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 years of 1961 and 1962 and has a run
time of 1 hour 42 minutes on 1 DVD.
Some of the news items covered in this collection include: Shah
of iran visits DeGaulle in France; Aviation display in Moscow, helicopter
carries model of Gagrin spacecraft, new swept-wing bomber, jet fighter
with rocket booster; Chiang Kai shek parade with rockets and soldiers;
Eichmann trial for Holocaust crimes; judges speak indictments as
Eichmann listens; Civil Defense test closed airports for 12 hours;
Enos chimp prepared for space flight, rocket blastoff, capsule recovered,
chimp examined in hospital; Cosmonaut. Russian Orbits Globe17 Times;
Russian H-bomb test announced by Khrushchev speech at 20th party
congress; NATO maneuvers and war games in West Germany; Jackie Kennedy
rides elephant in India; Adlai Stevenson at UN speaks on Cuban Missile
Crisis; Castro builds up defenses in Cuba; Popovich and Nikolai
follow two previous manned flights to become third and fourth Russians
to orbit; and much more
Here are some sample clips from the DVD
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