Video: 'WPA (Works Progress Administration) - 1937'
(Monday, May 6, 1935; during the Great Depression) — The Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Category Archives: 1930s
Hitler attends premiere of Nazi propaganda film ‘Triumph des Willens’ 80 years ago today (Mar 28 1935)
Video: 'Leni Riefenstahl: Triumph of the Will (1935)'
(Thursday, March 28, 1935) — The notorious Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered today at the Berlin Ufa Palace Theater with Adolf Hitler present.
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First regular electronic TV service begins in Germany 80 years ago today (Mar 22 1935)
Video: 'First 2 Television Broadcasts of The Third Reich Nazi Germany (1935 & 1936)'
(Friday, March 22, 1935) — The first regular electronic television service in Germany began today in Berlin, as Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk.
Broadcasting from the Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, it used a 180-line system, and was on air for 90 minutes, three times a week. Very few receivers were ever privately owned, and viewers went instead to Fernsehstuben (television parlors).
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‘It Happened One Night’ wins Outstanding Production at 7th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Feb 27 1935)
Video: 'Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert at the 1935 Academy Awards'
(Wednesday, February 27, 1935, 8:00-9:45 p.m. PST) — It Happened One Night, a romantic comedy film about a newspaperman who tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour, won five Oscars tonight at the 7th Academy Awards, including Outstanding Production and Frank Capra for Best Director. Continue reading ‘It Happened One Night’ wins Outstanding Production at 7th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Feb 27 1935)
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Cole Porter’s ‘Anything Goes’ opens on Broadway 80 years ago tonight (Nov 21 1934)
ETHEL MERMAN - ANYTHING GOES 1979
(Wednesday, November 21, 1934) — The Cole Porter musical Anything Goes, starring Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney and set aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London, opened today at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway in New York.
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‘It’s a Gift’ released in the U.S. 80 years ago today (Nov 17 1934)
Video: '[Great Film Scenes] It's a Gift (1934) - Shaving Scene'
(Saturday, November 17, 1934) — It’s a Gift, a comedy film about the trials and tribulations of a grocery store owner, was released in today in the U.S.
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, the film starred W. C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison and Tammany Young.
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson married 80 years ago today (Nov 17 1934)
(Saturday, November 17, 1934) — Future U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, 26, married Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor, 21, today at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas.
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‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd slain as he flees by federal men 80 years ago this afternoon (Oct 22 1934)
Video: 'Pretty boy Floyd' (5 videos)
(Monday, October 22, 1934, afternoon local time) — Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of the most notorious outlaws of the present era, was shot and killed on a farm seven miles from East Liverpool, Ohio, this afternoon as he fled from federal agents and East Liverpool police who were closing in on him.
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St. Louis Cardinals take World Series in seven games 80 years ago today (Oct 9 1934)
Video: 'The World Series Champion 1934 Cardinals "The Gashouse Gang"' (Oct. 9, 1934, at 6:20)
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1934 World Series today, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-0 at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, in the seventh and deciding game. It was the third of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
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Yugoslav King assassinated by Croatian as ruler lands in Marseilles 80 years ago this hour (Oct 9 1934)
Video: 'Serbian King Alexander Assassination'
(Tuesday, October 9, 1934, 4:10 p.m. CET) — Within a few minutes after having stepped ashore at Marseilles today on an official visit to France, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was shot dead today by an assassin — apparently one of his own subjects who had obviously come to France for this express purpose.
