The film, Timeline 1939, is a documentary that is part of a video collection on specific years of the 20th century.  In Timeline 1939 many of the most famous and well documented events that occurred on the eve of World War II are reviewed and narrated by Lowell Thomas, Ed Herlihy, Bob Considine and many others.  This documentary uses interesting original newsreel film to capture the following famous events or personalities from our past: 1) German Blitzkreig of Poland; 2) NewYork World's Fair; 3) Premier of the movie "Gone With The Wind"; 4) Sonja Henie; 5) Mickey Rooney with Judy Garland and 6) Public fairwell to "Iron Man" Lou Gehrig.  This documentary represents a must see film for anyone intersted in 20th century American History.  Note: this video was the former property of the Rochester Hills, MI public library and was purchased at a recent book sale.  Full screen in black and white.  Released in 2001.  Runtime approximately 55 minutes.