Tree Adventure at Nevis Range
Our high ropes courses at Nevis Range near Fort William in the Outdoor Capital of the UK.
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Nevis Range in Fort William, home to the UK’s only mountain gondola; is the mountain experience for all seasons. Activities such as winter snowsports, climbing, mountain biking, Tree Adventure, and Zoomtrax tubing slide.
Nevis Range in Fort William is home to the UK’s only mountain gondola, transporting visitors to 650m on the mountain of Aonach Mor. You'll find a range of activities for all ages, both on the mountain, and around the gondola base station.
At the gondola base station there are over 25 miles of trails through Leanachan Forest to explore on foot or bike. With all routes graded from easy to expert, from a short stroll to an extremely challenging walk, there’s something for everyone. Trail maps are available from the main ticket office.
Situated on the edge of Leanachan Forest is Tree Adventure – a series of exciting treetop ropes courses. Tackle the Barn Owl, Red Fox and Wildcat before testing your nerves on the Swoop. There’s even the smaller Squirrel course for little adventurers. It’s fun and challenging for kids and grown-ups and absolutely no experience necessary. Tree Adventure is open spring – autumn and closed in winter.
Nevis Range boasts a vast range of mountain bike trails varying from relaxing forest trails suitable for even the most inexperienced of riders to cross country and downhill trails. Home to the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, ride the official world cup downhill track from the gondola top station all the way to the finish area at the base station car park. There is also onsite bike hire and bike school for guiding and coaching on the downhill and cross country trails.
Located just outside the top station building is the Zoomtrax, a 40m tubing slide. Enjoy whizzing down the slope in an inflatable ring, fun for all ages and no skill required. Best of all it’s free! Open from 11am-2pm – summer school holidays.
In winter Nevis Range offers skiing and snowboarding to 1190m on the mountain of Aonach Mor, often lasting into the spring season. There are a range of green and blue graded runs, perfect for beginners, located close to the gondola top station. Further up the mountain, there is an extensive network of red and black runs as well as the acclaimed boardwise terrain park and Back Corries off-piste runs. Nevis Range is also popular with winter climbers and offers gondola and chair uplift to 870m. Alternative winter activities include sledging, snowshoeing and snow biking.
To start your Nevis Range Adventure visit nevisrange.co.uk
Connect to your Nevis Range Adventure in the Outdoor Capital of the UK!
Connect to your Nevis Range Adventure in the Outdoor Capital of the UK! #myoutdoorcapital #scotspirit outdoorcapital.co.uk
Nevis Range home to the Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup has it all!
Whether it's family adventure, slow adventure, or thrill seeking adrenaline adventure Nevis Range has it all!
They'll be more videos on Nevis Range over the next few weeks so stay tuned to social media and make sure you follow Nevis Range on Facebook!
Thanks to all of the team at Nevis Range for taking part!
Here are just a few ideas of some of the things you can do!!
Gondola
Let Britain's only mountain gondola transport you to 650m on the slopes of Aonach Mor. Meander along the mountain trails to the panoramic viewpoints, then relax in the restaurant & bar with breathtaking views.
Tree Adventures!
Tree adventure a series of high ropes courses built on poles and in trees in Leanachan forest.
There are 25 miles of forest trails around Nevis Range, available to explore on foot or bike, all with the stunning backdrop of Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis!
Family Cycling
Families with young children can experience a bike ride with a difference, navigating their way around the Trailquest course in Leanachan Forest.
Don't miss out on the Mountain Discovery Centre!
Learn all about Aonach Mor and Nevis Range. Interpretation panels, interactive displays and video footage all aid in the learning experience.
Summer Ceildih Nights
Enjoy your meal amidst breathtaking highland scenery whilst watching our amazing summer sunsets. Then we've got live scottish music to dance the night away.
Ski and Snowboard
Nevis Range offers a variety of slopes for beginners, intermediate and advanced including the famous Back Corrie off piste area.
Paragliding
Flying amongst Britain's highest peaks is a spectacular and challenging experience.
Winter Climbing
The two main climbing areas are Coire an Lochain and the West Face. Given their altitude they offer some of the most reliable winter climbing in Scotland.
