Great Moments in film
Americana

William
Jennings
Bryan-
Cross of Gold
The
Sprinkler Sprinkled 1896
1900- 1920
Voyage
to
the
Moon 1902
The
Great Train Robbery 1903
Teddy
Roosevelt 1912
Keystone Cops,
Bangville Police 1913
Keystone cops Have
Badge Will Chase 1914
The Flirt; Harold
Lloyd 1917
Woodrow Wilson
1920s
Warren
G
Harding
'America First Speech'
Calvin
Coolidge
speech
1924
The
Jazz Singer 1927
Buster
Keaton
Montage
Buster
Keaton
Montage
Can Can
Marx
Bros. Duck Soup
Charlie Chaplin,
City Lights
Charlie Chaplin
table ballet
Charlie Chaplin,
The Kid
The Mark of Zorry
-Douglas Fairbanks
1930s
Herbert
Hoover
1932
FDR's
1st
Fireside
Chat; Bank Holiday
FDR's Fala Speech
Abbott
&
Costello
Two10s for a 5, Who's on 1st
Fred
Astair & Ginger Rogers Swing Time
Wizard
of
Oz
Gone
With The Wind
King
Kong
Shirley Temple-
Curly Top
Little Caesar
Stagecoach
The
Big
Sleep
1940s
Casablanca
Citizen
Kane
Knute
Rockne
Story
Fantasia;
sourcerer's
apprentice
Tales
of
the
Sierra Madre (no stinking badges)
On
the Waterfront
It's a
Wonderful Life (ending)
The
Philadelphia Story
The
Maltese
Falcon
The Postman
always Rings Twice
The Ox Bow
Incident
The Great
Dictator
The Mark of Zorro-
Basil Rathbone
MacArthur- Shall
Return
1950s
Show
of Shows, Sid Cesar
Ernie
Kovacs:
Nairobi
Trio
Captain
Kangaroo
Mickey
Mouse Club
Mouse
Kartoon
Song (Mickey Mouse Club)
Lucy
&
Ethyl
in the Chocolate Factory (Women at Work)
Lucy & Harpo
Sky
King
Branded
The
Real
McCoys
The
Rifleman
Superman
Davey
Crockett,
King of the Wild Frontier
Route 66
Gene
Kelly-
Singing
In the Rain
Jack
Benny Show (with Fred Allen)
Jack
Benny on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" Show
Jack Benny &
violin
Jack Benny violin
duet
Quiet
Man,
John
Wayne (to Sunday Morning)
Plan
9 From Outer Space
Invasion
of
the
Body Snatchers
Psycho;
shower
scene
Vertigo
Dragnet
77
Sunset Strip(jive talk)
Lassie
Leave
it
to Beaver
Father knows best
Lady
and the Tramp
Casablanca- ending
Ben
Hur-
Chariot
Race
Brylcream
commercial
A
Streetcare Named Desire
High
Noon
Sunset
Boulevard
Nixon-
Khrushchev
Kitchen
Debate
Honeymooners,
Ralph learns golf
The Honeymooners
(Montage)
Jackie Gleason
Show (June Taylor Dancers)
Dorothy
Gray
Cold Cream Commercial
1960s
Eisenhower
Farewell
Address
Checkers,
Pt
1
Checkers,
pt
2
Ask
not
what
your country can do for you
Cuban
Missile
Crisis-
speech (JFK)
JFK-
Integration
of
U of Alabama
Ich
Bin
Ein
Berliner
I
have a dream speech
Zapruder
Film
Reporting
death
of
JFK
Shooting of Lee
Harvey Oswald
Joe
Pyne
interviews
Lester Maddox (Gov GA)
Red Skelton
Jerry
Lewis-
The
Errand Boy
Soupy
Sales
with
Mumbles, Pookie & White Fang
Planet
of
the
Apes (ending)
2001 A
Space Odessey
Batman
(TV)
Rocky
The
Odd Couple
Easy
Rider
The
Good
The
Bad and the Ugly
I Spy
The Man From Uncle
Mr. Ed
Take
the
Money
and Run- band scene
Sonny and Cher
Daisy
Girl
Ad
KKK
for
Goldwater
Ad
RFK
announcement of death of MLK
Assassination of
RFK
Ted Kennedy's
Eulogy of Bobby Kennedy
Twilight
Zone
Johnson-
will
not
seek reelection
Outer Limits
Star
Trek
Episode
Hang Em High
John C. Lewis on
Selma March
1970s
Butch
Cassidy
Patton
The
12 Chairs
The
Sting
Young
Frankenstein
(puttin
on the ritz)
Blazing
Saddles
Mission
Impossible
Archie
Bunker
Jaws
Star
Wars
Cantina
Scene (Original)
Star
Wars Cantina (Parody)
Saturday
Night
Fever
Animal
House
Nixon's
resignation
Ford
Pardon
The Godfather
1980s
Reagan-
Carter:
There
you go again
Reagan-
Tear
down
This Wall!
Reagan-
Evil
Empire
Dan
Quayle-
Lloyd
Bentson- you're no Jack Kennedy
Bill
and Ted's Excellent Adventure
E.T.
The
Shinning
Full
Metal Jacket
Space
Shuttle
Challenger
tragedy
Sudden Impact
Annie Hall
An Officer and a
Gentleman
Blade Runner
Breakfast Club
Caddyshack
Ghostbusters
Frank Zappa on
Crossfire, discussing censorship of music
1990s
Seinfeld;
Soup
Nazi
1992
debates:
Stockdale,
"Who am I?"
Silence
of
the
Lambs
Titanic
Forrest Gump
The
Sixth
Sense
Jurrasic Park
Braveheart
Saving Private
Ryan; Omaha Beach
The Usual Suspects
Shawshank
Redemption
Thelma and Louise
Fight Club