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Besides her 1957 album "At Christmas Time" (which can be found elsewhere), Teresa Brewer released five Christmas singles in the 1950s. Some of them were also combined into EPs (Extended Play singles with four songs, two singles combined). Here are the songs from three of them: 1) Too Fat For the Chimney - 1953 2) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 1953 3) I Like Christmas - 1958 4) Jingle Bell Rock - 1958 5) Ebenezer Scrooge - 1953 6) I Just Can't Wait Till Christmas -1953 In 1957 there were two singles with four songs from the Christmas LP (Long Play album). (To hear more than ten minutes you would need the Veoh downloader)

1950s Decades Project

1950s Decades Project

A quaintly dated fire safety film, Crimes of Carelessness enumerates the causes, dangers, and prevention methods for fires. According to the film, fire can strike anywhere at anytime: fire hazards are as ubiquitous as leaves on trees! Every year, fires destroy cities, forests, and homes, killing or injuring nearly 50,000 people. Fire accidents can be caused by putting a cigarette in the trash or throwing a cigarette from a car; children playing with matches; and people leaving electrical devices on without supervision. Steps towards prevention are easy! Use an ashtray. Keep matches away from children. Turn off electrical appliances after usage. Have the heating system checked once a year before the winter season. Do not smoke in bed. Lastly, keep the number of the fire department readily available in case of an emergency. Crimes of Carelessness is a fun vintage film that still contains valuable safety lessons for preventing burn injuries and fire damage.

A quaintly dated fire safety film, Crimes of Carelessness enumerates the causes, dangers, and prevention methods for fires. According to the film, fire can strike anywhere at anytime: fire hazards are as ubiquitous as leaves on trees! Every year, fires destroy cities, forests, and homes, killing or injuring nearly 50,000 people. Fire accidents can be caused by putting a cigarette in the trash or throwing a cigarette from a car; children playing with matches; and people leaving electrical devices on without supervision. Steps towards prevention are easy! Use an ashtray. Keep matches away from children. Turn off electrical appliances after usage. Have the heating system checked once a year before the winter season. Do not smoke in bed. Lastly, keep the number of the fire department readily available in case of an emergency. Crimes of Carelessness is a fun vintage film that still contains valuable safety lessons for preventing burn injuries and fire damage.

The essential 1950's rock and roll movie. Stars Alan Freed (made "rock and roll" a household phrase and world famous), Tuesday Weld, Chuck Berry, La Vern Baker, and many more.

Set in Hollywood’s Moulin Rouge nightclub, Fresh from Paris sparkles with the glitz and glamour of the grand stage in the nineteen fifties. The story is evocative of classic big time show business tales: singers hoping to make it big, predatory promoters, and love affairs. But really, Fresh from Paris is essentially wall to wall music – which, thankfully, is terrific. Martha Hyer dazzles as the club’s featured performer; and the film is the events of one big night at the club, filled with singing, dancing, and deception. Fresh from Paris gives viewers a chance to enjoy a night in an extravagant 1950’s nightclub.

With a title like The Giant Gila Monster, movie watchers know they are in for a campy 1950’s monster movie treat. On par with other classics like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and The Killer Rabbits, this movie is nothing but hilarious cheesy effects, brutal acting, and oozing gore. Starting with a monster attack on pretty young couples parked on Lover’s Lane, this is clearly top notch Monster Movie fare. From there, a group of buddies who mostly work on their vintage 1950’s hot rods must defend their small town from a giant lizard – and are willing to use their expensively souped up autos as weapons. Classic horror fans must own The Giant Gila Monster to truly be considered a horror enthusiast.

Joseph McCarthy, the infamous United States senator from Wisconsin, was the guest on this episode of the Longines Chronoscope. He discusses his views on Communism, Stalin, and the Korean War. Senator McCarthy closes the interview by talking about the 1952 presidential campaign, his own reelection aspirations, and describing the utter importance of finding communists involved in US governmental activities.

