In 1951:

  • Average Cost of new house $9.000.00
  • Average wages per year $3,510.00
  • Cost of a gallon of Gas 19 cents
  • Average Cost of a new car $1,500.00
  • Loaf of Bread 16 cents
  • Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
  • First Color Television Pictures broadcast from Empire State Building
  • 22nd Amendment is ratified which limits US presidential term of office to 8 yrs ( 2 terms )
  • United Nations forces recapture Seoul during the Korean War
  • President Harry S Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations Forces
  • The term Rock N Roll is coined by Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed
  • Paul F. Moss & Thelma Schnee produce the movie Bee City (movie after the link):


This movie is in the public domain and is part of the Prelinger collection at the Internet Archive.  I learned about it via Maria Popova’s blog Brain Pickings. Enjoy.