the decades." we look back at the president who harnessed the power of television to send a clear message to the world. and we head back to 1964 and the disappearance of three men that brought the nation's attention to racial violence in the south. the movie that made hollywood fall in love with superheroes, a frustrated housewife's crime-- that both horrified and captivated a nation. and the heavyweight fight that would challenge a dictator's world view. through the lens of time. through the lens of time. relate to the news and trends of the day through the lens of time. "therefore, as a free man, take pride in the words 'ich bin ein berliner!'" "a swine flu epidemic, that possibility has authorities so alarmed that even word of a suspected case triggers an investigation." "the 24-year-old manicurist from venezuela is accused of

wounding her husband, 26 year- old john bobbitt." i'm ellee pai hong. and i'm kerry sayers. and i'm your host, bill kurtis. and i'm kerry sayers. and i'm your host, bill kurtis. more than any of his predecessors was visible. televised from inauguration to assassination and while those two bookends of a brief presidency claim most notoriety, as far as jfk's tv moments are concerned . five months before his death, on june 26, 1963, he not only stood in front of thousands of west berliners but also a camera and audience,declared in thepossibll america stoodd when one man is enslaved, all are not free. when all are free,

then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and thisreat continent of europe in a comes, as it will, the people of west berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost twoecades. all free citizens ofer a berliner!"he

a western solidarity that stood defiant. in the face of the soviet bloc , that just twenty two months prior erected a physical barrier, the epitome of supression. perfect,r had to put aour peop, to prevent them from leaving us. *crowd cheers kennedy's biting condemnation of the communist agenda was magnetic spotlighting what laid at the heart of the cold war and assuring the entire globe that the fight for freedom wouldn't be west germany's alone. the soviets wouldn't go unchecked.

the united states ... but we come to a city which we feel to be a part of us." the year was 1964, sandy kofax was pitching for the dodgers, the stones were touring america for the first time and the beatles were playing for the queen. but - this week - a story would force the nation to confront the hypocricsy of race in america. would vanish - executed under the cover of a warm mississippi night at the hands of those entrusted to protect and serve. were participants of the campaia civil rights program that helped

the country particularly protective of segregation, those efforts were hardly welcome. of the local ku klux klan, the neshoba countryheriff's department and the policehilade, mississippi hatched a plan toris threatening their way of life. and would end in murder. fourr speeding, allegedly and were released about 10:30 st ... which is a very bad time for release in that part of mississppi or any part of that state ... and we are told that they were last seen on the highway in their car driving between philadelphia and meridian, mississippi, a 36 mile distance." within days, their disappearance drew national headlines. "the night andrew goodman and two companions, mickey

schwerner and james chaney are the focusf a whole country's concern. they've been missing since sunday in mississippi theaóississippi freedom summer project, a project designed to draw national attention to the problem of negro rights in that state. for the latest on the search for the three missingo cs correspondent lou wood in jackson, mississippi." "the federal government sent its first federal forces into mississippi in this first week of the freedom summer project. they carried no arms, came to enforce no laws, but instead to join the search for the three missing civil rights workers." investigators would spend the rest of that sultry summer searching for the three men eventually finding their bodies six weeks later. they had been beaten and buried in the 36ilad. "the jaw was shattered, the left

points and the skull bones were broken and pushed in towards the brain." 19 men would stand trial for the three murders including several lawmen like neshoba county sheriff lawrence rainey. but only seven would be convicted, serving prison terms of no more than 10 years. "well it's tough all over mississippi. uh, mississippi isy resisted any move to rid itself meanwhile, all over the country, faced with this high- profile killing there was no more dismissing the civil rights movement as frivilous and that included the office of the presidency. of civil rights. first, because of the civil rights bill which just passed the senate, is

under consideration in the house ofepresentatives and probablyiny 4. but this also will be known as the summer of civil rights because of a program which began on june 22, the mississippi freedom summer project." if there was a single impetus that made the civil rights movement everyone's problem - everyone's duty - it was the faces of goodman, schwerner and chaney ==ap_missing civil rights workers_1 @ :28== whose lives were lost simply by carrying the flag of peaceful justice. struck down by a hate so strong that if left to fester risked ripping the country apart again. don't want to have to go to another memorial.'m tired of funerals. i'm tired of it!o st another memorial.'m tired of funerals. i'm tired of it!o st

decades" the birth of a video game a pope super couple splits. plus, a nation celebrates the birth of a future king and we head back to a whole new era of travel-- with a legendary plane, an iconic airline, and the flight that made it work.

