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Universal Newsreels, 1929 to 1967. The news as it was delivered before anyone could pause it.

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• Pacific Armada, 1932/02/04 (1932)
• Extra! Special! Roosevelt Inaugurated 1933/03/05 (1933)
• Money Stream Flow From Treasury 1933/03/20 (1933)
• Akron Disaster 1933/04/04 (1933)
• New Dirigible on Trial Flights 1933/04/24 (1933)
• President Speaks To The Nation, 1933/05/08 (1933)
• Farmer Plays Tune With Hands, 1933/10/11 (1933)
• U.S. Thrilled As President Outlines Recovery Progress, 1933/10/23 (1933)
• Industry Booms After Repeal of Prohibition, ca (1933)
• President Reports To Nation On The Progress Of Recovery, 1934/06/27 (1934)
• President Roosevelt Sails On 10,000 Mile Vacation Trip, 1934/07/02 (1934)
• Extra!! Scoop! - First Actual Pictures - Assassination, 1934/10/17 (1934)
• Giant Dirigible Sets Record, 1936/05/11 (1936)
• Terrified Civilians Flee Air Raid, 1936/09/09 (1936)
• Roosevelt Landslide, 1936/11/07 (1936)
• Special Release - Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead, 1937/05/10 (1937)
• Norman Alley's Bombing of USS Panay Special Issue, 1937/12/12 (1937)
• Blue and Gray At 75th Anniversary Of Great Battle, 1938/07/04 (1938)
• All Nations Shaken By War Crisis, 1938/09/19 (1938)
• Radio Station's 'Attack By Mars' Panics Thousands, 1938/10/31 (1938)
• Screen Notables Hear Roosevelt Praise Industry, 1941/03/04 (1941)
• Big Da-Dit-Da Class Graduated At New Naval Radio School (exclusive), 1941/03/06 (1941)
• Lend-Lease Bill Passed, 1941/03/11 (1941)
• 'American Day' Fete Biggest Patriotic Meeting In History, 1941/05/20 (1941)
• Nazis War On Russia, 1941/06/23 (1941)
• Big News of 1941 - The Editors of Universal Newsreel present dramatic highlights of an epochal year, 1941/12/24 (1941)
• Gen. Adolf Takes Over, 1942/01/07 (1942)
• Soldiers Stage 'Girlie' Show, 1942/02/04 (1942)
• Allied Convoy Battles Axis, 1942/07/13 (1942)
• Big Convoy To Russia Beats Off Nazis, 1942/10/19 (1942)
• Dover (1942)
• Roosevelt Warns Axis, 1943/08/26 (1943)
• Long Way to Go Says FDR, 1943/09/09 (1943)
• Mrs. FDR Tells One, 1943/09/30 (1943)
• Blast Berlin By Daylight, 1944/03/20 (1944)
• Jungle War In Burma, 1944/04/03 (1944)
• Campaign in Burma, 1944/04/24 (1944)
• The Arsenal For D-Day, 1944/05/08 (1944)
• War News – All Good, 1944/05/22 (1944)
• Advance on Rome, 1944/05/29 (1944)
• Eve of Battle, 1944/06/06 (1944)
• First Pictures Invasion of France, 1944/06/12 (1944)
• First Pictures Of Rome's Capture, 1944/06/15 (1944)
• Aviation In The News, 1944/06/22 (1944)
• German Rocket Bomb, 1944/06/29 (1944)
• Saipan Is Ours,1944/06/30 (1944)
• Cherbourg, Gateway to Victory, 1944/07/02 (1944)
• Liberation Of France Forges On, 1944/07/18 (1944)
• Battle Rages Along Nazi Wall, 1944/09/28 (1944)
• Third Army blasts Nazi Strongholds, 1944/11/02 (1944)
• RAF Sinks Tirpitz, 1944/11/22 (1944)
• Allied Vise Tightens On Rhineland, 1944/12/07 (1944)
• Rule Jap Skies,1944/12/18 (1944)
• Allies Fight Fierce Nazi Counter-Blow,1944/12/20 (1944)
• Yanks Clear Greenland of Nazis,1944/12/27 (1944)
• 1944/02/17, Battle for Rome (1944)
• German Drive Rolled Back By Allies, 1945/01/11 (1945)
• Big Three Confer, 1945/02/15 (1945)
• Santo Tomas Prisoners Liberated, 1945/03/01 (1945)
• Air Smashes Devastate Germany, 1945/03/12 (1945)
• Allies Open Final Drive In Germany, 1945/03/15 (1945)
• Carriers Hit Tokyo! 1945/03/19 (1945)
• Manila Free of Japanese Domination, 1945/03/22 (1945)
• Allies Drive Across Rhine To Victory, 1945/03/26 (1945)
• Air Army Invades Germany, 1945/04/05 (1945)
• Landings On Okinawa, 1945/04/09 (1945)
• Nazi Murder Mills, 1945/04/26 (1945)
• Germany Gives Up, 1945/05/08 (1945)
• Funeral Pyres of Nazidom, 1945/05/10 (1945)
