Superman (serial in 15 episodes, 1948), the first live-action adaptation
“You came to us out of the sky, what distant place we can’t even imagine. You’re different from other people. Your unique abilities make you a kind of superman. Because of these great powers, your speed and strength, your x-ray vision and super sensitive hearing, you have a great responsibility.”
Eben Kent, episode 1
"It is not a passive role that the librarian plays, content to be a passer-out of books, a checker-up of overdues, or just a looker-on in the classroom. She makes an active and positive contribution to the instructional program of the College. She recognizes as one of her most important obligations the training of students themselves to use the library efficiently. She is essentially a teacher as she helps a student define her problem, weigh various approaches to its solution, and finally select and locate helpful materials for study. The librarian is teaching effectively when she helps a reader identify and point up her interests and select materials to satisfy, deepen, and expand such interests. What is more, she has the important opportunity for teaching at the particular time the student is most actively feeling the need for help — a real psychological advantage."
— B. Lamar Johnson & Eloise Lindstrom, Editors | The Librarian and the Teacher in General Education, 1948. (via thepinakes)
(via thecommonlibrarian)
To try and show how stable and safe helicopters could be, a K190 touches down on the heads of three women. USA, 1948 (LIFE)
The 1948 London Olympic poster is simple and iconic. The classic Greek Discobolus statue standing in front of the iconically British Houses of Parliament make up the poster. It is simple and straightforward and the style is still closely connected to the propaganda posters put out during World War II. Due to the short time frame of planning for the 1948 Olympics no type of design contest was held, which could have been a reason for the simple design. 100,000 of these posters were printed and distributed throughout Great Britain, from London boroughs to travel agencies to villages in the country. All copies were used by the start of the games.
Source: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad
In 1948, London hosted the first Olympics in 12 years, which have become known as the Austerity Games. Athletes were required to bring their own towels and slept in barracks and college dorms. Whale meat was one of a few unrationed foods. Some teams chose bring their own supplies, including the French who sent a trainload of meat and air lifted claret to their athletes. No new facilities were built, but the Games were considered a success overall and turned a small profit on a cost of just GBP730,000.
With only a few months to go until the Olympics here in London, when I spotted this image in the National Archives’ Flickr stream, I just had to share it.
I can’t wait!
Image source: The National Archives (UK) via the Flickr Commons. No known copyright restrictions.
