a.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford announced today a ceiling of 549,500 on the American troop strength in Vietnam and declared that the Johnson Administration had adopted a policy aimed at the gradual transfer to South Vietnam of the major responsibility for the war effort. Continue reading U.S. sets ceiling of 549,500 G.I.s in Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1968)
Video: 'The Beatles - Across The Universe (The Beatles In India)'
(Thursday, April 11, 1968) — John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles abruptly departed the International Academy of Meditation, also called the Chaurasi Kutia ashram, in Rishikesh, India, today following rumors of inappropriate behavior towards his female students by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Continue reading Lennon, Harrison depart meditation retreat in India 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1968)
