Alexander Street Press has put online thousands of newsreels from the 1920s through the 1960s, free until April 30. (Or so they say: I can’t find “thousands” on the site but there are a bunch.)
American History in Video
March 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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1 John // Mar 19, 2009 at 10:57 am
Ah, the dulcet tones of Ed Herlihy…
2 Adam // Mar 22, 2009 at 10:34 am
This is a very cool site, not only are there transcripts, but the text is highlighted real time to match what is being spoken. Of course I searched for Hiroshima, the first footage after the bombs, which I had previously only seen still images of : http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/526406 Outside of the distruction, what’s mildly disturbing is that the newsreel continues from Japan to footage of Harry S. Truman throwing out a ball at a baseball game, which a president hadn’t done for 5 years. The juxtaposition somehow makes it extra eerie.
3 Meg Keller // Oct 20, 2009 at 1:38 pm
American History in Video is up for free through November 15th at http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com
Thanks for posting!
All best,
Alexander Street
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