Description: The Historical Archive Sample Page News of the Day 1939-1941 DVD Universal Newsreels Including President Roosevelt Preparing the Country for War and Supporting Our Allies, Hitler's Invasion of Poland, Holland, Belgium and Attack on Russia, King George and Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, Santo Tomas Prisoner Liberation and Much More Be sure to check out our News of the Day DVD Collection in our Store (Links open in a new window) Before the TV was commonplace, people saw the news at their local movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before feature films and at dedicated newsreel movie theaters in larger cities.These vintage Universal Newsreel collections are a way to glimpse special events of the past. A note on quality: Newsreels were not preserved with the same care as much other old film footage. Although most of the footage is of very good quality, this collection may have portions that are silent or have degraded audio or video. This collection includes the years of 1939, 1940 and 1941 and has a run time of 1 hour 28 minutes. Some of the news items covered in this collection include: Prime Minister Chamberlain declares a state of war exists; Hitler's war machine rolls into Poland; King George and Queen Elizabeth leave London on the start of their trip to Canada and the U.S.; Strongly condemning the Nazi invasion of Holland and Belgium, President Roosevelt tells the 8th American Scientific Congress that the Americas are shocked and angered by Hitler's newest attack; Queen Elizabeth is an interested spectator at a colorful parade of 'Wats,' Women Auxiliary Territorial Service units; Historic scenes as the first peace-time draft in the U.S. gets underway; Gen. John J. Pershing, says the 'Allies are fighting a war for civilization' and urges the country to send them unlimited supplies of planes, arms and ammunition; Pres. Roosevelt tells the United States that it must be on guard against enemy agents and spies; Pres.Roosevelt requests an additional Billion Dollars for defense; President Roosevelt purchases the first 'defense' bond from Treasury Secretary Morgenthau; Prime Minister Churchill gets warm welcome from hardy Icelanders as he arrives on 'Prince of Wales.' ; Nazi Germany and Red Russia, are engaged in a life-and-death struggle along 2,000 miles of frontier; Santo Tomas Prisoners Liberated; and much more Here are some sample clips from the DVD Please visit Our About Me Page to Learn More about Us! This product is a DVD. It is region free so it can play on DVD players anywhere in the world. All our DVDs are professionally produced and packaged in DVD cases. This allows you to easily store them with your DVD collection. Our DVDs are designed to play on all home DVD players and all computer DVD players. They are region free, NTSC productions. Please be aware that in many instances, the master films of these old films are not of the same quality as a modern mega-million dollar production and from time to time, you may notice small quality imperfections that you would not see in a modern production. View Our Other Products: To view a listing of all our hundreds of products currently available, click the link below: -->View All Products<-- (Note: This will open a new browser window. ) Shipping and Handling: We offer a variety of shipping options via USPS. All options/shipping fees for your country are detailed in the listing shipping tab or when you check out. We ship in the United States and many international locations. A special note to our international customers: We only charge shipping costs on our items (and shipping fees from the US are regrettably really that expensive.) We do not collect customs or any other country specific duties. Any such fees owed are your responsibility when the item arrives at your location. Shipping is generally completed within one business day of purchase. Payment options: Our payment processor is PayPal Guarantee: All items are covered by a 30 day money back guarantee. Only the purchase price is refunded. Shipping is not refunded. Item must be sent back at buyer's expense and buyer must include the auction ID and method of payment with the item to receive a refund. xygooberpie123 Feedback: We give positive feedback to all our paying customers at the time your product is shipped. To purchase your DVD for immediate delivery, just click on the Buy It Now button at the bottom of the page. Product and Product Advertisement Copyright © THA New Media LLC - All Rights Reserved
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Format: DVD-R
Movie/TV Title: Universal Newsreels 1939-1941 Film Collection
Region Code: DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)
Genre: Documentary
Sub-Genre: Historical, Military/War