h, her royal highness, princess diana, has given birth to a baby son. god save the queen." june 22, 1982. the day britain would get a first look at the future king. one and a half ounce boy, born today to prince charles and the princess of wales, lady diana. the child becomes the most truly english heir to the british monarchy in more than 400 years." "crowds cheering" 400 years." "crowds cheering" royal baby 1 :50 from the outside it seemed like just the next chapter in the fairy tale that began with the wedding of prince charles to lady diana. "i, diana francis, take thee,are to my wedded husband." now know the fairy tale would be fleeting. now know the fairy tale would be fleeting.

smiles replaced by anger, adultery and ultimely death. the pain that would come, stands in stark contrast to the joy of the moment. "it's absolutely marvelous. it's wonderful." "for he's a jolly good fellow.." the a family event, that is also a national event. a cause for national celebration." and on this day diana and charles were ready to go home, but not before introducing their son to the world. his name - prince william arthur philip louis windsor, and his royal highness prince william of wales.

inching closer to war with nazi germany. then came a humid night at yankee stadium, a fight for thek man would knock hitler's idea of aryan superiority out flat. man the backdrop was simple.oe a heavyweight fight with a title on the line featuring a pair of boxers who'd squared up onced joe louis, a young man looking to avenge defeat. "this one is all right, and this one is all right two" on the other, a 32-year-old max schmeling, a former champ. "max schmeling is in new york to train for his long anticpiated crack at the world heavyweight title." 22, 1938 so special was nearly everything else surrounding it.

louis was just the second african-american to become heavyweight champ, beating james braddock to take the title in 1937. he became a symbol of what blackmericans could become the civil rights movement began to make inroads. schmeling was the complicated champion of nazi germany. a man who once raised the nazi salute after beating an american in hamburg. a guy who had teaith hitler. his fights in the states. for louis, that meant not only trying top a man who knocked him out in the 12th round of their previous bout in 1936 very sure i had it in hand" at a time when fears of a second world war were building by the day. contract was signed, louise houe president franklin d. roosevelt

was quoted in the new york times as saying: "joe, we need muscles like yours to beat germany" the challenge. night of june the 22." "ding - ding - ding" pounded schmeling for two minutes and four seconds. it wasn't even a contest. louis forced the german down three times before finally befo it's estimated that 100 million heard the fight on radio around the world. louis defended his title and served as a piece of american propaganda at the same time. on your great victory tonight. that's a great victory - to knock him out in one round and you've done it." their next fight was against a coalition, louis and schmelingte

armies when the war began. was wounded in battle. louis never saw active combat, but both would lead boxing exhibitions for their fellow troops. return to the ring and end up defending his title 25 times before his retirement in 1949. until age 99 and die a millionaire - louis would end up living outis days in las vegas, as a greeter at caesar's palace. his handlers took most of theion winings he had earned. by the time louis died in 1981, but what he earned in respect from his peers, and his country, meant his name will live on. his records set in the ring may never be broken.

for what it meant to the country on the brink. of one of the classic video game consoles. atari was founded when its designers had its first shippable product - pong . through the years, atari would be passed, by the likes ofa butt before selling 35 million home consoles. in 1975--- sonny and cher finalized their divorce. the "i got you" couple's relationship was over-- and cher married greg allman of the allman brothers four days later. wind" returned to the theaters. the film was restored and sound re- mastered for its re-release. the film grossed nearly 200 million at the box office over its lifetime.

american war hero who reached mythical standing for something he didn't actually do. the report that would lead to the banning of a king. and, the outbreak that wasn't. why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want,

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stories in which a picture speaks volumes. we begin in 1917, when the first u.s. troops in world war i arrived in france. the landing was kept secret from german submarines but an enthusiastic french crowd was there to welcome the american "doughboys." more than two million u.s. soldiers would fight in france. by 1994, it could be delcared we

it was the world's tallest buildilng for 32 years until dubai's "burj khalifa" overtook the title in 2008. bartlett giamatti released a report that proved pete rose gambled on the the game ever since. players and film makers. on this day in 1819, american war hero and mythical baseball creator abner doubleday was born. he ordered the first shots of the civil war as a general for the union but became more famous for something he didn't actually do - invent baseball. the fact he didn't actually come up with the sport didn't stopaseball from naming the field at the hall of fame "doubleday field" 155 later a yankee captain was

