1950s Matrix

The story of the drive-in movie theater begins with one man. That man was Richard Milton Hollingshead, Jr., born on February 25, 1900, the "father" of the drive-in.

A Japanese invasion that same year caused his forces to leave that country. a year after that he made many successful offensive operations against the Japanese military in that region.in 1945 president Harry S. Truman appointed MacArthur supreme allied commander. For the next six years he stayed in japan to command the occupation forces. When North Korean army invaded South Korea in 1950, he started to command the newly united nation’s forces. On April 11, 1951, Truman removed MacArthur from his command for insubordination. This made people in America very mad, but Truman stayed focused on keeping the conflict with North Korea a limited war. Americans started to understand that MacArthur’s recommendations might have led to a massively expanded war in

In June 1950, 90,000 soldiers from the communist Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea. The most important reason for a military response from the US was the document NSC 68, which stated that they must meet communism wherever it arises. Due to this document, it was the US assumption that the invasion on South Korea was not a Civil War due to the events in Korea, and the permanent divide in 1948. However, there was also US domestic policies, and Truman’s fear of being accused of being ‘soft on communism,’ as well as the US based organisation, the UN, which was a new institution, which Truman had to support. Furthermore, containment in Europe and Asia and the

While World War II ended all worries and hardships Americans faced, events gradually initiated signs of the Cold War which created an increased state of tension that swept all of America and Korea. During the 1940s, the potential Communist invasion of nations worldwide began to create a frightening reality to the people of the United States. The Soviet Union’s exportation of Communism greatly worried America as they wanted to contain Communism from all nations, especially nations in Asia. The Korean peninsula divided into two territories: a north, Soviet supported government, and a south, American supported government, a separation as a result of World War II. The Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japanese control since 1900; fearing the Soviet’s intention to seize the entire peninsula, the United States responded by quickly sending in their troops to South Korea. Truman’s decision to become involved in conflicts in Korea grew out of the Soviet Union’s radical actions, events in Asia, and internal criticism in the Truman Administration in America, providing him with an opportunity to defend a nation from a communist invasion.

General MacArthur was the leader of the allied forces in the pacific southwest during the duration of WWII. When the Korean War broke out and North Korea invaded South Korea he was assigned commander of the United States Forces. While he was in charge during the war some say he was a genius for his defeats. “As U.S. and United Nations forces turned the tide of battle in Korea, MacArthur argued for a policy of pushing into North Korea to completely defeat the communist forces. Truman went along with this plan, but worried that the communist government of the People’s Republic of China might take the invasion as a hostile act and intervene in the conflict ("Truman Relieves MacArthur,")”. However, his victories were short lived once China entered the war, causing him to withdraw his troops from North Korea. By April 1951 the military was stable but General MacArthur could not keep his opinions to

The battles on the Korean Peninsula were a constant back and forth (Document C). South Korea could not handle the power of the North Korean army and almost lost the whole peninsula. If it wasn’t for General Douglass MacArthur planning a risky counter attack that eventually paid off South Korea’s future would have been as risk. This attack pushed North Korea all the way to China which caused communist China to join in on the mix. The U.S. had no interest in taking any of North Korea's land, for themselves or South Korea. They just did not want the spread of communism any farther. Once China pushed the U.S. and U.N. forces back into South Korea the U.S. the war pretty much stood at a stand still until the war ended. These battles accumulated more than two million deaths and 50,000

Also, the first drive-in cinema was introduced shortly after where couples, families, and friends were able to sit in their Model-T and enjoy a film.

President Truman wanted there to be peace between North and South Korea. All he wanted was to restore peace. MacArthur’s thought his plan was a good plan, he didn’t think China would interfere and china didn’t want to be involved; he believed his plan was flawless and would not get the Chinese army into the war. he was relieved from his duties as general by President Truman not long after. President Truman assigned General Douglas MacArthur as the leader of the UN troops. Truman didn't want the Chinese to want to join the war in any way. He told MacArthur to stay away from the Chinese border in all circumstances.

