Newsreel Movies

  • 1921
    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

    Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding

    01921HD

    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!
  • 1941
    Advance to Libya

    Advance to Libya

    Advance to Libya

    01941HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1946
    Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro Fest

    Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro Fest

    Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro Fest

    01946HD

    Fest organized by Irmandade do Outeiro Nossa Senhora da Glória with the attendance of president Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

    Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro Fest
  • 1931
    Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report

    Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report

    Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report

    01931HD

    People give their opinion to the report on the unpopular Dry Law.

    Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report
  • 1923
    Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid

    Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid

    Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid

    01923HD

    Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard.

    Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid
  • 1940
    A Day With The Australians

    A Day With The Australians

    A Day With The Australians

    01940HD

    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
  • 1930
    Pussy's Glasses

    Pussy's Glasses

    Pussy's Glasses

    01930HD

    A story about short sighted cats being given glasses.

    Pussy's Glasses
  • 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

    01942HD

    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1933
    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!

    01933HD

    Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

    Repeal Brings Wet Flood!
  • 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
  • 1954
    Triumphant Tour of Queen Elizabeth

    Triumphant Tour of Queen Elizabeth

    Triumphant Tour of Queen Elizabeth

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    Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on a Commonwealth tour.

    Triumphant Tour of Queen Elizabeth
  • 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
  • 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