1951 ... gee-whiz Cool!



... what little kid or his Dad can resist an article about giant prop planes landing in the backyard and disgorging life-size Tonka trucks!

... conspiracy theorists take note: maybe it was POP Science and Mechanics that financed Stalin and the Reds in order to sell more issues!

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1951 ... know and know!


... why am I more scared of that school janitor with the hammer than the Russkies and their atomic bombs?!



 

1951 ... no safe place!


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1954 ... Atomic Humor Attempted!


... silly movie- but the source of a lot of childhood nightmares of being stuck in the wrong place at the wrong-time during an atomic test!

... no trailer is available but  here's a short review by 'Matinee' director Joe Dante.

... and for the truly brave - the whole movie in murky YouTube-O-Vision.







1952 ... 'Dangerous Assignment!'


... if you are a fan of this blog- then it's a safe bet that you have fairly eclectic tastes. So I'll share with you my enthusiasm for a wonderfully cornball early Cold-War adventure series- 'Dangerous Assignment'.

Not only does it star stalwart and stout character actor Brian Donlevy; he also produced both the radio and TV series. It's full of heartfelt but hapless melodrama, cheap sets and a cavalcade of fellow character actors. Long before James Bond, two-fisted government agent Steve Mitchell fights the Communist menace all over the globe. Women find his well trimmed mustache and steely eyes irresistible.

(Donlevy was a real life adventure manly-man and an Ace during WW1)

... here is a Link to the 90 radio episodes

... and the Link to the follow-up TV episodes - have fun and tell "The Commissioner" howdy for me!


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1955 ... lot's of B-47 crews!


... it is often overlooked just how many B-47 'Stratojets' were produced ... 2,032!
Almost 3 times the number of B-52's.


 

1950 ... those pesky "yellow-hordes" at it again!

... interesting map of Asia - viewed through the perspective of the beginning of the Korean War; a very hot chapter of the Cold War.