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.
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