Connecting to your adventure in the Outdoor Capital of the UK, Lochaber couldn't be easier you can find out so much more at outdoorcapital.co.uk
By using #myoutdoorcapital on Facebook and Instagram you can win your very own Outdoor Capital Adventure as well as getting your amazing shots seen by our huge base of fans all over the world!
We hope to give you a warm highland welcome soon!
VisitScotland has match-funded the Outdoor Capital of the UK’s exciting new digital campaign through its Growth Fund, while the group will also benefit from further funding from the Highland LEADER Programme.
LEADER is part of The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas.
Growth Fund applicants are required to align their marketing with VisitScotland’s strategies and campaigns, including the global Spirit of Scotland campaign. They are also encouraged to think about how they can take advantage of Scotland’s Themed Years, with 2017 being named the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
To find out more about the VisitScotland Growth Fund, go to visitscotland.org/growthfund
To find out more about LEADER, go to ruralnetwork.scot/funding/leader
Filming and Editing work carried by John Sutherland of steallmedia.com
Our thanks to our friends and partners at Nevis Range
Special thanks to Rare Management and to Red Bull Media House for letting us use some awesome footage in this clip!
Mountain bikes were provided by the awesome team at Nevis Cycles neviscycles.com
Nevis Range mountain cable car
This cable car is fantastic for views of various mountains including Ben Nevis.
This is the only mountain gondola in the UK and is also host to Ceilidh theme events. At the top of the mountain is a restaurant with a bar, gift shop and mountain discovery centre.
It hosts a whole load of winter sports, which include skiing, walking, mountain biking, snow boarding, winter climbing and more.
Britain's only mountain gondola will transport you to 650m on the slopes of Aonach Mor.
Great place for groups, schools and even wedding parties.
High in the Highlands of Scotland near Fort William this cable car ride is a must for all visitors and tourist to experience the Nevis range mountains.
I love it when a Family Adventure comes together!
I love it when a Family Adventure comes together! #myoutdoorcapital #scotspirit
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Wake up and choose your next adventure in the Outdoor Capital of the UK, Lochaber in the heart of the Scottish Highlands!
Board Souters Lass Crannog Restaurant & Cruises for a wonderful cruise down Loch Linnhe and enjoy the breath-taking scenery of Lochaber. With our fascinating and informative skipper’s commentary, you’ll experience some of Scotland’s best wildlife including porpoise, common and grey seals and maybe even a golden eagle!
Then across to for Nevis Range Tree Adventures! a series of high ropes courses built on poles and in trees at the edge of Leanachan forest - an unforgettable Outdoor Capital of the UK experience for all the family, while you're there let Britain's only mountain gondola transport you to 650m on the slopes of Aonach Mor. Meander along the mountain trails to the panoramic viewpoints, then relax in the restaurant & bar with breathtaking views!
Finish off with a fabulous meal and stay at The Moorings Hotel Celebrated as one of the most popular hotels in Fort William, the Moorings Hotel is a hidden gem, located just five minutes drive from Fort William town centre but a million miles away from every day hustle and bustle.
Situated on the banks of the Caledonian Canal at the famous Neptune’s staircase locks. It is the perfect location for a short stroll along the canal-side or enjoying a more strenuous walk along the Great Glen Way.
Intrepid adventurers can reach us by train with Caledonian Sleeper - A truly awesome way to reach the Outdoor Capital refreshed and ready for your adventure!
By using #myoutdoorcapital on Facebook and Instagram you can win your very own Outdoor Capital Adventure as well as getting your amazing shots seen by our huge base of fans all over the world!
We hope to give you a warm highland welcome soon!
VisitScotland has match-funded the Outdoor Capital of the UK’s exciting new digital campaign through its Growth Fund, while the group will also benefit from further funding from the Highland LEADER Programme. LEADER is part of The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas.
