Video: 'To Have and Have Not' (trailer)
(Wednesday, October 11, 1944) — To Have and Have Not, a romance-war-adventure film that follows a skipper-for-hire’s romance with a beautiful drifter complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance, opened today at the Hollywood in New York City.
Directed by Howard Hawks, the film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran and Hoagy Carmichael.
Video: 'Laura' (trailer)
(Wednesday, October 11, 1944) — Laura, a film noir about a police detective who falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating, opened today at the Roxy in New York City.
Directed by Otto Preminger, the film starred Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson.
Video: 'World Series 1944'
(Monday, October 9, 1944) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1944 World Series today, beating the St. Louis Browns 3-1 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Missouri, in the sixth and deciding game. It was the fifth of 11 World Series titles for the Cardinals (1926-2011).
Video: 'The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet - Ozzie And The Hypnotist' (Jan. 28, 1945)
(Sunday, October 8, 1944, 6:00 p.m. EWT) — The situation comedy The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, made its debut today on CBS Radio on the Nelsons’ ninth wedding anniversary.
(Tuesday, October 3, 1944; during the Battle of Aachen of World War II) — U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line, a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany during World War I, today north of Aachen, Germany.
Video: 'The Lost Evidence: Operation Market Garden (HD - FULL)' (Sept. 25, 1944, at 39:25)
(Monday, September 25, 1944, 10:00 p.m. local time; during the Operation Market Garden, part of the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine during World War II) — Operation Market Garden, an Allied military operation fought in the Netherlands and Germany and the largest airborne operation up to that time, ended today when the remaining British 1st Airborne Division on the Lower Rhine at Oosterbeek were ordered evacuated. Continue reading Operation Market Garden ends in failure 70 years ago tonight (Sep 25 1944)
Video: 'The World At War: Occupation Holland 5/5' (Sept. 17, 1944, at 5:26)
(Sunday, September 17, 1944; during World War II) — The Dutch Government in London ordered a railway strike in support of Operation Market Garden, a plan to secure seven bridges and transport lines to the rail bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Continue reading Dutch railway workers strike in support of Operation Market Garden 70 years ago today (Sep 17 1944)
Video: 'World War II Pacific Peleliu'
(Friday, September 15, 1944, 8:32 a.m. PWT; during the Battle of Peleliu, part of the Pacific War of World War II) — U.S. Marines landed today in the Palau Islands, launching the Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. Continue reading Americans invade Japanese-occupied Palau Islands 70 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1944)
Video: 'Destruction in coastal northeast USA from the 1944 "Great Atlantic Hurricane" (Fi...HD Stock Footage'
(Thursday, September 14, 1944) — The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane passed close to North Carolina and Virginia today before heading up the northeastern U.S. coast. Nearly 400 people died, most at sea.
Video: 'Bevrijding 1944 Maastricht - www.zeuk.nl'
(Thursday, September 14, 1944; during World War II) — Maastricht today became the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. Continue reading Allies liberate first Dutch city (Maastricht) 70 years ago today (Sep 14 1944)
