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todayonscreen , 10 hours ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, June 15, in 1215, overseen by a council of barons, King John of England put his seal to Magna Carta, a cornerstone of the idea of the liberty of citizens (depicted in Ironclad, 2011)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Ironclad #MagnaCarta #KingJohn #Histodons @histodons

A group of medieval barons, standing in a row and looking very serious.
A document showing the signature of John of England, next to his royal seal, a large red wax circle.

todayonscreen , 1 day ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, June 14, 1940, the first German soldiers entered Paris and began the occupation during World War II (depicted in Casablanca, 1942)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #Casablanca #History #Histodons @histodons

A man is being rained on as he reads a letter, which another man has just handed to him

todayonscreen , 6 days ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, June 9, 1954 was the turning point for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade, when Army counsel Joseph Welch asked him, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” (depicted in Tail Gunner Joe, 1977)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #TailGunnerJoe #JosephMcCarthy #McCarthyism #Histodons @histodons

A smug man speaking into a mic. “I know this hurts you, Mr. Welch.”
A man in a suit, sitting in a trial at a mic. “I'll say it hurts! And Senator, I think it hurts you, too.”
A standing ovation in a courtroom.

todayonscreen , 17 days ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest (depicted in Hillary, "Everest" s01e03, 2018)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Mountaineering #Climbing #Everest #Hillary #Histodons @histodons

todayonscreen , 18 days ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, May 28, 1863, the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment left Boston with fanfare to fight in the U.S. Civil War (depicted in Glory, 1989)

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todayonscreen , 30 days ago to histodons group

#OnThisDay, May 16, 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots fled to England seeking the protection of her first cousin once removed, Queen Elizabeth I (depicted in Mary Queen of Scots, 2018)

#Film #Movies #MaryQueenOfScots #QueenElizabeth #Elizabethan @histodons

A woman in a curly wig looking serious. Her face is caked with white makeup, to hide the scars from a recent illness

todayonscreen , 30 days ago to random

Today, May 16, 2179, Ellen Ripley and Jonesy the cat are found in hypersleep after drifting in space for 57 years (Aliens, 1986)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Aliens #Ripley #Jonesy #SciFi

An orange kitty sleeping on someone's lap. Someone's hand is wiping away ice on the surface of glass over the cat

todayonscreen , 1 month ago to random

Today, May 1, 1973, Police Sergeant Neil Howie finds that he is unable to leave remote Hebridean island Summerisle. The island residents celebrate May Day with pagan rituals (The Wicker Man, 1973)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Horror #FolkHorror #MayDay #Beltane #TheWickerMan

A May 1973 calendar with the 1st circled in red
A pagan ritual. Six men with swords have them crossed so that there is a single opening in the middle. People move underneath, then stand up so that their head is inside the circle. Shown here is a young woman in an owl mask with her head in the circle, as a parade waits behind them
An image of a giant man-shaped figure assembled from twigs, the wicker man

todayonscreen , 1 month ago to horror group

Today, April 30, on Walpurgis Night, Renfield travels to meet the mysterious Count Dracula in Transylvania (Dracula, 1931)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Dracula #Vampires #Horror @horror #WalpurgisNight

A black and white image of a man with pale skin and dark lips, hair, and eyebrows. Light is focused on his eyes, which gaze intensely into the camera. This is Count Dracula, the immortal vampire, and he is ready to hypnotize you, the viewer.

todayonscreen , 1 month ago to horror group

Today, April 30, 1967, flesh-eating ghouls begin attacking the living (Night of the Living Dead, 1968, dir. George A. Romero)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Zombies #Horror #HorrorMovies @horror #NightOfTheLivingDead #GeorgeRomero

A couple sit in a car. The man is saying, “Are you kidding? I certainly don't want to blow Sunday on this scene."

todayonscreen , 2 months ago to random

Today, March 19, in 1928, at 4:31 AM, a man is born who will eventually retire from his role as a secret government agent and be sent to a mysterious remote village, where he will be known only as “Number Six” (The Prisoner, s01e01 "Arrival", 1967)

#TV #Television #ThePrisoner

A shot showing the second man, who is wearing a scarf around his neck and a pin with a pennyfarthing cycle on it. He's saying, “Well, there you are. Now let's bring it all up to date.”
An intense close-up of the first man's face. He's saying, “Four thirty-one a.m., nineteenth of March 1928. I've nothing to say. Is that clear?”

todayonscreen , 2 months ago to random

Today, March 18, Seattle high schooler David Lightman teaches his friend Jennifer Mack about war dialing, hacking, phreaking, and the importance of infosec (WarGames, 1983)

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A young man and woman looking at each other. The young man is typing, showing off to the woman to impress her with his hacking skills.

todayonscreen , 3 months ago to random

#OnThisDay, March 9, in 1954, journalist Edward R. Murrow reported on the “Red Scare” investigation of Communists led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The broadcast, known as “television’s finest hour”, ultimately led to McCarthy's downfall (Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #TodayInHistory #Histodons #GoodNightAndGoodLuck #Journalism #EdwardRMurrow #RedScare

A close-up view of a man's face. “We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the results.”

todayonscreen , 3 months ago to random

Today, March 7, in 1992, Dr. Dana Scully and FBI agent Fox Mulder work on their first case together, traveling to northwest Oregon to investigate potential alien abductions (The X-Files, s01e01 “Pilot”, 1993)

#TV #Television #XFiles #TheXFiles

A car on a small town street with the caption, "Coastal Northwest, Oregon, March 7, 1992."

todayonscreen , 3 months ago to random

Today, February 19, in 1998, hacker Trinity fends off two units of police officers and faces off with sinister sentient computer programs known as Agents (The Matrix, 1999)

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A woman with slicked-back hair raising her hands as cops with flashlights come up the stairs behind her

todayonscreen , 4 months ago to random

#OnThisDay, January 27, in 1967, a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test killed all three crew members of moon mission Apollo 1, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee (depicted in From the Earth to the Moon, s01e02, "Apollo 1", 1998)

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