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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Experiences in Memphis
(2000)
In the fifth segment B.B. King discusses leaving Mississippi and starting his radio career in Memphis, Tennessee. Genre: Educational Keywords: Highway 61; Memphis, Tennessee; Beale Street; WDIA;tractor driver; picking cotton; hitchhiked; produce truck; cousin; Booker White; music business; fuel tanks; job; Sonny Boy Williamson; broadcast; Helena, Arkansas; King Biscuit Time; lunch; dinner; West Memphis, Tennessee;"Blues at Midnight"; four walling; Miss Annie; 16th Street Grill; gambling; Las Vegas; jukebox; $12.50 a night; Mr. Pepper; Mr. Ferguson; country and western music; Professor Nat D. Williams; Pepticon; Hadacol; tonics; jingle; Duration: 00:12:03 Popularity (downloads): 381 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's First Hit Recording
(2000)
In the sixth segment B.B. King discusses recording his first records in Memphis. Genre: Educational Keywords: recording; Nashville, Tennessee; Bullet; Ike Turner; movie portrayal; Tina Turner; Los Angeles; "Three O'Clock Blues"; first hit record; Duration: 00:02:20 Popularity (downloads): 366 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Teenage Musical Experience
(2000)
In the fourth segment B.B. King discusses his musical experiences growing up around Indianola, Mississippi from age 14 until he left for Memphis, Tennessee in 1943 at age 18. Genre: Educational Keywords: Indianola, Mississippi; fourteen; quartet; St. John's Gospel Singers; decision to become blues singer;television; ten cent vendors; soundies; 16mm film; Count Basie; Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; jazz; Benny Goodman; 74; 1943; 18 years old; Uncle Sam; Tbone Walker; Lonnie Johnson; Blind Lemmon Jefferson;jazz electric guitar; Charlie Christian; Django Rhinehart; Hot Club; France; 1949; 1955; radio;Lucille Duration: 00:05:25 Popularity (downloads): 360 |
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Hidden Fury, segment 01 of 11
(1993)
Hidden Fury Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:01:18 Popularity (downloads): 808 |
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Valley of The Tennessee
Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Duration: 00:28:35 Popularity (downloads): 232 |
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Southern Highlanders
(1947)
Residents of the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee and their culture. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Appalachia; Duration: 00:14:51 Popularity (downloads): 138 |
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Hidden Fury, segment 02 of 11
(1993)
The New Madrid earthquakes affected an area the size of Tennessee Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:01:41 Popularity (downloads): 558 |
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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 1)
(1935)
Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: the building of Norris Dam in Tennessee; an automobile racing an ice boat across a lake in Mt. Clemens, Michigan; gasoline... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Car culture: Newsreels; Duration: 00:08:08 Popularity (downloads): 771 |
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Hidden Fury, segment 09 of 11
(1993)
Shaking will cause damage to buildings and cities Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:02:40 Popularity (downloads): 649 |
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Hidden Fury, segment 05 of 11
(1993)
When the next large earthquake occurs in the central or eastern United States, it will be more damaging than typical earthquakes in California Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:04:56 Popularity (downloads): 543 |
