America in the 1930s

July 9, 2003 7:53 AM

America in the 1930s : on film, in print, on the air. Some highlights : War of the Worlds, the Robert Johnson notebooks, Superman's identity crisis, Babe Ruth, a female evangelist, building the Chrysler Building.
posted by plep (7 comments total)

Awesome. Just for the link on preachin' Aimee. Thanks plep.
posted by graventy at 8:10 AM on July 9, 2003

Ditto, for the same reasons. I've always been amazed by Sister Aimee.
posted by Katemonkey at 8:40 AM on July 9, 2003

Not to knock plep's excellent find at all...the site seems to be vintage 1999 and so you might be disappointed by the tiny partial-motion RealPlayer clips of the movies and such.

The "broadcast day" archive is a treasure trove of Golden Age radio programming.

I know I blogged about this site at some point but had sort of forgotten about it until this post. Thanks, as always, plep!
posted by briank at 9:28 AM on July 9, 2003

No, thankyou for the pointer briank (this is why discussions about links are a Good Thing!).
posted by plep at 9:30 AM on July 9, 2003

Thanks, plep! Getting into the Chrysler Building section at the moment.
posted by carter at 10:40 AM on July 9, 2003

oooh, I love the '30's. As a former film student, the '30's produced some amazing films. Thanks, Plep! I have a feeling I won't get any more done today after seeing this.
posted by greengrl at 1:11 PM on July 9, 2003

Thank you plep...very interesting stuff to surf!

I love the Robert Johnson page, which begs the question - did Robert Johnson sell his soul at the crossroads?
posted by madamjujujive at 6:05 PM on July 9, 2003