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American Maker (1960)Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone. | Vietnam Anti-War Protests (1967)This Universal newsreel covers a massive anti-war demonstration in Washington DC in 1967. | The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11 (1969)Through television, motion picture and still photography, this film provides an "eye-witness" perspective of the Apollo 11 mission that put a human on the moon in July 1969. | Bay of Pigs (1961)This episode of NBC White Paper from 1964 describes the events of the ill fated Bay of Pigs invasion. The effort was an attempt by Cuban exiles to retake the island from the Castro regime. |
Big Bounce (1960)The story of the Echo communications satellite project, and how scientists learned to bounce a radio signal off a big balloon. | Century 21 Calling (1962)Romp through the futuristic landscape of the Seattle World's Fair, centered in the Bell System pavilion. | Columbia Revolt Part 1 (1969)Documentary on the Columbia University student strike and takeover in 1969. | Civil Rights Movement: The North (1963)Peabody Award winning news report from 1963(co-hosted by Bob Teague) examining race and segregation in Chicago, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Maryland. |
Cuban Missile Crisis Speech by JFK (1962)In his speech President Kennedy reports the establishment of offensive missile sites presumably intended to launch a nuclear offensive against Western nations. | The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)This Universal Newsreel from October 1962 details the major events of the Cuban Missile Crisis | The Dropout (1962)A warning to would-be slackers, The Dropout shows the loneliness and frustration that develop in Robert, who drops out of school and tries to find a job before he is qualified to compete in the highly competitive world of modern work. Told in Davis' inimitable voiceover style, this film retells the classic "downward spiral" tale. | Integration Report (1960)Documentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson. |
Special Release: President Assassinated (1963)This Universal newsreel was released the day after the assassination of President John F Kennedy. | Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire (1965)A study of the Ku Klux Klan today, describing their aims and the characteristics of the membership and depicting some of their white-robed ceremonies. Shows historic footage of a reorganization of the Klan in 1915. | Lee Harvey Oswald in Custody (1963)This short clip includes Oswald's brief news conference at the jail and his subsequent murder at the hands of Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. | The March (1964)The March, also known as The March to Washington is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. |
The March in Washington (1963)On August 28, 1963, more than a quarter million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, gathering near the Lincoln Memorial. Stemming from a rapidly growing tide of grassroots support and outrage over the nation's racial inequities, the rally drew over 260,000 people from across the nation. This short film is a compilation of highlights from the event. | NBC Coverage of the JFK Assassination (1963)This is the coverage of the Kennedy assassination broadcast by NBC on 22 November 1963. It is literally history as it was made. | Negro and the South (1965)A look at life in the South, featuring interviews with both Blacks and whites. The film captures the intense hardship suffered by Black Americans in the South, the Southern way of life. | New Girl in the Office (1960)The New Girl in the Office is a 1960 short film about a company that hires an African-American woman to integrate its all-white office staff in order to comply with government regulations on equal opportunity employment |
November 22nd and the Warren Report (1963)This Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) special news report features Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather as they presented taped interviews with individuals associated with the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, along with the Warren Commission report findings that had just that day been released. Interviews include eyewitness accounts of the shooting, as well as taped interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, mother, and best friend. | Now Is The Time (1967)Now Is the Time featured actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis doing in-studio readings from the passionate writings of American Negroes as cameras caught on-location illustrative and impressionistic films of Philadelphia Negroes. | Red Chinese Battle Plan (1964)Cold War-era anti-Chinese propaganda film featuring footage of revolutionary activities and combat, 1921-1964. | Red China (1962)In Red China, host Chet Huntley traces the consolidation of power by Mao Tse-tung and China's Communist Party. This was an episode of the NBC White Paper series. |
Red Nightmare (1962)A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles. | Red Threat (1962)Universal Newsreel coverage of President Kennedys speech regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. | Nixon's Last Press Conference (1962)After losing the California gubernatorial election to Pat Brown, Richard Nixon made these remarks to the press. In this excerpt, Nixon says that this is his last press conference and makes the famous statement, "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more." Six years later, Nixon was elected President of the United States. | Shame (1962)Shame, also known as I Hate Your Guts and The Intruder, is a 1962 film directed by Roger Corman starring William Shatner as a racist mystery man sent to stir trouble in a southern town that is about to integrate its high school. |
Space Triumph (1960)Discoverer XIII capsule recovered 333 miles from Hawaii, 50-star flag taken from capsule and given to President Eisenhower. Echo I satellite launched by Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral the next day, relayed telephone call west coast. | The Mastery of Space (1962)Traces the development of the United States man-in-space program Project Mercury, showing scenes of the flight of Freedom 7 and the orbital flight of Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. Discusses briefly Project Gemini, Project Apollo, and the Saturn booster. | NASA Aeronautics and Space Report (1965)The short film features space news from 1965. Topics include the upcoming Gemini 5 mission and the Space Park at the New York World's Fair | Stand in the Schoolhouse Door (1963)This news report features the efforts by Alabama Governor George C Wallace to prevent the admission of Black students to the University of Alabama in 1963. |
The Wall (1962)A government film about the construction of the Berlin Wall and its effect on the people of the city. | Vietnam: Journal of a War Part 1 (1966)This episode of Panorama explores the state of the Vietnam War as it was in 1966. | Vietnam: Journal of a War Part 2 (1966)This episode of Panorama explores the state of the Vietnam War as it was in 1966. | Village Sunday (1960)Exploration of the colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. |
New York World's Fair 1964 (1964)This film introduces and describes the features and attractions of the 1964 New York World's Fair. Built on the site of the 1939 fair, the sequel was, in some respects, an update to the original World of Tomorrow theme. | Years of Lightning Days of Drums (1965)Made by the United States Information Agency in 1964 as a memorial tribute to President Kennedy to be shown overseas, this film captures the spirit and vitality of his presidency with excerpts from many of his speeches as well as color footage of his swearing in and inaugural address. This film captures the spirit and vitality of John F. Kennedy's presidency with excerpts from many of his speeches as well as footage of his swearing in and inaugural address. | Your Name Here (1960)Bizarre film from Calvin Communications, in which they satirize their own formulaic approach to industrial promotional films, showing how the idea of the "American Dream" is utilized to sell products. A real insight into the humor and tongue-in-cheek attitude lying behind a lot of the industrial films of the 50s and 60s. | Zapruder Film (1963)The Zapruder film is one of the most famous "home movie" of all time. This 8 mm film, shot by Abraham Zapruder from the so-called "grassy knoll", captures the assassination of John F Kennedy as it happened. |