Sunday, November 19, 2017

Movies for the Day, Monday, November 20, 2017

Today's movies mark Universal Children's Day, National Bible Week, and the birthday of Robert Kennedy.




World of Kids (1951) is a short documentary about
children that won an Oscar for short films.  Today is
United Nations Universal Children's Day, first
observed in 1953.







World of Kids









The Story of Ruth (1960) combines romance,
history and religion in this movie based on
the Biblical tale.  This is National Bible
Week (November 19 to 26).







The Story of Ruth










Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968) is a moving
tribute to the Presidential candidate tragically
assassinated just months before, on June 6, 1968.  This
documentary was shown simultaneously in August
1968 on all TV networks and at the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago.  It won an Oscar
for Best Short Subject.  Kennedy was born
November 20, 1925.




Robert Kennedy Remembered


















































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