October 27, 2021

1950s

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How 'Project Blue Book' Production Designers Evoked the Golden Age of UFOs

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Flashback: Mall Shopping in the 1950s
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Flashback: Mall Shopping in the 1950s

Did Aliens Invade Washington D.C. In 1952?
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Did Aliens Invade Washington D.C. In 1952?

"What do Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Yogi Berra all have in common They're all baseball players! And they all played together on the same field at the 1955 MLB All-Star Game at Milwaukee County Stadium. Watch the recap of this historic game from rare, HD footage."
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Flashback: 1955 MLB All-Star Game in HD

In the wake of a payola scandal, Alan Freed, the disc jockey known as Moondog, bids farewell to his fans on his final broadcast from WABC on November 23, 1959.
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Alan Freed's Last Goodbye

Sydney Smith, NBC Radio emcee of the 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, interviews director Elia Kazan and actress Eva Marie Saint, who made her film debut in Kazan's "On the Waterfront." Kazan discusses the making of the award-winning movie.
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Elia Kazan Discusses "On the Waterfront"

An interview with visionary poet Allen Ginsberg and anthropologist Margaret Mead sheds light on the origin and meaning of the newly coined term "Beat Generation."
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Allen Ginsberg on the Beat Generation