Lum and Abner – Lum Writes A Newspaper Column. 490306 (RetroExtra)
Tasked with writing a newspaper column, Lum tries to find his old typewriter. What will he write about? He does his best to do a gossip column to report on…
Universal Newsreel Audio – Christmas Brings Joy To Everyone. 451210
Get a short dose of how the nation celebrated this post-war Christmas. Care packages are sent to troops still overseas, while kiddies go shopping, and take in the seasonal window…
Retro Timeline Update – January 19
Dateline, January 19: 1935 coopers inc. sells the first briefs. 1937 howard hughes sets a new record by flying from los angeles to new york in 7 hours 28 minutes.…
Retro Timeline Update – January 18
Dateline, January 18: 1919 the paris peace conference opens in versailles 1941 brittish troops launch a counter offensive against italian north africa. 1943 the warsaw uprising. jews in the warsaw…
Retro Timeline Update – January 17.
Dateline, January 17: 1917 the united states pays denmark 25 milliomn dollars for the virgin islands. 1929 popey the sailor man first appears in the thimble theater comic strip. 1945…
Retro Timeline Update – January 16
Dateline, January 16: 1909 the shackleton expedition finds the magnetic south pole. 1919 the temperance movement enfluences congress to ratify the 18th amendment to the constitution. prohibition is to begin…
Retro Timeline Update – January 15
Dateline, January 15: 1919 boston molasses disaster. a large molasses tank ruptures, and a wave of molasses rolls down the street 21 are killed 150 are injured. 1936 the 1st…
Retro Timeline Update – January 14
Dateline, January 14: 1784 revolutionary war: the US ratifies a peace treaty with brittain. 1942 fdr becomes the 1st president to fly on a plane while in office, when travelling…
Retro Timeline Update – January 13
Dateline, January 13: 1942 first use of an ejection seat, performed by a german test pilot in a jet fighter. 1942 Henry ford patents a plastic automobile, weighing 30% less…
Retro Timeline Update – January 12
Dateline, January 12: 1915 Congress rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1932 Hattie Caroway becomes the first woman senator. 1942 President FDR creates the national war…