born june 26, 1974. derek jeter won five world championships in new york - ranked sixth all-time in hits when he retired and became the face of one of the world's most valuable franchises. for the likes of jeter. baseball's only black three- time mvp died on this day in 1993. he hall of fame catcher was just the sixth black player in the history of the sport. thomas anderson. the six-time oscar nominee has directed films like "there will be blood," "boogie nights," and fellow filmmaker and author nora ephron died on this day 2012 women's rights movement in the '70s and '80s and wroter directed films like "when harry met sally," you've got mail," and "sleepless in seattle." and one of the longest serving

lawmakers in congressional history died june 26, 2003. strom thurmond was 100 when he finally left office. switched parties. for 24 horus and 18 minutes to try5s act. and it was a big day for an iconic airline and the one spot on the planet off limits to war. and a major moment for an iconic airline

it was the 1600s. but by this day in 1870 the tide had turned and it was declared a federal holiday. the holiday's checkered past dated back to the colonial days-- when it was outlawed because of all the wild partying. on this day in 1919, the first issue of the new york daily news was published. it was founded by joseph medill patterson and was the first u.s. daily printed in tabloid format. "a day for the ages" on this day in 2000, it was announced that a rough map was completed of the human genetic code.

never seen war - the barren continent of antarctica. and thanks to the events of june 1961, the south pole is nowfor centuries, resources and square footage have been the source of conflict, violence and diplomacy in every corner of the world. conquerers, explorers, and countries all making claims to pieces of the earth. stealing its visitors, antarctica has remained a place for peace, cooperation, and thae decades thanks to a historic agreement. on june 23, 1961, the antarctic treaty officially took effect. the agreement signed by 12es was the first to ban nuclear testing and military activities at a specific region on earth. a

wholly international land. before the treaty was signed - australia, new zealand, the uk, france, norway, chile, and argentina all had claims on parts of antarctica, some even overlapped. it does say no other country can claim a piece of antarctica for its own. on top of establishing the first antarctic treaty also - bans all militaryy equipment is being used for scientific or peaceful purposes, calls for scientific cooperation involving plans and the sharing of study results and demands any operations on the continent be purely peaceful in nature. mining and drilling for oil were also banned in a separate treaty in 1991. more than five decades after it0 nations are now a part of the antarctic treaty. a historic international showing of good will to make

sure one of the most fascinating and fragile lands on earth stays that way a controversial movement still in the public conscience today. in 1976, new jersey reported cases of the "swine flu"...ande. what made it a big deal wasn'tat the attempt to protect americans that actually caused more harm than good. results show vaccines safe and effective enough to go ahead right after labor day with the vaccination of adults." a swine flu pandemic was cleared for adult use. the vaccine had gonento production just six months after

the virus was discovered to be behind the death of a soldier at fort dix, new jersey. what followed would cause americans to think twice before following the country's lead on health issues. and well today. swine flu. to one that spread throughout the world six decades earlier. "this virus was the cause of a pandemic in 1918 and 1919 that resulted in over half a million deaths in the united states and 20 million around the world." the scare came when ford wasre-. whether or not that fact had any bearing on how he handled the issue, ford's plan would prove to be a massive overreaction. "no one knows exactly how serious this threat could be. nevertheless, we cannot afford to take a chance with the health of our nation. first,. i

am asking congress to appropriate $135 million dollars for the production of vaccine to inoculate every man, woman and" "a swine flu epidemic, that possibility has authorities soea suspected case triggers an investigation." while the ford administrationwi "merk is one of four u.s. companies that produce the vaccine. making about four small jars daily. using 100,000 eggs this is costly." the science started to question. "there is no sign of swine influenza outbreaks, like the one that occurred in fort dix, new jersey, occurring in the united states."

the new york times called it a "hard sell" and asked if the mass vaccination was "bureaucratic overkill." even so, by the time the vaccine was ready more than 48 million americans lined up to get the shot. "are you worried there might be an outbreak of swine flu in this community?" "it's all together possible. there's a lot of contact in this community. it's a small community." "it seemed liked the thing to do. and i got a call from my father in florida last night and he said, 'send the whole family over, they better darn well get shot'." but that vaccine ended up causing more harm than good. the vaccination program all together. it was found to be responsible for more than 500 cases of guillian-barre syndrome, a disorder that causes paralysis. 25 would end up dying from it. the only american to die of swine flu was that first soldier at fort dix.

