Tex Ritter with Joe Maphis: Jealous Heart – 1959
In this short clip from Town Hall Party in 1959 virtuoso guitar player Joe Maphis backs up Tex Ritter as
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1950’s
Newsreel: Stanley Kubrick’s Day of the Fight – 1951
Day of the Fight shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day
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Newsreel: El Cortez Hotel Glass Elevator – 1956
In this newsreel from 1956, the great newsreader Ed Herlihy describes the futuristic glass elevator recently installed in the El
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Animation: What Makes Us Tick – 1952
An animated, idealized illustration of how the stock market works, produced lovingly by the New York Stock Exchange in 1952.
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The Labor of Thy Hands … – 1950’s
In this vintage promotional film produced by the Jewish women’s group Hadassah, viewers are reminded of the need to develop
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Joe Maphis: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke – 1959
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and LOUD, LOUD music) performed by Joe Maphis & wife Rose Lee, LIVE in 1959. Maphis.
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Amos Milburn: Bad Bad Whiskey – 1955
Originally from Texas, Amos Milburn moved to Los Angeles and soon became a fixture in the Central Avenue music scenes
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Black Music in America: From Then Till Now – 1970’s
This tremendous educational documentary from the mid-1970’s examines the priceless contributions of African-Americans to musical heritage, so closely tied to
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Newsreel: Snowstorm strands dozens on Donner Pass – 1952
Just because you’re snowed-in here-and-now doesn’t mean you wouldn’t have been in similar circumstances there-and-then. In this case, the passenger
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Trailer: Attack of the Giant Leeches – 1959
From murky underwater caverns ooze monstrous aqua-beasts! Hungering for human victims! “Attack of the Giant Leeches.” Then, out of the
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Gordon Terry: It Ain’t Right – 1950’s
Gordon Terry performs his hit song ‘It Ain’t Right’ live, backed by the great Billy Mize and the equally talented
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