Celluloid Newsreels

NEWS PARADE NEWSREELS: 1938-1959

NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1937

1937 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

SPANISH REBELLION LONDON FLOODS, STORMS, GEORGE VI AT GRAND FLEET, EXPLOSION IN TEXAS, US LABOR STRIKES, ROCKERFELLER'S FUNERAL, AMELIA EARHART LOST CLIPPER SHIP FROM LONDON TO NY, SOVIET FLYER, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, MUSSOLINI & HITLER, JAPAN INVADES CHINA

Europe's Powder Keg--Spanish Civil War-buildings burning, cannon firing, people and animals running, city burning--siege of Madrid--all scored to 1st movement of Dvorak Symphony No. 9
Worst London Cloudburst in 27 Years-torrential rains hit London -- streets flooded a foot deep or more -- buses, cars, bicycles, pedestrians moving along water-filled streets.
In the U.S.-- storms and floods render thousands homeless -- homes surrounded by water almost up to their roofs -- South and Midwest United States in early spring hit by heavy storms--cars parked in 2 to 3 feet of water--chickens, cat on rooftops and trees--men carrying victims to boat on stretcher--parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri under water--two mules trying to keep their heads above water.
England's King George VI Reviews British Grand Fleet -- King George seen on throne alongside Queen Elizabeth at his coronation--British Grand Fleet seen in exercises at sea--planes flying--king and queen on royal yacht
Texas Horror! School at New London, Texas explodes--450 killed--shots of building collapsing, rescue workers searching rubble and digging out wreckage.
U.S. Labor Strikes- Workers demonstrating in and outside of plant.
John D. Rockefeller dies at 97--close-up of Rockefeller passing out dimes to onlookers, reading documents.
Amelia Earhart: Lost close-ups of Earhart at work--shot of two-engine plane taking off--SOS flashing over map of the Pacific where Earhart was missing--men operating radio London to New York in 24 hours. Shot of Hindenburg in flight--flying boat landing on water--flying boat in midair--flying boat over New York City--landing
Soviet Flyers win New Air Laurels. Three Soviet pilots break distance record in flight from Moscow to Vancouver--three Soviet pilots standing before map of their plane's path--tickertape parade in Moscow. Justice Hugo Black to U.S. Supreme Court and former senator and new Associate Justice Hugo Black talking to reporters--Golden Gate Bridge Opens shots of motorcade at opening ceremony, and moving across bridge.
Mussolini visits Hitler in Germany. Soldiers at attention information--Mussolini watching from train--crowd cheering, waving banners--Hitler and Mussolini leaving train station--troops marching. Japan Invades China. Shanghai being bombed--cars, buildings burning, bodies in street--soldier dragging body away—baby sitting amid wreckage--Japanese bombers attack--Chinese civilians running. In the hands of these five men rests the Destiny of the World: portraits of Emperor Hirohito, Joseph Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt.

NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1938

1938 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

FLOODING FOOTAGE, PRINCESS JULIANA, SPANISH CIVIL WAR, LT. ARTHUR F. ANDERS, F.D.R. GETS QUEEN UNIVERSITY HONORS, QUEEN ELIZABETH, ARCH DE TRIUMPH, HITLER

