Documents and the sketch of a test explosion. We will also see mr. Trumans recorded announcement of the hiroshima bomb and hear him explain years later why he used the new weapon. This is an hour. What i would like to do tonight is to show you a number of artifacts, objects, photographs, documents, related to the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb. Each of those will be presented digitally and then we will have some questions in the chat box at the end. I hope you enjoy the presentation and i will go right in and look at our first artifact. Its actually not from july of 1945, but from april shortly after truman became president. Were going to look at some documents from july and you can see my timeline here of the first five documents we will show you. We will then have another five to finish off going into august of 1945. Even some from later on in the sixties that connect to this topic. So the first information the trump enhance about the Manhattan Project comes in april, just 12 da
The new weapon. The Truman Library institute provided this video. What i would like to do tonight is to show you a number of artifacts, objects, photographs, documents, three dimensional related to the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb. Each of those im going to present to you digitally and have some questions in the chat box at the end. I hope you enjoy the presentation. Im going to go right in and look at our first artifact which is actually not from july of 1945 but from april, shortly after truman became president. Then were going to look at some documents from july. You can see my time line here of the first five documents were going to show you. And then well have another five to finish off as we get into august of 1945 and even some from later into the 60s that connect to this topic. So, the first that president first information that truman has about the Manhattan Project comes in april just 12 days after he becomes president on april 12th. This very famous letter some of you
Anniversary of the woodstock Music Festival which affected half a Million People to a dairy farm in up state new york. Next an interview with woodstock cocreator Artie Kornfeld. He recalled how the concert came together, how he signed the Musical Artists and the business arrangements for the documentary film. This is half an hour. I wanted to be a baseball player but i always loved music and my mother always had Benny Goodman of the lombardos. Not guy lombardo, but the two brothers. They both had bands. One of the two guys who had the big bands. Anyway, she listened to big band music and my uncle loved jazz. And he was always listening to jazz. That was the influences i had. Then was your mother a pianist, a performer . No, my mother founded the freedom rides and became a very famous shes a founder of the freedom rides. If you get my book, youll see the letter that will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. Shes a star in my family. Not me. Today you are the star. Im just a representa
This is half an hour. Wanted to be a baseball player, but i always loved music, and my mother always had beeny goodwin and the lombardos, one of the two guys that had the big bands. She was into big band music and my uncle loved listening to jazz so those were the influences i had. Was your mother a pianist . No. My mother founded the freedom rise, and if you get my group youll see the equality that will blow your mind about shirl kornfeld. Shes the star in my family, not me. Today you are the star. Well, im just a representative of a hope, of a dream. Capitol records was a new concept at the time and you took a pretty commanding position there. How did that happen . My good friend sold his stock in Martha Stewart and was change an of the board of emi records for 15 years. We met if you read my book youll see, we met by accident in a snack bar, and he had taken over the job working for donny kisher in, and if you were a writer, i had already had a record out when i was 16. I was signed
Generations of children. Hey, listen, im from a kid show. We remember legendary puppeteer caroll spinney. And later, banding together. How a community is stepping up to help an officer in need. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The fbi now says its investigating the shooting rampage at the naval station in pensacola, florida on friday as an act of terrorism. The gunman, identified as a 21yearold Saudi Air Force officer, was shot and killed. The fbi says he carried out the attack with a legally purchased handgun. Three sailors were killed in the attack. A motorcade took their bodies back to the naval base today, and people lined streets to pay their respects. David begnaud is in pensacola tonight. We are as we do in most active shooter investigations, work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. Reporter the shooter was 21yearold Second Lieutenant in the royal Saudi Air Force, Mohammad Alshamrani. He was a naval f