Growth Fund applicants are required to align their marketing with VisitScotland’s strategies and campaigns, including the global Spirit of Scotland campaign. They are also encouraged to think about how they can take advantage of Scotland’s Themed Years, with 2017 being named the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
To find out more about the VisitScotland Growth Fund, go to visitscotland.org/growthfund
To find out more about LEADER, go to ruralnetwork.scot/funding/leader
Filming and Editing work carried by John Sutherland of steallmedia.com
Our thanks to our friends and partners:
Caledonian Sleeper sleeper.scot
Nevis Range
Crannog crannog.net
The Moorings Hotel
If you'd like to find out more about Slow Adventure in Northern Territories then you can visit
The London bedroom scenes were filmed with our friends at the West Highland Hotel Mallaig!
Nevis Range Mountain Experience
Nevis Range Promo video
I love it when a family trip turns into an Adventure!
I love it when a family trip turns into an Adventure! #myoutdoorcapital #scotspirit outdoorcapital.co.uk
Wake up and choose your next adventure in the Outdoor Capital of the UK, Lochaber in the heart of the Scottish Highlands!
Start your family adventure with a trip up the Nevis Range mountain gondola, the only of its kind in Britain!
The gondolas transport visitors effortlessly from 300ft up to 2150ft on the north face of Aonach Mor, the eighth highest mountain in Britain.
The journey allows breathtaking views of the Scottish Highlands, including the Great Glen, Ben Nevis, and surrounding areas. On a clear day this spectacular view can extend as far as the Inner Hebrides. Frequent visitors often remark that every visit to Nevis Range can be extremely different with the changing seasonal colours.
Then staying at Nevis Range take a family biking trip!
Leanachan Forest , situated on the lower slopes of Aonach Mor, is fast becoming a mecca for riders of all abilities. Offering some of Britain's best terrain, ranging from gentle family trails through to international standard race routes. There are over 25 miles of forest tracks to explore on foot or bike, all with the stunning backdrop of Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis .
The Nevis Range base station offers an ideal starting point for all of the above routes!
This area arguably offers some of Britain 's best cycling, whatever the weather! It is rated as one of Britain's top 10 bike venues by MBR magazine.
Finish off with a fabulous meal and stay at The Moorings Hotel! Celebrated as one of the most popular hotels in Fort William, the Moorings Hotel is a hidden gem, located just five minutes drive from Fort William town centre but a million miles away from every day hustle and bustle.
Situated on the banks of the Caledonian Canal at the famous Neptune’s staircase locks. It is the perfect location for a short stroll along the canal-side or enjoying a more strenuous walk along the Great Glen Way.
Intrepid adventurers can reach us by train with Caledonian Sleeper - A truly awesome way to reach the Outdoor Capital refreshed and ready for your adventure!
By using #myoutdoorcapital on Facebook and Instagram you can win your very own Outdoor Capital Adventure as well as getting your amazing shots seen by our huge base of fans all over the world!
We hope to give you a warm highland welcome soon!
VisitScotland has match-funded the Outdoor Capital of the UK’s exciting new digital campaign through its Growth Fund, while the group will also benefit from further funding from the Highland LEADER Programme. LEADER is part of The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas.
Growth Fund applicants are required to align their marketing with VisitScotland’s strategies and campaigns, including the global Spirit of Scotland campaign. They are also encouraged to think about how they can take advantage of Scotland’s Themed Years, with 2017 being named the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.
To find out more about the VisitScotland Growth Fund, go to visitscotland.org/growthfund
To find out more about LEADER, go to ruralnetwork.scot/funding/leader
Filming and Editing work carried by John Sutherland of steallmedia.com
The Moorings Hotel
Our thanks to our friends and partners:
Caledonian Sleeper
Nevis Range
The Moorings Hotel
If you'd like to find out more about Slow Adventure in Northern Territories then you can visit
The London bedroom scenes were filmed with our friends at the West Highland Hotel Mallaig!
Model T at Nevis Range High Wire. The Bucket Challenge
The idea is to raise funds for a Bronze sculpture which, will be placed in Cameron Square, Fort William, to commemorate the story of Henry Alexander and his Model T Ford's conquest of Ben Nevis ,Britain's tallest mountain, in 1911. Alexander started and finished in Cameron Square and the sculpture will be in the form of a full size bronze Model T Ford.
a day at fortwilliam part 2
a day at the nevis range watching the bikes go down in the strong winds
Biking At Fort William- The Crashes
Just a quick vid putting together all the crashes from the 5 days of biking at Fort William.