Floods create havoc- Southern California flooded--cars, homes, under three feet or more of water--streets overflowing, cars, bicycles, running through water--two men on top of car in middle of flooding--man towed on board behind car
West Indian hurricane hits East Coast--waves crashing against New York coastline--cars, trains, ferries shown wrecked--homes in New England destroyed--water flowing down flooded streets.
Holland's Happiness: Christening of Princess Juliana’s baby daughter--worshippers in church at ceremony as Princess carries daughter--Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary on throne--crowds cheering. Queen greeting crowds
Undeclared Wars: Spanish Civil War--officers observing battle--wrecked buildings and cities, cannon firing, mounted and mechanized cavalry charging--troops fighting in the streets. Japan attacking China--cannon firing, people running--Japanese troops attacking with Japanese flag flying in foreground and close-ups people running.
Panay's Hero Medal given to Lt. Arthur F. Anders, United States Navy, for his efforts to save the crew of the U.S.S. Panay—ship being bombed--planes attacking--men in lifeboat--close-up of medal.
Canada's High Honors Queens University, Canada, gives an honorary degree to President Franklin Roosevelt. President shown in academic robes receiving degree and speaking at the ceremony, promising United State aid to Canada in case of any threat to their borders.
Aerial shots of newly finished Thousands Islands Bridge--Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister McKenzie King dedicate the bridge in a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Hand of Friendship: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England visit Paris--King and Queen arriving at train station--parade in their honor seen from above--George VI in car greeting crowds--Queen Elizabeth in car greeting crowds--Arch de Triumph with procession passing--people seated at huge state banquet--king lays a wreath at France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Europe’s Zero Hour German troops marching in streets of Vienna, with Nazi banners flying--Hitler speaking at 13th Nazi Congress at Nuremburg, superimposed over shots of Nazi troops marching--soldiers marching with bicycles
Map of Czechoslovakia with Sudetenland annexed by Hitler--Czech president seen speaking--German soldiers, Czech Army marching. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain getting on plane--Chamberlain at meeting with Hitler.
Men say goodbye to women (man kissing woman, woman crying) as they go off to army service in France--British Home Fleet at sea--battleship seen in close-up--main batteries of battleship raised--rioting in London
Mussolini speaks to crowds in Rome--Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier sign Munich pact--Hitler in car crossing the Sudeten frontier gate--troops marching, planes flying
Rheims Cathedral Restored exterior of Rheims Cathedral with procession entering--clergy celebrating, worshippers at prayer Cardinal Mundelein imparts Papal blessing at Eucharistic Congress at New Orleans--worshipers at ceremony--Cardinal gives blessing
Aviation Progress: English Mercury (or piggy-back plane) takes off from water--six engine French Sky Mistress lands at Port Washington, New York biggest American airliner takes off. Howard Hughes arrives back in New York after a four-day round-the-world flight--parade for Hughes down Broadway--shots of; Corrigan, map of his mistaken flight from Ireland to America, and parade in his honor.

NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1939

Franco's Victory: Victorious troops with Franco at their head marching into Barcelona--tanks rolling through streets--mounted soldiers on street.
Wings Over Atlantic: Yankee Clipper flying boat taking off from water--pilot at controls--passengers enjoying dinner at table--flying boat landing on water.
British King George VI and Queen return from Canada-United States goodwill tour King and Queen arrive by train in London--Princess Elizabeth glimpsed--Neville Chamberlain greets the royal family--welcoming crowd fills streets of London--royal family seen in horse-drawn carriage--royal family waving to crowd, Princess Elizabeth seen in lower right hand corner of shot.
Franco-British Unity--Paris-Bastille Day Celebration Crowds, marching soldiers fills streets of Paris. North African colonial troops parade on foot and horseback--shots of Arch de Triumph with tanks rolling past.
Chilean Earthquake Overhead shots of ruined city--wrecked homes and buildings--soldiers searching wreckage—people struggling through ruins. U.S.S. Squalls, submarine, sinks--26 die. Submarine submerging--man at controls--rescue ships and search parties at sea--rescue ship Falcon at work--new type of rescue bell lowered into ocean--33 crewmembers saved--surface boils as ship is raised.
China: Tientsin foreign settlement is scene of riots--Japanese troops blockade British mission--troops seen marching in streets.
Flooding in China: People struggling through waist deepwater in Tientsin--walking, bicycling, driving--men using bathtubs as canoes--soldier at sentry post above water with rifle.
Love Parade: 125 couples married simultaneously in Montreal, Canada ceremony--line of couples marrying in a stadium.
Second World War Breaks Out: Polish cities ablaze--people flee fighting--French artillery on railway car is moved up--troops move to front--shots of soldiers on underground troop train at Maginot Line--artillery firing--British troops marching through France, boarding transport--Royal Navy at sea--main batteries of ships firing at sea.
Chicago Grain Elevator Fire: $2 million loss--aerial shots of streams of water flowing over burning grain elevators.
U.S. Cruisers Battle Storms going around Cape Horn. Ships rocked by heavy seas and waves--U.S.S. San Francisco and other ships plunge in and out of ocean.
The News Parade: War At Sea -- Battleship Graf Spee Scuttled British ship in formation--German battleship at sea--planes take off from carrier deck--ships boarded at sea--crew of Graf Spee on alert, crew manning battle stations including guns--main batteries firing, ships sinking--ships hit and exploding--British ships on alert and attacking--map of area of battle off the coast of South America--Graf Spee headed to Montevideo Harbor--crowds watch at waterfront--crew removed from Graf Spee, waving to cameras--Captain Langsdorffof Graf Spee seen at work with officers and posed for picture with his officers--Langsdorff in motor launch headed for his ship--men coming off Graf Spee--battleship moving for open sea--map of battle formation--Graf Spee burns at sea as it is scuttled by her captain--ship burns and rolls over.

NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1940

Europe's Total War: German troops invading Norway—Queen Wilhelmina of Holland leaving her country for safety--Belgians fleeing in horse-drawn cart--Belgian troops in formation--King Leopold of Belgium surrenders--Germans bomb British and French at Dunkirk--Allied troops make escape from Dunkirk--French troops in retreat--Mussolini addresses cheering crowd in Rome.
French/German Armistice Signed at Compiegne. Hitler and his officers march to railway car to dictate armistice terms--shot of Marshall Henri Petain--ships battle at sea, guns fire in Somaliland. Britain's Heroic Stand Men on watch, troops training, guns firing--tanks and trucks in the field--Royal Air Force Spitfires and Hurricanes take off--German plane crashes and burns--British ships attacked at sea by German planes, bombed, burning--General Charles de Gaulle reviews Free French troops--London on fire at night--people digging out of rubble--worker hauling department store dummy out of wreckage--dummy with Hitler's likeness, head being removed--double-decker bus upended in street--Buckingham Palace hit by bombs--King George VI and Queen Elizabeth examine wreckage--St. Paul’s Cathedral hit by bombs--workers remove remains of destroyed German planes--Winston Churchill speaks to the public. American Destroyers Given to England -- men prepare destroyers for sea--Union Jack flag goes up on American ships.
American Defense Begins: Men practice firing artillery--tanks are fired on--planes fly in formation--parachute troops train--battleships at sea--scout planes launched—artillery fires.
First Peace-Time Draft: Roosevelt signs the Selective Service Act--shots of lottery drawing for draft.
Roosevelt Wins Third Term--Wendell Willkie in ticker-tape parade--Roosevelt in parade.

NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1941

China War Enters Fifth Year: Japanese planes flying information--people running, bombs falling.
Battle in the Middle East at Tobruk, British troops are interrupted in bathing by German planes--artillery fires, bombs explode—Greek villages and cities in ruins--civilians watch wreckage, run from ruins--British troops retreat--Iraqi oil fields bombed by British--Syria is attacked by Free French and Australian troops--artillery fires, men and officers surrender.
France's Tragic Fate: Defeated soldiers return--people mourn--starving children in streets.
British Avenge Sinking of the Battleship Hood Aircraft flying, artillery firing at battleship Bismarck--Bismarck sinks.
Roosevelt and Churchill Meet: Churchill and Roosevelt aboard ship. U.S. Forces in Iceland. Troops land at Icelandic ports--running from shelters and maneuvering in mechanized equipment and on foot. Nazi Torpedo Cripples U.S.S. Kearney. Roosevelt speech naming sailor skilled by German action--shots of damage to American ships. Canadians Smash Spitsbergen. Canadian troops land on Spitsbergen--radio station blown-up--buildings, coal and oil stores blown up.

