Podcasts about newsreels

In this episode, we delve into a captivating narrative titled "Ghost on the Newsreel Negative." As we explore this tale, we are transported back to a time when news was communicated through microfiche and newsreels. The story begins with a discussion about the casual joys of reading, as the narrator enjoys the ironic mix of life and death chronicled in the obituaries and the comedic escapades found in the funny pages. This sets an intriguing tone that invites listeners to gather around as secrets and shadows unfold.As our protagonists, Martin and Whit, embark on their journey to a seemingly abandoned ghost farm, we follow their playful banter that quickly turns into a more complex investigation of supernatural lore. They're on a mission to capture the essence of supposed hauntings for a newsreel, sparking a rich dialogue about skepticism and faith in the supernatural. The backdrop of the ghost farm, with its desolate house and barn, serves as the perfect setting for the unfolding drama. The humorous exchanges continue as they engage with a quirky local who claims he is the ghost, leaving listeners in suspense and laughter.A turning point in the narrative reveals Martin and Whit's trials as they attempt to capture a haunting scene on film. The chaotic and tense atmosphere escalates as comedic errors blend with feelings of fear, particularly as they explore a dark house where a mysterious presence is hinted to exist. The story's tone wavers between thrilling and comedic, engaging listeners in an unpredictable ride as they witness the protagonists' interactions and their failures to document the paranormal effectively.As the episode draws to a close, listeners are compelled to reflect on what truly constitutes a ghost and the deeper connections between reality and the uncanny. The closing conversation brings a sense of warmth, as themes of nostalgia and curiosity intertwine. The listener is left with a lingering sense of wonder about the nature of ghosts and the stories we tell, as the narrator encourages a moment of gratitude and reflection on their own life. This episode not only entertains but also prompts introspection on what we hold dear, wrapping up with an invitation to carry these musings into the night.

On this day in 1920, the Socialist Party of America nominated Eugene V. Debs as its presidential candidate.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Chapman was the head track coach and history teacher at the year-old Memorial High School in 1963.In 1965, “Coach.” as he became known, was hired as head football coach at Edison High School, where, in his second season, he led his team to win the District Championship title. Coach was named Tulsa Tribune Coach of the Year in 1966. He coached and taught at Edison for seven years before returning to Memorial High School as head tennis coach.He retired for a year in 1986, before being hired to coordinate the in-house program at Nathan Hale High School, a position he held for several years before retiring completely.In 1988, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame and also was inducted into both the Edison High School and Memorial High School Coaches Halls of Fame, as well as the Oklahoma Track Coaches Hall of Fame.Richard Chapman was 91 when he died May 21, 2020.

In the 1950s the CIA weaponized culture to capture hearts and minds in Europe and Africa. We meet three writers (Richard Wright, Kenneth Tynan, and Dwight Macdonald) who got caught up in this battle both as collaborators and targets between the years of 1956 - 1960. We also meet a propagandist responsible for the CIA's cinematic version of 1984 (Operation Big Brother) and “books that don't smack of propaganda” aimed at European Intellectuals - including James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son. Shownotes: Françoise Vergès is the author of A decolonial Feminism, James Campbell is the author of Paris Interzone and Talking at the Gates, Jelena Ćulibrk writes on IRD and Newsreels, Tony Shaw writes on British Cinema and the Cold War, Support ToE and get access to the incredible exclusive bonus companion series to Not All Propaganda is Art by subscribing at https://theoryofeverything.supercast.com/, or subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts by hitting “Subscribe” right on the show page.

