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In the 1950s, with the airwaves filling with the sounds of rock 'n' roll, America was changing into a "transistor" nation. Deciding to capitalize on the popularity of radio, Winchester designated a prototype .308 Model 70 with a built-in radio in 1955. A speaker was set into the right side of the stock with a series of holes — carved in the trademark "W" outline — allowing the sound to be heard. Presented as a glittering show gun, the new Winchester soon proved a hard sell.

Am I the only person on this planet who can watch these clips and recapture those ecstatic moments of feeling I was in a whole new dimension, away from parents, teachers, bosses and that smug, suffocating, pompous world of received opinion? Rock n’Roll came exploding out of nowhere (or so it seemed to a gangly British 15 year old going through all those frighteningly mysterious upheavals of adolescence in the 1950s).

Characteristics of Civilized People by Reginald Firehammer While the possiblity of civilization can be curtailed by a political system, it is not ultimately a society's politics, or its economy, or the artifacts of its culture that determines the degree of its civilization. Whether a society is civilized or not is determined by the kind of people that comprise it. American society of the fifties was dominated by young and middle-aged people who were the most civilized of the entire 20th century. The clearest picture of the fifties can be formed by examining the characteristics of the people who dominated it....

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: The Complete First Season Studio: Warner Bros. Year: 1952 - 1953 Rated: NR Length: 11 hours, 2 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audio: Dolby Digital English Mono English, French, Spanish Subtitles Closed Captioned (Bonus Material not Closed Captioned) Special Features: Theatrical Feature Superman and the Mole Men, Documentary, Audio Commentaries, Original Commercials, Bonus Short Subject Suggested Retail Price: $39.99 USD Background With the possible exception of I Love Lucy, no television series has enjoyed greater longevity than the Adventures of Superman. Produced in the summer of 1951 (some months before Lucy went before the cameras), Superman has thrilled...