have person." that means the vaccine killed more people than the actualkinge resources away from other health-related problems. "the federal government centers for disease control is reporting a big increase in the number of measles cases around the country. in fact, it says there's been a 64 percent increase over last year. and officials at the center say one reason for that may be the swine flu inoculation program whichas diverted interest and money from other immunization programs including those for measles." millions got shots they probably didn't need. you're supposed to get really sick, and i wasn't that sick." such a massive public health misstep had plenty of fallout. ford lost the election to jimmy

carter. the director of the cdc was fired. while today, other consequences - including the anti-vaccination movement - are still around. the very name recalls the golden age of flying. the glamour, the dapper pilot surrounded by an entrouage of blue-suited flight attendants an icon of the skies 24, 1939, the world caught a by june 1939, pan american it airways was already dotting the world. a central american route, and a trans-pacific route. service between the u.s. and europe. something pan am president juan trippe sought to remedy. earlier that year, he bought a

fleet of boeing 314s better known as "yankee clippers." they were massive seaboats that could bare the brunt of theong arduous journey across the atlantic. the atlantic, these aerial giants are great twenty one ton airliners." the southern route to france was but the bigger test was the northern route to britain - thanks to its notoriously unfavorable conditions. a challenge pan am met and defeated on june 24, 1939. a challenge pan am met and defeated on june 24, 1939. on southampton water officially inaugurates the north atlantic air mail service." passenger service on that northern route and though it would be abandoned essentially making pan am the

face of long distance travel. the airline was certainly the most experienced and throughout the war years, pan am continued to innovate and modernize. building a brand that would come to define the travel boom of the 1950s and '60's.. come to define the travel boom of the 1950s and '60's.. attractively decorated, air conditioned butraft free." pan am not only made travel comfortable but more pan am not only made travel comfortable but more importantly 1958.forminge transatlantic service it christened just 19 years earlier. christened just 19 years earlier. aheader. new

york to london in six and a half magic hours. it all goes so fast now and it's so comfortable that you feel as if you hadn't s gained and no sleep lost." that you feel as if you hadn't s gained and no sleep lost." skies it once commanded is still very much tied to one of the greatest contributions of the 20th century. transatlantic flight. pan am combined style and functionality in a way that would make it the envy of all heralding and influencing the kind of travel we enjoy today. kind of travel we enjoy today. world

to recoil, but we couldn't get enough. bets in hollywood than super heroes. it all started with one movie. those stories and more asaóur journey continues through the decades. decades.

of all." a virginia wife's attack on her sleeping husband. the name alone still resonates "bobbitt." it was a case that would make international headlines and eventually the world would follow every lurid detail about what happened that hot summer night in june of 1993. from wounding her husband, 26-year- old john bobbitt, by cutting off his penis. the incident occured last june in the bedroom of the couple's manasset apartment after lorena bobbit says her huband, an unemployed ex-marine had been drinking and raped her." in the '90s, the world couldn't get enough of the media circus that was the bobbits. in not one but two criminal trials. first, his on charges of marital trials. first, his on charges of marital murphy said lorena bobbitt was

disappointed after marrying john when she found out his familyas poor. the five years the marked by frequent separations, murphy said and three weeks before the cutting incident, john bobbitt had told his wife he wanted a divorce." trial on charges of maliciously wounding her husband. eventually caused lorena to snap and in an irresistable impulse, to mutilate her husband with a kitchen knife." she was found temporarily insane but not guilty on all charges. "police officers identified atts discarded in a trash can outside a centerville, virginia nailalon where she works. they alsodentified photographs of johnobbit's mutilated body and photographs of bobbitt's penis which was recovered from a manasset intersection where lorena bobbit had thrown it outr

reattched the penis during nine hours of surgery." reattched the penis during nine hours of surgery." john and lorena together for the first time since the attack. "we meet again, i guess." "you look good." "something's been puzzling me for a long time. why did you the cutting off? i think that . you me to this insanity. i think i already said it. how many timesu were the one who did it basically toourself. you drove me insane. you drove me crazy." "i'm sorry for not makingthere d you. there was a lot of neglect."

"i believe you. you know, i never asked you for an apology. so, i really appreciate that. i mean really, really. it means a lot to me, that you areare sor it. thank you for doing that." super hero hitting the big screen and setting box office records. after the break we look back at the movie, the phenomenon and the legacy. it's all still to come as "through the decades" continues.

