Before the TV was commonplace, people saw the news at their local
movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before feature films and at
dedicated newsreel movie theaters in larger cities.These vintage
Universal Newsreel collections are a way to glimpse special events
of the past.
A note on quality: Newsreels were not preserved with the same care
as much other old film footage. Although most of the footage is
of very good quality, this collection may have portions that are
silent or have degraded audio or video.
This collection includes the year of 1960 and has a run time of
1 hour 31 minutes on 1 DVD.
Some of the news items covered in this collection include: Atlas
ICBM launched at Cape Canaveral; Mexico celebration of 150 years
independence; May Day in Moscow, parade in Red Square, emphasis
on peaceful coexistence; Louis Armstrong arrives in Congo, plays
trumpet; Violence and chaos in Congo barely 11 days after independence
from Belgian, white refugees flee; In Moscow, Khrushchev tells Presidium
the Gary Powers was alive and his plane shot down on May Day; Echo
I satellite launched by Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral; X-15 rocket
plane soared to 151,000 feet; Ike gives "striking demonstration
of aerial photography's effectiveness; Castro in Cuba calls out
200,000 militia at same time Marines landing at Guantanamo; and
much more
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
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