A tribute to the icons of the 1950's

http://www.microcinemadvd.com The Collector explores the 46-year career of Allan Stone, the famed New York City gallery owner and art collector. Producer and director Olympia Stone reveals her father’s compulsive collecting genius while telling the parallel story of his lifelong journey through the art world from the 1950s to 2006. Viewers are taken on an extraordinary path inside one man’s obsessive submersion in art and its influence on the artists, art dealers and family members with whom he worked and lived.

A precious early film appearance of the sexy starlet Eva Gabor, Love Island is a classic example of what it meant to show a lot of skin in the nineteen fifties. The sensuous Gabor is a native on a lonely island where American Paul Valentine crash lands. Valentine, like most red blooded males, takes an immediate liking to Gabor and desires to marry her. Fascinating scenes of tribal forms of marriage and dance are then explored with Gabor as the narrator, an enriching cultural depiction. But when everything is set for the wedding, one of the other natives finds out about the marriage and doesn’t approve – to the point of becoming murderous! A great romance, and a chance to see a youthful Eva Gabor on an island beach, Love Island is the perfect way to spend a cozy evening indoors.

Song set to his poem Zapovit (Last Testament). He asks to be buried beside the Dniepre River, and exhorts his people to rise to freedom. An old worn vinyl recording of the Dumka Chorus of Kiev from the 1950s.

Declassified MKULTRA documents Project MKULTRA, or MK-ULTRA, was the code name for a covert CIA mind-control and chemical interrogation research program, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence, that began in the early 1950s and continued at least through the late 1960s.[1][2][3] There is much published evidence that the project involved the surreptitious use of many types of drugs, as well as other methodology, to manipulate individual mental states and to alter brain function.[4] Project MK-ULTRA was first brought to wide public attention in 1975 by the U.S. Congress, through investigations by the Church Committee, and by a presidential commission known as the Rockefeller Commission. Investigative efforts were hampered by the fact that CIA Director Richard Helms ordered all MKULTRA files destroyed in 1973.[5]

Playfully updating the 1950's school documentary, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" offers up political and social satire regarding the current state of reproductive rights in a fast-paced spoonful.

Thinking he has been drafted, Maynard joins the Army anyway to save face. Hilarious comedy from the late 1950s, early 1960s.

Forbidden Tunnels Dead Mans Bay A century after a Babbage computer navigated lumber alligator lost her boiler in Dead Mans Bay a bunch of bright kids turn the boiler into a submarine (ala CSS Hunley) and take the sub into the huge tunnel network that run underneath the surface of the Province of Ontario on a voyage of exploration to go where no 1950's kid has gone before.

http://www.microcinemadvd.com A definitive 2-DVD compilation of over 150 videos made by the artist William Wegman and re-mastered by him exclusively for ARTPIX in 2006. From the earliest black and white reel-to-reel tapes to the most recent digital color videos this collection has not been previously assembled and available on disc. It is an exhaustive archive of the innovative and influential, and often hilarious, performances of the artist both with and without his Weimeraner friend, Man Ray. Inspired by the oblique humor of the 1950s radio program Bob and Ray as much as by the atmosphere of experimentation in the art of the 1960s, Wegman created a cross-over form of visual art that had almost no precedent and that received favorable critical notice from a wide audience of art lovers. Wegman and ARTPIX has re-introduced some of the earliest clips that have not been available as well as produced definitive versions of other segments through restoration of the original tapes. Included are Spit Sandwich ...

In Search of the Demon Anake-Histh Its a historical recorded fact that in the late 1940s and 1950s dashing Johnny McAuliffe was the criminal mastermind behind many of Ontario's bank robberies. Then in 1951 he pulled one last heist and robbed the Imperial Bank in Langton.He made off with $60,000 in silver coin and raced into the dark woods of Houghton Twp.Seven days later,after a fruitless manhunt for the bank robber,local police were startled when a dishevilled Johnny staggered into the Kinglake station,obviously driven insane by something which had driven his glossy black hair white within a week.Locals say Johnny had stumbled upon the lair of a giant massassuaga rattler the natives refer in hushed tones to as Anake-Histh. The "In Search of"team goes to Kinglake in search of this terrifying venomous beast .

