Universal Newsreel
| Universal Newsreel | |
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A 1962 Universal Newsreel on the 1st anniversary of the Universal Studios | |
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| Release | February 19, 1919 – May 23, 1993 |
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Universal Newsreel (sometimes known as Universal-International Newsreel or just U-I Newsreel) was a series of 7- to 10-minute
Fox Film Corporation 1929–1934 and then by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
beginning in 1934.
In 1974, the films' owner,
CNN
regularly use the films for video of events that took place before those networks were founded.
Also in the United Kingdom as Universal News from 1930 to 1959, a successor to Empire News Bulletin,[4] and in Ireland as Universal Irish News,[5] both are currently held (including British Paramount News) under Reuters archive.
Other U.S. newsreel series included
Fox Movietone News (1928–1963), Hearst Metrotone News/News of the Day (1914–1967), Paramount News (1927–1957), and The March of Time
(1935–1951).
References
- ^ Eileen S. Quigley. International Motion Picture Almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938. p. 394.
- ^ A Moving Image "Newspaper": Universal Newsreels at the National Archives – The Unwritten Record
- ^ James Konicek (30 December 2013). "A Moving Image "Newspaper": Universal Newsreels at the National Archives". The Unwritten Record. National Archives Records Administration. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Universal News". British Universities Film & Video Council.
- ^ "Universal Irish News". British Universities Film & Video Council.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Universal Newsreels.
- Universal Newsreel collection at Internet Archive. About 600 reels
- Collection of Universal Newsreels related to Texas at the Texas Archive of the Moving Image