Videoteca

The Wall 1962 star_border 7
Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gathered footage from U.S. and German newsreel sources and crafted this taut short film about the first year of the Berlin Wall. Straightforward, keenly balanced narration portrays Berliners as "accepting the wall but never resigned to it". The extraordinary footage of the first escapes was propaganda enough-- His challenge was to make the politics human.

Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert 1939 star_border 5.5
Short film which documents Marian Anderson's singing performance at the Lincoln Memorial.

The "Promised Land" Barred to "Hoboes" 1936
Newsreel story about the California “Bum Blockade”, a scheme which fell apart after 2 months.

The News Parade of 1934! 1934 star_border 5.5
Significant events from 1934, in the United States and abroad, are covered in newsreel format.

A Call for Help from Sing Sing! 1934
This plea to reduce the growing numbers of imprisoned youths, with its warning from the celebrated warden of Sing Sing prison, is drawn from the October 1, 1934, issue of Hearst Metrotone News. The segment’s dynamic visuals, on-camera personal appeal, and extended length make the story atypical for a newsreel, but the form’s usual breathless pace is applied to a cautionary fable: the too-frequent “road” of youth from school through unemployment, homelessness, and crime and on to the gates of the penitentiary. -National Film Preservation Foundation

Repeal Brings Wet Flood! 1933
Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

First Repeal Gin Shipped 1933
A Hearst Metrotone prohibition newsreel.

Dry Agents Still on the Job 1932
A Hearst Metrotone News reel.

Offers Herself as Bride for $10,000 1931 star_border 5
In an on-camera interview, Ohio working girl Mary Clowes explains that she is offering her hand in marriage to whoever can provide $10,000 to support her parents, who have since lost their farm and who, following the deaths of her two brothers, rely on her as their lone source of financial support.

Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report 1931
People give their opinion to the report on the unpopular Dry Law.

Hoover Board's Dry Law Stirs Nation 1931
G.W. Wickersham, head of Commission, sums up it's findings for Metrotone.

More Bad News for the Thirsty 1930
Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.

Listen To Some Words of Wisdom 1930
Short newsreel on why personal thrift feeds the Depression.

Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding 1921
President Harding and his wife paying tribute to a group of Indians (Fragment of a longer piece)