Most of these crashes were because we were tired, not fully concentrating
or still getting to know the track so please do not hate.
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Falling Down Ben Nevis
St. Andrews high pupils falling many times coming down from the top of Ben Nevis.
The Ring of Steall - Alex Rambles
Between the majesty of Glencoe and the grandeur of the Nevis range is a mountain group that is beloved by hillwalkers and first favourite with many. This is The Mamores. Towering, corrie-bitten peaks with long, narrow ridges and classic mountain architecture make these some of the finest in the Western Highlands, with no less than ten Munros in the range. Ancient stalkers paths provide easy access and with Kinlochleven to the south and Glen Nevis to the north, there are a plethora of route options to keep the Highland wanderer coming back time and time again. The hiking here is challenging but never nerve-shredding and in winter it is a high mountain arena with plenty of classic introductory climbs fit for burgeoning mountaineers. It is no wonder The Mamores are popular. Of all the myriad of routes here, one comes with an extra special reputation. A route starts deep in the jaws of Glen Nevis and squeezes through the immense Nevis gorge before opening into a lush alpine meadow. At the far end, An Steall waterfall crashes down and a wire bridge crosses the river. The route then climbs onto An Gearanach, the first Munro, before traversing the exciting, narrow rocky spine of An Garbhanach. Two more Munros are climbed in Stob Corie a'Chairn and Am Bodach before the route makes its way towards the star performer. Leading to the mighty bulk of Sgurr a'Mhaim is The Devil's Ridge, a classic mountain arete that offers some fantastic, airy, grade one scrambling. This sublime route is the Ring of Steall, one of the classic horseshoes on the British Isles. I would mention the incredible vistas that open up on the circuit but on the day of my traverse the cloud clung to the summits and higher ridges, making it a ghostly, atmospheric journey. I'll be back to The Mamores for the views another time, perhaps quite soon. After all, winter is coming...
Danny Macaskill: The Ridge
Behind the scenes of making the film -
Go behind the scenes of the film -
The Ridge is the brand new film from Danny Macaskill... For the first time in one of his films Danny climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline.
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Credits
A Film by Cut Media - CutMedia.com
Director: Stu Thomson
Camera/Drone Gimbal: Stu Thomson,
Scott Marshall
Drone Pilot: Lec Park
Mountain Guide: Matt Barratt
Assistants: Alan Blyth,
Paul Smail
Titles: Sandra Ord
Colourist: Guido Snieder
Music: Blackbird by Martyn Bennett, taken from the album GRIT.
Special Thanks To:
Five Ten,
ENVE Components,
Santa Cruz Bicycles,
Visit Scotland,
SkyeAdventure.co.uk,
GoPro,
Skye Boat Trips,
Macloed Estate,
LowePro Bags,
Thanks: Anne & Peter Macaskill,
Donnie Macphee,
Andy McCandlish,
John@SkyeAdventure,
Mike Pescott,
Hamish Barbour,
Frazer Coupland,
Paul Diffley,
Chris Prescott,
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A Film by Cut Media - CutMedia.com
Music:
Blackbird
by Martyn Bennett
Taken from the album GRIT
Courtesy of Real World Records
Subways Are for Sleeping / Only Johnny Knows / Colloquy 2: A Dissertation on Love
Subways Are for Sleeping is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The original Broadway production played in 1961-62.
The musical was inspired by an article about subway homelessness in the March 1956 issue of Harper's and a subsequent 1957 book based on it, both by Edmund G. Love, who slept on subway trains throughout the 1950s and encountered many unique individuals. With the profits from his book, Love then embarked on a bizarre hobby: over the course of several years, he ate dinner at every restaurant listed in the Manhattan yellow pages directory, visiting them in alphabetical order.
