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Introducing The Amazing Compact Disc (1982)

Chris

February 8, 2018

Entertainment, History, Other, Technology, Thoughts and Rants

Today I present you with this rather simple 1982 clip from the Australian television program “Towards 2000” where they discuss the newest thing in music – the Compact Disc. Starting off covering a history of non-magnetic music recording mediums; Wax Cylinders, Edison Diamond Discs, Standard 78 RPM records, then finally the microgroove Long-Playing record, the […]

First Landing On The Moon – ABC Apollo 11 Footage Compilation

Chris

July 24, 2017

History, Other, Space

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48 years ago today on July 24th, 1969, Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific ocean after successfully landing on the Moon. This completed the nations commitment to “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth” before the end of the decade, and showed to the world that our combined […]