During the Great Depression, Newsreels about John Dillinger, the first gangster declared Public Enemy #1, drew cheers from movie audiences across America and hisses when pictures of J. Edgar Hoover appeared on screen. Agents from what would become the FBI killed Dillinger in a hail of gunfire while leaving Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934. The case put the FBI on the map and, to this day, plays a major part in the bureau's historical legacy. But questions persist about whether the FBI killed the real John Dillinger or a stand-in resembling the gangster so he could make a getaway. Travis Thompson, the great-nephew of John Dillinger and a veteran law enforcement officer in Indiana has literally been trying to dig up evidence from the cemetery where John Dillinger is buried. Thompson has tried to exhume Dillinger's body from a concrete-encased tomb at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Adding to the Dillinger mystery, Thompson and Stewart Fillmore, a retired FBI agent have unearthed a mysterious map on the family farm in Indiana. The Dillinger case is a celebrated chapter in the FBI's history and the bureau dismisses what it calls conspiracy theories. But Travis Thompson brings his law enforcement background to the search for more evidence. Did the FBI kill the real John Dillinger or a stand-in who was helping Dillinger escape? The mystery continues in my interview with Travis Thompson. Links To Dillinger Resources Mentioned During Episode True Crime Reporter® Story About The FBI's Hogan's Alley This Bank Gets Robbed Every Day   FBI John Dillinger History   FBI “The Top Ten Dillinger Myths”   Expedition Unknown   John Dillinger's Death Mask   History Channel Behind Efforts To Exhume John Dillinger's Body   History Channel Drops Out Of Planned John Dillinger Documentary; Proposed Exhumation In Doubt We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen. Join our true crime community and follow us here.  The True Crime Reporter® podcast features stories about serial killers, mass murderers, murder mysteries, homicides, cold cases, prisons, violent criminals, serial rapists, child abductors, child molesters, kidnappers, bank robbers, cyber criminals, and assorted violent criminals. True Crime Reporter® is a @2023 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter®, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PDuring the Great Depression, Newsreels about John Dillinger, the first gangster declared Public Enemy #1, drew cheers from movie audiences across America and hisses when pictures of J. Edgar…

PDuring the Great Depression, Newsreels about John Dillinger, the first gangster declared Public Enemy #1, drew cheers from movie audiences across America and hisses when pictures of J. Edgar…

A film titled Gandhi released in 1982 helmed by Richard Attenborough, won several prestigious accolades and also introduced the iconic figure of India, to the younger generation. This was followed by many films, newsreels, and documentaries allowing the audience to know more about the Father Of The Nation. However, contrary to this, Mahatma Gandhi, himself didn't like films, as he thought the technology was distractive and harmful, claimed our guest. In this episode of The Wire Talks Sidharth is joined by Prakash Magdum, former director of the National Film Archives of India, civil servant and author. Our guest takes us through his journey about what intrigued him about Mahatma Gandhi and his perspective towards the films. Prakash titles the great leader as the 'Star of The Newsreels' era for the amazing fan following he developed across the borders in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to this, he also talks about what made him write the book, The Mahatma on Celluloid.  Follow Prakash Magdum on Twitter.  Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website and all audio streaming platforms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Description: Bill and Rachel discuss the era of newsreels from 1908 to the 1950s and the early plastic technology that made them possible. Links and notes for Ep. 404 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AFD-Ep-404-Links-and-Notes-Nitrocellulose-and-Newsreels.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird. The post Dec 19, 2021 – Nitrocellulose and Newsreels – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 404 appeared first on Arsenal For Democracy.

Nyheter på medelsvår engelska. Newsreels årskrönika! Vi tittar tillbaka på viktiga händelser från 2021. I januari tog Joe Biden över presidentposten i USA och landet återanslöt till klimatavtalet "The Paris accord". Unga är oroliga för miljön och framtiden. Svarta människor i Storbritannien är mer tveksamma till att ta coronavaccinet än övriga befolkningen. Hur påverkas du av algoritmer på sociala medier? England spelar en historisk EM-final i fotboll. En 13-åring tar medalj i OS i Tokyo. Storbritanniens ledare för Paralympics-laget berättar hur hon känner inför tävlingarna. Musik från Olivia Rodrigo och Billie Eilish.

