httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CywUV-vG1fw&NR=1
Columbo - Murder by the Book (1971) (TV)
(Wednesday, September 15, 1971, 8:30 p.m.) — After two pilot episodes, the crime fiction TV series Columbo, starring Peter Falk in the title role, debuted tonight as one of the rotating programs of the “NBC Mystery Movie.” Tonight’s episode, “Murder by the Book,” was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Bochco.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QM4cTJm7SU
Hawaii Five-O "Highest Castle Deepest Grave" 1971 (Pt 1) HD
(Tuesday, September 14, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — A ten-year-old case is reopened when an archaeological dig unearths the skeletons of two murder victims on tonight’s season 4 premiere of the CBS police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘Highest Castle Deepest Grave’ 40 years ago this hour
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mStq3NaipQ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and Vietnam (in French)
(Friday, September 14, 1951) — U.S. President Harry S Truman told Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny today that he regarded the French battle against communism in Indochina as being the same as the fighting in Korea, “the same fight for liberty.”
De Lattre, who put new fight into French forces battling communists in the First Indochina War, arrived in Washington today to confer with U.S. officials.
Video: General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny arrives in Washington (Sept. 14, 1951)
(watch Gandhi's arrival in London @ 1:12 into embedded video)
(Saturday, September 12, 1931) — Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, arrived in London this afternoon in a chilling and drenching rain, determined to do his best at the second Round Table Conference for the “dumb and semi-starved millions” of India.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWJX-j1xws
FDR Fireside Chat 18: On The Greer Incident
(Thursday, September 11, 1941, 10 p.m. EDT) — Responding to last week’s Greer Incident, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced tonight that he had ordered the navy to “shoot first” when Axis submarines, surface raiders or aircraft are encountered in areas which the (still officially neutral) U.S. considers vital to its defense (click here to watch a video clip of the address).
The Unknown War - The Siege of Leningrad - 02/05
(Wednesday, September 10, 1941) — Two days into the Siege of Leningrad, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appointed General Georgy Zhukov today to replace Marshal Kliment Voroshilov as Leningrad Front commander in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II.
Paul McCartney - Access Hollywood (11-13-01)
(Monday, September 10, 2001) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney appeared today at Lincoln Center in New York City with his fiancé Heather Mills in a clip that would air Nov. 13, 2001, on “Access Hollywood.”
(click here to watch the full program, with Sara Roosevelt's death @ 3:11:05)
(Sunday, September 7, 1941, 12:15 p.m. EDT)— Sara Roosevelt, the 86-year-old mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, died today at her home in Hyde Park, New York, following an acute circulatory collapse late last evening.
"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)"
(Friday, September 6, 1861) — Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant today bloodlessly captured Paducah, Kentucky, which gave the Union control the mouth of the Tennessee River during the American Civil War.
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.”
