1940's Groundbreaking Decade

Gheorghe Brito
Mr. Throne
11th Grade Lit
19 May 18, 2013 The Groundbreaking decade of the 1940’s brought the US many new things and interesting and ideas. This was a time of war and brutality. But the 1940’s were not all about war; new concepts were being developed like the invention of the Duct tape, the expansion of the movie and music industry and many others. The Advancements of the decade revolutionized the military, music, and movies industries. The Second World War took up half of this decade, which had an immense and profound effect on the American people. These advancements gave the US a distraction from the war and all of its components. The invention of the duct tape had a huge purpose in world war two.
It was originally used to keep moisture out of ammunition cases(Unknown, 2). But military soldiers quickly discovered its many conveniences of the duct tape. They used it to fix their guns jeeps aircraft and other important military equipment. This nifty creation soon was used in the booming housing industry to fix heating and air conditioning duct together. This versatile invention now is one of the mot common household tools(Unkown,1). This invention had an enormous impact in the 1940’s because during times of war soldiers needed a durable waterproof material to seal their ammunition cases. Music during the 1940’s was mainly built around the Jazz.
Most artists strived to use the pain and despair of World War II in their music but still remaining upbeat and positive message in their music(Unknown,1). Some innovators of the 1940’s music industry like Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby and the well know Frank Sinatra. These musicians helped define and transform the music of the time. The Second World War was starting to take its toll on the people of the United States but these extremely talented artists continued to make fun and upbeat music(Unknown, 1) . Music took a massive role in this decade because it U.S. citizens mind off the gruesome and wicked new of World War
II.
The decade of the 1940’s people were terrorized by wars and attack of Pearl Harbor.
They needed a distraction from the hardships of war and terror. Advances in the movie industries allowed people to forget the problems with war and have a great time at. 1940’s produced some of the best film in the history of Hollywood(Tim Dirks,1). Advances in lighting, sound recording and special effects greatly impacted the sale of movies tickets. It was masterpieces like Casablanca, Dressed to kill, It’s a wonderful life that will be forever remembered in the film industry. Actors like Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Jean Arthur had an immense positive feedback from their movies. Following the end of the war Hollywood had its most profitable year of the decade in 1946 along with all-time high attendance record in a theater (Tim Dirks, 1). 1940’s were a great time in history even tough half of the decade the U.S. was preoccupied with World War II. Many improvements were made during this decade in the military, music and movie industry. The invention of the duct tape and its many uses quickly spread through the world. Also the advancements of the movie and music industries had I crucial role in the 1940’s. Most people think that the 1940’s were a bad time in the U.S. history because of World War II but despite what people think the 1940’s was marvelous time and it brought us incredible technological
advances.

Work Cited

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