• Beaten Nazis Sign Historic Surrender, 1945/05/14 (1945)
• U-Boat Menace Ended, 1945/05/17 (1945)
• Air Forces Come Home Via Bomber, 1945/05/28 (1945)
• U.S. War Dead Honored On Memorial Day, 1945/05/31 (1945)
• Allies Seize German Loot and Criminals,1945/06/04 (1945)
• Victorious Generals Welcomed, 1945/06/11 (1945)
• Allies Sign Control Law For Germany,1945/06/14 (1945)
• Final Days of Struggle in Okinawa, 1945/07/05 (1945)
• Cruiser Bow Ripped Off By Typhoon, 1945/07/23 (1945)
• Japanese Surrender, 1945/08/23 (1945)
• Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Open, 1945/11/29 (1945)
• Nazis Face War Crime Evidence, 1945/12/06 (1945)
• Christmas Brings Joy To Everyone, 1945/12/10 (1945)
• Adm. Kimmel Testifies On Pearl Harbor, 1946/01/14 (1946)
• Churchill On Vacation, 1946/01/21 (1946)
• Nazi Film Shows V-2 Rocket Test, 1946/05/02 (1946)
• First Pictures Nazi Rocket Bomb in U.S, 1946/05/13 (1946)
• Rail Strike Paralyzes Entire U.S., 1946/05/23 (1946)
• Damage Foreshadows A-Bomb Test, 1946/06/06 (1946)
• Allied Victory Parade, 1946/06/10 (1946)
• Atom Test Nears, 1946/06/13 (1946)
• Japan Today, 1946/06/20 (1946)
• Monster Flying Wing, 1946/06/27 (1946)
• Operations Crossroads Underway, 1946/07/01 (1946)
• First Pictures Atomic Blast!, 1946/07/08 (1946)
• Philippine's Independence Proclaimed, 1946/07/15 (1946)
• Jap Films of Hiroshima, 1946/08/05 (1946)
• Biggest Bomber, 1946/08/15 (1946)
• President on Vacation, 1946/08/19 (1946)
• Twenty-one Nazi Chiefs Guilty, 1946/10/08 (1946)
• White Sands NM V-2 rocket, 1946/11/21 (1946)
• Hitler's Heyday, 1947/02/20 (1947)
• 94 Die Airplane Crashes, 1947/06/02 (1947)
• West Point Graduation, 1947/06/05 (1947)
• Hollywood 'Red' Probe Begins, 1947/10/20 (1947)
• U.S. Films Fight Reds, 1947/10/23 (1947)
• Berlin Siege. Gen. Clay Returns To Report On Red Crisis, 1948/07/22 (1948)
• Clay speaks on Berlin Airlift,1948/10/21 (1948)
• Berlin Airlift increased, 1948/10/25 (1948)
• Cuba President in U.S., 1948/12/09 (1948)
• In Review, 1949/12/26 (1949)
• War or Peace? 1950 Fateful Year, 1950/12/21 (1950)
• anniversary of 1953 East Berlin uprising (1959)
• Ike's Challenge, 1955/07/21 (1955)
• Storm Havoc. Hurricane Kills 43, Damage 15 Millions, 1955/08/15 (1955)
• Air Defenses, 1955/08/18 (1955)
• Flood Relief. President Inspects Area and Speeds Aid, 1955/08/25 (1955)
• New York City, 1955/09/05 (1955)
• U.S. Jet Planes Go To Airforce of The Netherlands, 1955/12/19 (1955)
• Army Digs In for Defense of Arctic, 1956/02/27 (1956)
• Arctic Sentinels. Building Rushed on Radar Defense, 1956/04/09 (1956)
• Armed Forces display U.S. Might On Observance Day, 1956/05/21 (1956)
• H-Bomb Blast Exploded at 15,000 Feet Over Pacific, 1956/05/24 (1956)
• Cyprus Riots, 1956/05/31 (1956)
• Republican Convention, 1956/08/20 (1956)
• Freedom Road. Hungarian Patriots force Red Retreat, 1956/10/24 (1956)
• War in Egypt. British and French Bomb Its Key Cities, 1956/11/01 (1956)
• A New Nation. Gold Coast becomes Ghana In Ceremony, 1957/03/07 (1957)
• Kansas, 1957/04/04 (1957)
• Spanish Revolution Anniversary, 1957/04/08 (1957)
• Atom Fallout. New Tests Begin As Safety Debate Rages, 1957/05/30 (1957)
• British H-Bomb Fired As Debate On Atom Test Ban Rages, 1957/06/03 (1957)
• 'Moon' Is Born. The Story of 'Project Vanguard', 1957/07/04 (1957)
• Dedication. Warren, Hoover, Hail New Truman Library, 1957/07/08 (1957)
• US Fires Biggest A-Bomb, 1957/07/08 (1957)
• Red Colonel. Top-Ranking Russian Spy Chief Captured, 1957/08/12 (1957)
• Pennsylvania, 1957/11/04 (1957)
• Air Force Gets A New Theme Song, 1957/12/09 (1957)
• Satellite A Bust. Rocket Blows Up In First U.S, 1957/12/09 (1957)
• Baghdad pact. Unified Military Command Seen, 1958/01/30 (1958)
