November 20, 1954:‘Edward R. Murrow’s Puppet Show For The Kids Of America’ - a Saturday morning news show to enlighten children about current events - debuts on MBS.
The Manka brothers move to Max Fowler’s egg farm in Reseda, CA, where they are allowed to use a barn for free to live in and make their movies as long as they tend the chickens (and share the movie profits). In WW1, to entertain the troops, Manka Bros. provided movie projectors, movies and pianos to some front line trenches in France (though many complained the extra light and piano noise gave away their positions to the Germans).