Summary: Retrospective on Dien Bein Phu siege (Vietnam, Indochina)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Peace talks Vietminh-French; footage of Indochina battle continuing in the meanwhile
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Vietminh takeover in Hanoi
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on life in post-World War II Japan. In the midst of black markets and inflationary prices, life for the average Japanese is grim and barren. Rebuilding homes and harvesting meager crops keep some healthy and housed, but many have to tighten their belts.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on Howard Hughes. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Pilot Howard Hughes is seriously injured in the crash of the U.S. Army's XF-11 experimental aircraft.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on four topics, as follows. Reel 1, Confiscated films from the private collection of Eva Braun show scenes of Nazi life at Berchtesgaden. Reel 2, The International Convention of Variety Clubs presents its humanitarian awards. James F. Byrnes is guest of honor. Reel 3, A Dutch tulip festival and parade in Holland, Mich. Reel 4, A chimp circus at the St. Louis Zoo.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on seven topics, as follows. Reel 1, The U.S.S. Boston, America's first guided missile cruiser. Reel 2, Scores die as tornadoes rip through the Midwest. Reel 3, A robot weather station nicknamed "Grasshopper" is tested at a naval research lab for use in the Antarctic. Reel 4, Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic equestrian team are flown to Stockholm for the upcoming...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Russian space program. Animations illustrate how the U.S.S.R.'s first satellite was launched into Earth's orbit.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Cuban revolution. Key moments in Castro's Communist revolution are highlighted: his triumphant emergence after two years of guerilla warfare, the resignation and flight of dictator Fulgencio Batista, the rebels' entrance into Havana, and a victory celebration--at first joyful, and then violent.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on U.S. ballistic missile production. A plant outside of Detroit plays host to military representatives of a dozen NATO nations who have come to see the production lines that turn out Jupiter and Redstone missiles.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a presidential election in China. Films made by an official Communist cameraman spotlight Mao Zedong, retiring as chief of state but still ruler of China in all but name. A massive and truly spectacular show involving dancers and balloons follows.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Barely 11 days after independence is officially granted, soldiers of the former Belgian Congo mutiny and sow terror. Reel 2, The U.S. Navy's newest nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Thresher, is launched.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Russian space program. The feat of Cosmonaut Gherman Titov--17 orbits of the Earth--is re-created through newspaper headlines, animation, archival film of a Soviet rocket lifting off, and an audio recording of Titov from space.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Berlin Wall, East Germany's "wall of shame." On the anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction, the Freedom Bell in West Berlin tolls in sympathy for those imprisoned on the other side. Mayor Willy Brandt leads a memorial service for East Berliners who died in trying to escape to the West.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, The final act in the Cuban missile drama plays out at the UN, where Nikita Khrushchev's special envoy Vasily Kuznetsov confers with U Thant. Reel 2, President Charles de Gaulle wins the referendum that France's president will henceforth be elected by popular vote; he'd threatened to resign if voters did not back his referendum.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the escalation of the Vietnam War by North Vietnam. As Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara illustrates the interdiction of North Vietnamese supply routes, he explains why North Vietnamese Army troops are being used to bolster the Viet Cong: to offset four years of severe VC troop losses and to broaden the war.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a Seattle "be-in." Called "a student-oriented rite of spring" and "a happy happening for hippies," the be-in turns the concept of organized protest upside-down.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: George Marshall warns Senate to approve his plan; montage of scenes of Western Europe rebuilding (Marshall Plan)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: The Truman Story Montage of scenes from Truman's first term in office
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: Berlin Airlift begins (German VO)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: Jews killed by Nazis are re-buried ceremonially in Israel
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1949
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Summary: The Holy Year, Military parade in Red Square, Stalin watching from Kremlin balcony; then religious processions in Europe and in Hollywood, USA.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Polish worker riots shake Soviets
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: French troops in Mekong, Indochina (Vietnam); narrator claims a big defeat of Communists
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951