Web resources

[Doug Millison]

Trial of the Major German War Criminals - Update
http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/tgmwc/

The Nizkor Project, one of the largest online repositories of primary
documents related to the Holocaust (see the August 24, 1999 _Scout
Report for Social Sciences_), has announced the completion of its
four-year effort to place online the full transcripts from the
Nuremberg trial of the major German war criminals. Consisting of
"2,768 pages of encoded HTML," the transcripts document the entire
trial, from the opening statements on November 20, 1945 to the
verdicts handed down on September 30 and October 1, 1946. After
completing this project, the staff at Nizkor have an even more
ambitious follow-up: adding all of the documents entered into
evidence and linking the entire set with other resources at the
Nizkor site.

The Reagan Tapes - NPR [RealPlayer]
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/mar/010320.reagan.html
The Day Reagan Was Shot -- _The Atlantic Monthly_
http://www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2001/04/allen.htm

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by John W.
Hinckley Jr. as he left a Washington hotel. National Security Adviser
Richard Allen and other key members of the cabinet met shortly
afterward in the White House Situation Room to manage the crisis and
keep the government on course. Presciently, Allen decided to forgo
normal practice for the Situation Room and made an audio tape of the
historic proceedings with the consent of all present. Twenty years
later, Allen has made these recordings public and published
transcripts in this month's issue of _The Atlantic Monthly_. On
Wednesday, Allen appeared on National Public Radio's (NPR) _Morning
Edition_ to talk about the events and play selections from the tapes.
Users can listen to the interview and the tape excerpts at the
_Morning Edition_ site and then read the article at _The Atlantic_
site. Both provide a fascinating and clear account of the dramatic
hours following the assassination attempt and the debates and
personality clashes within the inner circle of the Reagan White
House.

William Hanna, 1910-2001
Boomerang [QuickTime]
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/
Big Cartoon Database -- Hanna Barbera
http://www.bcdb.com/pages/Hanna-Barbera/
"Legendary American cartoonist dies" -- BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/tv_and_radio/newsid_1237000/1237370.stm
"The Passing of a Cartoon King" -- ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/hanna010322_obit.html
"William Hanna; Innovator in Television Cartooning With Joseph
Barbera" -- _Los Angeles Times_
http://www.latimes.com/obituary/20010323/t000025191.html
"William Hanna, Who Created Cartoon Characters, Dies at 90" -- _New York Times_
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/23/arts/23HANN.html
MGM Animated Shorts - William Hanna
http://www.geocities.com/mgmshorts/creators/hanna.htm
William Hanna -- IMDB
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Hanna,+William
Scooby Doo
http://www.scoobydoo.com/
Randy's Tom and Jerry Cartoon Information Site
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6859/tj.html
Unofficial Flintstones and Hanna Barbera Homepage
http://members.optushome.com.au/webrock/
The Jetsons Unofficial Home
http://www.cybercomm.nl/~ivo/

Legendary cartoonist William Hanna has died at his home in Los
Angeles at age 90. Hanna, along with his partner of over 50 years,
Joseph Barbera, created some of the world's best known and most
beloved cartoon characters, including Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones,
Scooby-Doo, Snagglepuss, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and many, many
others. Hanna got his start as a lyricist and composer with
Harmon-Ising Studios, the company that created the Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies cartoon series, in the early 1930s. In 1937 Hanna
moved to MGM and soon afterward partnered with Barbera. Their first
success was "Puss Gets the Boot," a cat and mouse cartoon that earned
an Academy Award nomination and provided the genesis for Tom and
Jerry. Between 1943 and 1952 the team won seven Oscars for their
animated shorts. After MGM closed its animation division in the
1950s, Hanna and Barbera formed their own company and moved to
television, producing numerous successful animated comedies. Probably
the best known of these were the Flintstones, a parody of the
Honeymooners and the first prime-time cartoon series, and Yogi Bear,
who was modeled after Phil Silvers' Sergeant Bilko. Over the years
since its creation in 1957 the Hanna-Barbera company developed over
150 cartoon and live-action television series and produced more than
5,000 TV animations, winning eight Emmys in the process. As a
testament to the continued appeal of Hanna and Barbera's characters,
the Cartoon Network recently created the Boomerang cable network,
which exclusively showcases the Hanna-Barbera library.

Readers would do well to begin exploring the artistic legacy of
William Hanna with the official Boomerang site, which lists a
different H-B cartoon for each year between 1958 (Huckleberry Hound)
and 1976 (Jabberjaw), along with the hit movies and records and a few
news items from that year. The site also provides a program schedule
and some QuickTime clips. Another fine resource is the Big Cartoon
Database's amazingly deep database of over 5,700 H-B cartoons. News
reports on Hanna's life and career are available from the BBC and ABC
News, while the _Los Angeles Times_ and _New York Times_ (free
registration required) have printed obituaries. The MGM Animated
Shorts page offers some background information and a detailed
filmography of William Hanna's years at MGM. An even more extensive
filmography of Hanna's works can be found at the Internet Movie
Database. Finally, the official Scooby Doo page and fan sites
dedicated to Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, and the Jetsons provide
further information, sounds, images, and proof that we will never
tire of watching Tom get smacked on the head by irons, frying pans,
bowling balls, or any other heavy object that is handy. Thank you
William Hanna.

from The Scout Report -- March 23, 2001