Technology in 1939

Technology 1939

RADIO

Mennonites in Canada By Frank H. Epp, T. D. Regehr – Mennonite communities came to tolerate radio in the home in a large part because of radio evangelists
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http://www.old-time.com/halper/halper39.html
The final year of the 1930s was still part of the "Golden Age of Radio." According to Radio Today magazine, there were now 44 million radios in use in the United States. cin = 7

http://www.random-acts.net/1939-Radio-Hour-Cabaret.html
1939 Radio Murder is a re-enactment of an old time radio broadcast complete with commercials and soap operas! Perfect for senior groups cin = 3

CBC Radio in 1939
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MOVIES

Charles O. Baptista - he had produced his first short film, The Story of a Fountain Pen (1939), based on a sermon he had given to the Sunday school children of the church he attended, Winnetka Bible Church. It was an object lesson paralleling Christian life to a fountain pen and while crude, it was a hopeful indication of the evangelical work he was to continue in the future. As Baptista said himself of the film: Although mediocre, it was the first clear indication from the Lord that we could put the Gospel on film (Baptista 22). During the next 3 years Baptista's interest in distributing others' films waned, as the production and distribution of his own grew. This culminated in the creation of the Scriptures Visualized Institute in 1942, Baptista's production company, with headquarters at the Huron St. address.
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A History of Christian Film - Illinois businessman Charles Octavia Baptista produced his first film in 1939, a five-minute object lesson titled "Story of a Fountain Pen." In 1942 Baptista formed the Scriptures Visualized Institute, later renamed the Baptista Film Mission. Baptista refused to hire non-Christians to work on his productions and may have based this business practice on II Cor. 6:14. ["Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?"]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_in_film
Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the greatest year in film history". Hollywood was at the height of its Golden Age, and this particular year saw the release of an unusually large number of exceptional movies. cin = 7


MUSIC - MAKE OF LP RECORDS

The Dixie Hummingbirds - a gospel institution celebrating their 75th anniversary. Isaac Hayes has put it most eloquently. A discography that includes songs released on a 78 RPM LP record.
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COMPUTERS

http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Atanasoff-Berry_Computer%2C_1939
John Vincent Atanasoff conceived basic design principles for the first electronic-digital computer in the winter of 1937 and, assisted by his graduate student, Clifford E. Berry, constructed a prototype here in October 1939. It used binary numbers, direct logic for calculation, and a regenerative memory. It embodied concepts that would be central to the future development of computers. cin = 7

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1939
Timeline of Computer History cin = 7