A Day Called ‘X’ was a dramatized CBS documentary set in Portland, Oregon in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid, after Soviet bombers had been detected by radar stations to the north; it…
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Airpower at Khe Sanh (1968)
This is an Vietnam era Air Force film about the Marine fire base at Khe Sanh, which was supported by OPERATION NIAGARA in early 1968, which supplied 24,000 tactical sorties and 2,700 B-52 sorties. Airpower dropped over 110,000 tons of…
Atomic Annie (1955)
“Atomic Annie” or “Amazon Annie” was a 280mm cannon capable of delivering a 15-20 kiloton nuclear weapon to a range of about 40 miles. I need one of these for my yard.
The W19 was an American Nuclear artillery shell,…
Beaten Nazis Sign Surrender (1945)
General Yodell accepts unconditional surrender for Germany. Mussolini and his mistress hang from the rafters of a gas station while partisans try and execute the last of the fascists, .German prisoners of war claim they never met a Nazi.
This…
Chevrolet Leader News
Here’s some Chevy-centric short films from Chevrolet called Chevrolet Leader News. News items. One piece bathing beauties. Classic 1930’s Chevy Cars. It’s a blast from the past.
Despotism (1946)
Despotism examines how a country becomes a despotate. It explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on…
Edison Newsreels: San Francisco Earthquake aftermath (1906)
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake…
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (2008)
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly named the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST) is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit. Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with…
Jackie Kennedy Whitehouse Tour (1962)
Jacqueline “Jackie” Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination…
Marihuana (1936)
Aka “Marihuana, the Devil’s Weed” or “Marihuana, the Weed with Roots in Hell!”. “A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.” Directed by … Dwain Esper, written by Hildegarde Stadie and Rex Elgin.
In the United States, the 1937…
My Japan (1943)
My Japan is an extremely racist, extremely violent example of a World War II propaganda film. It’s pretty disturbing, but that’s what makes it sort of interesting. To see where we were in the 1940s.
The film was produced by…
Reefer Madness (1936)
Reefer Madness is a 1936 propaganda film revolving around the tragic events that follow when high school students are lured by pushers to try “marihuana”: a hit and run accident, manslaughter, suicide, rape, and descent into madness all ensue. The…
The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
On March 1, 1953, after an all-night dinner in his residence in Krylatskoye some 15 km west of Moscow centre with interior minister Lavrentiy Beria and future premiers Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin did not emerge…
The Twenty Five Hour Day
The film follows the preparation and execution of a mission to interdict the flow of supplies from North Vietnam. There is excellent footage of many of the aircraft in use at that time, including F-4s,KC-135s, A-1s, and HH-53s. Lots of…
Universal Newsreels – Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States of America, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. The Russians call it the “Caribbean Crisis,” while the Cubans call it the “October Crisis.” The crisis ranks…
Universal Newsreels – Vietnam (1965-67)
The Communist-held Democratic Republic of Vietnam was opposed by the US-supported Republic of Vietnam. Disagreements soon emerged over the organizing of elections and reunification, and the U.S. began increasing its contribution of military advisers. U.S. forces were soon embroiled in…
Victory at Sea (1952)
Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in the USA in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953.…
What to Do On a Date (1955)
It’s amazing how much things change. Kids today have a wide choice in media. In the 50’s and 60’s our media was a 16mm projector and we got to watch choice things like this. It was 1950. Being a commie,…