World Economic Forum in davos ahead of Donald Trumps keynote address. And is already making news in davos with tough words for the palestinians and a renewed embrace of israel. South koreas president orders an investigation after dozens were killed when a fire breaks out at a hospital. And india uses its Republic Day Celebrations to build bridges to Southeast Asia. All eyes are on top of us in switzerland where in a few hours time the u. S. President will deliver the keynote speech to the annual world Economic Forum donald trump along a champion of protectionism is expected to use the speech to promote his America First agenda but there are indications he could be adjusting his position with the senior ministration official saying he will call for free but fair trade. And may consider rejoining agreements charlie after arriving in davos on thursday president made headlines about repeating his administrations threat to withhold millions of dollars of aid to the palestinians from davos o
Test test i assume command is set with the best all around team for which a man could ask. Some had already been working for months in england. We adopted first a master plan and then had to coordinate every last detail of the ground, sea, and air plans. While this was going on, we led off with an air show designed to make the landing points as soft as possible to batter the german communications, and to make certain wed have control of the air. It was quite a show. Those airmen did a magnificent job. We had polish, french, czechs all sorts in our outfit. Theyd natter away about what theyd been up to. The only word you could ever make out is marshaling the odds. Bombardiers did nothing but looked down on french bridges. We used to ask each other, have you cut any good bridges lately. Finally there was only one bridge left between paris and the sea. Down in the late spring through the wounded towns of england moved the mess made by our patients. Two precious years of plans were put away
Lectures in history, with top College Professor developing into americas past. And our new series, real america, featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. Cspan3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. During this Holiday Season we are showing you American History programs. Today, we are focusing on our series, reel america. Next, the first of two profiles of american film directors and the Second World War. We will start with a look at frank capras work and focus on George Stevens. Later, its director john ford and his movie the battle of midway. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. In the first of a fivepart look at hollywood directors who made films for the u. S. Government during world war ii we feature frank capra who made and supervised dozens of films
He actually came up doing laurel and hardy silent shorts and then once sound came in he did everything from swing time, one of the best fred astaire and Ginger Rogers movies to wochlt year with Katherine Hepburn and spencer tracy. Each of these movies had reasons for directors going in. For stevens, who like all of the directors was old enough so he could have gotten a civilian exemption from the war, really wanted what he called a seat on the 50 yard line of history. He felt that it was a patriotic duty to go. He had been chafing in hollywood because he felt pigeonholed into making these very light movies when he had wanted to make some films with more contemporary or warrelated content. And when he was wasnt able to do it at rko or columbia, he jumped at the chance to do it in the army and for the army. Interestingly, of the five directors, stevens is the only one who never made a sort of freestanding documentary during the war that was shown to civilian audiences, but his work in th
Test test i assume command is set with the best all around team for which a man could ask. Some had already been working for months in england. We adopted first a master plan and then had to coordinate every last detail of the ground, sea, and air plans. While this was going on, we led off with an air show designed to make the landing points as soft as possible to batter the german communications, and to make certain wed have control of the air. It was quite a show. Those airmen did a magnificent job. We had polish, french, czechs all sorts in our outfit. Theyd natter away about what theyd been up to. The only word you could ever make out is marshaling the odds. Bombardiers did nothing but looked down on french bridges. We used to ask each other, have you cut any good bridges lately. Finally there was only one bridge left between paris and the sea. Down in the late spring through the wounded towns of england moved the mess made by our patients. Two precious years of plans were put away