War broke out in the Communist state of Korea, splitting the country into North Korea and South Korea. Near the end of the war, General Douglas MacArthur, head of U.S. and U.N. forces, disputed President Truman and other leaders of America and their plan of “containment”, resulting in General MacArthur’s being relieved of his position and replaced with General Matthew B. Ridgeway. Consequently, the results of “containment” being fulfilled were the many casualties, $67 billion output during the war, and the numerous soldiers made prisoner of the enemy or abandoned in Communist incarceration camps. All of these insurrections were the result of the weakness of America in fighting

America's Involvement in the Korean War The USA emerged from WWII as the dominant Western, democratic superpower. She quickly established for herself a role as world policeman, and defender of the "free world". When, on June 25th 1950, Communist North Korean forces invaded the South of the country, the USAwas quick to step in, and with UN support and approval, sent in military forces to restore the balance. However, it is questionable whether moral principles were the only reason for America's involvement in the Korean War, or whether perhaps the Truman administration had other validation for such a huge scale military campaign.

The indoor theaters were more flexible about scheduling, however, and could show one film five or six times a day instead of only at night. So to sell as many tickets as possible, the movie studios sent their first-runs to the indoor theaters. Drive-ins were left to show B movies and, eventually, X-rated ones. And being naughty helped some drive-ins survive.

The silver screen never shone so brightly than as it did in the movie palaces that sprang up on Main Street, USA between the World Wars and the great depression. Razzle-dazzle marquees lured the movie mad public into lush settings. Time and television took there toll on these resplendent theaters with some being demolished to make way for new buildings and parking lots. However, a hardy few, including the Deluxe Theater have managed to survive and have been successfully converted to symphony halls, or performing arts theatres.

In 1942, there were about one hundred drive-ins in twenty-seven states (Cohen). After World War II, drive-in movie theaters became more popular (Cohen). Drive-ins started to get better technology: in-car RCA Victor speakers (Cohen), movie soundtracks played through the radio (History.com), and mobile concession stands became available (Cohen) and stared serving hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries, and sodas. By 1948, there were about eight hundred and twenty drive-in theaters (Cohen). Mobile concession stands became more popular and started serving a bigger variety of foods (Cohen). In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, more families than before were going to the drive-in movie theaters (Cohen). By 1958, there were about four thousand and sixty-four drive-ins in the United States and Canada (Cohen). The largest drive-in movie theater was the All-Weather Drive-In in Copiague, New York (Drive-in Movie History). It had two thousand five hundred parking spaces, one thousand two hundred indoor seats, a restaurant, playground, and a shuttle train to transport people across the twenty-eight acre lot (Drive-In Movie History). The two smallest drive-ins were the Harmony Drive-In in Harmony, Pennsylvania and the Highway Drive-In in Bamberg, South Carolina (Drive-In Movie History). After the boom of drive-in theaters, there were several reasons why they started

Imagine if it only cost you one penny to get tickets to a Broadway production. It would almost seem too good to be true! Well, back in the 1600s, in London, you could buy your way into a theater for as little as one penny. This price made it easy for anyone of any class to be able to partake in the festivities. Hence, the reason the theaters became so popular from 1562 to 1642. The theatres were very profitable based on the fact they were so popular in the community. The Elizabethan theatres were viewed as popular entertainment because of their fanciful attributes, their various events, and their several venues.

As you can imagine, life in the 1500s and 1600s in England was very stale, with little things to entertain the people at the time. There were no cars, no televisions, no movies, no videos games, nothing of that sort. Majority of people at the time worked for very little pay in very difficult labor fields for harsh hours and weather every single day with no real escape due to their poverty. However, there was one place that was dirt cheap that anyone could go to for a good time: The Globe Theatre. Before the cinematic experiences we have today in our movie theaters were created, theaters such as the Elizabethan Theater were a popular form of entertainment in England at the time, mostly due to the cost of attending.