Video section focuses on the year 1939. Newsreel footage captures stories on the German Blitzkreig of Poland, the New York World's Fair, the premiere of Gone with the wind, plus feature stories on Sonia Henie, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland, and the public farewell to "Iron Man" Lou Gehrig, etc. Audio section (Music): Music from the day's hottest artists. Audio section (News): contains radio broadcasts of important news events during the year 1939. Audio section (Entertainment): The Lux Radio Theater presents "It happened one night," starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, etc., with host Cecil B. DeMille.

Dolby digital, mono & stereo. "Sights & sounds - music & memories." "The Timeline series is a DVD collection focusing on specific years of the 20th century. Each DVD has a video chapter that tells a year's stories told using archival newsreel film, narrated by Lowell Thomas, Ed Herlihy, Bob Considine and others. An audio chapter includes facts and photos relative to awards, trends and historic events"--Container. Special features: Interactive chapter - includes awards, lists, data, miscellany and a special focus item - Cinema's golden year. Also, facts & photos.

Video chapter - Sights & sounds, Timeline 1939 (54:45), with bonus track of film trailers for some of the year's biggest movies (15:00) - Music (83:02); News (42:23); Entertainment (60:36).