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2021 in Historical Context -- Global Crisis, Labor Unrest, and "It's A Wonderful Life"

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Movie Review - The Movie That Was Not Successful Commercially at All

Filmmaker frank capra had taken a break from his industry and worked in the war effort, producing news reels and propaganda films during the war. The first movie that he made after the end of the war was his return to hollywood movie making. It did not succeed commercially at all when it was released in 19 forty six. With it, it was quickly forgotten and shelled. And it rose to fame and prominence only many years later, beginning in the 19 seventies, when it start to be shown on television.

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