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NancyNGA said:
Double decker (electric?) buses. So cool! I don't think we ever had any two-story buses here in the US. Does anybody know?
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I think there are a lot of them in major tourist spots such as Vegas and NY. In fact, I believe there's a factory somewhere in the U.S. that specializes in manufacturing double deckers.
 

We still have double deckers in some towns but the red London ones are the most famous. Remember Cliff Richards taking one on a summer holiday

 
SifuPhil said:
I think there are a lot of them in major tourist spots such as Vegas and NY. In fact, I believe there's a factory somewhere in the U.S. that specializes in manufacturing double deckers.
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Are they targeting just tourists? Is this a new thing? (Obviously I am way out of touch.:()
 

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - 1917
Silent footage in 3 parts

The C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal's principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains. Construction on the 184.5-mile canal began in 1828 and ended in 1850. Rising and falling over an elevation change of 605 feet, it required the construction of 74 canal locks, 11 aqueducts to cross major streams, more than 240 culverts to cross smaller streams, and the 3,118 ft Paw Paw Tunnel. A planned section to the Ohio River at Pittsbrgh was never built. The canal way is now maintained as the C&O National Historical Park, with a trail that follows the old towpath.
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Clark Gable in Idiot's Delight, 1939
The only film in which Gable sings and dances. (Probably for the best ;))

 
The Mills Brothers on the Jack Benny Show, singing Opus One and Up a Lazy River, 1961

(If you don't care for Jack Benny, skip to 4:00 :))


Lyrics to Opus One (Sy Oliver and Sid Garris, 1943)

Oh! baby, I'm rackin' my brain, to think of a name
To give to this tune, so Perry can croon
And maybe old Bing will give it a fling
And that'll start everyone hummin' the thing.

The melody's dumb, repeat and repeat
But if you can swing, it's got a good beat
And that's the main thing, to make it complete
'Cause everyone's swingin' today.

So we call it Opus One, it's not for Sammy Kaye, hey, hey, hey.
It's Opus One, it's got to swing, not sway, Baby.

If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned
And Ray Anthony could rock it for me
There's never a doubt, you'll knock yourself out
Whenever you get near Opus One.
 
1956 Elvis first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and I immediately fell in love with him.
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happytime said:
That was so heartbreaking, that day, that moment , that week. But when he said thoses words I think the world cried.
I'm referring to the death of J.Kennedy .
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That was great footage, I saw others but that one is the best. I remember that day well. I was in school when it was announced. We were given time off to watch the funeral on TV. So sad. I will always believe there was a conspiracy and that Oswald was their patsy. We have not been told the truth about this and I doubt ever will...
 
Reuben & Rachel, Jubilee USA (Ozark Jubilee) TV show, 1960
Featuring Eddie Arnold, Patsy Cline, June Valli and Cowboy Copas

 
Bea, I remember singing the tune to this one as a kid. "Mabel, Black Label..." :)

 

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