Greatest Moments of Our Time

Moby ID: 97649
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Greatest Moments of Our Time is a reference title produced in 1996 and includes an interesting mix of subjects. The main menu has some admin icons plus eight categories, one of which is a trivia game. Each category, when opened gives the user archive footage which plays in a small window on the left, a short text article on the right, and a voice over which reads a summary of the main points in the article. The reference categories shown below with some of the articles they contain:* World Events: Yalta Conference, First American to Orbit Earth; Berlin Wall; Khrushchev in America; Israeli/PLO Peace Accord; De Gaulle Visits Germany; Kennedy In Europe; Kennedy’s Funeral

  • Pioneers: Charles Lindbergh; Wright Brothers; Henry Ford; Amelia Earhart; Helen Keller; Albert Einstein & Thomas Edison

  • Leaders: Pope Paul VI; George VI; John F. Kennedy; F. D. Roosevelt; Elizabeth & Philip; Modern U.S. Presidents; Mahatma Ghandi; Nelson Mandela

  • Science & Technology: Salk’s Vaccine; The Telstar; High Speed Train; Contact Lenses; Heart Transplant; Discoveries of Voyager; Hubble Telescope; Hindenburg; The Jet Age; Breaking the Sound Barrier

  • Culture & Lifestyle: Twiggy in New York; Hippies; Hula-Hoop; Guggenheim Museum; Fashion Show 1957; Valley of the Kings; Modern Art

  • Entertainment: Mary Pickford; Maryiln Monroe; The Beatles; Elvis; Charlie Chaplin; Grace Kelly; Orson Wells; Charlton Heston

  • Sports: Babe Ruth; Jesse Owens; Joe Louis; Paavo Nurmi; Jean-Claude Killy

  • Trivia Game: This is a quiz with three levels of difficulty. It lasts for three rounds and has five timed, multiple choice questions per round, all the questions are based on the articles in the reference material on the disc. If a player does not score high enough they are told 'Go back and do your homework", if they score highly then they are invited to play again but at a higher difficulty setting

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Film Footage Courtesy of
  • ABC Video / New York [© All Rights Reserved]
  • Archive Films / New York [© All Rights Reserved]
  • World Television News [© All Rights Reserved]
  • National Archives [ Washington DC ]
Music and Effects Courtesy of
  • Associated Production Music Inc.
Production Stills Courtesy of
  • Hulton Deutsch Ltd.
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Game added by piltdown_man.

Game added October 30, 2017. Last modified March 9, 2023.