Lowell Thomas Movies
- 2001
The Timeline series presents newsreels, audio recordings, radio shows, and lists in order to display the historic events that transpired during the given year. The 1944 edition contains newsreels about D-Day, MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and other momentous turning points of World War 2. A music section contains performances by Bing Crosby, The Glenn Miller Army Air Corp Orchestra, and Dinah Shore. Speeches from Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Winston Churchill round out this fascinating and entertaining trip down memory lane. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The Timeline series details historical events within the context of a single year, and showcases classic, original newsreel footage to tell the tales of history. Timeline: 1945 begins the coming to a close of War World II, covering events like the deaths of Mussolini and Hitler, U.S. attacks in Japan, the erection of the United Nations, and the discovery of the Holocaust. This video contains graphic footage of the latter, and viewers should be forewarned. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide
The Timeline series details historical events within the context of a single year, and showcases classic, original newsreel footage to tell the tales of history. Timeline: 1942 chronicles World War II-related incidents of that year, including the Japanese in Alaska, Churchill's speech to American Congress, and the Allies' movement into North Africa, as well as discussion of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Mickey Mouse, and other influential characters of the time. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide
The Timeline series details historical events within the context of a single year, and showcases classic, original newsreel footage to tell the tales of history. Timeline: 1943 relays tales of World War II, particularly the events in Italy and Japan, as well as discussion of important names of the time like "Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel and Clark Gable. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide
The Timeline series presents newsreels, audio recordings, radio shows, and lists in order to display the historic events that transpired during the given year. The 1939 edition contains performances of songs from The Wizard of Oz, and performances from Louis Prima. A speech by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announcing his country is at war with Germany, and a war update from Winston Churchill lend a history lesson to the proceedings. A Lux Theater presentation of It Happened One Night rounds out this entertaining trip down memory lane. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1980
Originally intended as the pilot for a never-sold cop series titled Battles, this made-for-TV meller stars William Conrad as William Battles, a retired Los Angeles police detective spending his golden years in Hawaii. Somewhat bored by inactivity, Battles takes a job at a local college as assistant football coach and security chief. Not unexpectedly, our corpulent hero is soon up to his neck in a murder investigation, this time with a recent homicide bearing a remarkable resemblance to a similar killing in the 1940s (as described in a mock newsreel narrated by no less than Lowell Thomas). Assisting Battles in bringing the culprit to heel are his niece Shelby (Robin Mattson), collegiate football star Deacon Joe Jackson (Lane Caudell) and his own boss, Dean Mary Phillips (Marj Dusay). The Murder That Wouldn't Die debuted March 9, 1980, on NBC. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lane Caudell
- 1976
Anxious to create unified support for isolationist America's entry into the World War, in 1917 President Woodrow Wilson created the Committee on Public Information to drum up support for the war. This propaganda and censorship arm of the federal government came to be known as the Creel Committee, after its chief, George Creel. As this documentary shows, Hollywood, which was initially as isolationist as the rest of the country, eventually produced anti-German and anti-Communist propaganda. This is the tenth installment in the 13-volume American Documents documentary series, which presents United States history in an entertaining, yet well-researched manner. Highlights of the program include newsreel footage and clips from silent films such as Thomas Ince's 1916 anti-war picture Civilization, and D.W. Griffith's Intolerance. The program is hosted by Lowell Thomas, a broadcast journalist who was the voice of Fox Movietone News for 17 years and covered several wars for CBS Radio. This documentary won the Chicago International Film Festival Award. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide
