Oftentimes, history books completely overlook or sanitize uncomfortable truths from history... Warning: This post contains mentions of racism, death, animal death, drugs, war, and forced sterilization ...
For the radio, the 1930s was a golden age. At the start of the decade 12 million American households owned a radio, and by 1939 this total had exploded to more than 28 million. But why was this ...
King George V broadcasts at the ‘Royal Microphone’. Commercially available microphones were expensive in the 1930s, so the BBC worked with the Marconi company to develop its own model.
History teaching resources for Key Stage 2 History - Britain since the 1930s with audio clips from the BBC Sound Archive. Topics include Transport, Technology, Media and Society.
Since the 2010 debut of History's reality series "American Pickers ... Upon entry, the "American Pickers" stars find a 1930s-era Pontiac that is, to their chagrin, not for sale.