• First U.S. Satellite Launched! 1958/02/03 (1958)
• Britain Mourns. Soccer Champs Die In Plane Crash, 1958/02/10 (1958)
• 'Dead' A-Bomb Hits U.S. Town, 1958/03/13 (1958)
• A-Sub Epic. Nautilus Pioneers North Pole Seaway, 1958/08/11 (1958)
• Triton Launched. Giant Sub First With Twin Nuclear Engines, 1958/08/21 (1958)
• Atlas In Orbit. Radios Ike's Message Of Peace To World, 1958/12/22 (1958)
• 49th Star. Alaska Statehood, New Flag, Official, 1959/01/05 (1959)
• Castro Triumphs. Havana Crowds Hail Success Of Revolt, 1959/01/05 (1959)
• Rally For Castro. One Million Roar 'Si' To Cuban Executions, 1959/01/22 (1959)
• Project Argus 'Greatest Experiment': 3 A-Blasts In Space, 1959/03/19 (1959)
• California, 1959/04/30 (1959)
• Space Monkeys Meet Press After Missile Mission, 1959/06/01 (1959)
• Nixon In U.S.S.R. Opening U.S. Fair, Clashes With Mr. K, 1959/07/27 (1959)
• West Coast Hails First World Series, 1959/10/05 (1959)
• New Magellan. 'Triton' Circles World Submerged, 1960/05/12 (1960)
• Summit Crisis. Mr. K. In Ugly Mood Over U-2 Incident, 1960/05/16 (1960)
• U-2 At U.N. Reds Now Charge U.S. Menaces Peace, 1960/05/23 (1960)
• Cataclysm. Volcano, Tidal Waves, Devastate Pacific Area, 1960/05/27 (1960)
• Missile Milestone. First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, 1960/07/21 (1960)
• 25 Years Ago, 1960/09/22 (1960)
• Kennedy Elected, 1960/11/10 (1960)
• Lumumba Seized. Followers Threaten New Congo Upheaval, 1960/12/05 (1960)
• News Highlights of 1960, 1960/12/31 (1960)
• Inauguration. Kennedy Sworn In, New Era Begins, 1961/01/23 (1961)
• Eichmann trial, 1961/04/13 (1961)
• Cuba Invaded. Foes of Castro Open Offensive, 1961/04/19 (1961)
• First Pictures. Soviets Hail Space hero, 1961/04/19 (1961)
• Cosmonaut. Russian Orbits Globe17 Times, 1961/08/07 (1961)
• Berlin, 1961/08/31 (1961)
• Chimp into space (no title), 1961/11/30 (1961)
• Space Triumph! Glenn Flight Thrills World, 1962/02/22 (1962)
• A Day in History. Telstar Brings World Closer, 1962/07/12 (1962)
• The Wall, 1962/08/16 (1962)
• Kennedy Tour. Calls For U.S. lead In Space, 1962/09/13 (1962)
• The Red Threat. President Orders Cuban Blockade, 1962/10/22 (1962)
• The Cuban Crisis, 1962/10/25 (1962)
• Crisis Eases. Wary U.S. Awaits Missile Removal, 1962/10/29 (1962)
• Suspense Story. Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock, 1963/03/18 (1963)
• Space Tour. Kennedy Inspects Missile Center, 1963/11/18 (1963)
• New York World's Fair, 1964/03/02 (1964)
• The Olympics. U.S. Dominates Tokyo Games, 1964/10/15 (1964)
• Fashions, 1964/10/26 (1964)
• Olympics End. U.S. Teams Win Medal Honors, 1964/10/26 (1964)
• Showdown in Vietnam, 1965/02/08 (1965)
• McNamara On Vietnam. New Moves Counter Red Infiltration, 1965/04/26 (1965)
• Marines In Action. Dominican Rescue, Vietnam Offensive, 1965/04/29 (1965)
• Johnson On Vietnam. Vows To Fight On Until Reds Parley, 1965/05/13 (1965)
• Space Policeman. Pegasus Measures Action Of Meteoroids, 1965/05/27 (1965)
• Vietnam Action. Enterprise Planes Support Troops, 1965/12/09 (1965)
• Viet Sweep. Troops Take Cong Stronghold, 1967/02/28 (1967)
• Airbase Shelled. Soviet Rockets Used In Attack, 1967/03/03 (1967)
• Vietnam. Big Enemy force Repulsed by G.I.'s, 1967/04/04 (1967)
• Peace March. Thousands Oppose Vietnam War, 1967/04/18 (1967)
• Expo 67 'Monument To Man' Opens In Canada (1967)
• Protests Galore! 1967/05/05 (1967)
• Mid-East. Israeli-Egyptian Battle Erupts, 1967/06/06 (1967)
• Egypt Accepts United Nations Cease-Fire, 1967/06/09 (1967)
• Cease-Fire. Uneasy Truce In Mid-East, 1967/06/13 (1967)
• Anti-War Demonstrators Storm Pentagon, 1967/10/24 (1967)
• Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 97, 11/28/1963 (1963)
• Wetback Round-up (1954)

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