Video: 'Paul McCartney-Give My Regards to Broad Street-Full Movie-HQ' ('Ballroom Dancing' sequence begins at 24:25)
(Friday, April 22, 1983) — Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr filmed the “Ballroom Dancing” scenes today at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, England, for the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street. The film, directed by Peter Webb, was written and starred McCartney.
Video: Apr. 22, 1973 (at 8:24)
(Sunday, April 22, 1973, Easter Sunday; during the Watergate scandal) — Vacationing in his Key Biscayne, Florida home, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon called White House counsel John Dean today, hoping to appeal to Dean’s loyalty not to reveal any more, saying “I want you to know, John, you’re still my counsel.”
Video: 'Korean War - PART 28, End of the War, 6.25' (exchange begins at 0:53)
(Monday, April 20, 1953; during the Korean War, part of the Cold War) — 100 United Nations soldiers, including 30 Americans, were freed from communist captivity today as the opponents in the Korean War began the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners under a recently negotiated agreement.
Video: 'WVat150 1863 Statehood'
(Monday, April 20, 1863; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation today admitting West Virginia to the Union, effective in 60 days (June 20, 1863).
Video: 'High Plains Drifter' (trailer)
(Thursday, April 19, 1973) — High Plains Drifter, a Western film about a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town to defend them against a group of criminals, opened today in New York City.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Eastwood, Verna Bloom and Marianna Hill.
Video: 'Soylent Green' (clip)
(Thursday, April 19, 1973) — Soylent Green, a science fiction film about a New York police detective in an overpopulated futuristic Earth who finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff, opened today in New York City.
Directed by Richard Fleischer, the film stars Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young and Edward G. Robinson.
Video: 'FDR Ends Gold Standard in 1933'
(Wednesday, April 19, 1933; during the Great Depression) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United States off the gold standard today by ordering that gold exports to other nations be halted. The effect would be to devalue the U.S. dollar by 36% (against gold-backed currencies) over the next eight months. However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had increased by 55% on July 18, 1933.
Video: 'Fedex and UPS Documentary' (April 17, 1973 at 3:44)
(Tuesday, April 17, 1973) –Federal Express (later FedEx) began operations today as 14 Dassault Falcon 20s carrying 186 packages took off from Memphis International Airport, bound for 25 U.S. cities.
Video: Apr. 17, 1973 (at 16:26)
(Tuesday, April 17, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon, aware that White House Counsel John Dean is talking to the Watergate investigators, asks Dean to resign, passing him a drafted letter written in the form of a confession. Nixon also tells Dean that he is also planning to remove two of his top aides Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman.
Video: 'Paul McCartney-Give My Regards to Broad Street-Full Movie-HQ' (visiting Jim sequence begins at 1:24:46)
(Friday, April 15, 1983) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney filmed more scenes today at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, England, for the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street, visiting Jim, looking for Harry. The film, directed by Peter Webb, was written and starred McCartney.
