Newsreel Movies

National Press Club hears a speech from Alfred Hitchcock.

Built from 1928 newsreels—the year 60 nations vowed to outlaw war—Storck’s razor-edged montage mocks the era’s...

This newsreel depicts the inner-workings of a bootleggers' facility for making and distributing illegal bootleg liquor..

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on a Commonwealth tour.

Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

Short newsreel on why personal thrift feeds the Depression.

President Harding and his wife paying tribute to a group of Indians (Fragment of a longer piece)

Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.

In an on-camera interview, Ohio working girl Mary Clowes explains that she is offering her hand in marriage to whoever can provide $10,000 to support...

Informative film discussing the development of the New Jersey Turnpike.

Communicating simultaneously to all 53 of the FBI’s field offices from his headquarters in the Department of Justice, this issue puts J. Edgar...

Newsreel coverage of the Prince and Princess of Wales' visit of the 1896 Cardiff Exhibition. Now a lost film, it's considered the first time the...

A Hearst Metrotone News reel.

On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the...

Newsreel 62 reflects on the participation of two Syrian artists in a 1966 Yugoslavian art show celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

Abyssinian state ministers visit London during Prince Regent Haile Selassie's diplomatic tour of Europe. A group of Ethiopian state dignitaries...

A story about short sighted cats being given glasses.