Archive for December 6th, 2011

THE SURPRISE ATTACK, 70 YEARS AGO TODAY!

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U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

 

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VIDEO INVENTION USED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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Tony Verna 

Instant replay is the replaying of video footage of an event such as a televised
sports program in which an important or remarkable play may be seen again or
be reviewed if it was unclear on first sight. A CBS television director, 29- year-old
Tony Verna (above), invented the system which enabled a standard videotape
machine to instantly replay. It was used for the first time on 7 December 1963,
for the network’s coverage of the 64th annual  Army-Navy football game. 

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VETERAN ACTOR ELI WALLACH IS 96 TODAY

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Eli Herschel Wallach is a film, television and stage actor who gained
recognition for his performance in the Elia Kazan black comedy Baby
Doll
(1956). He won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden
Globe nomination.  Considered to be his most famous roles is that of
Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).

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Eli Wallach in Baby Doll

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Eli Wallach portraying Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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LIFE ON THIS DAY

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1937

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1943

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life 1963
1963

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SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH A SCALE!

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1955

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