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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Experiences in Memphis
(2000)
In the fifth segment B.B. King discusses leaving Mississippi and starting his radio career in Memphis, Tennessee. Genre: Educational Keywords: Highway 61; Memphis, Tennessee; Beale Street; WDIA;tractor driver; picking cotton; hitchhiked; produce truck; cousin; Booker White; music business; fuel tanks; job; Sonny Boy Williamson; broadcast; Helena, Arkansas; King Biscuit Time; lunch; dinner; West Memphis, Tennessee;"Blues at Midnight"; four walling; Miss Annie; 16th Street Grill; gambling; Las Vegas; jukebox; $12.50 a night; Mr. Pepper; Mr. Ferguson; country and western music; Professor Nat D. Williams; Pepticon; Hadacol; tonics; jingle; Duration: 00:12:03 Popularity (downloads): 381 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's First Hit Recording
(2000)
In the sixth segment B.B. King discusses recording his first records in Memphis. Genre: Educational Keywords: recording; Nashville, Tennessee; Bullet; Ike Turner; movie portrayal; Tina Turner; Los Angeles; "Three O'Clock Blues"; first hit record; Duration: 00:02:20 Popularity (downloads): 366 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Teenage Musical Experience
(2000)
In the fourth segment B.B. King discusses his musical experiences growing up around Indianola, Mississippi from age 14 until he left for Memphis, Tennessee in 1943 at age 18. Genre: Educational Keywords: Indianola, Mississippi; fourteen; quartet; St. John's Gospel Singers; decision to become blues singer;television; ten cent vendors; soundies; 16mm film; Count Basie; Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; jazz; Benny Goodman; 74; 1943; 18 years old; Uncle Sam; Tbone Walker; Lonnie Johnson; Blind Lemmon Jefferson;jazz electric guitar; Charlie Christian; Django Rhinehart; Hot Club; France; 1949; 1955; radio;Lucille Duration: 00:05:25 Popularity (downloads): 360 |
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How Water Won the West, segment 01 of 8
(1986)
How Water Won the West Genre: Documentary Keywords: Duration: 00:00:50 Popularity (downloads): 735 |
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How Water Won the West, segment 08 of 8
(1986)
Closing credits: produced by Eclipse Productions Genre: Documentary Keywords: Duration: 00:01:12 Popularity (downloads): 391 |
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Hidden Fury, segment 01 of 11
(1993)
Hidden Fury Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:01:18 Popularity (downloads): 808 |
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How Water Won the West, segment 03 of 8
(1986)
The Bureau of Reclamation helped to make water available to the West Genre: Documentary Keywords: Duration: 00:01:25 Popularity (downloads): 480 |
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Far Western States (2nd edition)
(1955)
Resources and growth of the Far West. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: U.S.: West; Duration: 00:10:10 Popularity (downloads): 592 |
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Valley of The Tennessee
Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Duration: 00:28:35 Popularity (downloads): 232 |
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Southern Highlanders
(1947)
Residents of the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee and their culture. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Appalachia; Duration: 00:14:51 Popularity (downloads): 138 |
