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News Day 1937 1938 Explosition Anniversary

Before the TV was commonplace, humans saw the news at their local movietheaters. Newsreels were shown before feature films and at committed newsreelmovie theaters in larger cities. These vintage Universal Newsreel collectionsare a way to glimpse particular events of the past.A note on quality: Newsreels were not preserved with the same care as muchother 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 orvideo.This collection includes the years of 1937 and 1938 and has a run timeof 1 hour 5 minutes.Some of the news items covered in this collection include:President Roosevelt warns of a steadily-increasing danger of armed conflictmenacing the United States;Special Release – Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead;Remarkable New Aid To Navigation;Special Release – 425 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School;Howard Hughes, wealthy aviator, takes off for New York in his ’round theworld’ plane;Thousands of radio listeners all around the U. S. are affrighted into masshysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells’ old thriller, ‘The War of theWorlds,’ as staged by Orson Welles;Mayor La Guardia opens Red Cross drive;FDR Leads Nation In Protest Against Nazi Persecutions;Light Tanks Show Their Prowess In Battle Maneuvers;Blue and Gray At 75th Anniversary Of Great Battle;and much more

News Day 1937 1938 Explosition Anniversary Image

News Day 1937 1938 Explosition Anniversary Picture

News Day 1937 1938 Explosition Anniversary Pic

News Day 1937 1938 Explosition Anniversary Pic