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For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential source of information – and misinformation – for generations of American moviegoers. Television news and public affairs programs became a great improvement over the scanty information offered by the newsreels. This documentary offers insight into a medium which has disappeared.
Golfer Sam Snead shows the audience some tips and tricks in this humorous CinemaScope short.
A Soundie featuring Yasha Davidoff with Simeon Karavaeff, Lalla Zalipskaya, Nadia Veralle, and the Russian Balalaika Orchestra.
Brooklyn, U.S.A. is a 1947 English language short film directed by Arthur Cohen, starring Ted de Corsia. It was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Short Subject, One-Reel. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Fight of the Wild Stallions is a 1947 short documentary film produced by Thomas Mead about wild stallions in the wilds and the business of wrangling them. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers
Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?
Comedy short about Buddy Hackett as an incompetent bowler.
Linking free enterprise with freedom and democracy, 24 Hours of Progress shows the oil industry at work and Americans using oil-based products.
A documentary about South Africa. Discusses two tribes, some of the descendants of the Indian immigrants that settled there, and the wildlife.