Yesterday's Newsreel 2-DVD Set (ZIV)

YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL, a TV show produced by ZIV in the 1950s, ran for half an hour and showcased a captivating collection of General Newsreels from the period between 1901 and 1936. The segments of each newsreel provided a historical account of various events including fashion, sports, celebrity news, World War I, scientific discoveries, natural disasters, and other noteworthy news highlights.

15 episodes containing a total of 121 newsreels are included on this 2 DVD Set:

Episode19: The King Who Was Never Crowned-1936; First Fan Dancers Convention 1934; Personalities 1919; Aviation 1919-1949; Coal Strike 1925; Fashions Of The Day 1931; Sports 1936

Episode 2: Lindbergh Makes Epic Flight To Paris; 1927; Rudolph Valentino Dies 1926; Parachute Carries Airplane 1926; Disasters Hit The East Coast 1926; Personalities 1926; Fashions Of The Day 1929; Sports 1926

Episode 9: Memorial At Kitty Hawk 1928; Charleston Dance Contests 1925; Pope Benedictus XV Dies 1922; Personalities 1919; Empire State Building Opens 1931;Earthquake Rocks So. California 1933; Fashions Of The Day 1929; Al Capone Convicted 1931; Sports 1930

Episode 29: Submarine Warfare 1875-1918; Rin Tin Tin 1928; Litvinoff Visits US 1933; Personalities 1918; Miniature Golf Sweeps Nation 1928-1930; Chicago Granary Fire 1932; Piccard’s Balloon 1934; Fashions Of The Day 1928; Sports 1922

Episode 24: Strikers Squat 1937; Ex-Champs Turn Farmers 1924; Horse-Drawn Bus Takes Last Ride 1916; Personalites 1930; Death Rides A Dirigible 1930; Fashions Of The Day 1920; Aviation 1925-1949; Sports 1928

Episode 101: Freedom’s Documents 1920 & 1949; The Great Leroy 1920; Famous Rare Gems 1921; Cannonball Baker 1920; Personalities 1921; Mammouth Fire 1930; Too Many Homes 1921; Aviation 1939; Fashions Of The Day 1926; Sports 1919

Episode 102: The Soldier King 1914-1934; Tug Of Water 1921; Personalities 1922; Bayonne Inferno 1930; Chicago’s Union Station Open 1925; Aviation 1922; Fashions Of The Day 1921; Sports 1920

Episode 47: The Rhineland Watch 1920-1930; Walking Doll 1922; Holiday For Strings 1935; Personalites 1925; High Winds Crush Wooden Oil Wells 1922; Ak-Sar-Ben Festival 1912; Aviation 1935; Fashions Of The Day 1926; Sports 1933

Episode 98: Russia! 1917-1938; World War 1 War Worker 1917; Personalities 1921; Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931); Fashions Of The Day 1936; The U.S.S. Akron Disaster 1933; Sports 1931

Episode 26: Men Behind The President 1933; 75-Year-Olds’ Convention 1927; Personalities 1920; Tornado Sweeps Thru South 1936; Senator Cole Poses For Sculptor 1923; Aviation 1923; Fashions Of The Day 1920; Sports 1925

Episode 20: 1920 Presidential Nomination; First Water Ballet For America 1938; Fifty Destroyers Sent To Aid Britain 1941; Personalities 1927; Freedom For The Philippines 1935-1946; Gale Rocks New York City 1928; Aviation 1909-1912; Fashions Of The Day 1924; Sports 1916

Episode 19: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939; Aviation 1910; Personalities 1928; The S-4 1927; Police Strike 1919; Fashions Of The Day 1914; Sports 1917

Episode 20: Woman Wins The Right To Vote 1917-1920; The Great Ziegfeld 1929; Aviation 1931; Personalities 1928; Worst Hurricane In East Coast History 1938; Fashions Of The Day 1914; United States Buys The Virgin Islands 1917; Sports 1929

Episode 21: Germany Navy Surrenders! 1918; Jack “Legs” Diamond 1930; Mt. Kilauea! 1924; Personalities 1922; The Irish Free State Is Born 1921; Teddy Roosevelt Flies!; Fashions Of The Day 1929; Sports 1927

Episode 25: The Gandhi Story 1869-1948; Aviation 1929; Personalities 1930; Earthquake In New Zealand 1931; D.W. Griffith Receives Award 1919; Fashions Of The Day 1934; Sports 1936

USA, 1950’s, B&W, 180 minutes. 2 DVD-SET

NTSC Region 0 encoding (Entire World)