Produced by: Catherine Charlwood (@DrCharlwood) and Laura Ludtke (@lady_electric) Music composed and performed by Gareth Jones. About the episode: This sixth episode of the third series of LitSciPod features an interview with Dr Heather Love, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Waterloo (Canada). Heather discusses her work on cybernetics in the works of Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos, and Virginia Woolf, as well as modernism and diagnosis. She introduces us to her new project on obstetrics and explores her unique relationship with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Together, we consider the importance of the concept of the cluster to her research. At the end of the episode, you can hear Heather read an excerpt from Gertrude Stein's Everybody's Autobiography (1937). Episode resources (in order of appearance): • Gabriel Roberts, “ The Humanities in Modern Britain: Challenges and Opportunities”, Higher Education Policy Institute (2021) • Lord Browne, “Securing a sustainable future for higher education: an independent review of higher education funding and student finance” (2010) • Royal Society, “Jobs are changing, so should education” (2019) • Heather Love, “The Cluster as Interpretive Gesture” in “Traces”, Open Thresholds (2017): http://openthresholds.org/2/clusterasinterpretivegesture. • Love, “Newsreels, Novels, and Cybernetics: Reading the Random Patterns of John Dos Passos's U.S.A.”, Journal of Modern Literature • Janet Galligani Casey, Dos Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine (1998) • Walter Pater, The Renaissance • William James, The Principles of Psychology • Ross Ashby, “The Black Box”, An Introduction to Cybernetics (1956). • Sylvan Thompkins, Affect Imagery Consciousness: The Positive Affects (1962) • Virginia Woolf, The Waves (1931) •Dorothy Richardson, Pilgrimage (1915–38) • Paul Jaussen, Writing in Real Time: Emergent Poetics from Whitman to the Digital (2017) • John Dos Passos, USA Trilogy (1930–6); Manhattan Transfer (1925) • Love, “Cybernetic Modernism and the Feedback Loop: Ezra Pound's Poetics of Transmission”, Modernism/modernity (2016) • Joy Division, “Transmission”, Novelty (1979) •Ezra Pound, Cantos LII–LXXI (1940) • Woolf, “Character in Fiction” The Criterion (1924) • Ford Madox Ford, “On Impressionism,” Poetry and Drama (1913) • Rudolf Arnheim, Rundfunk als hörkunst (1933), translated as Radio as Sound (1936) • University of Waterloo, Co-op Program (https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/co-op); Master of Arts in Experimental Digital Media (https://uwaterloo.ca/english/xdm) • Siegfried Zielinski, [. . . After the Media]: News from the Slow-Fading Twentieth Century (2013) • Love & Lisa Mendelman, Modernism and Diagnosis in Modernism/modernity Print Plus 6.2 (2021): https://doi.org/10.26597/mod.0198 • Kevin Jackson, Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One (2012) • Paul Stephens, The Poetics of Information Overload: From Gertrude Stein to Conceptual Writing (2015) Stephens, “Stars in My Pocket Like Bits of Data: The poetics of information overload”, Guernica (15 July 2015) • Robertson Collection, Museum of Healthcare at Kingston. See https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/objects-of-intrigue-museum-of-health-care-moulages

In this episode, we discuss the new aviation startup Boom and their partnership with United Airlines, new Twitch policies and gambling streams, the booming housing market, and the government vaccination effort.

Episode 590: Newsreels

Episode 590: Newsreels

This week it's pomp and propaganda at the pictures. In 1921, the news shown before the main feature was carefully curated, as Ciara Chambers, author of Ireland in Newsreels, explains. We find out how audiences didn't always take kindly to ‘fake news'.

Mexico Marks 33Rd Anniversary Of New Social Order [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration ARC 38986 Local Identifier 208-UN-79 Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org Identifier gov.archives.arc.38986 Footage downloaded and audio edited by Jason Roeseke at PublicAccessPod producer of Public Access America Podcast Link Review us Stitcher: http://goo.gl/XpKHWB Review us iTunes: https://goo.gl/soc7KG Subscribe GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/gPEDbf YouTube https://goo.gl/xrKbJb YouTube from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, President Camacho of Mexico reviews a parade in Mexico City. Shows a mass gymnastic drill. Part 2, U.S. and Australian troops compete in a steer riding contest in Brisbane. Part 3, C-47's tow gliders in an exercise. Parachute troops and the gliders land. Shows Gen. Arnold. Part 4, Eleanor Roosevelt reviews SPARS parading past the White House. Part 5, Australian tennis stars play for servicemen in Sydney. Part 6, ships and planes bombard Japanese positions on New Guinea and the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Admirals Halsey and Wilkinson chart operations. Marines land on Bougainville. Source Link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.38986 Copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ JJ

