Newsreel Movies

  • 1921
    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

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    President Harding and his wife paying tribute to a group of Indians (Fragment of a longer piece)

    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding
  • 1945
    The Ship That Wouldn't Die!

    The Ship That Wouldn't Die!

    The Ship That Wouldn't Die!

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    This short film focuses on the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier that in March 1945 suffered heavy bombing damages and a massive toll on servicemen...

    The Ship That Wouldn't Die!
  • 1942
    The March of Time: G-Men at War

    The March of Time: G-Men at War

    The March of Time: G-Men at War

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    The centrepiece of this March of Time film is the dramatised sequence showing the FBI infiltration of a group of American Nazis, whose espionage and...

    The March of Time: G-Men at War
  • 1940
    A Day With The Australians

    A Day With The Australians

    A Day With The Australians

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    A newsreel documenting King George VI's inspection of Australian troops stationed in England, alongside scenes of their military training and...

    A Day With The Australians
  • 1929
    Salamanca

    Salamanca

    Salamanca

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    A walk through the landscapes of the province of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

    Salamanca
  • 1938
    The News Parade: Germany invades Austria

    The News Parade: Germany invades Austria

    The News Parade: Germany invades Austria

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    Newsreel coverage of the Anschluß in 1938 and it's associated global reaction.

    The News Parade: Germany invades Austria
  • 1941
    Advance to Libya

    Advance to Libya

    Advance to Libya

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    A short wartime propaganda film documenting the initial progress of the AIF 6th Division during the Western Desert Campaign of WWII. The film records...

    Advance to Libya
  • 1930
    Listen To Some Words of Wisdom

    Listen To Some Words of Wisdom

    Listen To Some Words of Wisdom

    01930HD

    Short newsreel on why personal thrift feeds the Depression.

    Listen To Some Words of Wisdom
  • 1926
    Behind the Scenes with the Bootleggers

    Behind the Scenes with the Bootleggers

    Behind the Scenes with the Bootleggers

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    This newsreel depicts the inner-workings of a bootleggers' facility for making and distributing illegal bootleg liquor..

    Behind the Scenes with the Bootleggers
  • 1985
    Советский Таджикистан: Братья Кадыровы

    Советский Таджикистан: Братья Кадыровы

    Советский Таджикистан: Братья Кадыровы

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    Советский Таджикистан: Братья Кадыровы
  • 1929
    Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day

    Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day

    Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day

    81929HD

    Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

    Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day
  • 1922
    Girl Without Nerves

    Girl Without Nerves

    Girl Without Nerves

    01922HD

    Topical Budget 545-2. Newsreel of the 1920s aerial stuntwoman and barnstormer, Sara “Babe” Kalishek. We see her on the ground at first,...

    Girl Without Nerves
  • 1931
    Offers Herself as Bride for $10,000

    Offers Herself as Bride for $10,000

    Offers Herself as Bride for $10,000

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    In an on-camera interview, Ohio working girl Mary Clowes explains that she is offering her hand in marriage to whoever can provide $10,000 to support...

    Offers Herself as Bride for $10,000
  • 2015
    Newsreel 62 - Family and Worker

    Newsreel 62 - Family and Worker

    Newsreel 62 - Family and Worker

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    Newsreel 62 reflects on the participation of two Syrian artists in a 1966 Yugoslavian art show celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

    Newsreel 62 - Family and Worker
  • 1931
    Hoover Board's Dry Law Stirs Nation

    Hoover Board's Dry Law Stirs Nation

    Hoover Board's Dry Law Stirs Nation

    01931HD

    G.W. Wickersham, head of Commission, sums up it's findings for Metrotone.

    Hoover Board's Dry Law Stirs Nation
  • 1929
    Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

    Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

    Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

    81929HD

    On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the...

    Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe
  • 1933
    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

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    Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!
  • 1920
    Funeral of U Htun Shein

    Funeral of U Htun Shein

    Funeral of U Htun Shein

    01920HD

    A newsreel depicting the funeral of Burmese independence activist U Htun Shein.

    Funeral of U Htun Shein
  • 1941
    The March of Time: G-Men Combat Saboteurs

    The March of Time: G-Men Combat Saboteurs

    The March of Time: G-Men Combat Saboteurs

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    Communicating simultaneously to all 53 of the FBI’s field offices from his headquarters in the Department of Justice, this issue puts J. Edgar...

    The March of Time: G-Men Combat Saboteurs
  • 1930
    More Bad News for the Thirsty

    More Bad News for the Thirsty

    More Bad News for the Thirsty

    01930HD

    Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.

    More Bad News for the Thirsty