Hollywood In The 1920s

Fascinating old newsreel footage of various Hollywood street scenes, theaters and restaurants in the 1920s. Also great shots of Hollywood stars of the time.

Getting Autographs in 1933

This is a newsreel of a typical Hollywood stars outing from 1933 staged with Frankie Darro getting autographs from various stars. Features Jeanette MacDonald, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin, George Raft, Arlene Judge, Jean Harlow, Miriam Hopkins, Constance Cummings, Benn Levy and George Bancroft.

Chevy Newsreels Pets- Hollywood Monkey Stars (1937)

This a newsreel sponsored by Chevrolet featuring Dodson's Hollywood Monkey Stars.

Vintage Fashion Newsreel: Men's Fashion 1954

Flashback to the sophisticated men's wear styles of the mid-50s. See a men's fashion show featuring elegant suits and jackets.

Conquering Roads-Chevrolet Newsreel (1937)

Documentary from 1937 sponsored by Chevrolet & General Motors about the new highways being built across America. Plenty of scenes of cars and trucks from the era, as well as details of how the new roads are constructed.

Farmer Makes "Music" With Hands (1933)

Farmer Cecil Dill, of Traverse City, Michigan, an aspiring radio artist, demonstrates his ability to render popular melodies by pressing his hands together, creating a juvenile sound. Dill modestly tells how he discovered his amazing talent.

Hop Picking In Kent (1929)

Great Empire News Bulletin shows workers busily stripping vines in the Kentish hop gardens. Many of the pickers are children, who beam cheekily at the camera before settling down for a hearty picnic. From the comments:

Hop picking was actually considered a treat for London's inner city inhabitants. Every summer, families from the cramped, dirty, and squalid East End would tramp to London's environs to pick hops and enjoy the sunshine and space.

Movietone News:Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day

Excerpt from a Fox Movietone News newsreel, reporting on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium (July 4, 1939).

Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan- Newsreel

Helen Keller, the American author, political activist and lecturer, and her instructor and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan, appears in a Vitaphone newsreel from 1930. In this footage, Sullivan shows the way Helen Keller learned to talk.

1950's Knife Throwing Mother

1950s newsreel clip of a mother throwing knives at her children.

The Passing of Marilyn Monroe

Vintage newsreel dating from 1962 announcing the death of Marilyn Monroe.