News Magazine of the Screen 21 Volumes Film Library 3 DVD Set

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This DVD collection contains 21 issues of News Magazine of the Screen, compilations of important news and events primarily of the early 50's. These films were made as educational tools to show school children the most important and exciting events facing the world at that time and are excellent glimpses of the history of the early 50's.

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This DVD collection contains 21 issues of News Magazine of the Screen, compilations of important news and events primarily of the early 50's. These films were made as educational tools to show school children the most important and exciting events facing the world at that time and are excellent glimpses of the history of the early 50's.

Here are all the films that make up this historical collection:

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 7, Issue 1)

This collection of news compilations includes

  • Control over the Suez Canal is decided
  • A forest fire in Algiers set by rebels
  • A long lost Egyptian city is found
  • The president of Korea is shown
  • The construction of the Trans-Canada highway through the Rocky Mountains
  • The New Zealand Army scaling a mountain
  • Three jets refueling in midair
  • and much more

Run time: 22:23

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (1957)

This collection of news compilations includes

  • The United Nations condemns Russia
  • An arctic adventure
  • Crop dusters in action
  • Latest developments in guided missile technology
  • A jet engine being deliberately exploded by injecting a piece of metal into it
  • The Erie Canal
  • and much more

Run time: 21:17

 

News Magazine of the Screen, November 1950

This collection of news compilations includes

  • The 5th anniversary celebration of the United Nations
  • Truman making a speech in Hawaii
  • Update on the rebuilding efforts in Europe after the war
  • An old time auto race
  • Water skiing in New York Harbor
  • The story of the Louisiana Purchase
  • and much more

Run time: 17:37

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 7, Issue 5) (1957)

  • People leave Hungary when Russia announces it is not leaving
  • The United Nations deals with a blockade of the Suez Canal
  • Tour of the New York Public Library
  • Excavations in Pompeii
  • and much more

Run time: 21:01

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 2, Issue 9)

  • Truman examines flood damage in the Midwest
  • Submarine diving at a 45 degree angle
  • Army at work in the winder
  • U.S. warships attacking Korea
  • Scenes of the U.S.S. Courier
  • Operation Longhorn war games
  • The French evacuate and flood a town
  • The history of the White House
  • and much more

Run time: 24:09

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 7, Issue 3)

  • Typhoons striking Japan
  • A hurricane strikes Louisiana
  • Britain rebuilding the Mayflower
  • Parachuting army medics
  • The military demonstrate a submersible vehicle
  • The first dive to the Andrea Dora
  • and much more

Run time: 21:41

 

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 7, Issue 4)

  • Eisenhower is reelected
  • Israel invades Egypt and Egypt sinks some ships in the Suez Canal
  • The Gunu river in India floods
  • Fire rescue techniques are demonstrated
  • Scientists demonstrate how to work safely with radioactive matter
  • A plane crash and rescue in the ocean
  • and much more

Run time: 21:51

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 7, Issue 2)

  • Scenes of presidential candidates Eisenhower and Stevenson campaigning
  • Celebration of 50 years of flight
  • Geologists blow up parts of the Alps
  • The Vulcan gun is demonstrated
  • A family of 62 is shown.
  • The Royal Gorge is explored
  • and much more

Run time: 20:30

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 4, Issue 4)

  • Indo-China war
  • Plane attempting to land on a snow covered mountain
  • A marionette troupe
  • The U.S. Blimp is shown
  • Cross country car race in Australia
  • Tour of the Eastman house in Rochester
  • and much more

Run time: 23:19

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 1, Issue 6)

  • United Nations concerns China
  • Eisenhower reviews Atlantic Defenses
  • Skiers on Mount Hood
  • Gettysburg Address
  • the 82nd Congress opens
  • and much more

Run time: 21:29

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 4, Issue 9)

  • Communist exodus from East Germany to West Germany
  • Two fires - one on a cruise ship and one on an army warehouse
  • Scenes of South Korea
  • The Statue of Liberty
  • The Hydrogen bomb
  • The history of aviation
  • and much more

Run time: 21:25

 

News Magazine of the Screen (1952)

  • Overview of the Korean War
  • French Premier comes to New York
  • Red Cross blood drive
  • A track and field championship
  • Underwater army vehicles
  • and much more

Run time: 20:31

 

The News Magazine of the Screen

  • New York throws a parade for the French President
  • Macarthur retires and gets a parade in New York
  • A Canadian nuclear power plant
  • The Ringling Brothers Circus - introduced by Jimmy Durante
  • Ben Hogan the golfer is profiles
  • and much more

Run time: 18:49

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 2, Issue 6)

  • Eisenhower becomes the Republican candidate for president
  • Rescue of a snow trapped train
  • Winston Churchill comes to Washington DC and New York City
  • Hawaii is on the verge of becoming a U.S. state
  • and much more

Run time: 22:59

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 4, Issue 2)

  • More Korean war footage
  • Election is held in Germany
  • An attempted assassination of a sultan in Morocco
  • Grand Coulee Dam is shown
  • Scenes of scientists showing various ways to create explosions
  • Atomic Annie, the first atomic cannon
  • and much more

Run time: 23:14

 

The News Magazine of the Screen (Vol. 5, Issue 10; Summer Review 1955)

  • Viet Nam riot
  • A nuclear test
  • Austria becomes a sovereign country
  • The discontinuation of the El in New York City
  • Old Ironsides is showcased
  • and much more

Run time: 21:18

 

News Magazine of the Screen, December 1950

  • Merry Christmas celebrations around the world
  • and much more

Run time: 5:17

 

News Magazine of the Screen, March 1952

  • War in Korea
  • Australia's contribution to the peace
  • and much more

Run time: 20:41

 

News Magazine of the Screen, January 1951

  • A retreat in Korea
  • and much more

Run time: 18:57

 

News Magazine of the Screen, April 1950

  • The United Nations creates the 38th Parallel in Korea
  • and much more

Run time: 20:03

 

News Magazine of the Screen, December 1950

  • Assassination attempt on Harry S. Truman when he was President
  • Al Jolson
  • United Nations actions
  • and much more

Run time: 14:31