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November 20, 2021

I Just Watched “Eleanor Roosevelt: Former First Lady with a Restless Spirit | Full Documentary | Biography” on YouTube

This came out in 1994 on the “Biography” Channel. I did not know much about Elanor Roosevelt until I watched this… She lived a separate life from her husband and let him be with his long term mistress. She was a devoted social advocate who rallied for John F. Kennedy before she died. I found it interesting that she outlived (by many years) her husband and his mistress. She died in 1962 in New York City, where she...

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November 8, 2021

I Just Watched “Amelia Earhart: Queen Of The Air | Full Documentary | Biography” on YouTube

I just finished watching this on YouTube. She was 39 when she disappeared… she was declared dead in absentia on Jan 5, 1941. I wonder what she would think of the world today… or even in the 40’s and 50’s… a lot was going on in those decades as well. Her sister was interviewed (she died in 1998, this documentary was filmed in 1996) and said she talked a lot about not living very long. She no longer...

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November 6, 2021

I Just Watched “World’s Longest Reigning Living Monarch | The Life Of Queen Elizabeth | Real Royalty” on YouTube

One of the people interviewed said the chances that Queen Elizabeth would be queen would be similar to Princess Beatrice becoming Queen today, it’s unlikely. She, nor her father for that matter, expected to become the King or Queen…. As we know, it wasn’t until his brother’s abdication that paved the way for Elizabeth to become Queen. I’ve heard it on several documentaries I’ve watched about the queen… that she has always been low key and kept her...

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October 14, 2021

I Just Watched “Escaping the Blitz” on YouTube

This is an oral history that was published last year in 2020… at least that was the date on the credits. I’m not entirely sure when these interviews were done, since the Pandemic has been going on for almost two years. It was sad to hear some of the stories. The people in this oral history were children during the blitz and survived. Some of them had lost their entire families.. Many had to leave their families and...

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October 9, 2021

I Just Watched “Berlin Wall Guards Tell Harrowing Tales Of East Germany | Our History” on YouTube

This was very interesting…. and also heart breaking at the same time. It came out in 1991, so not long after the wall had fallen. At the end, one of the guards thought he may have to eventually face charges from the West. One part that really touched me was a former guard who shot a father of two in 1962 came to visit and ask for the sons’ forgiveness. It was very very good, definitely worth a...

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