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Cannes. Glitz. Glamor. Film stars. Today, the Cannes film festival – formal title Festival de Cannes - is considered the epitome of the international motion picture world. The festival had an uncertain beginning. The first official French notification to the U.S. government of the planned festival arrived in the Department of State in the … Continue reading Calling “Cut” on the First Take at Cannes, 1939
In late 1943/early 1944, Humphrey Bogart and his wife Mayo Methot went on an 2-1/2 month entertainment tour of military bases in North Africa and Italy for the USO. Their party also included actor Don Cummings and accordionist Ralph Hark. In addition to giving shows, Bogart and his wife visited hospitals and undertook other morale-boosting … Continue reading Private First Class Bogart
Hunger enters stage right wearing a tight fitting black costume, a skeleton painted on the front and back. Hunger walks to the edge of the stage purposefully, then in a strolling fashion back to the house. Hunger peeps into the windows, inspects the adjacent root cellar, goes back to the dilapidated house, and enters. The … Continue reading Pirates in Love, Walking Potatoes, and Barboncito; the Pageants and Plays of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Thomas Edward Lawrence is most famous for his action in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in support of British forces in the Middle East during World War I, activity that won him the appellation of “Lawrence of Arabia.” T.E. Lawrence Lawrence was introduced to Arab language, culture, and history while doing archeological work … Continue reading Lawrence of Arabia: A View from 1939
Today's post is written by Timothy Wilcox, an Archivist at the National Archives at Kansas City. Many born in the 1980s and after cannot recall a life without electronic visual media in vibrant hues. Few of us know the history that brought it to the masses. The advent of color television was a gradual process … Continue reading Standardizing Color Television Systems
The major United Artists motion picture On the Beach came out in 1959. It was based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Nevil Shute. The book and the movie depict a post-apocalyptic world in the aftermath of a nuclear war. It was the first major movie about nuclear conflict and it threatened to … Continue reading More on preparing for the release of “On the Beach”
Photograph of The Krupp Diamond, taken March 24, 1959, Newark Sunday News, Sub A, HQ [Headquarters]-87-46974 [Classification-Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property] [The Krupp Diamond] (NAID 470528423) (FOIA Tracking Number RD 46626); Series: Classification 87 (Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property) Headquarters Case Files (Entry P 194); Record Group 65: Records of the Department of Justice. Federal … Continue reading Glimmer of Justice: The Krupp Diamond, an FBI Investigation turned Hollywood Romance
Today's post was written by Max Korn, an archives technician at the National Archives in College Park. "All names, characters, places, and incidents in this story are entirely fictional and the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental." Ever noticed at the end of movies a … Continue reading When a Russian Princess Sued MGM
Today’s post is by Rachael Salyer, Subject Matter Expert for Modern Military Records at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Major Glenn Miller (Right) Famous Band Leader, Talks With Two Officers During His Visit To Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England. 12 August 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 70887AC) (National Archives Identifier 204997792) On Christmas Eve … Continue reading Remembering Major Alton “Glenn” Miller (1904-1944)
Today’s post is by Rachael Salyer, Subject Matter Expert for Modern Military Records at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Photograph of WAC Officers Inspecting the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, Feb 15, 1945 (NAID 531249, Local ID: 111-SC-200791) In early 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion became the only Women’s Army Corps … Continue reading The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion and the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) in World War II
