Cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its superheroes, through the decades. As kids we all aspire be one of these. Not bird or a plane but a superhero. With abilities far beyond those of mere humans and as we grow up our fascination with superheroes doesnt go away. In fact, by judging by the box office reciepts of the past several decades, it only grows bigger. Today, were taking the hour to look at some of our favorite superheroes through the decades, from the caped crusader to wonder woman to your friendly neighborhood spiderman. But we begin with one of the most instantly recognizable superheros and the grand daddy of them all superman. Cloaked in blue and red and branded with a bold letter s, an icon that helped shape all the superheroes to come. Up in the sky, look its a bird, its a plane, its superman superman. The preeminent superhero was born from the minds of two teenage boys living in cleveland, ohio; jerry siegel and joe
I have been here 16 years, working here. Over the years we have developed different programs and presentations for the public, i came across an idea of doing Harry S Truman and the rich and famous. After i started, i saw a number of documents and photos related to those people. I liked watching tv and movies of those growing up. When we were asked to do a presentation, i said this is something people might be interested in. This presentation has documents, photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. As we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. As soon as people are wellknown, they may not have been well known in the 1940s and 1950s. There are different categories we will go through. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. If you have questions or comments let me know. We will start. The first section is entertainers. Can anybody identify who is in the photo beside president truman . Jack
Photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. As we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. As soon as people are wellknown, they may not have been well known in the 1940s and 19 these, but i think you will recognize them. There are different categories we will go through. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. If you have questions or comments, let me know. We will start. The first section is entertainers. Can anybody identify who is in the photo beside president truman . Jack benny. Correct. Jack benny. This is president truman and jack benny. They are playing and he filmed one of his shows here in the Truman Library in 1959. This is a newspaper clipping from about the 1948 election. Somebody added comments to it. There is a collection here at the Truman Library. Many of the letters that are in our collection from truman, he expresses interest in their families. As well as people writing
Welcome to the library of congress. Im john kohl, director of the center in the book for the library of congress. I was talking to our speaker earlier tonight and described what i was doing. She said, you have a wonderful job. You promote books and reading. You live with books. And you are involved with the study of books. And i said, thats true. We also promote books through events such as tonights. This is part of our books and beyond author series. Its where we focus on authors who have written new books that have Something Special to do with the library of congress. And in this case, as our speaker will tell you, there is a direct connection with the library and with an archive. And when i wrote the press release, i didnt really realize the extent of the collection that we have that supports this particular book. We have the archive not just the recordings for Mary Margaret mcbride. You will hear about that tonight from our speaker. Susan is a special friend of the library of congr
Joanna prior, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. Things are looking distinctly stormy along the south coast at the moment. Choppy waters here at christchurch in dorset. Those powerful showers pushing their way along. Showers have been pushing these are the bright, white areas you see on the satellite here, this is the main rain band thats now swinging away to the east. Still some more persistent rain to come in the next few hours further north and Northern England and scotland, but the showers to the south, i think, pack all the power. The gustiest of the winds here, a risk of some coastal flooding. There goes the tail end of the rain band out into the north sea into the early hours, but showers do follow on for scotland and Northern England. Its a mild enough night, with the breeze, lows of 6 to 9 degrees, and then, for monday, a little bit of a breather, a brief ridge of High Pressure will ease back the winds. Still quite a breezy day, biggest