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This First World War-era public service announcement warns against the perils of hiring a prostitute.
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ad
Added: 3rd February 2009
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
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John Candy (1950-1994)
John Ritter (1948-2003)
Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
Kenneth McMillan (1932-1989)
Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)
Raymond Burr (1917-1993)
Walter Matthau (1920-2000)
Roy Orbison (1936-1988)
Sorrell Booke (1930-1994)
Earl Hindman (1942-2003)
Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
Jerry Orbach (1935-2004)
Judy Garland (1922-1969)
John Wayne (1907-1979)
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)
Charles Rocket (1949-2005)
James Dean (1931-1955)
Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
Steve Irwin (1962-2006)
Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)
Steve McQueen (1930-1980)
River Phoenix (1970-1993)
George Peppard (1928-1994)
Denver Pyle (1920-1997)
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actresses
Added: 1st October 2007
Views: 4406
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Posted By: Guido |
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The Keystone Cops were a regular feature in Mack Sennett's silent Keystone comedies. Their heyday was between 1912 and 1917. The ensemble that played the comical police force changed from film to film. (Many were per diem actors who remain unknown to this day.) Ford Sterling usually played the police chief. In this still photo silent screen buffs will recognize Roscoe Arbuckle and Edgar Kennedy.
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Added: 8th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On July 20, 1917, a blindfolded Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, drew a random number from a fish bowl. This number determined the first American draftees for the First World War.
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World
War
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Added: 24th February 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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This is the final eight minutes of Easy Street (1917) starring Charlie Chaplin. In this film, Chaplin is hired to be the policeman on Easy Street, the toughest neighborhood in town. He has to subdue an enormous miscreant (Eric Campbell) and then rescue local mission worker (Edna Purviance). Chaplin's physcial comedy is unmatched!
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Chaplin
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Street
Added: 1st June 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia and caught fire. One was laden with tons of explosives and munitions for the First World War. Ninety minutes later the munitions ship exploded, killing 1,900 people. It was history's largest man-made explosion until the invention of atomic bombs. (This amateur video was created as a school project. Please excuse the typos contained in the video's text.)
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Added: 7th June 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Footage from the National Archives depicts Wilson working in his White House office. Footage of sheep on the White House lawn; their wool was auctioned to raise money for World War I. He suffered a massive stroke on this date, October 2nd 1919 leaving him partially paralyzed.
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Added: 2nd October 2008
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Posted By: Cliffy |
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Canada's most famous First World War battle occurred at a French salient known as Vimy Ridge. Heavily defended by veteran German troops, the Canadians brilliantly took the ridge on Easter Sunday, 1917. Some 3,500 Canadians were killed in the action. One's remains were found a few years ago, identified through DNA, and laid to rest in 2007.
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Ridge
casualty
First
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Added: 11th November 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On December 6th of 1917, the worst pre atom bomb explosion in history occured in Halifax NS. Two ships, the Imo, and munitions ship the Mont Blanc collided in the Halifax harbor, and within 10 minutes, the Mont Blanc was ablaze, and the explosion took place about 25 minutes after that, at approx. 9:05 AM. The top picture was taken about 15 to 20 seconds after the blast from 21 kilometers away, The bottom picture is 2 days following the devastation, with the Imo shipwrecked in the harbor about mid picture. It is estimated about 2000 lives were lost, and without the help of train dispatcher Vince Coleman, who lost his life in the blast, more would have died as a passenger train from here in Saint John was expected to arrive in Halifax momentarily. Mr. Coleman sent a warning via Morse Code stating, "Stop trains. Munitions ship on fire. Approaching Pier 6. Goodbye",and would not stop until he recieved a message back from the train. Mr. Coleman saved about 300 lives, but lost his own due to his heroism.
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explosion
1917
Added: 15th April 2009
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