(Sunday, March 7, 1926, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. GMT) — For the first time, extended and successful conversations were held by telephone between New York and London this morning at a demonstration of progress in the transatlantic radio telephone by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Radio Corporation of America and the British General Post Office.
Video: 'PBS American Experience & The Kennedys 1 of 2' (Feb. 7, 1926, at 13:17)
(Sunday, February 7, 1926) — Boston banker Joseph P. Kennedy entered the motion picture production business today by buying, with some associates, control of the Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) film studio from Lloyds Bank and other British financial interests.
Video: 'The Fifth Beatle, George Martin Documentary.'
(Sunday, January 3, 1926) — British record producer, composer and musical arranger George Martin, sometimes referred to as “the Fifth Beatle” in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles’ original albums, was born today into a working-class family in Drayton Park, England.
Video: 'Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Full Movie; English'
(Thursday, December 24, 1925, Christmas Eve) — Battleship Potemkin, a Soviet silent film about the 1905 mutiny by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin against their officers of the Tsarist regime, opened today in the Soviet Union.
Directed by S.M. Eisenstein, the film starred Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov.
(Saturday, December 12, 1925) — The first motel, the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel), opened today in San Luis Obispo, California.
Video: 'Hamelin plays Gershwin - Concerto in F'
(Thursday, December 3, 1925, 3:00 p.m. EST) — George Gershwin’s “Concerto in F” had its world premiere today at New York’s Carnegie Hall, with Gershwin at the piano.
Video: '1925 World Series Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Senators (Minnesota Twins)'
(Thursday, October 15, 1925, afternoon EST) — The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1925 World Series today, beating the Washington Senators 9-7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the seventh and deciding game.
It was the second of five World Series titles for the Pirates (1909-1979).
Video: 'Carolyn Thomson - Only A Rose'
(Monday, September 21, 1925, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — The Vagabond King, an operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, opened tonight at the Casino Theatre on Broadway in New York.
The cast was led by Dennis King as Villon and Carolyn Thomson as Katherine.
Video: 'Harold Lloyd The Freshman 1925'
(Sunday, September 20, 1925) — The Freshman, a silent comedy film about a naive college boy who tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself, opened today in the United States including Colony Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, the film starred Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston.
Video: 'The Phantom of the Opera (1925) [HD] - Lon Chaney'
(Sunday, September 6, 1925, evening EDT) — The Phantom of the Opera, a silent horror film about a hideously deformed man who haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera, premiered tonight at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Rupert Julian, the film starred Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Gibson Gowland.
