Archive for June 26th, 2014

BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ZONE

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Director James Sheldon explains a scene to young actor Billy Mumy
during taping of Twilight Zone episode # 58, “Long Distance Call”. It
aired March 31, 1961 and is one of the six videotaped episodes of
the original Twilight Zone series. 

 

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TODAY IN HISTORY ~

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Tim Maguire

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FIRST FLIGHT ON THIS DAY IN 1942

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The unpainted XF6F-1 prior to its first flight

On June 26th, 1942, a prototype of the Grumman F6F Hellcat took to the skies
for the first time. Initially conceived of as an improved version of the Grumman
F4F Wildcat which had been in service since the 1930s. The plane was designed
with its greatest opponent, the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in mind. 

The Hellcats were credited with destroying 5,223 aircraft while in service with the
U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy‘s Fleet Air Arm. They remained
in service as late as 1954 as a night fighter.

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The F6F-3 as introduced in 1943

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904

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Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein) (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964)

Character actor who played roles in Casablanca (1942) and The Maltese
Falcon (1941). At age 17, he began his acting career on stage, working
with famous artist and puppeteer Richard Teschner.

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