The Aftermath of A second World War National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39172, LI 208-UN-1054 - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Podcaster PublicAccessPod.com Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Norwegian and British officials receive the German surrender at Oslo. Part 2 shows destruction to French and German ports caused by allied air attacks. French soldiers return home and citizens rejoice. Shows German prisoners. Part 3, pipe lines are manufactured and laid in the English Channel and through France to Ghent, Belgium. Shows pumping stations in England. citizens of Oslo celebrate their newly gained liberty in the city streets. Part 2, President Truman, Joseph E. Davies, Harry Hopkins, and Adm. Leahy meet at the White House. Part 3, Gens. Eisenhower, Montgomery, and Zhukov at Berlin sign agreements for allied control of the city. Part 4, British troops retake Rangoon. Part 5, UNRRA collects clothes in New York City for Europe. Part 6, Gen. Eisenhower reviews parades in London and Washington, D.C., and receives the Medal of Liberation from Gen. de Gaulle in Paris.

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39139, LI 208-UN-1021 - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Audio from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, civilians return to Dunkirk after British troops have occupied the city. Part 2, British troops liberate Belgian villages. Gen. Robert Urquhart returns to his command. Part 3, British and U.S. (8th Air Force) planes strafe and bomb German convoys in the English Channel and installations at Brest and Calais. Germans surrender. Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org Podcaster publicaccesspod.com Source Link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39139 Copyright Link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39016, LI 208-UN-109 - REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY [ETC.] - Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, shows the Republican Convention in Chicago. Personages: Gov. Bricker, Gov. Dewey, Gov. Landon, Representative Joseph W. Martin, Chairman Harrison E. Spangler, Senator Taft, Gov. Warren, and Wendell Willkie. Part 2, shows members of the new Italian cabinet. U.S. soldiers, including Gen. Mark Clark, attend mass. Part 3, Pres. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill of Rights. Shows rehabilitation activities of servicemen. Part 4, 70,000 Chinese laborers build an airfield in China. Source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39016 Copyright Link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38989, LI 208-UN-82 - GEN. MACARTHUR'S FORCES WIN NEW BASES IN PACIFIC [ETC.] - Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Australian troops capture Madang, New Guinea. Part 2, a Navy dirigible patrols for German submarines and drops bombs. Part 3 shows the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Riza Pahlavi, and his family. Part 4, a 75 mm cannon is fired from a B-25 bomber. Bombs are dropped with parachutes. Shows a mass artillery barrage. Part 5, animals are rescued from an irrigation viaduct. Part 6, fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes and strafe railroads. Part 7, President Roosevelt inspects the 7th Army in Sicily and decorates Gen. Mark Clark. Shows Winston Churchill and Gen. Eisenhower.

Notes: tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep5 Aaron Gulyas discusses the outline and structure of his new book, “Teaching History with Newsreels & Public Service Shorts”

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep5 Q1: What were the two secrets of America’s prosperity in the 1950s, as discovered by an alien from Mars? Q2: Why did Jerry Fairbanks suggest we were on the ‘brink of disaster’ in 1972? Was it the hippies? Q3: What was happening to Japanese Americans in 1944 that led to the production of ‘A Challenge to Democracy’? Listen for answers as Aaron Gulyas inspires and delights us with modern American History and his new book “Teaching History with Newsreels & Public Service Shorts”

Pierre Laval Executed For Treason [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39088, LI 208-UN-180 - PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1 shows Laval in Paris in 1941 with Nazis and prison scenes before and after his execution. Part 2, Gen. Yamashita is tried in Manila for war crimes. Gen. R.B. Reynolds presides. Part 3, President Truman speaks before a labor-industry conference. Other personages: Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, William Green, Charles Wilson. Part 4, cavalry horses and mules at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, are driven to winter feeding grounds. Part 5, British troops return to Hong Kong and capture Japanese soldiers. Marines are welcomed to Tientsin. Part 6, Japanese government gold, silver, and platinum are removed from caches. Hulks of Japanese ships dot Kure harbor. source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39088 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

First Pictures Inside Bomb Blasted Japan [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39080, LI 208-UN-172 - FIRST PICTURES INSIDE BOMB BLASTED JAPAN [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1 shows aerial views and close-ups of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Osaka, Kure, and Tokyo. Includes shots of Americans being liberated from Japanese prison camps. Part 2 shows President Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Baseball Commissioner Chandler at a baseball game in Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Part 3 shows General Jonathan Wainwright reviewing parades in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. and receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman. source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39080 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

First Pictures: Alaska-Russia Sky Route [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39043, LI 208-UN-136 - FIRST PICTURES: ALASKA-RUSSIA SKY ROUTE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, many fighter airplanes in Alaska, a lend-lease shipment, are inspected and flown away by Russians. Part 2, German radio equipment and operators are captured by the Coast Guard on and near Greenland. Part 3, France joins the U.N. and Sec. of State Stettinius addresses the delegation. Part 4, shows the bombardment and occupation of Leyte. Civilians return to their homes and welcome soldiers; children attend school. source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39043 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

American Army Women Serving On All Fronts [Etc.] National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39012, LI 208-UN-105 - AMERICAN ARMY WOMEN SERVING ON ALL FRONTS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, WAC mechanics service airplanes in Arizona. Part 2, the Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle celebrates the completion of its 5,000th Flying Fortress. Part 3, shows poses of military cameramen who will cover the invasion of Europe. Part 4, shows Air Force heroes in Washington, D.C., and one at his home in Piqua, Ohio. Part 5, allied planes bomb Italy. British troops advance toward Cassino and Americans toward Anzio. Shows German prisoners of war and aid to Italian citizens. source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39012 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Moscow Pact A Triumph For United Nations [Etc.] To watch this video visit Public Access America https://youtu.be/H4fcRX_VQ44 National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38984, LI 208-UN-77 - MOSCOW PACT A TRIUMPH FOR UNITED NATIONS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Sec. Hull, Molotov, Eden, Averell Harriman, and T.V. Soong sign the Moscow Pact. Hull is greeted by Pres. Roosevelt in Wash., D.C. Part 2, Marines parade past the U.S. Capitol celebrating their 168th anniversary. Part 3, Gen. Clark receives an honorary degree from Naples University. Part 4, General and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Adm. Mountbatten, and Gens. Stilwell and Somervell meet in Chungking. Part 5, Army nurses take combat training and wade ashore in Italy. Part 6, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gromyko, and Lord Halifax sign an UNRRA agreement at the White House. Source link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.38984 copyright link https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

by National Archives and Records Administration Published 1943 Usage CC0 1.0 Universal Topics archives.gov, public.resource.org National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38970, LI 208-UN-63 - FIRST U.S. ARMY WOMEN ARRIVE IN ENGLAND [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, reviews a Women's Army Corps (WAC) parade in the U.S. WACs arrive in England and tour the countryside. Part 2, commercial movies are converted to 16mm in Hollywood for showing at Army posts. Personages: Ann Miller, Greer Garson, Linda Darnell, John Garfield, Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Heddy Lamar. Part 3, trout are sorted and graded at a Canadian fish hatchery and lakes are restocked from seaplanes. Part 4, Filipino troops in the U.S. Army are issued bolo knives. Part 5, Naval air cadets practice landings on a modified freighter on one of the Great Lakes. Part 7, Gen. Patton enters Palermo, Sicily, with elements of the 7th Army. Producer National Archives and Records Administration Language English Credits Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org

