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Category Archives: Feature Videos
Celebrate the birthday of the Watermelon King!
All but forgotten today, Leo G. Altmayer was once Pittsburgh, PA’s “Watermelon King.” In 1934, Altmayer announced a new holiday, “Good Samaritan Day,” to be observed on July 29 every year. Not coincidentally, July 29th was also Altmayer’s birthday. For years … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebration, childrens homes, good samaritan, institutions, nurses, orphans, Pennsylvania, philanthropist, pittsburgh, watermelon
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Feature Video–July 24th–Old Cooper River Bridge
Let’s Take a Ride on the Old Cooper River Bridge by Cherrie Redd-Brown (MIRC) For readers who may not be familiar with the Low Country area of South Carolina, let me introduce you to the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (also … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, bridges, cars, charleston, cooper river, home movies, landmarks, mount pleasant, rivers, roads, south carolina
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Feature Video–11th July–Scott Nixon Home Movies
The Scott Nixon Home Movies Collection by Charles Sinclair Anyone who browses the Scott Nixon collection will begin to get to know the man behind the camera. Mr. Nixon had many passions which he explored and documented habitually. The stories reveal … Continue reading
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Tagged augusta, beach, bridges, cameraman, cars, community, cook out, day at the beach, family, family gathering, films, georgia, home movies, outing, picnic, railways, road trips, sand, state park, summer, swimming, trains, vacation
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Feature Video – 27th June – Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman
Lulu Belle and Scotty ranked among the biggest country music stars of the late 1930s. Both launched their careers on WLS’s “National Barn Dance,” broadcast out of Chicago. Myrtle Eleanor Cooper started appearing on the Barn Dance as the comic … Continue reading
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Tagged california, california coast, comedy, country music, film lot, film set, films, hills, Hollywood, hollywoodland sign, home movies, horses, los angeles, music, palomino, radio stars, roy rogers, scenes, streets, studio, toy horse, trigger, western film, wonder horse
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Images from Normandy, June 6, 1944–featured video
On June 6 1944, over 160,000 allied soldiers landed on the beaches Normandy or dropped behind the German coastal defenses. The D-day invasion was the largest amphibious operation ever undertaken. This week’s featured video draws on films of the event … Continue reading
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Tagged allies, American, army, beaches, British, Canadian, d-day, Germans, infantry, juno beach, landing craft, navy, Normandy, Omaha, Queen's Own Rifles, signal corps, soldiers, sword beach, war, WWII
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Feature Video – 23rd May – Bonnie and Clyde
The feature video on the MIRC website for this week is presented on the anniversary of the day that the wanted outlaws, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, were killed in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford … Continue reading
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Tagged ambush, Bonnie and Clyde, crime, guns, murder, outlaws, police, wanted, witness
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Feature Video – 17th May – Dambusters Raid
As we are changing our feature videos on a weekly basis, I thought I would take the opportunity to share some of the interesting facts and research material that I find out for each video that we post on our … Continue reading