Episode 266 • • 36:57 - 41:17
266: Dead Angry Birds
The March of Time Newsreels, 1933 War Debt Anecdote
Turner Classic Movies recently aired "The March of Time," a series of newsreels from the 1930s and 40s produced by Time and Life magazines. One segment featured Moe Buxbaum, an American who attempted to pay a French traffic fine to the U.S. Treasury to offset France's unpaid World War I debts. The hosts reflect on the shift in public concern regarding national debt since 1933.