/r/newsreels

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Newsreels were short films containing news stories that were shown before films in cinemas between the 1910s and 1970s. This subreddit is for lovers of newsreels and history in general to post and discuss old newsreels they find.

Newsreels were short films containing news stories that were shown before films in cinemas between the 1910s and 1970s.

This subreddit is for lovers of newsreels and history in general to post and discuss old newsreels they find.

Newsreel Sources

Newsreels can be found in many places but here are a few of the biggest and best sources.

British Pathé

British Movietone

Universal Newsreels

Library of Congress

Rules

1. Only Submit Newsreels

This subreddit is for historical newsreels. Modern news video segments are not to be submitted here. It is better to upload the video directly to Reddit rather than submit it as a link because posts that use the Reddit video player are much easier to watch and will thus receive more views.

2. Titles Should Be Clear, Concise and Accurate

Submissions with titles that aren't clear, concise and accurate will be removed as will those that include irrelevant information such as the poster's personal opinion.

3. Titles Should Include a Year

If no specific date is available for the video you can provide an approximate such as 'circa 1920s' or 'World War II'.

4. Be Polite and Professional

Users are expected to be polite and professional at all times.

/r/newsreels

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US Reveals Armed Might for Churchill! News Reel/War Film (1942)

0 Comments
2023/11/01
14:22 UTC
11

Mechanised Exercise - 1961

3 Comments
2023/06/28
04:23 UTC
22

Disarming a German naval mine - 1944

2 Comments
2023/05/28
02:04 UTC
27

How Photographs Were Transmitted by Wire - 1937

2 Comments
2023/04/28
10:30 UTC
31

Predictions of 21st Century Fashion - 1960

2 Comments
2023/04/13
06:52 UTC
31

Women's exercise - 1941

4 Comments
2023/04/02
04:18 UTC
42

One day, a computer will fit on a desk - 1974

5 Comments
2023/03/22
07:57 UTC
17

Ideal Home Exhibition - 1963

1 Comment
2023/03/09
06:56 UTC
30

'The Problem of Malta', newsreel about Malta's unsuccessful attempt to integrate itself with the United Kingdom - 1955

3 Comments
2023/02/22
06:20 UTC
33

Swinging Britain in the 60s: A Psychedelic Dream - 1967

1 Comment
2023/02/12
06:33 UTC
16

Cosmetics Factory - 1972

6 Comments
2023/02/04
04:32 UTC
9

The Dance Exotic! (1935) British Pathé

2 Comments
2023/01/23
20:16 UTC
19

B24 Liberator Bomber Shot Down In Carolines Raid In WWII - 1945

1 Comment
2023/01/20
03:32 UTC
10

The Four Spallas Issue Title Is The Very Idea (1939) British Pathé

1 Comment
2023/01/06
21:33 UTC
14

Very early mobile phone prototype - 1946

2 Comments
2023/01/06
05:37 UTC
19

May Wong - Believe It Or Not (1940) British Pathé

0 Comments
2022/12/30
23:58 UTC
5

Indian Rubber Muscles (1928) Miss Reita Mugent performs an "Indian Rubber Muscles" dance - British Pathé

0 Comments
2022/12/27
20:03 UTC
24

The Art of Gold Beating - 1959

2 Comments
2022/12/26
07:32 UTC
2

Training Hours (1929-1930) - Nadejda Nikolaeva

0 Comments
2022/12/25
20:58 UTC
4

Girl weightlifters at gym in Paddington, London (1954)

1 Comment
2022/12/23
00:07 UTC
18

HMS Barham Explodes & Sinks, World War II - 1941

2 Comments
2022/12/21
04:35 UTC
15

Christmas Shopping - 1958

1 Comment
2022/12/18
08:02 UTC
23

What is an Attractive Man? - 1967

2 Comments
2022/12/15
08:53 UTC
18

Empire State Building Plane Crash - 1945

1 Comment
2022/12/13
07:07 UTC
24

Space Age Hair Fashions - 1962

2 Comments
2022/12/10
06:08 UTC
22

Should husbands watch the birth of their children? - 1962

1 Comment
2022/12/06
05:34 UTC
47

Britain's Jamaican immigrant problem - 1955

5 Comments
2022/12/03
07:35 UTC
12

Polar flight via Anchorage, Alaska - 1969

1 Comment
2022/11/28
07:00 UTC
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