Interesting Stuff

Francis Resta on Dutch TV

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 6:03pm
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World War II combat veteran Francis Resta travelled to Europe for the 75th anniversary activities and was interviewed by Dutch television. One of Francis' goals for the trip was to connect with the family of the Dutch doctor who saved his leg.

Cuba, Libre? - Pt1 - Voices of the Past

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 12:16pm
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Part 1 of "Cuba, Libre?" shows Cuba as an glamorous tropical tourist destination in the years before Fidel Castro led a revolution that ousted the government of Fulgencio Batista which had been favorable to the U.S., and replaced it with a Communist government that was allied with America's nemesis, the Soviet Union.

This first half of the documentary also includes archival footage from the Castro revolution, the break in U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations, the aborted Bay of Pigs invasion of the island nation, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Cuba, Libre? - Pt2 - Voices of the Present

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 12:22pm
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Part 1 of "Cuba, Libre?" showed Cuba as an exotic tourist destinations for Americans during the decades before the revolution led by Fidel Castro in the late 1950s ultimately resulted in the severing of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States.

In part 2 of the documentary, five travel writers describe how Cuba changed from the early 1990s when, after the demise of Cuba's financial benefactor, the government of Fidel Castro began to look to tourism to bolster the country's sagging economy and American tourists began to visit the island once again.

The White Bag

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00pm
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What is hidden in “The White Bag” could destroy the planet.

Can our hero, Dick Jordan, “Ace of Spies,” find it before who do nothing but evil wrap their satanic hands around it? Or will the forces of darkness prevail and the Earth become a lightless void in the galaxy?

Watch this amusing spoof on black-and-white film noir and spy movies of the mid-20th century to find out!

The Poisoned Cup

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 11:56am
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A original Shakespearean-style drama of intrigue, love, and betrayal. A kind old king is dying, and his ambitious young bride is set to rule, but the king's Prime Minister schemes to keep her from the throne.