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Have Fun With History: Overview of the Civil War
This brief explanation of the culture of the soldier on each side of this War Between the States and its long lasting effects. [4:00]
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Have Fun With History: Mayflower Ii: Building of a Replica
This is a short news reel showing the construction and launching of the Mayflower II. Built in 1955, it is still in use today.
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Have Fun With History: u.s. Patent Office Models
As the U.S. Patent Office no longer required working models of inventions submitted for patent approval, it auctioned off its storehouse of over 150,000 treasures - inventions from years passed.
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Have Fun With History: The Founding of Our Nation
This beautifully filmed presentation, narrated by Glen Ford, follows our country's progress from the early European colonists into the Revolutionary War and concludes with our country's constitution.
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Have Fun With History: Flying Machines: Hair Raising Moments
Those daring young men in their flying machines attempt death-defying, barnstorming stunts. So, come, Joesephine, in my flying machine.
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Have Fun With History: Harry Truman Assasination Attempt
It is not widely remembered today that there was an assasination attempt on the life of President Truman, who was living at Blair House while the White House was undergoing reconstruction. Two Puerto Rican nationalists planned to rush...
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Have Fun With History: The Monitor and the Merrimac
This is an overview of naval activity during the War between the States. It highlights the signifcance of sea power during the war as well as the use of ironclad vessels.
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Have Fun With History: President Franklin Roosevelt
This is the first sound movie of a presidential inauguration, it includes the ride to the capitol with Herbert Hoover, the taking of the oath, his inaugural speech and parade. [8:00]
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Have Fun With History: President Franklin Roosevelt
President Roosevelt helped lead the U.S. out of the great depression and through most of World War II until his death in 1945, not long after his re-election to his 4th term. [1:00]
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Have Fun With History: President Franklin Roosevelt
Newsreel announcement of Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented bid for a fourth term as president of the United States. [1:00]
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Have Fun With History: m.l.k. The Dream of Kings
A collage of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. produced shortly after his death includes comments from President Lyndon Johnson, Sammy Davis Junior, James Brown, Hubert Humphrey and more. If includes clips form several of his...
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Have Fun With History: President Harry Truman
Brilliant color footage takes us through the journey of Harry S. Truman from boyhood to presidency. This film's purpose was to bolster confidence in this president who was thrust into office upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt. [21:00]
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Have Fun With History: Nor Long Remember: Gettysburg Address
A very short speech, but one of the most famous by an American President. The Gettysburg Address was actually delivered after another speaker's two hour discourse. [15:00]
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Have Fun With History: Big Train
A documentary about the New York Central Railroad. You can learn a lot of the behind the scenes technology of a railroad as it was run in the 1950s. [27:00]
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Have Fun With History: John James Audubon
John James Audubon took his love and admiration of birds and brought the study and cataloging of animals to a new level. His life's work evolved in the Audubon Society which is strives to protect and show the beauty of nature. [30:00]
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Have Fun With History: Design for Dreaming
This promotional film from General Motors uses a dream sequence to show off the new cars of 1956. These "state-of-the-art" cars are presented with futuristic cars and a vision into the future of the household kitchen.
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Have Fun With History: Aviation: The World Through Stamps
An interesting combination - Great moments in aviation history as told through postage stamps. [18:00]
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Have Fun With History: Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort was chosen by Captain John Smith as a fortification to protect the entrance to the James River and the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. [2:00]
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Have Fun With History: Our Shrinking World
A recap and analysis of how technology and communications are breaking down barriers and improving our lives. We also find out what's in store for the future.(1946) [11:00]
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Have Fun With History: The Face of Lincoln
Professor Merrell Gage describes the life and career of Abraham Lincoln as he sculpts a lifelike bust of the 16th President, making physical changes in the subject's hair, beard and expression to correspond to events in Lincoln's life.
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Have Fun With History: Plow That Broke the Plains
This short acclaimed documentary shows the Great Plains at the time of the Great Depression and how they were reduced to what became known as the Dust Bowl. [26:00]
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Have Fun With History: B17: The Flying Fortress
Chronicles one of the early (autumn 1942) bombing runs of B-17s over Europe. [11:00]
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Have Fun With History: Train Strike of 1946
Newsreel coverage of the crippling railroad strike of 1946 prompting President Truman to takeover the railroads.