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37 Years of Sights, Sounds and Stories. From 1936 to 1972, the weekly LIFE magazine captured and chronicled the images and events that shaped our world. Now you can relive those moments with this captivating, multimedia CD-ROM. It's history like you've never seen, heard or experienced before. It features: over 4,000 of the world's best photographs, over 2,000 letters-to-the-editor, 3700 fascinating trivia questions, 1,800 LIFE covers, over 30 minutes of historical film footage, information on the movies, books, plays and music of each year, comprehensive listings of world events, the most popular songs from each year, a portfolio of classic ads as they appeared in LIFE. History is at your fingertips. With the Editor's Desk as your navigating tool, you can: tap on a typewriter key as a shortcut to gain instant access to subjects covered in the pages of Life; scan the proofsheets to explore Life's greatest essays- from sessions with starlets to famous war coverage; take a tour of classical print ads as seen in Life; hear what Americans jitterbugged, twisted and swooned to over the years by listening to the most popular tunes of the times; view over 30 minutes of historical film footage, including the explosion of the mighty Hindenburg. |
