This is Newisco Weekend for WISS and WGBW.
I'm Lisa Hale your host.
It's time for our cover story.
December 8th is pretend to be a time traveler day.
So we at Newisco Weekend are traveling back in time
to take a look at the music news stories and movies
in our past, keeping in mind as Winston Churchill once said
those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
So let's hop in our time machine and go.
The 1900s, 125 years ago.
One of the most popular songs in the 1900s
was The Grand Old Rag by Billy Murray.
And yes, I said rag.
Flag is not in the time.
It's not a grand old rag.
You're a high flying flag.
And forever in the same way.
In news, on December 17th, 1903,
two brothers conducted the first controlled sustained flight
of an engine powered heavier than air aircraft
in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Those two brothers were of course Wilbur and Orville Wright
who changed transportation forever.
And a top movie in the first decade of the 20th century
was the silent film in 1902 called Trip to the Moon.
Critics say it pioneered special effects and trick shots.
The 1900s.
The 1910s.
In the movies, the 1910s belonged to the tramp Charlie Chaplin
who starred in 68 films in that decade alone,
including the tramp, Easy Street, and a dog's life.
Then when you look at news, the Great War was the big news item.
It's also known as World War One much later.
The U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917,
and on Austrian Hungary in December,
three years after the conflict began in 1914.
And in 1918, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution
granted women in our country the right to vote.
A popular song from the 1910s would be 1919s
over there from Norah Bay.
The 1920s, 100 years ago.
In the roaring 1920s, as they were called,
Flight makes history again as Charles Lindbergh
makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
In the movies, Charlie Chaplin still riding high with the kid in 1921.
In 1922, vampire films got their quintessential villain with Nosferatu.
And in 1927, the jazz singer made history as the first talking movie.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Wait a minute, I said it. You ain't heard nothing.
Do you want to hear quick, quick, quick, quick, quick?
All right, hold on.
On the radio and on the Victorolas,
St. Louis Blues from Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.
The 1930s.
In the 1930s, the stock market crash of October 1929
triggered the Great Depression.
And in 1938, the very first minimum wage was established
by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
In 1938, minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.
The movies of the 1930s really took a hold of American people
entertaining during the Depression,
classics like King Kong.
It happened one night, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
gone with the wind and the Wizard of Oz.
It was also in the 1930s in 1931 to be specific
that the star-spangled banner was adopted as our national anthem.
The 1940s.
The 40s were a great time for Christmas music,
Bing Crosby's White Christmas, Gene Autry's Rudolph,
and that King Cole's Christmas song all came out in this decade.
It was also the decade of swing and big bands
with the Glenn Miller band topping the charts throughout.
In news, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
begins his third term as president in 1941,
the only U.S. president to serve three terms.
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and Hawaii,
and the U.S. declares war on Japan,
entering into what would become known as World War II.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941,
a date which will live in infamy,
the United States of America,
was suddenly and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
President Roosevelt is inaugurated for the fourth time in 1945,
but dies of a stroke a few months later,
and Harry Truman becomes president.
In August of that year,
the U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
At the movies in the 40s,
Citizen Kane, the Maltese Falcon,
and Casablanca scored big.
One film that was a flop at the box office
is now considered holiday classic and a must-see.
Merry Christmas for the home!
Merry Christmas and for him!
Merry Christmas you wonderful,
Merry Christmas!
1946 brought us,
it's a wonderful life.
Look daddy, keep it safe,
every time a fairway,
I mean, you'll get to win.
That's right.
That's right.
The 1950s, 75 years ago.
In the 1950s,
we were rebels without a cause.
Rock & Roll gets its start in the 50s
with the delay in the comments
and rock around the clock.
Elvis Presley, the king of rock & roll,
collects 10 number one hits during the decade,
with classics like Harper E. Hotel and Jail House Rock.
In the news,
the Korean War dominated the news in the 1950s.
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
which says, quote,
no person shall be elected
to the office of president more than twice,
is ratified.