After two previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd, opened on December 27, 1961 at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 205 performances. The cast included Orson Bean, Sydney Chaplin, Carol Lawrence, Gordon Connell, Grayson Hall, and Green's wife Phyllis Newman (whose costume, consisting solely of a towel, was probably Freddy Wittop's easiest design in his distinguished career), with newcomers Michael Bennett and Valerie Harper in the chorus.
Subways Are for Sleeping opened to mostly negative reviews. The show already was hampered by a lack of publicity, since the New York City Transit Authority refused to post advertisements on the city's buses and in subway trains and stations for fear they would be perceived as officially sanctioning the right of vagrants to use these facilities as overnight accommodations. Producer David Merrick and press agent Harvey Sabinson decided to invite individuals with the same names as prominent theatre critics (such as Walter Kerr, Richard Watts, Jr. and Howard Taubman) to see the show and afterwards used their favorable comments in print ads. Thanks to photographs of the seven critics accompanying their blurbs (the well-known real Richard Watts was not African American), the ad was discovered to be a deception by a copy editor. It was pulled from most newspapers, but not before running in an early edition of the New York Herald Tribune. However, the clever publicity stunt allowed the musical to continue to run and it eventually turned a small profit.
Newman won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and nominations went to Bean for Best Featured Actor and Kidd's choreography.
Classic Movie Bloopers and Mistakes: Film Stars Uncensored - 1930s and 1940s Outtakes
Classical Hollywood cinema or the classical Hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designate both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the American film industry between 1917 and 1960. More bloopers:
This period is often referred to as the Golden Age of Hollywood. An identifiable cinematic form emerged during this period called classical Hollywood style.
Classical style is fundamentally built on the principle of continuity editing or invisible style. That is, the camera and the sound recording should never call attention to themselves (as they might in films from earlier periods, other countries or in a modernist or postmodernist work).
Throughout the early 1930s, risque films and salacious advertising, became widespread in the short period known as Pre-Code Hollywood. MGM dominated the industry and had the top stars in Hollywood, and was also credited for creating the Hollywood star system altogether. MGM stars included at various times King of Hollywood Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Gary Cooper, Mary Pickford, Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Grace Kelly, Gene Kelly, Gloria Stuart, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, John Wayne, Barbara Stanwyck, John Barrymore, Audrey Hepburn and Buster Keaton. Another great achievement of American cinema during this era came through Walt Disney's animation. In 1937, Disney created the most successful film of its time, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Many film historians have remarked upon the many great works of cinema that emerged from this period of highly regimented film-making. One reason this was possible is that, with so many movies being made, not every one had to be a big hit. A studio could gamble on a medium-budget feature with a good script and relatively unknown actors: Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles and often regarded as the greatest film of all time, fits that description. In other cases, strong-willed directors like Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Capra battled the studios in order to achieve their artistic visions. The apogee of the studio system may have been the year 1939, which saw the release of such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again,Young Mr. Lincoln, Wuthering Heights, Only Angels Have Wings, Ninotchka, Babes in Arms, Gunga Din, and The Roaring Twenties. Among the other films from the Golden Age period that are now considered to be classics: Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, King Kong, Citizen Kane, Swing Time, Some Like It Hot, A Night at the Opera, All About Eve, The Searchers, Breakfast At Tiffany's, North by Northwest, Dinner at Eight, Rebel Without a Cause, Rear Window, Double Indemnity, Mutiny on the Bounty, City Lights, Red River, The Manchurian Candidate, Bringing Up Baby, Singin' in the Rain, To Have and Have Not, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Roman Holiday, Giant and Jezebel.
The style of Classical Hollywood cinema, as elaborated by David Bordwell, has been heavily influenced by the ideas of the Renaissance and its resurgence of mankind as the focal point.
Thus, classical narration progresses always through psychological motivation, i.e. by the will of a human character and its struggle with obstacles towards a defined goal. The aspects of space and time are subordinated to the narrative element which is usually composed of two lines of action: A romance intertwined with a more generic one such as business or, in the case of Alfred Hitchcock films, solving a crime.
Time in classical Hollywood is continuous, since non-linearity calls attention to the illusory workings of the medium. The only permissible manipulation of time in this format is the flashback. It is mostly used to introduce a memory sequence of a character, e.g. Casablanca.
