- Universal Newsreel
Universal Newsreel (sometimes known as Universal-International Newsreel or just U-I Newsreel) was a series of 7-10 minute newsfilms that were released twice-a-week between 1929 and 1967. Nearly all of them were filmed in black-and-white, and many were narrated by legendary announcer
Ed Herlihy .In 1976, the films' owner, MCA, made the unusual decision to turn over ownership of all of the newsreels to the National Archives. The decision effectively ended Universal's
copyright claim, releasing the films into thepublic domain .Because royalties no longer have to be paid in order to broadcast them, the Universal Newsreels have become a popular source of
file footage in recent years.The History Channel made them a key part of the TV series "Year-By-Year". Also,C-SPAN andCNN regularly use the films for video of events that took place before those networks were founded.External links
* [http://www.archive.org/details/tmp_05001 25 newsreels from Prelinger Archives]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels Universal Newsreel collection at Internet Archive. About 600 reels]
* [http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/newsreels/index.html Extensive index and clips of the Universal Newreels from San Diege University]
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