1930s 1940s facts
While investigating facts about 1930s 1940s, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Nazi Germany was the first country to led public anti-smoking campaign in modern history. It was the most powerful anti-smoking movement in the world during the 1930s and early 1940s
E. M. Forster became a broadcaster on BBC Radio from the 1930s to the 1940s. George Orwell commissioned his weekly book review, establishing E. M. Forster as a critic. In 1937 Forster received the Benson Medal.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 9 of the best facts about 1930s 1940s I managed to collect.
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Catt was vehemently opposed to the United States" involvement in World War I, but was equally against Germany's National Socialist government of the 1930s and 1940s.
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During the 1930s and 1940s he was an advisor to the Soviet atom bomb project.
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Airline pilots in the 1930s and 1940s flew with their ears when visibility was poor.
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The roll-up (or the "crawl") for star wars is an homage to the opening crawl at the beginning of each episode of the Flash Gordon serials of the 1930s and 1940s, which Star Wars creator George Lucas enjoyed as a child and which inspired Lucas to write much of the Star Wars saga.
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In the 1930s and 1940s Diego Rivera completed murals in the United States. One in particular that he created for the Rockefeller family in New York City titled "Man at the Crossroads", was destroyed because the Rockefeller family felt it was not in good taste because it included the Russian leader Vladimir Lenin. The Rockefeller's were heavily criticized for destroying the work.
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The concept and name "Fortress of Solitude" first appeared in the Doc Savage pulps in the 1930s and 1940s.
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About an ensemble band from NYC called 'Postmodern Jukebox' that takes modern pop songs and covers them in the style of music from 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. They have performed at the Kennedy Center, had 4/10 top ten album hits, have toured Europe, and have 2 million subscribers on Youtube.