Wisconsin Senator Joseph Armacardi
accuses members of the government,
the media, and many other public figures
of being communists
during highly publicized hearings.
The great democracy is destroyed.
It will not be from enemies,
from without, but rather
because of enemies from within...
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. Commonwealth,
Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th States.
In the movie theater,
Alfred Hitchcock reigned
supreme with several movies
like North by Northwest,
Rear Window, and Vertigo.
In drama, 12 Angry Men
made waves, and one of the best musicals
ever recorded hit the silver screen.
Singing in the rain.
Singing in the rain.
Singing in the rain.
What a glorious feel,
and I'm happy again.
The 1960s.
The 1960s was the coming of age decade.
It was a decade of violence,
and the music of the day
reflects its poet and co-synchic bottom.
I'm dead.
One of the most important figures
of the 1960s was John F. Kennedy,
the 35th president.
The U.S. failed in a Bay of Pigs invasion
of Cuba, and the Cuban
Missile Crisis dominated international news.
Domestically, Martin Luther King Jr.
delivers his,
I have a dream speech.
I have a dream.
My poor little children.
One day live in a nation
where they will not be judged
by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character.
I have a dream.
John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
Here's Walter Cronkite from CBS News.
From Dallas, Texas,
the Flash, apparently official
president Kennedy
died at 1 p.m.
central standard time.
2 o'clock eastern standard time.
Some 38 minutes ago.
Vice President Lyndon Johnson
has left the hospital
in Dallas, but we do not know
to where he has proceeded.
Presumably, he will be taking
the oath of office shortly
and become the 36th president of the United States.
President Lyndon B. Johnson
signs the Civil Rights Act
and while black men were
officially granted the right to vote
in the 15th Amendment back in 1870,
blacks were actively
prevented from voting
until Johnson signed
the Voting Rights Act
into law ensuring that no
federal, state, or local government
could in any way impede people
from voting because of their race
or ethnicity.
JFK's brother, Senator Robert F. Kennedy
is assassinated,
as is Martin Luther King Jr.
and Richard Nixon is inaugurated
as the 37th president.
In the good news side
of the decade, Neil Armstrong
becomes the first man to walk
on the moon.
Alfred Hitchcock,
continues to rack up box office hits
with the birds and psychopath
and sci-fi classic
2001, a space odyssey
cashed in on the space travel fever.
Open the pod bay doors, help.
I'm sorry, Dave.
I'm afraid I can't do that.
The 1970s.
Music and news
became intertwined
in the 1970s.
Four students are shot to death
by National Guardsmen during an
anti-war protest at Kent State
University in 1970,
leading to a famous song
from Crosby Stills,
National.
And as the Vietnam War came to an end,
disco exploded on the system.
And as the Vietnam War came to an end,
disco exploded on the system.
In the news,
the 26th Amendment to the Constitution
lowers the voting age
from 21 to 18.
The U.S. Supreme Court
legalizes abortion in the
first trimester of pregnancy
in its Roefe Wade decision.
Senate Select Committee
begins televised hearings
to investigate the break-in
of the Democratic Party's office
in the Watergate Hotel
and the subsequent cover-up
in the Nixon administration.
Nixon is impeached
and resigned as president
in 1973.
Nixon is succeeded and
given an unconditional pardon
by President Gerald Ford.
Jimmy Carter then becomes
the 39th president in 1977.
The Three Mile Island
nuclear reactor malfunctions
causing a near meltdown in Pennsylvania
and Iranian students
storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
and take 66 people hostage.
At the cinema,
the 70s brought us
a diverse range of movies
to the original Halloween.
Godfather, Parts 1
and 2, Dog Day
Afternoon, and of course
Star Wars.
A retired machine is
out of fuel and it's time to wrap
this up.
So, New Wisco Weekend brings us
back to the present day
in 2025 when in just a moment
we'll have Frank Hermann's
CDB Frank Productions
and a Christmas class.
