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First Superman Movie
On the 26th of September 1941 director Dave Fleisher released the first debut of a Superman Man movie animated cartoon of its series. Superman ranked number 33 in a list of the fifty greatest cartoons of all time sourced from a 1994 poll of 1000 animation professionals. Also was nominated for the 1942 Academy . https://youtu.be/-k0lFbsOKQY I picked this topic because i believe superman is an original that everyone enjoys watching even to this very day. -
First turbo prop engine
The jet engine was clearly an idea whose time had come. Frank Whittle submitted his first in 1930. By 1942 they had been joined by another half dozen British companies, three more in the United States based on British technology. The Me 262 flies for the first time in 1942, and would go on to become the first jet powered combat aircraft to enter service. I picked this topic because i believe this is a come up for technology, and also is important for the people in the service. -
First Slinky
Richard T James in 1943 and demonstrated at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia in November 1945. The toy was a hit, selling its entire inventory of 400 units in ninety minutes. James and his wife Betty formed James Industries in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania to manufacture Slinky and several related toys such as the Slinky Dog and Suzie, the Slinky Worm. In 1960 https://youtu.be/HpC1G0hjveU -
Mark 1 Computer
One of the first programs to run on the Mark I was initiated on 29 March 1944 by John von Neumann, who worked on the Manhattan project. Also needed to determine whether implosion was a viable choice to detonate the atomic bomb that would be used a year later. The Mark I also computed and printed mathematical tables, which had been the initial goal of British inventor Charles Babbage. -
First Atomic Bomb
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/trinity-test/videos -
