Developed by Colt in the 1930s. The rate of fire is listed at 700 rounds per minute, using an oversized 25 round magazine
Month: May 2018
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Read the strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2018/04/09
Born as an adventuresome radio drama in 1936, masked crime fighter, The Green Hornet has a rise to fame very similar to Tracy himself. From “birth” the Hornet franchise branched out from radio to comic books, serials, movies and television. While the various incarnations of the Green Hornet change in details, in most versions the Green Hornet is the alter ego of Britt Reid, wealthy young publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper by day. But by night, clad in a long green overcoat, gloves, green fedora hat and green mask, Reid fights crime as the a mysterious vigilante and is often accompanied by his masked partner and confidant, Kato, who drives their technologically advanced car, the “Black Beauty”.
French Radio Ad, 1934
Guatemala City, 1930s
Guatemala was ruled by General Jorge Ubico from 1931 to 1944. During his reign, Ubico created a widespread network of spies and informants and had large numbers of political opponents tortured and put to death. Ubico implemented a system of debt slavery and forced labor to make sure that there was enough labor available for the coffee plantations, which was their primary export.
The dictator gave away hundreds of thousands of hectares to the United Fruit Company (an American corporation that traded in tropical fruit, primarily bananas), exempted them from taxes in the municipality of Tiquisate, and allowed the U.S. military to establish bases in Guatemala.
Memorial Day
All gave some; Some gave all…
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Unknown Soldier
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Cars of the Indy 500, 1930s
The Good The Bad The Weird, 2008
A Sergio Leone-inspired Korean Western set in Japanese occupied Manchuria, just before WWII. It’s the story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter who find a “treasure” map while being pursued by the Imperial Japanese army (Who want the map thinking it will “save the Japanese Empire”) and Manchurian bandits (Who want to sell the map on the “Ghost Market”). [Korean with English Subtitles]
Golden Gate Bridge Turns 80
Construction start: January 5, 1933, Construction end: April 19, 1937, Opened: May 27, 1937
Total length 8,981 ft (about 1.7 miles), Width 90 ft, Height 746 ft
