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Vintage Newsreels - Hindenburg, War, Social Events, etc. Film Library
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This DVD contains
a variety of 1920's to 1940's newsreel collections produced by various
organizations showing the life and times of these eras. They cover
a wide mix of events that were important to the people of that era.
Some are silent and some have sound - and all are fascinating to watch.
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Here are all the films that make
up this historical collection:
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Kinograms Newsreel, 1924 (1924)
 
This is a collection of news stories from 1924. It includes
- President Coolidge having a White House reception
- Runner Paavo Nurmi from Finland comes to the U.S. to train for a race
- Saint Louis 45th annual carnical
- Mrs. Coolidge is granted an honorary Doctor of Laws from BU
- San Francisco police show how an arrest is made
- and much more
Run time: 11:01
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Kinograms Newsreel
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- Disabled Veterans Day at the Ascot race in Los Angeles
- Views of the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race
- Opiom siexed and burned
- John Cook performs his juggling act
- and much more
Run time: 6:43
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Pathe News Digest (1936, No. 2) (1936)
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- Destruction of Honeymoon Bridge in Niagra Falls
- Maine sells the winter ice to get rid of it
- Demonstration of a collapsible parachute
- Watch a tobacco plants life cycle
- Champion ski team demonstration
- and much more
Run time: 12:54
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Pathe News Digest (1937, No. 3) (1937)
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- Display of Russia's mastery of the air with skydiver demos
- Learn how milk wool is made
- The 1937 World's Pro Crown between the Washington Redskins and the
Chicago Bears
- Hindenburg disaster
- The War in Madrid
- King George abdicating
- Amelia Earhart's last flight
- and much more
Run time: 12:41
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Hindenburg Explodes (1937)
  
This is actual footage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. In addition
to the disaster, it shows a variety of fascinating facts about the Hindenburg
and how it had already made 12 voyages across the ocean.
Run time: 0:05:26
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California Color Film / Golden Gate International Exposition
  
Run time: 7:41
An exciting tour of San Francisco - including a history of how it came
to be, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate International Exposition
and much more.
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News Thrills Of 1940
  
This newsreel focuses on Hitler's invasion of Norway and the Lowlands
- showing German planes bombing cities and United States officials fleeing
the area.
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News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1942)
  
Run time: 9:35
This news segment covers the deadly attack on Pearl Harbor and the S.S.
Normandie Fire in New York.
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U.S. News Review: Issue 5
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- Proper hairstyles for factory work dirng the war demonstrated by Veronica
Lake
- The effect of absenteeism on the war effort
- The problem of daycare durig the war
- Performance of an army fight sing - "Into The Wild Blue Yonder"
- The Royal Air Corps in a nighttime bombing raid over Gremman, Germany
- and much more
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U.S. News Review, Issue No. 3
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- Profile of the Canadian Mosquito Bomber
- The capture of Milne Bay by the Allies
- The challenges of household appliance repair during the war.
- Air attacks on the enemy
- The official Coast Guard song Semper Paratus is sung
- and much more
Run time: 18:38
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News Parade of 1945
  
This is a collection of early news stories. It includes
- The death of FDR
- V-E Day
- Bombing of Nagasaki
- V-J Day
- The Nuremberg Trials
- and much more
Run time: 0:02:44
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