Video: 'The Great Sit-Down - Yesterday's Witness in America' (Feb. 11, 1937, at 46:22)
(Thursday, February 11, 1937, noon EST) — The six-week-old Flint sit-down strike against General Motors ended today with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers (UAW) as the exclusive bargaining representative for GM’s employees who were members of the union for the next six months. Continue reading Flint sit-down strike settled 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 11 1937)
Video: 'Reshaping the Supreme Court'
(Friday, February 5, 1937, noon EST) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt today proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, which included a provision to increase the number of Supreme Court justices to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional. Continue reading Roosevelt proposes plan to ‘pack’ Supreme Court 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 5 1937)
Video: 'President Roosevelt's Inauguration (1937)'
(Wednesday, January 20, 1937, 12:29 p.m. EST) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 55, was inaugurated today for a second term of office on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administering oath of office. Continue reading Roosevelt, Garner sworn in for second terms as U.S. President, Vice President 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1937)
Video: 'Scenes from the 1936 Democratic Party National Convention in Philadelphia HD Stock Footage'
(Saturday, June 27, 1936, 12:42 a.m. EDT) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was nominated for a second term by acclamation this morning at the 1936 Republican National Convention meeting at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. Continue reading Democrats nominate FDR for a second term 80 years ago this hour (June 27 1936)
(Friday, June 12, 1936, midday EDT) — Publisher Frank Knox of Illinois was nominated vice president today at the 1936 Republican National Convention meeting at Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Continue reading Republicans nominate Frank Knox for vice president 80 years ago today (June 12 1936)
Video: 'Mutiny on the Bounty wins the 1935 Academy Award for Best-Pic ,.mpg'
(Thursday, March 5, 1936, 8:00-10:12 p.m. PST) — Mutiny on the Bounty, a drama film about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition, won Outstanding Production tonight at the 8th Academy Awards. Continue reading ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ wins Outstanding Production at 8th Academy Awards 80 years ago this hour (Mar 5 1936)
Video: '20th Century Fox History (UPDATE)'
(Friday, May 31, 1935) — Movie studio 20th Century Fox was created today through a merger of the Fox Film Corp. and Twentieth Century Pictures.
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.
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).
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)