Likewise, the treatment of space in classic Hollywood strives to overcome or conceal the two-dimensionality of film (invisible style) and is strongly centered upon the human body. The majority of shots in a classical film focus on gestures or facial expressions (medium-long and medium shots). André Bazin once compared classical film to a photographed play in that the events seem to exist objectively and that cameras only give us the best view of the whole play.
First Man
Oscar®-winning** director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong’s perspective,, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost—on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
The Vietnam War: Reasons for Failure - Why the U.S. Lost
In the post-war era, Americans struggled to absorb the lessons of the military intervention. About the book:
As General Maxwell Taylor, one of the principal architects of the war, noted, First, we didn't know ourselves. We thought that we were going into another Korean War, but this was a different country. Secondly, we didn't know our South Vietnamese allies... And we knew less about North Vietnam. Who was Ho Chi Minh? Nobody really knew. So, until we know the enemy and know our allies and know ourselves, we'd better keep out of this kind of dirty business. It's very dangerous.
Some have suggested that the responsibility for the ultimate failure of this policy [America's withdrawal from Vietnam] lies not with the men who fought, but with those in Congress... Alternatively, the official history of the United States Army noted that tactics have often seemed to exist apart from larger issues, strategies, and objectives. Yet in Vietnam the Army experienced tactical success and strategic failure... The...Vietnam War...legacy may be the lesson that unique historical, political, cultural, and social factors always impinge on the military...Success rests not only on military progress but on correctly analyzing the nature of the particular conflict, understanding the enemy's strategy, and assessing the strengths and weaknesses of allies. A new humility and a new sophistication may form the best parts of a complex heritage left to the Army by the long, bitter war in Vietnam.
U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrote in a secret memo to President Gerald Ford that in terms of military tactics, we cannot help draw the conclusion that our armed forces are not suited to this kind of war. Even the Special Forces who had been designed for it could not prevail. Even Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara concluded that the achievement of a military victory by U.S. forces in Vietnam was indeed a dangerous illusion.
Doubts surfaced as to the effectiveness of large-scale, sustained bombing. As Army Chief of Staff Harold Keith Johnson noted, if anything came out of Vietnam, it was that air power couldn't do the job. Even General William Westmoreland admitted that the bombing had been ineffective. As he remarked, I still doubt that the North Vietnamese would have relented.
The inability to bomb Hanoi to the bargaining table also illustrated another U.S. miscalculation. The North's leadership was composed of hardened communists who had been fighting for independence for thirty years. They had defeated the French, and their tenacity as both nationalists and communists was formidable. Ho Chi Minh is quoted as saying, You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours...But even at these odds you will lose and I will win.
The Vietnam War called into question the U.S. Army doctrine. Marine Corps General Victor H. Krulak heavily criticised Westmoreland's attrition strategy, calling it wasteful of American lives... with small likelihood of a successful outcome. In addition, doubts surfaced about the ability of the military to train foreign forces.
Between 1965 and 1975, the United States spent $111 billion on the war ($686 billion in FY2008 dollars). This resulted in a large federal budget deficit.
More than 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, some 1.5 million of whom actually saw combat in Vietnam. James E. Westheider wrote that At the height of American involvement in 1968, for example, there were 543,000 American military personnel in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops. Conscription in the United States had been controlled by the President since World War II, but ended in 1973.
By war's end, 58,220 American soldiers had been killed, more than 150,000 had been wounded, and at least 21,000 had been permanently disabled. According to Dale Kueter, Sixty-one percent of those killed were age 21 or younger. Of those killed in combat, 86.3 percent were white, 12.5 percent were black and the remainder from other races. The youngest American KIA in the war was PFC Dan Bullock, who had falsified his birth certificate and enlisted in the US Marines at age 14 and who was killed in combat at age 15. Approximately 830,000 Vietnam veterans suffered symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. An estimated 125,000 Americans fled to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, and approximately 50,000 American servicemen deserted. In 1977, United States President Jimmy Carter granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all Vietnam-era draft dodgers. The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action, persisted for many years after the war's conclusion.