Starting with Jean Tinguely’s drawing machines from the 1950s, the exhibition jointly organized by the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt and the Museum Tinguely presents art machines from different ages and contexts through to the present day. The first part of the video documentary by VernissageTV shows works by Tim Lewis, Jon Kessler, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Zybach, Michael Beutler, Pawel Althamer, Tue Greenfort, Damien Hirst and Jean Tinguely.

Possibly the greatest 1950s monster movie ever made, The Killer Shrews is a cornucopia of ridiculous costumes, effects, and a little Miss Universe thrown in for good measure! The murderous shrews at the heart of the film are dogs in absurd rubber masks, along with polka-dot stockings and papier-mache. James Best, of Gunsmoke fame, stars along with 1957’s Miss Universe Ingrid Goude. But for all the garbage, the movie is still a blast to follow as the heroes combat vicious monsters at every turn. The poor people are trapped on a small island, which provides a nicely claustrophobic feel to the shoot’em up proceedings. Delightfully awful, The Killer Shrews is not to be missed by any true fan of classic cinema.

Deborah Godin offers a unique look at the birth of not only pop music, but also pop culture. In these 13 collected essays, the author spins glorious tales of her teenage years spent in Detroit and croons a bold ballad about the advent of pop culture across the world. From the birth of Motown to the British invasion, this book is a fun ride for those who understand the joy of having “no particular place to go”. Beginning with a timeline of the love story between the author and music that blossomed in the 1950s and 60s, these essays are filled with anecdotes that share the finer points of the history of contemporary music. With an unconventional and delightful viewpoint, Godin talks about the “Rock Enigmas” of her generation as she examines the over-interpretation of music.

In this episode of Who What Wear TV's NYC Fashion Week Series, head downtown with Katherine and Hillary to an intimate studio for the Los Angeles-based designer Katy Rodriguez's second New York show. Rodriguez combines her love of 1950’s futurism, vintage fabric, and LA architecture to create a visionary collection for Fashion Week. Created by Katherine Power and Hillary Kerr. Who What Wear TV is a 60Frames original series. For more information, please visit us at http://www.60frames.com.

Orion was 1950's Project to study the posibility of a spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. The design would have worked by ejecting nuclear weapons from the rear of a vehicle, detonating them, and catching the blast with a shock absorber equipped pusher plate. This sequence would be repeated thousands of times, in effect an atomic pogo stick. The project was scrapped in 1965 amid fear about fallout both political and radialogical. Footage shown is of scale testing done using conventional explosives.

An education video from the 1950's about how Robots will be used in the near future.

Jean Claude the Gumming Zombie teaser 2, this is a short comedy zombie film where a family that still lives in the 1950s adopts a gumming zombie caleld Jean Claude

Evil intergalactic aliens plan to conquer the earth in Killers From Space, a spectacularly silly movie from the 1950s. A touchstone science fiction movie from the 50s, Killers From Space has it all: goofy costumes, world domination, and nitwitted gadgetry. For all their technological prowess (they can raise the dead), the aliens are planning on destroying the earth by unleashing a horde of giant tarantulas, cockroaches, and other enlarged insects. Hollywood icon Peter Graves stars as the one man who knows of the aliens’ plot, but who everyone thinks is crazy. Graves goes on a one man mission against the monsters from beyond! Killers From Space excels as one of the campiest alien movies ever made.

Welcome to the second installment in THE DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN's second season of internet-exclusive webisodes! January 2008 is ... all » Flash Gordon month on our webisodes and we've culled some of the best episodes from the 1950s television version of Alex Raymond's sci fi swashbuckler. Join Uncle Pete and Max the rat for movie, musical and other moving image-related mayhem! Rare public domain music clips, cartoons, trailers and other madness and mayhem can be found in THE DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN's webisodes. When the Dark Vault of the Internet is opened it reveals all manner of mayhem, music and movies culled from the darkest depths of the cinematic graveyard, where public domain movies lie abandoned, ignored and discarded.... Until Now! CC 2007 Mondo T. V./ P. P. I. presented under the creative commons commitment to fair distribution

Minister's advice to couple planning to marry in the 1950's. Funny video to watch but if you are getting married soon you can find some things to talk about.

