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In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.

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Cancer Drive; I'm An American Day; Las Fallas fiesta, Valencia1947/5/19

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Junior Missilemen 1959/03/09

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Discoverer III Carries Live Mice, Satellite Assembled 1959/05/21

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Truman Vacation; Telephone's 70th Anniversary; Churchill 1946/08/19

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Crisis in Laos 1961/01/05

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1933 NY Mayor's Race, La Guardia & Joseph McKee 1933/10/11

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25,000 March, Protest By School Teachers 1933/04/17

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Lindberghs Acclaimed By Soviet Officials 1933/10/25

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Gen Stilwell gives DSC to 442nd Hero's Sister 1945/12/10

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LBJ's 1st State of the Union Address 1964

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West Coast Hails 1st World Series 1959/10/05

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Elvis Presley Drafted 1958/03/25

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I'm An American Day; George Washington Carver 1941/05/20

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1933 Financial Crisis; FDR's Bank Bill Passed 1933/03/09

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D-Day Invasion Preview, Eisenhower & Montgomery 1944/03/16

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FDR Buys 1st 'Baby' Bond 1935/03/04

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Fleet at Ulithi Atoll Tokyo Bound 1945/08/27

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MLK; March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom 1963/08/28

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President Kennedy Assassinated 1963/11/22

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Six Days of Watts Race Riot 1965/08

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Yanks Close in on Manila; Western Front Stepped Up 1945/2/1

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Pacific Armada, Hawaii War Games 1932/02/04

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Fidel Castro 'Resigns' As Premier 1959/7/20

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Gangster 'Spike' O'Donnell 1933/10/25

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Russian Drive on Berlin 1945/05

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UN Planes Smash at Red Supply Depots; Korean War 1953

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Soldier w/size 16 AAA shoes (ca 1950s)

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Meteor Mystery; Red Scientists Probe Vast Siberian Crater

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New York Annual Flea Market

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Strikes Threaten Industry, UAW Henry Kaiser Agreement 1946/01/07

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Loyalty Day Parade Counters Communist Parades 1967/05/02

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Austria; Tyrol Transfer Turned Down by Big 4 1946/06/24

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Strikes Paralyze Pittsburgh; San Marino 1946/10/03

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Sea Sentinel, Navy Offshore Radar Demonstration 1956/5/3

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Senate Probes Atomics 1945/12/31

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Ford & An Essex Terraplane Thriller

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Ikes 1st Pics Since Illness; T-101 Anti-Tank Vehicle 1955/10/27

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Lease-Lend Bill Passed, England Aid 1941/03/11

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FDR Starts $9,000,000,000 'V' Loan Drive 1942/11/30

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The American Legion Cheers FDR 1933/10/02

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1st 'Defense' Financing Stamps & Bonds 1941/04/17

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Britain's Roosevelt Memorial & Statue 1946/11/28

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Much Ado About Hairdos (ca. 1950s)

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International Frog Jump at Angels Camp, CA (ca.1950s)

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Ike Offers US Photo Planes to UN 1960/05/27

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Mexican Immigration Restrictions Eased 1950/1/20

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Reno Rodeo Action Footage (ca.1950s)

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Orphaned Korean Boy Arrives in San Francisco (ca. 1950s)

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Amos Alonzo Stagg Honored on 95th Birthday (ca.1950s)

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Gen Taylor Honored & Soviet Deputy Premier Kozlov Visit 1959/07/02

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Knife-Thrower & Children, Texas (ca.1950s)

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Guide Dogs for the Blind (ca. 1950s)

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New $2 Million Kaiser Hospital (ca.1950s)

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Kings Mountain Airplane Crash (1950s)

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Largest Radio Transmitter Is Dedicated (1950s)

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Kidnapping in San Francisco (ca.1950s)

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Willie Shoemaker at Golden Gate Fields (ca.1950s)

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First Private Atom Power Plant Opens (1957)

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Union Square, SF Fashion Show (ca.1950s)

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