The Soundtrack for the Season! Grab your picnic blanket or a folding chair and enjoy more than an hour of superb sounds to keep you sizzling all summer long Summer Is A-Comin' by Merry Hell, from the album "The Ghost In Our House And Other Stories" (2015) Sun Song by Laura Veirs, from the album "Warp And Weft" (2013) "A few days by the sea…" Newsreels, (1950s) English Seaside Postcards by Paul McGladdery and Gaynor Wilson, recorded especially for FolkCast (2015) Picnic by Peter Knight's Gigspanner, from the album "Doors At Eight (Live)" (2011) Haymaking by Dora Greenwell Country Life by Whapweasel, from the album "Festivalis" (2012) Summerfly by Teresa Doyle and Doug Riley, from the album "Summerfly" (2004) "Oh boy, Lake Platatuki!", from 'It's Higgins, Sir!' American Radio Show (1951) Lake Song by The Decemberists, from the album "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" (2014) Lilac Time by Anne-Marie Sanderson, from the EP "Shadows & Sparks" (2015) "I've always loved the idea of summer and sun and all things hot…", from the film "Frozen" (2013) Wonderful Day by Lee Maddison, from the album "Weightless" (2014) Underneath A Blue And Cloudess Sky by Seasick Steve, from the album "You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks" (2011) Sunshine Saturday by David Dee Moore, from the album "The Sun, The Moon, The Stars… and Other Moving Objects" (2013) The Swallow by Thomas Aird Swallows by Abbie Lathe, from the album "Low Summer" (2011) Summer! Rain!, from British newsreel (1954) Rain by Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, from the album "Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston" (2012) "…atomic bombs, flying saucers or the eclipse!", British newsreel (1954) Caught In The Rain by Steve Knightley, from the album "Track Of Words - Retraced" (2009) The Weather Forecast, from British newsreels (1947) Weatherman by Stormy Mondays, from the EP "On My Radio" (2010) Lazybones by Joe Brown (with Sam Brown), from the album "The Very Best of Joe Brown: 50th Anniversary" (2008) How Can I Compare Thee? by Skinner And T'witch, from the album "Rise" (2015) "Thinking of Europe", from 'Our Miss Brooks' Summer Vacation', American Radio, 1955 Forest Of Summer by Fairytale, from the album "Forest Of Summer" (2015) Solstice Call by Gaia Consort, from the album "Evolve" (2004) Wickerman by Damh The Bard, from the album "Sabbat" (2015) Head Home by Blackmailed & Bereft, single release (2014) For full details and links to artists’ websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk

Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 150 In celebration of this 150th episode and my 50th birthday, I bring you: A Birthday from Long Ago 50 Fabulous Family History Favorites  Websites: 1. Familysearch.orgThey are the leaders in free online records. While it's tempting to just start typing in ancestors name for searches and hoping for the best, a strategic genealogist determines what type of record they want to find for a question about their ancestor, and then uses the catalogue to determine if FamilySearch has those records. Catalogue is one of the links above the search box, and while it doesn't stand out, that link is really the key to understanding what familysearch has to offer. Click it and try out all the variations of searches from place names to keywords. 2. Ancestry.com They are the big daddy of the subscription genealogy record sites, and of course in addition to records you can build your family tree on the site. One of the questions folks usually get around to at some point is how to delete and merge data in their Ancestry family trees, and I recently posted a video by Ancestry's Krista Cowan that explain exactly how to do it. 3. Library of congress American memory I've discussed this gold mine of public domain free ephemera several times on the show including and of course in Episode 54 I explained how I used the American memory website to locate the original sheet music for one of the songs in the Name that Tune segment. 4. US Bureau of Land ManagementIf you are looking for U.S. Homestead records then this is the site for you. And if you haven't been there in a while you've got to check it out because they've upgraded the site and added loads of new content in including original Field Notes. 5. Google books Premium Episode 91 – Paper, Ink and Books. One of the gems I tell my students in my Google classes is that even if they have no other interest in Google Books, go there and do a search on Ancestry Magazine, because although the magazine is no longer published, all ten years of issues are digitized, online and searchable at Google Books. Now that's a gem! 6. Google.com How could I not include Google.com as a favorite website. I wrote an entire book about it for goodness sake. A piece of noteworthy news: have you noticed the changes to Google Image search lately?  I'll be highlighting those in an upcoming episode. 7. Stanford University's  Data Visualization Mapping Journalism's Journey West You can see examples of it in action at my youtube channel in the newspaper Research playlist. And I give you everything you need to know about it in my book How to Find Your Family History In Newspapers 8. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Published by the Newberry Library, it is a genealogist's answer to changing county boundaries over the years.    Video in Premium Episode 70 9. FamilySearch's Research Wiki OK if you're not using this you are just plain old working too hard!  This site is where all the greatest research minds at the Family History Library come together just to help you find your family history. I particularly turn to the Research Wiki when researching internationally as they have some fabulous international consultants who outline what you need to know get started, all the way to the depths of the most obscure records that are available. 10. Davidrumsey.com Genealogy is all about location, location, location, and that means that historic maps are vital to your research. David Rumsey is a cartographer here in the San Francisco Bay Area who has spent his entire life collecting over 150,000 historic maps from around the world. And over 30,000 of them have been digitized and made available online through his website. Here's a tip: be sure to sign up for a free account to his website so that the highest resolution maps will be available to you to download. And don't just stop with downloading the map, import your maps into Google Earth so that you can view areas today and in the past. My Google Earth for Genealogy video series shows you have to do it step by step and it's incredible what a difference it can make to you research. I'll have a quick little video in the show notes for you so you can see a preview of it and the other techniques I teach on the video series. YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Another fabulous gem out there is YouTube. Did you ever think that YouTube would be a fabulous genealogy gem? Well, it really is, and video is the fastest growing segment online and it's not just cute cat videos and stupid pranks.  There's a ton of great genealogical related content, and I want to share some great family history channels to get you started 11. USNational Archives YouTube channel You'll find hundreds of videos, and of course not every one of them would be applicable to genealogy, so I recommend you click the Browse Videos link under the banner at the top and then click Playlists. This will sort the videos into topics. And of course, as with all YouTube channels you can search by keyword in the channel's search box in the upper right corner. Since Google owns YouTube, you can use all the Google tricks I've taught you over the years and in my book The Genealogist's Google Toolbox to find exactly what you are looking for. I particularly love the 1940 census playlist and the one called Tracing WWII 12. AncestryCom Here again you will find an amazing number instructional videos and the great thing about Ancestry's channel is that they give you a list of all the playlists right on the channel's home page so you find all the videos for a particular topic you are looking for. If you are a paid subscriber to Ancestry, this channel is really key to getting the most out of the website. 13. FamilySearch Channel FamilySearch offers over 70 videos, and is a particularly worthwhile channel for folks who are new to family history research. But let me tell you, if you need a bit of inspiration, or just a feel good moment, don't miss their new video called A Survivor's Pearl Harbor Experience. I will have it in the show notes for you. It is one of my favorite videos. 14. UniversalNewsReels With over 600 videos you are almost guaranteed to find something on any world even topic. According to the channel's description: “In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.”  I fully admit that one of my favorites in the bunch is Much Ado About Hairdos filmed right here in the San Francisco Bay area in the early 1950s.  I think I might give that Leopard hairstyle a try. 15. Library of Congress channel 1218 videos. Use the Playlists!  