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I dont know that ive ever seen -- i mean at least not in my lifetime, someone that is this steep where hes genuinely earned the accolades that he has gotten, universal accolades, and hes earned it genuinely, hes earned it very quickly. i dont know that ive ever seen a performance quite like this. its really quite astonishing how far hes come and what hes accomplished for his country and for the cause of democracy in just ten months. >> totally agree, and if i might make a seasonal holiday refere...

Of horror, but 100 years ago they were created to be true places of refuge for people with severe mental illness, grand in scope, able to house hundreds of patients at a time with green lawns, fresh air, food, and proper care. but by the turn of the century, things had gone way downhill. >> electroshock therapy may be recommended. >> doctors began experimenting with questionable practices. >> hydrotherapy is useful in calming disturbed patients. so are sedative packs. >> populations swelled beyo...

Capacity and living conditions rapidly deter rated. in 1946 a "life magazine" photo essay revealed how bad things had become and the public was outraged. but it would take two decades for someone to take action. >> we have to offer something more than crowded castodial care. we have to treat more. >> the movement was kicked off by jfk and what he was recognizing was that warehousing people was inhumane. but in order to deinstitutionalize responsibly, it required the development of treatment, job...

Rooms. stay there until 1946. my husband was a member of the naacp in montgomery. he was very interested and concerned about black people getting registered to vote and paying the poll tax. johnny car, she influenced me to enter a naacp meeting that i had seen in the little paper, the alabama tribune. i, said maybe i should go into an sap meeting and see what they were doing, since johnny was an old classmate of mine at miss whites. >> her first meeting for the naacp, the secretary was out, -- i...

I did go down to register and take my tests, but i did not research receive a certificate in name. the second time that i tried, i was denied. they just told me, you didnt pass. they didnt have to give you a reason, the registrar could do whatever they wanted to do. i was pretty sure that i passed the test, and so the third time that i took it, i made a copy of my answers to those questions. i was going to keep that copy and use it to bring suit against the voter registration board. i received m...

Here you see the worlds largest motion picture studio, with its acres of sound stages spread out under the bright california sun. now lets enter the gate. >> by the end of 1946, marilyn is four months into a contract with 20th century fox. in just a year, shes gone from young model to aspiring starlet. but if shes going to break out, she will need to impress studio head darryl zanuck. >> in many ways, darryl zanuck is almost cliche of an old-school movie mogul. hes short. hes aggressive.

In 1946 250,000 rail workers walked off the job bringing much of the united states to a screeching halt after negotiations for a pay increase stalled. >> weeks of negotiation proved fruitless, cutting off shipments of vital supplies and leaving thousands stranded in every part of the country. >> the strike suddenly ended when president harry truman, a democrat who despised strikes, made a shocking request of congress -- to grant him the authority to draft the striking workers into the armed forc...

Wheat. in britain, the most momentous harvest of all time. its a crop weve long relied on. wheat being harvested in 1946. their enemies are wind and rain. varieties chosen to produce as much grain as possible. its led to a lack of diversity. and todays wheat is coming under intense pressure from climate change and disease. but these old files at the natural history museum could contain a solution. there are 12,000 specimens of wheat and its relatives stored here, and they date back to the 1700s ...

Their relentless chewing is decimating the forests. in 1946, just ten pairs of beavers were imported here from canada. the idea was to launch a new fur trade. no one realized how much damage beavers can do if left unchecked by predators. today, more than 100,000 beavers are ravaging patagonia. theres no easy solution.

Means the annual macys parade in new york. 3 million came out this year. the event runs for around three hours, featuring marching bands, giant balloons and our correspondent went to have a look. one of the balloon —— balloons in the very first parade in 1922. the idea of showcasing the department store macys and encouraging everyone to go shopping before christmas. the balloons made their debut in 1927. they were the brainchild of a puppeteer. the original ones were generic, they were birds...