My Friend Irma: Psycholo / Newspaper Column / Dictation System
My Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, is a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films, television, a comic strip and a comic book, while Howard scored with another radio comedy hit, Life with Luigi. Marie Wilson portrayed the title character, Irma Peterson, on radio, in two films and a television series. The radio series was broadcast from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954.
Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis, Diana Lynn) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate, Irma, a dim-bulb stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-twenties. Irma had her 25th birthday in one episode; she was born on May 5. After the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).
Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was Chicken. Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes, which never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like, My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny. The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent.
Irma worked for the lawyer, Mr. Clyde (Alan Reed). She had such an odd filing system that once when Clyde fired her, he had to hire her back again because he couldn't find anything. Useless at dictation, Irma mangled whatever Clyde dictated. Asked how long she had been with Clyde, Irma said, When I first went to work with him he had curly black hair, then it got grey, and now it's snow white. I guess I've been with him about six months.
Irma became less bright as the program evolved. She also developed a tendency to whine or cry whenever something went wrong, which was at least once every show. Jane had a romantic inclination for her boss, millionaire Richard Rhinelander (Leif Erickson), but he had no real interest in her. Another actor in the show was Bea Benaderet.
Katherine Elisabeth Wilson (August 19, 1916 -- November 23, 1972), better known by her stage name, Marie Wilson, was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.
Born in Anaheim, California, Wilson began her career in New York City as a dancer on the Broadway stage. She gained national prominence with My Friend Irma on radio, television and film. The show made her a star but typecast her almost interminably as the quintessential dumb blonde, which she played in numerous comedies and in Ken Murray's famous Hollywood Blackouts. During World War II, she was a volunteer performer at the Hollywood Canteen. She was also a popular wartime pin-up.
Wilson's performance in Satan Met a Lady, the second film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, is a virtual template for Marilyn Monroe's later onscreen persona. Wilson appeared in more than 40 films and was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions. She was a television performer during the 1960s, working until her untimely death.
Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.
Wilson married four times: Nick Grinde (early 1930s), LA golf pro Bob Stevens (1938--39), Allan Nixon (1942--50) and Robert Fallon (1951--72).
She died of cancer in 1972 at age 56 and was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
Meet the Mormons Official Movie (International Version) - Full HD
The Meet the Mormons movie examines the very diverse lives of six devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Filmed across the globe, Meet the Mormons takes viewers on a journey into the day-to-day realities of individuals living in the U.S., Costa Rica, Nepal and beyond. From their individual passions to their daily struggles, each story paints a picture as rich and unique as the next while challenging the stereotypes that surround the Mormon faith.
The official, full-length version of the movie will only be available on YouTube for a limited time. Learn more about Meet the Mormons at meetthemormons.com. Meet the Mormons is also available on Netflix worldwide.
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Meet the Humanitarian -
After leaving his village to receive a degree in Engineering, Bishnu Adhikari returned to his home in Nepal with a newfound faith and a determination to help improve the living conditions of the area. Bishnu now travels to remote villages in the Himalayan Mountains to build roads, schools and water systems, all while living with his faith and respecting his culture and his family’s expectations.
Meet the Coach -
As Head Football Coach of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Ken Niumatalolo balances the pressures of his high-stress job by putting his family and faith first. In the competitive, high-stakes world of college football, he made the shocking decision to cancel staff meetings on Sundays, traditionally seen as critical to the team’s success, to instead honor the Sabbath day.
Meet the Fighter -
With her husband’s help, extreme sports enthusiast Carolina Muñoz Marin has fought her way to the top of women’s amateur kickboxing in Costa Rica, challenging the traditional stereotypes of a Mormon woman. In between family time and training for competitions, Carolina and her husband run a charity to help those in Costa Rica who are less fortunate.
Meet the Bishop -
Jermaine Sullivan works full-time as an academic counselor to 200 students in order to support his wife and three kids. He also volunteers full-time as a Bishop of a Mormon church in Atlanta, Georgia. He leads his diverse congregation with youthful exuberance while shattering stereotypes of what it means to be a Mormon Bishop.
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