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Anonymous ID: 970c0a April 14, 2023, 11:58 p.m. No.18698196   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8199 >>8268 >>8327

President Abraham Lincoln

Died: April 15, 1865, at 7:22 a.m. from his injuries

 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Died: April 12, 1945, Little White House Historic Site, GA

 

The Sinking of the RMS Titanic

Apr 14, 1912 – Apr 15, 1912

 

The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Wikipedia

Location: Atlantic Ocean

Cause: Collision with an iceberg on 14 April

Deaths: 1,490–1,635

Result: Maritime policy changes; SOLAS

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is an international maritime treaty that sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment, and operation of merchant ships. Wikipedia

Anonymous ID: 970c0a April 15, 2023, 12:08 a.m. No.18698204   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8205

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Midway_(film)

 

''The Battle Of Midway (1942)''

 

The Battle of Midway chronicles a significant moment in U.S. History, as have other John Ford films like Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946), but the focus here is on ordinary Americans filmed at the time, not famous historical figures are seen in retrospect.

 

Although the use of a hand-held 16mm camera will strike some as uncharacteristic of Ford's style, there are many Fordian touches throughout the film.

 

Ford weaves voiceover and music into the real footage of the battle, shaping the material to show us the conflict as he saw it, and molding these elements into a narrative to show the American people why they're fighting.

 

https://youtu.be/7OBw0r28qC0

 

Seeing men he had met and filmed die horrified Ford, who said, "I am really a coward" compared to those who fought. He had spent time with Torpedo Squadron 8, and 29 of 30 men of the unit died or were missing after the battle. Ford assembled the footage he had taken of the squadron into an eight-minute film, adding titles praising the squadron for having "written the most brilliant pages in the glowing history of our Naval Air Forces" and identifying each man as he appeared. He printed the result, Torpedo Squadron 8, to 8mm film suitable for home projectors and sent copies to the men's families.[1]