In-the-air records and firsts
Long before Steve Fossett, people like Howard Hughes and Amelia Earhart earned superstardom with aviation feats. RAY ZABLOCKI digs up some footage from another era.
A look back at labor unrest in 1936
Picket lines and fisticuffs: RAY KUGLER shares some newsreel footage of a melee on the docks for a Labor Day edition of asap Retro.
Little people, unite!
Little people came together for the first time in 1957 to demand better treatment. RAY KUGLER finds the footage.
A look back at the birth of NATO
Born on Aug. 24? Then you share a birthday with NATO. In an asap Retro video report, RAY KUGLER shows the signing of the 1949 treaty that started it all.
Cell phones, circa 1935
A 'kiddie calling device' that's (almost) portable. RAY KUGLER presents an asap retro video.
Trying not to focus on mining hazards
In coal country, HILLARY RHODES finds mining is too much a part of everyday life for locals to obsess about what might go wrong. An asap video report.
The death of Hitler's president
A newsreel from 1934, dug up from the archives by RAY KUGLER, shows the removal of the final obstacle to Hitler's absolute rule in Germany.
Still hallowed after all these years
Lou Gehrig was among those enshrined at the newly dedicated Baseball Hall of Fame. RAY KUGLER brings us back to 1939 -- also the year the Iron Horse was forced to retire.
A GOP ticket is chosen -- 55 years ago
Take a trip back in time to July 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was chosen to run in the general election, with Richard M. Nixon at his side. RAY KUGLER has the footage.
