Today's movies mark the birthday of Queen Victoria, the first Morse telegraph, and Jewish American Heritage Month.
Sixty Glorious Years (1938) is a dramatic
portrayal of England's Queen Victoria,
born May 24, 1819. This movie is also part
of our England series: the United Kingdom
formed May 1, 1707.
Sixty Glorious Years
Western Union (1941) is western
based on a Zane Grey novel with
a theme of the struggle westward of
the Western Union telegraph service
in the 1800s. The first telegraph by
Samuel F. B. Morse was on May 24, 1844.
Western Union
Number Our Days (1976) is about elderly Jewish
people in Venice, California. It won an Oscar for Best
Documentary, Short Subjects. May is Jewish
American Heritage Month.
Number Our Days
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