0:26 - Fred Allen with an insult about Jack Benny. For several years, there was a mock Benny-Allen Feud, and both comics made the most of it on their radio shows, and in movies. In reality, they were very good friends.
0:11 - The opening lines of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" 0:14 - "Oh! Susannah", a classic bluegrass song 0:15 - "Over There", a patriotic song written and performed during WWII 0:18 - Franklin Roosevelt's Inaugural Address, given in the middle of the Great Depression 0:22 - "You Ought To Be In Pictures", a popular song from the 1930s 0:23 - not sure 0:26 - Radio star Fred Allen making a jab at fellow radio star Jack Benny. They had a fake on-air feud, but in real life they were really good friends. 0:33 - not sure 0:35 - news announcement about the attack on Pearl Harbor, which ushered the U.S. into WWII 0:40 - not sure, sounds like it might be a Glenn Miller or Duke Ellington song 0:44 - John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address 0:47 - Countdown for the Apollo 11 rocket, which took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon
thanks for posting. i LOVE this psa. i heard it in the 70's.
I remember this commercial.
I friggin’ love this PSA.
Now it’s 50 Years Old...
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0:26 - Fred Allen with an insult about Jack Benny. For several years, there was a mock Benny-Allen Feud, and both comics made the most of it on their radio shows, and in movies. In reality, they were very good friends.
what song is that 0:31
What are each of the soundclips?
History of the U.S.
0:11 - The opening lines of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
0:14 - "Oh! Susannah", a classic bluegrass song
0:15 - "Over There", a patriotic song written and performed during WWII
0:18 - Franklin Roosevelt's Inaugural Address, given in the middle of the Great Depression
0:22 - "You Ought To Be In Pictures", a popular song from the 1930s
0:23 - not sure
0:26 - Radio star Fred Allen making a jab at fellow radio star Jack Benny. They had a fake on-air feud, but in real life they were really good friends.
0:33 - not sure
0:35 - news announcement about the attack on Pearl Harbor, which ushered the U.S. into WWII
0:40 - not sure, sounds like it might be a Glenn Miller or Duke Ellington song
0:44 - John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
0:47 - Countdown for the Apollo 11 rocket, which took Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon
JFK?