Minister's advice to young couple contemplating marriage is "watch out for the boing!" You'll get a kick out of this is a 1950 marriage preparation film. Hilarious at times but if you are getting married will give you some things to think about.

Welcome to the first installment in THE DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN's second season of internet-exclusive webisodes! January 2008 is Flash Gordon month on our webisodes and we've culled some of the best episodes from the 1950s television version of Alex Raymond's sci fi swashbuckler. Special guest "host," The VitoGold9000, welcomes viewers to the first webisode of 2008. Rare public domain music clips, cartoons, trailers and other madness and mayhem can be found in THE DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN's webisodes. We are slowly migrating to Stage6 (google "Stage 6 Divx") and if you would prefer a high quality download of this file (or any future DVOPD TV episodes and webisodes) we encourage you to look for us there.

It was once pulled off the market in the 1950s, but now a new version of the drug thalidomide is giving some cancer patients hope. When it comes to some hard-to-treat blood cancers, it’s easy to see why researchers are so encouraged.

One of the most interesting series in aviation history was the X Planes develeoped in the US in the 1950s. This shows several of these including a nasty crash landing from which the pilot survived but the plane looks in bad shape.

Fourth-graders from Northside Elementary School researched music back to the 1950s portraying each decade by a narrative of the times — major political movements, memorable events and popular styles.

June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music. On stage from a very young age, June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of humor. Her confidence and spirit were what attracted Johnny Cash to her in the late 1950s. On the road together, they quickly bonded. June was his helpmate and closest companion. They were married for forty years, through addiction and success, tragedy and triumph. Anchored in Love is an inside look into the life of June Carter Cash, through the eyes of her only child with Johnny Cash-John Carter Cash. With skillful prose, he reveals new information about the legendary woman through his tender memories and heartwarming stories.

Tim is the presenter and producer of "New Faeces", a TV talent show. Tim then hits on the idea of the 50s/rock and roll revival — when Bill points out that that's already been done, he brings back the rock and roll revival revival and the country is plunged into a ridiculous obsession with everything 1950s.

Chuck Griffiths demonstrates the Aikido push ups as they were done under Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in the 1950s, they are still a part of the exercises at all the Ellis Schools of Traditional aikido in the UK and USA. http://www.british-aikido.com

In this interview video clip, Scotty Moore reflects on Memphis guitar music of the 1950's, when only guitarist Les Paul was well known. The Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame guitar legend also shares how he came to form his first band.

(speed/pitch have been corrected) Guest Willis E. Stone, became national chairman of the Liberty Amendment Committee in the late 1950s. "Early opposition in the postwar era was relatively mild and consisted in large part of various campaigns to repeal the 16th Amendment... ...first introduced in 1952, it essentially tried to strengthen states' rights. However, in 1957 Congressman Elmer Hoffman of Illinois introduced a revised version of the Liberty Amendment that included a section mandating the abolition of income, estate and gift taxes.... ...-- most recently by Congressman Ron Paul of Texas in 1998 -- but without any success. Given the costs of the Cold War and the simultaneous expansion of government services in the 1950s and 1960s, it is not surprising that Stone and the Liberty Amendment Committee had little chance of success." This is a rare find.

Randy Pausch (Apr 2006) summarizes some of the major research development in computer science at CMU since the 1950's. Randy Pausch (www.randypausch.com) is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (www.etc.cmu.edu), and creator of the Alice (www.alice.org) software project. Other videos by Randy, including downloadable versions of this and other talks, can be found at www.cs.virginia.edu/robins/Randy

Repetto, famous make of dance shoes, created by the mother of Roland Petit at the beginning of the 1950s and which has come to the height of its fashion in the last few years with the ballet pump, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2007. Repetto, taken over by Jean-Marc Gaucher in 1999 and renowned the world over today, continues to produce all its ballet shoes in a factory in Dordogne and has decided to celebrate this birthday by inviting 60 artists, from Brigitte Bardot to Jean-Paul Gaultier, to explain their version of the shoe. This led to an exhibition revealed at their prêt-à-porter fair in Paris last September as well as in the flagship boutique of the House in rue de la paix and in several cities around the world in 2008. Interview with Jean-Marc Gaucher-CEO Repetto.

