'New York At War' parade New York City 1942

'New York at War'on Army Day, June 13, 1942. The largest parade ever held in New York at that time, it lasted about 11 hours going up Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to 72nd Street. There were an estimated half-million people participating in the parade.
In the first part Mayor La Guardia is seen marching at about the 3:40 mark and Roy Rogers, riding Trigger, appears at about 6:25.

Newsreel 1950 China in UN, Korea Invaded

Newsreel from 1950 featuring:
- Nationalist China seated in UN. Malek departed and absent when Korean War began.
- Communist activities in Berlin, France, Japan, Union Square in New York. Spy Gubitchev deported.
- Korea Invaded. MacArthur. Savage war of attrition on narrow beachhead, scores died. Atrocities and rapidly narrowing perimeter. 12 nations rallied, led by Canada. Inchon landing, air cover of B-29s dropping bombs. Allies push north. UN armies forced into retreat, paid heavily in casualties. Chosin resorvoir
- Atom Bomb, symbol of modern destruction. Pilgrims to Rome, men of all faiths prayed for peace.

Newsreel 1941 Roosevelt Speaks At Academy Awards, Jimmy Stuart Gets Oscar...

Sound newsreel from 1941 featuring:
-Roosevelt speaks ,from the White House, at Motion Picture Academy Awards.
-Jimmy Stuart and Ginger Rogers get Oscars.
-Horse racing.
-British forces rout Italians and take prisoners in Libya, war footage.
-Britain bringing POWs to Bombay, India.

Newreel 1924

A short film newsreel from 1924. No sound, but title cards.

More soon...

Been busy, will be posting more videos soon...

Experiments in the Revival of Organisms 1940

We will start with the two most popular Youtube uploads I've had.
This film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead dogs, as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.

Experiments in the Revival of Organisms(1940) pt1
Experiments in the Revival of Organisms(1940) pt2

Retro News now up!!

Well, I've decided to start a blog featuring retro/vintage videos and images. My focus is news and pop culture. If you've found me from my Youtube page, this blog will be different in that I will try to give more background on the videos when I can.