Strikes slow U.S. defensemen. Fighting in streets, rioting--tear gas bombs explode at American Aviation Pant, Englewood, California--U.S. troops take over plant.

Planes, Ships, Guns: B-19, largest bomber ever built by United States, takes off--ships launch--battleship U.S.S. North Carolina at sea firing main batteries, launching scout planes--main batteries fire at night.
Battle For Russia: Tanks, planes, horses, artillery firing, attacking, bombs exploding, infantry attacking--Russians overwhelming Germans--Nazi prisoners taken--Soviet Navy fires torpedoes and depth charges at sea

1942 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

WAR FOOTAGE, IRELAND, CHINA, JAPS BOMB ALASKA, BOMBINGS, LENIN, BRAZIL, BATTLE OF MIDWAY

1943 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

SHIP DISASTER, CHINA, POPE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, LESTER PERSON SIGHING, EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR, RACE CARS, U BOATS, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, FDR & CHURCHILL

1944 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

BOMBING OF FRANCE, EISENHOWER AT TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLIDER, BRUSSELS, PARACHUTES, WAR & DESTRUCTION, POPE RUSSIA, JAPANESE BOMBINGS, MACARTHUR, NAVAL ATTACK, FDR.

1945 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

BOMBED BRITISH BATTLESHIP, HITLER’S V2BOMB, ROOSEVELT’S FUNERAL, BERLIN, TRUMAN, FLAG RAISING, LIBERATED NATIONS, BOMBINGS: NAGASAKI DESTROYED BY ATOMIC BOMB, SINKING SHIP, G.I. RETURN HOME.

1946 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

THE AFTERMATH OF WAR AROUND. THE WORLD PLANE DISASTER IN BELGIUM, CANADIAN GOVERNOR, CARDINALS, PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE, CAR SHOW, HORSE RACE, ATOMIC BOMBING

1947 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

AFRICAN ROYAL FAMILY, KOREA/RIOTS, PALESTINE CRISIS, TRUMAN IN MEXICO, BRIDGE COLLAPSES IN ICE, FLOOD, HURRICANE IN FLORIDA, QUEEN ELIZABETH, WORLD SERIES & TEXAS CITY DISASTER

1948 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

FLOODING, BERLIN, PALESTINE, WAR FOOTAGE, TRUMAN

1950 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

VOLCANO, FLOODING, AMBULANCES, RESCUE WORKERS, ROCKET, KOREA, WAR FOOTAGE, MISSILES

1951 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

QUEEN ELIZABETH, WINSTON CHURCHILL, IRAN, FLOODING DISASTER, RACING CAR WRECK, CRIME PROBE, VIRGINIA HILL, JAPANESE PEACE TREATY, TRUMAN

1952 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

PRISON RIOTS IN KOREA, COMMUNISM, GEORGE VI PASSES AWAY, FUNERAL, QUEEN ELIZABETH, SPEED BOAT, MONKEY, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: NIXON& EISENHOWER

1953 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

EISENHOWER/NIXON, FLOODING DISASTER, BERLIN RIOTS, CAMERAS, NUCLEAR BOMB, EXPLOSION, KOREAN TRUCE

1955 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, MOSCOW, TRAINS, WAR, CROWDS TO SEE POPE, UNITED NATIONS, TRUMAN, FLOODS, FIRES, MOVIE CAMERA, CHILDREN, EISENHOWER IN WHEELCHAIR

1956 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

SINKING SHIP, WEDDING OF GRACE KELLY, HUNGARY, TANKS, POPE, GRAVE, EISENHOWER

1957 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

IKE'S INTERROGATION, NIXON, QUEEN ELIZABETH IN NYC, KREMLIN, ROCKETS

1958 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

IRAN, PARIS, ALASKA BECOMES A STATE, CHINA, ROCKET, POPE DIES

1959 NEWS PARADE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

CASTRO/CUBA, QUEEN ELIZABETH, JOHN FOSTER DOLES, HAWAII BECOMES A STATE, NIXON, ROCKET, FASHION SHOW, FDR.

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