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Search Results: "kubrick stanley" - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)

The celebrated film director Stanley Kubrick was a photographer for Look Magazine in the late 1940s. His pictures from the University of Michigan are great material for a history lesson - what do these photographs tell us about what it was like to live in that era? How are they more informative than a textbook? Less?

Search Results: "kubrick stanley" - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)

1963 - 6/20: Hotline Agreements | Arms Control Association

The first "hotline" was not a telephone that linked the White House and the Kremlin, it was a telex in the Pentagon. The first time it was used was the assassination of President Kennedy

1963 - 6/20: Hotline Agreements | Arms Control Association

JFK's Grades Choate, 1931-1935 (folder 2 of 2) | JFK Library

Teachers may like this more that students, but many of JFK's grades, progress reports and notes home from teachers are in this collection

JFK's Grades Choate, 1931-1935 (folder 2 of 2) | JFK Library

1952 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

On election night, November 4, CBS News borrows a UNIVAC computer to predict the outcome of the race for the US presidency between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Opinion polls predicted strong support for Stevenson, but the UNIVAC´s analysis of early returns showed a clear victory for Eisenhower.

1952 | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

American Rhetoric: Newton Minow -- Address to the National Association of Broadcasters (Television and the Public Interest)

The chairman of the FCC chastised broadcasters at the National Association of Broadcasts telling them that TV was a "Vast Wasteland"

American Rhetoric: Newton Minow -- Address to the National Association of Broadcasters (Television and the Public Interest)

Watch The Quiz Show Scandal | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

Although I Love Lucy gets most of the attention, the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s might tell us more about America at the time - and now

Watch The Quiz Show Scandal | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

Opposing Communism in 1947 - Lesson from Council for Foreign Relations

Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Michigan | Harry S. Truman

Reading the highlighted sections of this speech will reveal a fundamental element of politics in the first third of the 21st century

Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Michigan | Harry S. Truman

Authors@Google: Douglas Engelbart - YouTube

This 2007 interview with Douglas Engelbart at Google explains how his vision of human interaction with information as augmented by technology was years ahead of its time.

Authors@Google: Douglas Engelbart - YouTube

Race for the Super Bomb PBS

Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources

Race for the Super Bomb PBS

Human Radiation Experiments: Resource on Government Experiments

Extensive collection of materials related to the use of human subjects to test the effects of radiation. Oral histories, documents, Defense Department records. Highly recommended site

Human Radiation Experiments: Resource on Government Experiments

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies - PBS

Companion site for PBS documentary. The program chronicles the lives and covert activities of the so-called "atom spies" in the 1940's, including the big one that got away, Theodore Alvin Hall.

Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies - PBS

President Harry Truman: Health & Medical History

Very detailed summary of Truman's health record. Timeline of conditions for his entire life.

President Harry Truman: Health & Medical History

Building the Berlin Wall | BBC World Service

BBC Summary about the building of the Berlin Wall

Building the Berlin Wall | BBC World Service

The Cold War origins of Google Translate

Article from BBC explains how the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union impelled the creation of a computer program to translate English and Russian. Like space exploration, developments in computer technology also came from the Cold War

The Cold War origins of Google Translate

Leo Szilard Online - Links and Resources

Department of Energy (NSA) - Nevada Site Office

National Nuclear Security Administration site with historical information, photos and maps. Fact sheets and news releases

Department of Energy (NSA) - Nevada Site Office

Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator

This form will calculate blast effects for nuclear weapons of arbitrary yield, based on the scaling laws printed in Carey Sublette's well-known Nuclear Weapons FAQ.

Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator

DOE - NNSA/NSO -- Historical Test Films

Film archive of atomic tests saved by the Nevada Field Office of the Department of Energy.

DOE - NNSA/NSO -- Historical Test Films

A Chiquita PR Campaign was Powerful Enough to Topple the Guatemalan Government - Modern Marketing Partners

Best Ad: Vintage ads

Small collection of magazine advertisements from the 50s and 60s

Best Ad: Vintage ads

Harry S. Truman: Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1949

Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library

Extensive collection of resources and exhibits

Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library

"The Constant Reiteration of Horror and Violence": A Senate Report on Television and Juvenile Delinquency

Excerpts from a Senate report issued after hearings in 1954 and 1955 on the possible influence of television on juvenile delinquency . It summarized studies to determine the quantity of criminal and violent acts on television shows accessible for children to view

"The Constant Reiteration of Horror and Violence": A Senate Report on Television and Juvenile Delinquency

Vance Packard, The Status Seekers, excerpt

Published in 1959, this book explained how the car you drive, the church you attend, where you went to school, the house you live in -- even your choice of words -- are brandings of your place in society.

Vance Packard, The Status Seekers, excerpt