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"Peckin'" - musical number from NEW FACES OF 1937
One of the most bizarre musical numbers I’ve ever found in a Hollywood movie is this number, called “Peckin’” which comes out of nowhere in NEW FACES OF 1937. It’s presented in the middle of a show called “New Faces” being given an out-of-town tryout and it features an array of black dancers and musicians who had not appeared previously in the film. It opens with a trio of farmers, played by the Three Chocolateers, who observe the pecking motions of chickens and then duplicate it before moving to a huge nightclub set where they now become dancing waiters for a crowd of black diners, who soon imitate the pecking motions while a band plays. Dancers come out of the mouth of a huge demonic fa...
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Mr. Beebe of Harlem, with Harold Nicholas
Просмотров 3995 лет назад
“Mr. Beebe” is a song-and-dance number featured in the 1944 Columbia Pictures release, CAROLINA BLUES. It stars Harold Nicholas (of the Nicholas Brothers) and features a stunning array of African-American performers of the time, including the Four Step Brothers (who give Mr. Nicholas a run for his money when it comes to acrobatic tap), the Four Dreamers, singer June Richmond and dancers Marie B...
World:Comm: Animation Not Just for Kiddies
Просмотров 3825 лет назад
This discussion covers the state of animation for adults on television and home video in 1997. There are video montages of wartime animation aimed at servicemen (the Private Snafu series); images of racial stereotyping in 1940s cartoons; adult animation on TV (e.g. The Simpsons and Beavis & Butthead); and a montage from Japanese animation. [WARNING: the Japanese anime clip contains brief shots ...
World:Comm: Animation International Import and Export
Просмотров 2705 лет назад
Wide-ranging discussion of animation from overseas, chiefly Europe and Japan, and attempts to release it in American markets in the 1990s, including the home video and nontheatrical markets, cable TV, and the festival circuit. There is discussion of new formats and new technologies, with the then-new format of DVD being mentioned, as well as internet streaming. There are montages of European ar...
"Mole People" in Grand Central Station
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This clip contains two segments from a three-part news story aired on WABC Eyewitness News in February 1989 (30 years ago) in which reporter Jim Dolan descends to the tunnels underneath Grand Central Station where homeless people have set up house to avoid detection by the police. One couple thrives in a space that’s almost inaccessible, while others have to contend with crack addicts who share...
Jungle Taitei Opening Theme
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This is the opening credits sequence of the Japanese TV series, "Jungle Emperor" (aka 'Jungle Taitei,' 1965-66), the first color animated TV series made in Japan. It was imported to the U.S. in 1966 and dubbed in English as "Kimba the White Lion." It was produced by Osamu Tezuka, who wrote and drew the manga series (1950-54) this was based on. The music is by Isao Tomita.
Ben Carter and Mantan Moreland
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Ben Carter and Mantan Moreland do a soft-shoe routine from their old vaudeville act in the middle of a Michael Shayne crime drama, DRESSED TO KILL (1941).
Pat Buchanan on Foreign Policy @ Cato Institute 11/22/99
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.8 лет назад
The topic of the talk is: “The New Americanism: A Response to President Clinton’s Allegations of a New Isolationism” This was taped at the Cato Institute on November 22, 1999 and aired on C-SPAN. Pat Buchanan was then the presidential candidate of the Reform Party and had recently published “A Republic, Not an Empire: Reclaiming America's Destiny.” He declares that he is not an isolationist but...
Ralph Nader at IMF Protest, 4/16/00
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Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate in the 2000 presidential race, spoke at a rally to protest a meeting of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. on April 16, 2000. In this 13-minute speech, which aired on C-SPAN, he describes the relations of large, multinational corporations with corrupt governments and ruling elites around the globe and how the billions of dollars ...
Marilyn Monroe: The New York Years (WNBC)
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This is a news segment from WNBC-TV sometime in 1992 which focuses on Marilyn Monroe’s years in New York in the mid-1950s. There are two interviewees: John Springer, a renowned publicist, and James Haspiel, who met Monroe in New York as a 16-year-old fan and developed a friendship with her. Several of his photos are shown, as well as clips from THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH and SOME LIKE IT HOT. Veteran ...
Elian Gonzalez Press Conference with Marisleysis
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On Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000, the Gonzalez family gave an emotional press conference on C-SPAN to discuss the seizure of young Elian Gonzalez by federal agents from their home the day before. Leading the speakers is Marisleysis Gonzalez, Elian’s 21-year-old cousin, who issues a heartfelt plea for justice and demands that Pres. Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno stand before her an...
ET on Humphrey Bogart
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On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary re-release of CASABLANCA, Entertainment Tonight aired this concise four-minute profile of the film’s star, Humphrey Bogart. Interviewees include biographer Joe Hyams and agent Irving “Swifty” Lazar, as well as Bogart’s last wife, Lauren Bacall, seen in a 1989 interview clip. This segment aired on April 21, 1992.
Benny Hill Obit on ET
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This segment of Entertainment Tonight from April 21, 1992, covers the death of British comedian Benny Hill, aged 65, the day before. Ample clips from his TV show are shown, as well as clips of his last public appearance, as a judge at a Hawaiian beauty pageant, the year before.
Conversations on Black Dance: Black Choreographers in Film, Video, Broadway
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Alvin Ailey introduces this lively, free-ranging hour-long discussion from 1987, which covers some of the many challenges facing black dancers and choreographers who worked in musical theater, film and music videos at the time. The moderator is John Parks, a dancer and choreographer himself as well as an instructor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, which produced this program. The ...
Four Star Playhouse: A Place of His Own (Charles Boyer)
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“A Place of His Own” aired on Four Star Playhouse on October 8, 1953. Charles Boyer stars as “the Commander,” a war veteran with who was wounded in the head who lives with his brothers and sister-in-law. He dreams of having a little house with a garden, a place of his own. When his younger brother shoots a man dead, the sister-in-law implores the Commander to take the rap so as not to endanger ...
Four Star Playhouse: A Place Full of Strangers (Dick Powell)
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Four Star Playhouse: A Place Full of Strangers (Dick Powell)
L.A. Riots: President Bush’s reaction
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L.A. Riots: President Bush’s reaction
L.A. Riots: Jitters in NYC After the Verdict
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L.A. Riots: Jitters in NYC After the Verdict
L.A. Riots: New York After the Verdict/WNBC
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L.A. Riots: New York After the Verdict/WNBC
LA Riots Aftermath: Reaction in NYC and other cities
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LA Riots Aftermath: Reaction in NYC and other cities
Fox 5 report on LA Riots aftermath w/reaction in NYC
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Fox 5 report on LA Riots aftermath w/reaction in NYC
ABC News on L.A. riots aftermath (5/1/92)
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ABC News on L.A. riots aftermath (5/1/92)
WABC report on Unabomber capture (4/3/96)
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WABC report on Unabomber capture (4/3/96)
WABC report on death of Ron Brown (4/3/96)
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WABC report on death of Ron Brown (4/3/96)
Kwitny Report on JFK Assassination (1988)
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Kwitny Report on JFK Assassination (1988)