George Allen

The Washington Redskins have had some of the best and some of the worst seasons in NFL History. In NFL HISTORY OF WASHINGTON REDSKINS, NFL Films looks the men and the moments which have made up this great franchise. From their Championship successes through the thirties and forties, through the George Allen era in the 70's, to the Super Bowl teams of the 80's and 90's, history of the Redskins provides the inside stories told by the men themselves including George Allen, Joe Gibbs, Sonny Jurgensen, Darrell Green, Doug Williams, and many more.

1957. The Latin Quarter, Paris. A cheap no-name hotel became a haven for a new breed of artists fleeing the conformity and censorship of America. The hotel soon turned into an epicenter of Beat writing that produced some of the most important works of the Beat generation. It came to be known as the Beat Hotel. Alan Govenar s feature documentary The Beat Hotel explores this amazing place and time. Fleeing the obscenity trials surrounding the publication of his seminal poem Howl, Allen Ginsberg, along with Peter Orlovsky and Gregory Corso, happened upon the hotel on rue Git le Coeur and were soon joined by William Burroughs, Ian Somerville, and Brion Gysin. Run by the indefatigable Madame Rachou, the Beat Hotel was a hotbed of creativity and permissiveness, where Burroughs and Gysin developed the cut-up writing method; Burroughs finished his controversial book Naked Lunch; Ginsberg began his poem Kaddish; Somerville and Gysin invented the Dream Machine; Corso wrote some of his greatest poems; and Harold Norse, in his own cut-up experiments, wrote a novella, aptly called The Beat Hotel. British photographer Harold Chapman s iconic photos and Scottish artist Elliot Rudie s animated drawings, interwoven with the firsthand accounts of French artists Jean-Jacques Lebel, British book dealer Cyclops Lester, and 95 year old George Whitman, capture the Beats just as they were beginning to establish themselves on the international scene and bring The Beat Hotel to life on the screen.

In Virginia, two former governors Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen are vying for a U.S. Senate seat armed with name recognition and rich campaign war chests.

April 12: NBC s Ron Allen, TheGrio.com s Joy-Ann Reid and NBC s Pete Williams talk about the charges against George Zimmerman and how a delayed arrest will affect the case.

April 11: After the press conference announcing George Zimmerman was in custody and would face a second-degree murder charge, Trayvon Martin s parents spoke to reporters, saying they were thankful that there was an arrest, and that this is just the beginning. NBC s Ron Allen reports.

After the press conference announcing George Zimmerman was in custody and would face a second-degree murder charge, Trayvon Martin s parents spoke to reporters, saying they were thankful that there was an arrest, and that this is just the beginning. NBC s Ron Allen reports.

March 30: George Zimmerman s brother spoke out for the first time Thursday night, defending his brother s actions in the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin and saying that medical records will back his account of the shooting. NBC s Ron Allen reports.

George Zimmerman’s brother spoke out for the first time Thursday night, defending his brother’s actions in the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin and saying that medical records will back his account of the shooting. NBC’s Ron Allen reports.

March 29: Grainy video showing George Zimmerman on the night he killed Trayvon Martin, is being touted by those calling for his arrest. Even so, Zimmerman s defenders say the video supports their version of what happened. NBC s Ron Allen reports.

March 29: Does surveillance video of George Zimmerman in police custody on the night of Trayvon Martin's death contradict claims that he was beaten and bloodied during an altercation with the Florida teen? NBC's Ron Allen reports.

March 26: Trayvon Martin s parents maintain he was trying to get away from George Zimmerman, despite claims that Zimmerman was acting in self-defense. Meanwhile, on Monday, thousands of people descended upon Sanford, Fla., demanding justice for the Florida teen who was shot while on his way home from a convenience store. NBC s Ron Allen reports.

March 26: A new witness has come forward in the Trayvon Martin case, telling NBC News that the crying she heard stopped after the shot that killed Martin. Meanwhile, people also are coming forward to defend the actions of the shooter, George Zimmerman. NBC s Ron Allen reports.