The first ever mixer with crossfader. The Gaumont Chronophone: made in 1910.
Halloween
The original Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Roger Ebert’s Journal: My Video Scout Larry J. Kolb writes me: “This image, taken in Mount Ida, Arkansas, shows the original salute to the flag used during the Pledge of Allegiance in U.S. schools. It was discontinued in 1942.”
The Bellamy salute is the salute described by Francis Bellamy (1855–1931) to accompany the American Pledge of Allegiance, which he had authored. During the period when it was used with the Pledge of Allegiance, it was sometimes known as the “flag salute”. During the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazis adopted salutes which were similar in form, resulting in controversy over the use of the Bellamy salute in the United States. It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute whenCongress officially amended the Flag Code on 22 December 1942.




