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Sights & Sounds - Music & Memories
Take a nostalgia trip through the portals of the past across the landscape of memory.
It's more than a time capsule, it's a time machine!The sights and sounds of yesterday delivered on a DVD, the medium of tomorrow!
The year is 1939.Aviator Howard Hughes flies around the world.Pope Pius XI dies and Pope Pius XII is elected.In America, civil rights become an issue as opera star Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial.Lou Gehrig says goodbye to baseball.The film world reaches its creative zenith with Gone With The Wind and The Wizard Of Oz.In Europe, Hitler and Stalin sign a non-agression pact and begin a war the world had been fearing for a year as Poland is invaded on September 1.And in the boxing ring, Joe Louis defeats Max Schmelling, proving that not all Germans are invincible.
Video chapter features an hour-long encapsulation of 1939's major stories told through original newsreel footage shot around the globe and narrated by such voices as Lowell Thomas and Ed Herlihy.Bonus video chapters features trailers from the top films of the year.
Audio chapter includes a selection of top song hits for 1939, along with radio newscasts and a radio drama - It Happened One Night.
Interactive chapter includes awards, lists, data, miscellany and a special focus item - Cinema's Golden Year.
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