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1959 – Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th U.S. states; as of November 2023, they are the final two states admitted to the union. 1959 – Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and The Big Bopper are killed in Clear Lake, Iowa in a plane crash.
July 29 – The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). August 3 – The nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water. August 12 – The Federal Switchblade Act is enacted in the United States.
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- 1950. During a reception in his honor, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the president of the Screen Director’s Guild, violently denounces the current policy of “blacklisting”, as well as Cecil B. DeMille’s demand that members of the Screen Directors’ Guild swear an oath of loyalty.
- 1951. Acetate/Safety film, made from cellulose triacetate, has replaced the highly inflammable nitrate film as the standard for 35mm film production, distribution and film preservation.
- 1952. Howard Hughes announces the temporary closure of RKO Studios to facilitate the dismissal of close to 100 employees suspected of having Communist sympathies.
- 1953. The Academy Award ceremony is broadcast on television for the first time. The show draws the largest single audience in television’s five–year commercial history.
100 Greatest Movies Of The 1950s. by moviefreak3333-949-623347 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago. Criteria: These Greatest Movies of the '50s chosen for their quality, direction, script, cinematography, acting, storyline, originality, and success. List activity. 582 views. 4 this week. Create a new list.
The show draws the largest single audience in television’s five–year commercial history. After holding a public demonstration of its new widescreen process called “CinemaScope”, 20th Century–Fox announces that all of its future films will be shot using…
Apr 24, 2020 · 1951: Hitchcock Rises and Japan Wins Venice. If we’re to look back at symbolic objects that we’ll probably never forget, the lighter from Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’ (1951) will come to mind. It’s introduced mere minutes into this masterful thriller and becomes critical to the plot.
