Video: 'BBC One History 1932-2006'
(Monday, August 22, 1932) — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) conducted its first experimental television broadcast today, using a 30-line mechanical system developed by John Logie Baird.
Category Archives: 1930s
‘Horse Feathers’ premieres in New York City 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: 'Horse Feathers' trailer
(Wednesday, August 10, 1932) — Horse Feathers, a Marx Brothers film comedy about a college president who mistakenly recruits two loonies to beef up his school’s football team, premiered tonight at the Rialto Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, the film stars Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd and Reginald Barlow.
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First Venice Film Festival opens 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' clip
(Saturday, August 6, 1932) — The first Venice Film Festival opened today with a screening of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Fredric March.
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Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: '1932 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, July 30, 1932) — The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, opened today at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum this afternoon as 105,000 people looked on and cheered.
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Democrats nominate FDR for president at Democratic National Convention 80 years ago tonight (1932)
Video: FDR nominated on July 1, 1932 (at 1:08)
(Wednesday, July 1, 1932) — Governor Franklin Roosevelt of New York was nominated for president late tonight by delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Roosevelt defeated former Gov. Al Smith of New York 945-190.25 on the fourth ballot. Continue reading Democrats nominate FDR for president at Democratic National Convention 80 years ago tonight (1932)
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Democrats open convention by assailing Hoover and calling for repeal of Prohibition 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: Barkley speech (at 1:46)
(Monday, June 27, 1932) — Democrats opened the 1932 Democratic National Convention today at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, with New York Gov. (and 1920 vice presidential nominee) Franklin D. Roosevelt viewed as virtually certain of nomination for president.
In a keynote speech bristling with denunciation of the Hoover administration, Sen. Alben W. Barkley today urged the convention to favor repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and called upon the nation to turn the Republicans out of office.
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‘We was robbed!’ claims Max Schmeling’s manager 80 years ago tonight (1932)
Video: 'Max Schmeling vs Jack Sharkey II' (silent)
(Tuesday, June 21, 1932) — Heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch tonight in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: “We was robbed!”
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Hoover, Curtis nominated for second terms at Republican National Convention 80 years ago today (1932)
Audio: Hoover formally accepts presidential nomination (Aug. 11, 1932)
(Thursday, June 16, 1932) — U.S. President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis were nominated for second terms of office today by delegates to the Republican National Convention at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Continue reading Hoover, Curtis nominated for second terms at Republican National Convention 80 years ago today (1932)
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World War I veterans arrive in Washington to demand cash bonuses 80 years ago today (1932)
Video: 'The March of the Bonus Army' (late May 1932 at 9:39)
(Sunday, May 29, 1932, during the Great Depression) — With American flags flying before them, sixteen truckloads of World War I veterans arrived in Washington today to demand cash bonuses they weren’t scheduled to receive until 1945. Eventually, 43,000 “Bonus Army” marchers – 17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups – would gather in Washington.
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Mobster Al Capone begins jail sentence 80 years ago this hour (1932)
(Wednesday, May 4, 1932, 6:50 p.m. CST) — Mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, entered Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary today, but he was still able to obtain special privileges.
