Universal Newsreel Featuring WWII Allied Convoy Battle

British newsreel footage about Allied ships battling Axis planes. Lots of big guns and explosions in this. Also, other stories about British royalty touring Scotland, inspecting a fire brigade and a daycare center. A British slice of life from World War II.
In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.

Universal City Studios gifted Universal Newsreel to the American people, put the newsreels into the public domain, and gave film materials to the National Archives in 1976. Surviving materials from the entire collection are available at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.

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[NewBoi1980]

Love these old newsreels. Added this to one of my World War II playlists. Thanks!