Video: '1965, Marines Land in Vietnam - 250041-12 | Footage Farm Ltd'
(Monday, March 8, 1965, 9:03 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam today as 3,500 Marines landed at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang. They joined 23,000 American military advisors already in Vietnam. Continue reading First American combat troops land in Vietnam 60 years ago this hour (Mar 8 1965)
Video: 'Rock Show (Remastered 2014)'
(Friday, March 7, 1975) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his British-American band Wings completed recording “Rock Show” for the group’s next studio album Venus and Mars today at Wally Heider Recording, Studio 3 in Los Angeles. Continue reading Paul McCartney & Wings complete recording of ‘Rock Show’ in Los Angeles 50 years ago today (Mar 7 1975)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 6) Bridge to Freedom 1965' (Mar. 7, 1965, at 19:46)
(Sunday, March 7, 1965, during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Alabama state troopers and volunteer officers of the Dallas County sheriff’s office tore through a column of unarmed African-American demonstrators with tear gas, nightsticks and whips at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma today to enforce Gov. George C. Wallace’s order against a protest march from Selma to Montgomery. Continue reading Alabama police use gas, clubs to rout civil rights demonstrators on ‘Bloody Sunday’ 50 years ago today (Mar 7 1965)
Video: 'US troops capture and defend the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River in Remag...HD Stock Footage'
(Tuesday, March 6, 1945, 4:30 p.m. CET; during the Battle of Remagen, part of the Invasion of Germany in World War II) — U.S. forces crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany, today using the damaged but still usable Ludendorff Bridge.
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “My Girl” by The Temptations peaked today at #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘My Girl’ by The Temptations peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “The Jolly Green Giant” by The Kingsmen peaked today at #4 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Jolly Green Giant’ by The Kingsmen peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked today at #31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week (less than three months after he was fatally shot Dec. 11, 1964). Continue reading ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #31 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Help! - Camera Fight'
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — On the 12th day of filming for The Beatles’ second feature film Help!, the group returned to Nassau International Airport today for scenes in which they descended aeroplane steps and took photographs of each other. Continue reading The Beatles film airport sequence for ‘Help!’ feature film in Bahamas 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
Video: 'Cologne March 1945: Tank Duel at the Cathedral - The film documentary - The source'
(Tuesday, March 6, 1945; during World War II) — The Allied offensive west of the Rhine swept toward a triumphant close today when Cologne, fourth largest city of the Third Reich, fell to tank crews and doughboys of Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ First Army. Continue reading Shattered Cologne falls to 1st Army 80 years ago today (Mar 6 1945)
Image: 'Elvis Presley - Complete Louisiana Hayride performance (March 5, 1955)'
(Saturday, March 5, 1955, 8:00 p.m. CST) — Singer Elvis Presley made his television debut tonight on the regional show Louisiana Hayride carried by KSLA-TV Shreveport (although audio recordings exist, there is no known video footage of this appearance).