the beatles had worked through a hard days night. united artists records released that album in june of 1964. a hard days night was also the title of the beatles first movie which debuted later that summer. fans didn't know but on june 26th 1977 elvis would give his last concert performance at the market square arena in indianapolis. elvis wrapped up what would be his last show with "can't help falling in love." and in 1994 aerosmith became the first band to offer an exclusive digital downloadable song. headirst online and 10,000

compuserve subscribers spent between 60 and 90 minutes tor m. take their favorite comic characters and put them on the screen. it seems crazy to think abouts n made. "i'm batman." film, it's an event." in 1989, it was "the" movie event. it provided a road map for nearlyur blockbuster to follow for decades to come. from merchandise - to casting. marketing - to the future of

how the media covers movies. batman's dna is everywhere in hollywood and the phenomenon began june 23, 1989. hollywood and the phenomenon began june 23, 1989. blowing for a 13-year-old boy in detroit, michigan. it was anvent." to that point, the only live- action batman the world had seen was adam west. his campy portrayal of theaped crusader was successful in its own way, bringing tv episodes to movie theaters at points during the 1960s. always was as a kid and i loved but 11 years after "superman: the movie" brought a comic book character to a feature length film, the timing was right for the dark knight to rise again. batman as adam west, the generation

does not. they think of it as something new, and something crazier and creepier." those darker ideas of the batman story came from graphic novels like "the killing joke" and frank miller's "the dark knight returns." both came out in the years leading up to batman's theatrical release and had given warner brothers reason to think it would be bringing in a crucial audience. "we can take what's considered a kid's franchise,it's certainly darker than superman, take a kid franchise and make it a little more towards teens which is the sweet spot of who buys tickets now a days - forever." it needed a cast and crew to pull it off. an artistic director in theeer d

just hit. "the thing about batman that'sny strange is that gave an auteur a chance to make a blockbuster." "they gave a guy who doodled things in his notebooks, what would later become 'nightmare before christmas and 'corpse bride', the keys to what they knew would be their biggest film of the year." "tim burton is one of the most innovative directors around. so i'm looking at a brand new, fresh view of batman." that move alone was strange at the time but so was putting an oscar-winner in a superhero movie. "jack is dead my friend, you can call me joker!" globe nomination for his role as "the joker" "you can't underestimate how important that was to the success of batman. if it had been unknowns or teenagers or young kids, adults wouldn't have cared and it wouldn't have madeearly as much money." question the casting of a superhero when burton chose beetlejuice comic book fans couldn't see it. "the comic book is based, it's one of the few characters that's a human being and i just

interesting way to go." "i knew i had tim and by that time jack was in. so i really believed that i could only fallm fell out of this movie" believed that i could only fallm fell out of this movie" slyscle-bound action hereos to bruce willis in die hard to michael keaton in batman to nicholas cage evenutally in the early '90s, where you gor from the big muscle-bound here to the intellectual hero. and going that way with batman was a risk, for sure at the time." kim basinger would round out the movie poster and complete a cast full of star power. "it's batman. it's jack. it's michael. it's tim burton. freaky, mmm, i like this. i like the gamble. let's go cast in a superhero movie, batman also proved that a story

with a built-in audience could be hyped to another level. billboards with only the iconic batman logo popped up, sparking billboard people would be like 'ok, what was that?' but we knew what the logo meant." americans were also blasted with tv ads, marking one of the firsts. a mcdonald's happy meal." "yes, we seem to be down to our last diet coke." gotham city and it's bringing money and prizes to choice hotels." and by the time the trailer was released, fans packed theaters showing other movies just to watch it. it was a brilliant marketingim s many people as possible to watch the film in its first few weekends before any reviews came out. few weekends before any reviews came out. sets

but ultimately said the film lacked an intriguing story. end. netting "batman" 40 million in its overall, the film netted 410 million worldwide on a 35- million dollar budget. "it may be batman's biggest influence, negative influence. in that the box office trend." own horn, that's why the numbers got out there. the numbers wouldn't have gotten out there if it had been a bomb." "so when it becomes about breaking records more than being quality. "when it becomes more about that than art, the balance get athe a little off." "we can't necessarily blame batman for that, there were products designed to make money before that, but it certainly was where we started to notice it." batman could be blamed for giving birth to the box-office money grab and that terrible sequel with george clooney.

the dark knight also helped convince warner brothers that a third batman franchise could be both a financial and critical home run. *laughs. explosion like it does without burton's batman, to a certain extent, and you can argue nolan's batman doesn't exist without burton's batman" international phenomenons by blending a perfect combination of stars,le. "they didn't just cast it withon auteur and they cast an oscar- winner in it. and i think that's what really elevated batman and made it influential. they didn't take the easy cash grab route.t's a good film." they didn't take the easy cash grab route.t's a good film."

from the day a legendary scam went bust. the world watched as a young boy was forced to return to cuba. and decades after "the greatest" hung 'em up-- a victory in theits all monday-- n "through the decades."

journey continues monday on "through the decades." thanks for joining us. i'm bill kurtis. kurtis.

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