(Bonus PDF) The Mayflower Ship and the Voyage to America
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(Bonus) Cuban Missile Crisis - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis, was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the and the , when American deployments of in and were matched by Soviet deployments of nuclear missiles in . The crisis lasted from 16 to 28 October 1962. The confrontation is widely considered the came to escalating into full-scale
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(Bonus) Andrea Gromyko - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) Andrei Gromyko (18 July 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a politician and diplomat during the . He served as of (1957–1985) and as of the (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s Western pundits called him Mr Nyet ("Mr No") or "Grim Grom", because of his frequent use of the Soviet in the .
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(Bonus) Adlai Stevenson Biography - Wikipedia
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(Bonus) Adlai Ewing Stevenson II ( February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st from 1949 to 1953 and was the nominee for in and , losing both elections to in a . Stevenson was the grandson of , the 23rd vice president of the United States.
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Adalai Stevenson - Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962
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S05-E-04 We feature Adlai Stevenson, who was the U.S. representative to the United Nations, and a brief speech to his Soviet counterpart concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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"Rear Window" Movie - Wikipedia
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Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. Rear Window is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best,[4] as well as one of the greatest films ever made. It received four Academy Award nominations, and was ranked number 42 on...
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The Six Shooter Radio Show - Wikipedia
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The Six Shooter is a United States Western old-time radio program starring James Stewart as a gunfighter. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC (Sept. 20, 1953–June 24, 1954). Initially, it was broadcast on Sundays at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, through October 11. Then it was heard at 8:30 pm for three weeks. Finally, on November 8, 1953, through March 21, 1954, it was broadcast Sundays at 8 pm; beginning April 1, 1954, through the final episode, it was on Thursdays at 8:30 pm.[1] One old-time radio directory...
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Jimmy Stewart Biography - Wikipedia
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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors.[1] He received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1983, as well as the...
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Jimmy Stewart in the Six Shooter - Nov 15, 1953
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S05-E03 We feature Mr. Jimmy Stewart staring in an episode of the radio drama, The Six Shooter. Mr. Jimmy Stewart is an iconic American actor who had a prolific career in radio, theater, major motion pictures, and long service to his country in the Air Force. The selection for this episode is from his western radio drama, The Six Shooter. It was common for Hollywood actors to take work in radio inbetween their major film roles. This is an example of this role.
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"White Christmas" movie - Wikipedia
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White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film; this large-area negative was also used to...
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The Danny Kaye Show - Wikipedia
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The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show, hosted by the stage and screen star Danny Kaye, which aired on Wednesday nights from September 25, 1963, to June 7, 1967, on the CBS television network.[1] Directed by Robert Scheerer, it premiered in black-and-white. It switched to color broadcasts in the fall of 1965. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity. He starred in a string of successful 1940s and 1950s musical comedy features, made numerous personal appearances at venues such as the London Palladium, and his rare selective visits to the small screen were considered...
info_outlineThe Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. This voyage has become an iconic story in some of the earliest annals of American history, with its story of death and of survival in the harsh New England winter environment. The culmination of the voyage in the signing of the Mayflower Compact was an event which established a rudimentary form of democracy, with each member contributing to the welfare of the community. There was a second ship named Mayflower that made the London to Plymouth, Massachusetts voyage several times.