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Library of 20th Century Newsreels, The (1997 Video)

aka: 20th Century Newsreels

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 203 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Film footage from British Movietone newsreels of events which made history in the 20th century. Covers a large number of stories world-wide, from the Boer War and Queen Victoria’s funeral through the...

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Newsreels database now under 'News on Screen'

Date

1 Jun 2012, 11:12

Author

Luis Carrasqueiro

Post Type

Post

As the newsreels website has grown to include including cinemagazines and in the coming months syndicated television news the name 'newsreels' was no longer suitable as a section header. You will find the...

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Universal Newsreels (2006)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes each approx), $19.95 each

A series of compilations of American Universal Newsreels, each consisting of a selection of stories covering world events from one or more years, spanning the period 1932 - 1967.

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Canadian Army Newsreels (2010)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 1200 minutes), $30.00

Featuring twenty hours of footage, this 6 DVD set contains 106 newsreels filmed and produced by the Canadian Army Film Unit during the Second World War. The front-line cameramen were soldiers first and took...

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Year to Remember, A: The 1930s

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

This three disc DVD set features Pathe footage taken from across the 1930s, giving an insight into the decade leading up to World War II. In a world reeling from the Great Depression, the decade was...

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History Through the Newsreel: The 1930s (4 Parts) (1976 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

1: Introduces the four-part series with a short summary of the social context of the British newsreels, including photographs of contemporary cinemas and figures for cinema attendances, followed by a...

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Call to Arms, A: Propaganda and Rearmament in the 1930s (1985)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £60.00

Examines the selling of rearmament in Britain prior to the advent of World War 2. Traces the story of British rearmament and sheds new light on the methods by which the Government used the newsreels to...

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Soviet Newsreel Nos. 11-12 (February 1943) (1943 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An example of the newsreels that the Soviet Union produced during the Second World War. They normally contained four or five items showing how the people were, in various ways, contributing to the...

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Images of America 1937-1939 (1996)

Producer

Peter Bell

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £60.00

Illustrates the various ways in which British newsreels on the eve of World War 2 presented propaganda concerning the USA’s international role. Drawing on the archives of Gaumont British, British Movietone...

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Images of the Soviet Union at War 1941-1945 (1990)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £60.00

Explores the role played by the British newsreels in creating and reflecting the growth of pro-Russian feeling in Britain during the second world war. When the Soviet Union was attacked by the Germans in...

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