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Looking back at 1911
We often look back on anniversaries on the show, so in 1941, we reflect on a different time, thirty years prior. John Hockenberry listens to the innocent sounds of 1911, before the earlier ‘Great War’ started and when the first Hollywood studio opened.
We often look back on anniversaries on The Takeaway, so on 1941, we reflect on a different time, thirty years prior. John Hockenberry listens to the innocent sounds of 1911, before the earlier “Great War” started and when the first studio opened in Hollywood.