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Manchuria: Breaking into an Empty House
The dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki is usually considered the final act of the Second World War. It was not. Just hours before Bockscar took to the air with its single-bomb payload, t… more →
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Wonderful GI Bill and some......
valeriedemontvallon wrote 1 day ago: …..political thoughts It is quite well-known, thanks to Julia Child’s memoirs, that the … more →
Voice of the Whistler (Oct. 30, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 6 days ago: The Whistler, which was first heard on the Columbia Broadcasting System on May 16, 1942 and ran for … more →
Image of the week
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all1s0n wrote 6 days ago: Cars parked on Cambridge Terrace. 1945. Looking towards Amuri Motors on the corner of Gloucester and … more →
Pursuit to Algiers (Oct. 26, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 1 week ago: Pursuit to Algiers, the twelfth film to star Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as hi … more →
Debrecen vs Liverpool FC - UEFA Champions League
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Sam wrote 1 week ago: Liverpool FC are playing Debrecen tonight in the Champions League, and unfortunately, with our fate … more →
Don't Fence Me In (Oct. 20, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 1 week ago: Don’t Fence Me In is a particularly good Roy Rogers picture. Directed by John English (who wit … more →
Immersing myself
valeriedemontvallon wrote 1 week ago: I know I am about ready to write the first chapter of the book. I have been diving into fact-checkin … more →
Hiroshima, city of peace
yearlongbreakup wrote 1 week ago: 15th November 2009 Following a lovely first evening in Hiroshima, featuring our first taste of delic … more →
Mildred Pierce (Oct. 20, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 2 weeks ago: If you’ve only seen the film adaptation of James M. Cain’s 1941 novel Mildred Pierce, yo … more →
Leaving Wales
daisyben wrote 2 weeks ago: The winter dragged on, and Mum looked quite frail and depressed. She started talking about going ba … more →
Volonté de Lizzie
valeriedemontvallon wrote 2 weeks ago: De détails en détails, de murmures en murmures, de sentiments en sentiments, brossons le portrait d … more →
Flying with a Mangum (and a Magnum)
William Hurst wrote 2 weeks ago: This journey is a tightrope over a pit filled with schoolchildren and racehorses. There’s a balancin … more →
The Sea Lady
L. wrote 2 weeks ago: Margaret Drabble, The Sea Lady, 2006 The novel begins well, sharply, at an award-winning ceremony th … more →
White Pongo (Oct. 10, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 2 weeks ago: If you needed a giant primate in Hollywood in the ’40s, Ray “Crash” Corrigan was y … more →
Coup de Not: I'm "Fed-Up"!
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Mr. Manager wrote 2 weeks ago: Rocking Out, For those of you who may be outside the loop of this blogs’ authorship, we are cu … more →
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (Oct. 5, 1945)
Adam Lounsbery wrote 2 weeks ago: Abbott and Costello were one of the most popular comedy teams of the ’40s. They’re still … more →
Pahlawan & Tanda Jasa
bhayu wrote 3 weeks ago: 10 November. Hari Pahlawan. Itulah hafalan kita sewaktu duduk di bangku Sekolah Dasar (S.D.). Tentu … more →
Never Again
sethimine wrote 3 weeks ago: “Anti-Semitism. Bah.” My dad growled as he watched the TV. My mother looked over at him and said qui … more →
Två människor (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1945)