Since the introduction of MSX and Dermo in the 1950’s, two infectious diseases that played a large role in the decline the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population, several oyster hatcheries along the Eastern seaboard are working with scientists across many fields to develop innovative restoration programs. One idea is to introduce a non-native oyster from China called Crassostrea ariakensis. In this video podcast, MicrobeWorld talks about current research underway with C. ariakensis, the potential risk of new diseases that could affect the Bay’s ecology and/or human health, the attitudes of Maryland’s watermen toward the oysters possible introduction, and the role of local, state and federal policy. Special thanks goes out to the DC Science Writers Association, the Marian Koshland Science Museum and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory for helping with the logistics and planning of the shoot.

http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html - - - Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force in the push for racial equality in the 1950's and the 1960's. In 1963, King and his staff focused on Birmingham, Alabama. They marched and protested non-violently, raising the ire of local officials who sicced water cannon and police dogs on the marchers, whose ranks included teenagers and children. The bad publicity and break-down of business forced the white leaders of Birmingham to concede to some anti-segregation demands.

Shake composite for FXPHD. Project 1: Second Upload. More Film Grain, More contrast. Less reds. Less brightness on teh smoke rings and clouds, more for subtle effect than fx impressiveness. The vignette has been keyframed to move slightly to add more to realism and less robotic cameramovement. . More true to the original test videos of small atomic bombs of the 1940s and 50s (the larger atomic bomb tests had those big clouds seen more in the first video).

Shake composition for FXPHD.

The Dark Vault Of Public Domain's Uncle Pete presents this web-exclusive video podcast/webisode. Here, in its eighth installment, we pay tribute to George A. Romero, go looking for Bruce Lee in South Korea (of all places), and take a tour of Illinois' skid row, circa the 1950s, and courtesy of the friendliest drunk in the mid-west! When the Dark Vault of the Internet is opened it reveals all manner of mayhem, music and movies culled from the darkest depths of the cinematic graveyard, where public domain movies lie abandoned, ignored and discarded.... Until Now! CC 2007 Mondo T. V./ P. P. I. presented under the creative commons commitment to fair distribution

In this film, a young writer is having problems finding his inspiration and is badly in need of a vacation. He leaves in his vehicle for a camping trip for a few days to renew his motivation. While visiting Lake Michigan, he becomes smitten by a pretty young lady who is painting a portrait. However, he knocks over her painting, making her very angry. He continues on his way from Lake Michigan and runs into the young lady and her father, who are both on the road and having car problems. Their car is ruined, but the young writer volunteers to drive them around the Midwest to explore while she paints the region. They see many unique sites throughout the Midwest, including beautiful state parks, natural landmarks, and unique historical attractions. When he returns to his office, he convinces his boss to print her beautiful paintings that show a renewed passion about America. See the full length video at: www.qualityinformationpublishers.com

Joseph McCarthy, the infamous senator from Wisconsin, was the guest on this episode of the Longines Chronoscope. He discusses his views on Communism, Stalin, and the Korean War. Senator McCarthy closes the interview by talking about the 1952 presidential campaign, his own reelection aspirations, and describing the utter importance of finding communists involved in US governmental activities. See the full length video at: www.qualityinformationpublishers.com

Perfect for your getaway cabin or second home in the world-famous Black Hills of western South Dakota. Gorgeous homesites in a secluded northern Hills development, minutes from backpacking, four-wheeling and skiing. A favorite 1950's winter recreation spot, the old toboggan house and runs are still visible. Just ten minutes from Black Hills airport with full jet service and you will also be an hour from Mt Rushmore and Devil's Tower.

Paul Verhoeven reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from a space station in the 1950s. In other news, Planet Nerd is now clearly smoking the bad crack. Tags: harry, potter, deathly, hallows, review, harrypotter, space, station, nasa