You'll find Timeless treasures and contemporary presentations from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress Channel. The Library is the steward of millions of recordings dating from the earliest Edison films to modern day presentations held at the Library. Again look to the playlists link to help you sort through the videos. Some gems of note are the Spanish-American War playlist of videos, and America at Work, America at Leisure playlist which is an incredible collection of 150 films. Here's a description of that playlist from the channel: “Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming, and other sporting events. The majority of the films presented here are from the Paper Print Collection, while the remainder are from the George Kleine Collection, both residing in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (M/B/RS) of the Library of Congress. Both of these collections have printed catalogs available in the Motion Picture and Television Reading Room at the Library. The films were selected from these two collections on the basis of the activities pictured in the films and the quality of the available prints. As many different types of work, school, and leisure activities as could be found were sought in order to show the broadest possible representation of activities at the turn of the century. The selection is limited, however, by what is available from these collections; not every possible occupation or leisure activity from the turn of the century is represented. The films in the Paper Print Collection were deposited for copyright from 1894 to 1912 as positive pictures on paper. Many were deposited in this manner on paper rolls frame by frame. For preservation and access purposes, the Library of Congress has made 16mm prints of these Paper Print titles, and has more recently been making 35mm prints of selected titles.” This collection is a wonderful way to revisit how folks spent their time in the early part of the 20th century. 16. Depression Era Cooking with ClaraClara Cannucciari is 96 year old cook, author great grandmother and YouTube star. In these fabulous videos Clara recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. You'll learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression. If you love these videos as I do, you'll love Clara's book: "Clara's Kitchen: Wisdom, Memories, and Recipes from the Great Depression" and I'll have a link to that in the show notes. 17. Mike O'Laughlin Channel If you have Irish roots this is a must see channel. Mike is an author of Irish Books, a producer of the Irish Roots Café Podcasts, and a lover of Irish folk Songs. And he's been at all this since 1978. You'll find over 25 videos including some really wonderful old Irish songs sung by Mike himself overlaying some captivating imagery.   MOBILE APPS: 18. Flipboard Download the free app, sign up for your free account, and then load Flipboard up with RSS feeds for all your favorite genealogy blogs, podcasts, and video channels. You will end up with a gorgeous color “glossy magazine-like” layout that you can easily flip through and enjoy. 19. Dropboxsign up for a free account and then download dropbox to your computers and mobile devices. You will then have seamless file sharing and synchronization, as well as the added benefit of having your files backed up on the Cloud. 20. PinterestThink of Pinterest as a fun online bulletin board that makes it easy to store and share the gems you find on the Web. Check me out on Pinterest and follow my family history boards: 21. EvernoteEvernote can help the genealogist remember everything! Sign up for a free account, download the desktop client to your computer, and then get the free apps for your mobile devices and you'll be all set to start taking notes of every kind. Notes are automatically synchronized so you are never caught working on an old version.  Genealogy Gems Premium Members can watch the video of my full length Evernote for Genealogy class. 22. RootsMagicHot off the press, this long awaited free app allows you to take your entire genealogy database with you! Check out the free recorded video webinar called RootsMagic for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch at 23. CycloramicShell out 99 cents and you'll have an app that will spin your  iPhone around in a circle taking glorious panoramic videos and photographs. Just set your iPhone on Vibrate, set it on a flat smooth surface and watch it spin. 24. Best Phone SecurityThis free iPhone app is produced by RV AppStudios LLC. According to the app's description “It senses when it's been touched or moved. Then, a loud alarm starts blaring and a bright red light flashes, making the joke on the thief! To stop the alarm you have to enter your security PIN.  Use alarm on your iPhone/iPod/iPad when in public or also to catch those sneaky friends and family who try to peek into your iPhone when you're away. What really happens when you're in the shower, sleeping, or just away from your device. Use this high quality app to trigger an alarm.” This could come in very handy when you are researching at libraries! 25. PocketboothBy Project Box, 99 centsSnap old time photo booth film strips with your family and friends. A fantastic activity for Family Reunions! Stay tuned for the next episode where we wrap up with the second half of the list!

Some Presidents have mastered a certain kind of media or another.  We look at this in this episode.  

BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN – we live in an era where news has become almost instantaneous. This unit will look at how news is gathered and the technology used for its dissemination. You will also be encouraged to examine how information might be manipulated by questioning its reliability. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

This edition of Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site features a story on Captain Kangaroo, the beloved children's show character brought to life by the late Bob Keeshan. Smitty tells us the story of Bob and how he came to create the character of the Captain who is still lovingly remembered to this day. We also recall Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, and many others who lived at the Treasure House. Mike tells us about the 75th anniversary of "The March of Time", the radio series and newsreel of the 1930s and 1940s which dramatized real-world events for folks at home listening to the radio as well as those who went to the movie theaters. Mike tells us how they created the shows that are still remembered and we learn how you can download these shows and see them for yourself! Ian remembers the movies in the 1920s when Sound Married Film. The efforts of the Warner Brothers and their landmark movie "The Jazz Singer" are recalled as well as the move in Hollywood from silent to sound movies. Also, we learn how some people thought sound films and silents would coexist. Our Retro-Commercial is a neat United Airlines piece from the days when flying on a plane was much more carefree. Hear it all on this edition of Galaxy Moonbeam Night Site!