1940s

Time Capsule 1940

By LiamF

  • music

    music
    1) A Jewish immigrant family helped Louis Armstrong buy his first horn.
    2) Max Roach was born on Jan 10, 1924, in North Carolina.
    3) Humphrey Bogart died because of Esophageal cancer

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    1) Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president 3 times.
    2) Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945
    3) Franklin D. Roosevelt died because of a Cerebral hemorrhage.

  • Fashion

    Fashion
    1) They used silk, nylon, wool, leather, rubber, and zippers to make clothing in the 1940s.
    2) The dress was a popular style at the time.
    3) The styles for dresses and suits in the 1940s had either one or two colors.

  • Toys

    Toys
    1) The slinky was invented by Richard James.
    2) The magic 8 ball was first marketed as a paperweight.
    3) Silly putty was vetted by accident.

  • TV or Radio Show: Biltmore Radio

    TV or Radio Show: Biltmore Radio
    1) Biltmore Radio’s last broadcast was in 1955
    2) Biltmore Radio was invented in 1925.
    3) The WSB Radio was what the Biltmore Radio was built in.

  • Movie: Fantasia

    Movie: Fantasia
    1) It cost $2.28 million USD to make the movie
    2) Fantasia is a Disney movie that Walt Disney made
    3) Walt Disney voiced Mickey in fantasia.

  • Actor

    Actor
    1) In the movie Pot o' Gold James Stewart acted as James Hamilton "Jimmy" Haskel.
    2) In the movie Brother Orchid Humphrey Bogart acted as Jack Buck.
    3) Hepburn's final film role was in Love Affair (1994).

  • Technology: electric computer

    Technology: electric computer
    1) The first electronic computer was invented in 1943 in England
    2) The first electronic computer in America was built in 1945
    3) It cost $500,000 to build an electric computer in the 1940s

  • News Event: D-Day

    News Event: D-Day
    1) On June 6, 1944, the US invaded Normandy beach
    2) The US invaded Normandy to drain German resources and block access to key military sites.
    3) The United States of America took years to plan the D-Day invasion.

  • Transportation

    Transportation
    1) They used aluminum and zinc and iron to make cars
    2) In 1940 pre-world war II the US produced 4,680,000 cars.
    3) A new car in the 1940s would cost about $800.

  • Sports Figure: Stan Musial

    Sports Figure: Stan Musial
    1) On November 21, 1920, was when Stan Musial was born
    2) On Sept. 29, 1963, was Stan Musial’s last game
    3) Stan Musial is from Donora, PA.