Video: 'American Experience The Kennedys 1' (Kennedy arrives at 27:12)
(Tuesday, March 1, 1938, evening GMT) — Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. the new United States Ambassador to Great Britain, arrived tonight in Plymouth, England, aboard the 24,189-ton luxury liner SS Manhattan to take up his new post. Continue reading Joseph Kennedy arrives in England to take new post 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 1 1938)
Video: 'American Experience The Kennedys 1' (Kennedy departs at 26:36)
(Wednesday, February 23, 1938) — Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., the new United States Ambassador to Great Britain, sailed for his post today from New York Harbor aboard the 24,189-ton luxury liner SS Manhattan. Continue reading Joseph Kennedy departs for new post in England 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1938)
Video: 'The Big Broadcast of 1938 W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour'
(Friday, February 18, 1938) — The Big Broadcast of 1938, a musical film about a radio announcer who tries to juggle musical acts and his ex-wives while broadcasting from an ocean liner, was released today in the U.S. (it opened in New York City on Mar. 9, 1938). Continue reading ‘The Big Broadcast of 1938’ released in U.S. 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1938)
Video: 'Bringing Up Baby' trailer
(Wednesday, February 16, 1938) — Bringing Up Baby, an American screwball comedy film about a madcap heiress who upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist, premiered today at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. Continue reading ‘Bringing Up Baby’ premieres in San Francisco 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 16 1938)
Video: 'American Musical The Cradle Will Rock'
(Monday, January 3, 1938, 8:40 p.m. EST) — The musical play The Cradle Will Rock, which follows the efforts of Larry Foreman to unionize the town’s workers and combat wicked, greedy businessman Mr. Mister, made its Broadway debut tonight at the Windsor Theatre in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ opens on Broadway 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1938)
Video: 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt gives message to Congress at Washington DC. HD Stock Footage'
(Monday, January 3 1938, 1:30 p.m. EST) — In a message to Congress on the state of the Union, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed today for cooperation between the government and the various segments of the nation in a program to restore the national income to prosperity levels and insure the country’s security “in a world of high tension and disorder.” Continue reading FDR urges capital and labor to cooperate 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1938)
Video: 'History of the March of Dimes' (12 videos)
(Monday, January 3, 1938) — The March of Dimes, a U.S. nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality, was established today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Continue reading FDR establishes March of Dimes campaign to fight polio 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1938)
Video: 'Conquest of the Hudson - Building the Lincoln Tunnel' (Dec. 22, 1937, at 18:50)
(Wednesday, December 22, 1937, 4:00 a.m. EST) — The first, center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River was opened to traffic this morning. Continue reading Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 22 1937)
Video: 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' trailer
(Tuesday, December 21, 1937) — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions about a a jealous queen who attempts to get rid of her beautiful step-daughter, Snow White, who takes refuge with seven dwarfs in their forest home, premiered tonight at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Continue reading ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ premieres in Los Angeles 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1937)
Video: 'Alcatraz 1934-1977 Part 2 of 6' (Dec. 16, 1937, at 6:42)
(Thursday, December 16, 1937, 1:30 p.m. PST) — Two long-term convicts, Theodore “Ted” Cole and Ralph Roe, took part today in the second documented escape attempt from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco. Continue reading Two convicts escape Alcatraz prison 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1937)
