Roaring 20s

.How [Americans] In the Roaring 20's Spent Their Free Time - Weird > .

What Caused The Roaring 20s? - Weird > .

For the healing of the nations there must be good will and charity, confidence and peace," President Calvin Coolidge declared at the end of 1923, as the shadow of WWI continued to loom over America. What was life actually like in the decade that came to be known as the Roaring Twenties? While most history textbooks emphasize the country's recovery from war, the 1920s were full of great change and progress for many Americans. During this decade, the economy doubled, meaning people bought more goods and had more time to invest in leisure activities. It was an era of seemingly endless prosperity, which came to a sudden halt when 1929's Wall Street crash triggered the Great Depression.

Few decades capture the imagination like the 1920s. Like so many good stories, it got its start from a time of great turmoil and ended in a dramatic fashion. What happened between 1920 and 1929 has passed beyond history and has become legend. The lessons of the 1920s are still relevant today. Many of the debates and issues of the era are still part of the national conversation. Economic policies, consumer behaviors and mass culture of the 1920s are reflected in our culture almost 100 years later.

Veterans Affairs

The [US] Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves .

“Ex-soldiers not cared for, ex-soldiers out of work, in insane asylums, in jails, walking the streets,” he wrote. After looking more into how some of his fellow veterans were faring, Hayden found that there were “thousands upon thousands of these men in straitened circumstances, in poverty. There were more thousands, who needed hospital attention, who were not getting it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/magazine/world-war-i-veterans-treatment.html .

Women WW1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_gOD8nN22c .

WW1

Women in Combat - UK ..

Women in Wartime ..

Women WW1 ..

Queens of the Machines - WW1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0F9szCBbhQ

Suffragettes
http://theconversation.com/how-17-000-petitions-helped-deliver-votes-for-women-91093
https://theconversation.com/pankhurst-sisters-the-bitter-divisions-behind-their-fight-for-womens-votes-91086
https://theconversation.com/hundred-years-of-votes-for-women-how-far-weve-come-and-how-far-theres-still-to-go-91169

Vera Lynn

Only known overseas wartime footage of Vera Lynn, 14 May 1944 > .
Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (1943) > .  

We'll Meet Again, Vera Lynn, Original 1939 Version > .
Vera Lynn Land of Hope and Glory ('62) > .
Land of Hope and Glory (2007 Remaster) > .
Land of Hope and Glory - Last Night of the Proms 2009 > .
2012 choir > .
Land of Hope and Glory - BBC Symphony Orchestra (1932) > .

Vera Lynn in 1995 (age 78) - VE-day 50 years > .
Vera Lynn releases new video at 103 > .

Vera Lynn Songs - ErEi >> .  

This unique footage of singer Vera Lynn was shot on 14 May 1944 near the Burmese border. It’s mute, unedited, black and white footage shot on 35mm film that captures Vera Lynn not singing but chatting to soldiers. Curator Fiona Kelly introduces us to this remarkable footage of the 'Forces' Sweetheart'.

Full unedited version of this footage in the Imperial War Museum's collections online: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it... .
Rendition of We'll Meet Again by British servicemen in India in 1945 - full film: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it... .

20-6-18 Obituary: Dame Vera Lynn [103], a symbol of resilience and hope .

Hx - Making of Modern Britain

Marr's Making of Modern Britain > .
Marr's Making of Modern Britain >> .