Although some people were able to see
him on newsreels, not everyone had access to these, not the same way we have access to TV today.
by Bryant Frazer English cinematographer Christopher Challis got his start working
on newsreels and travelogues before getting a gig with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's production company, The Archers.
00:49 - And now he moves on to praising Gordon Brown - this will be playing
on the newsreels tomorrow.
He put the following comments
on the newsreel of the site www.wim-wenders.com in October 2002:
Not exact matches
On a day such as today, our thoughts invariably stray to the past, but, as the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, once put it, and I quote: «we do not intend to live on past memories, nor the Ghana story to be only what can be seen on old newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits of past heroes»
On a day such as today, our thoughts invariably stray to the past, but, as the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, once put it, and I quote: «we do not intend to live
on past memories, nor the Ghana story to be only what can be seen on old newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits of past heroes»
on past memories, nor the Ghana story to be only what can be seen
on old newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits of past heroes»
on old
newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits of past heroes».
In 1978 in northwest Canada's Yukon territory, construction
on a new recreation centre... Some 533 silent films were recovered, including
newsreels and features
20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures have released a fun spin
on the trailer for The Monuments Men by doing it in the style of a World War II
newsreel.
A pair of spotlights shot into the air most likely to announce the new Sizzler
on Rodeo, but I imagined it was to herald one of those old
newsreel, fur coat and spat premieres, right behind the barber college, maybe, that sits at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
* Dunkirk: lapping of leaflets as they fall in quiet street of a seaside town... * Imperceptible bleed of
newsreel and movie, Detroit... * Post-first-kiss, Christine's (Saoirse Ronan's) milestone - marking scream in middle of suburban street, Lady Bird... * Bobby (Willem Dafoe) fires up a cigarette; lights come
on all over The Florida Project....
Extras include a
newsreel from the 1942 Academy Awards (where Mrs. Miniver walked away with 6 awards, including Best Picture), a cartoon Blitz Wolf, a trailer, and a couple WWII - era shorts, For the Common Defense, and the kind of hilarious Mr. Blabbermouth, about the dangers of shooting your mouth of with gossip and negative talk
on the home front during times of war.
Blu - ray and DVD, with plenty of supplements: new interviews with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch and music critic Gary Giddins, a featurette
on graphic designer Saul Bass and his long collaborative relationship with Preminger, excerpts from a 1967 episode of «Firing Line» featuring Preminger,
newsreel footage from the set, and excerpts from a work - in - progress documentary
on the making of the film, plus stills, a trailer and booklet with a new essay and an archival article.
Leonard Maltin — a hell of a historian, if only a mediocre critic — gives background to the standard «Night at the Movies» simulation that includes in this instance the trailer for Bogart and Huston's Key Largo, a
newsreel, the comedy short So You Want to Be a Detective, and the Looney Tunes cartoon Hot Cross Bunny (featuring an ape
on Lionel Barrymore, whom audiences would have just seen in the Key Largo trailer).
(Elia Kazan, 1947), Call Northside 777 (Henry Hathaway, 1948), and The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948), T - Men achieved this semblance of realism through the then - innovative (by classical Hollywood standards)
on - location filming in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.; a
newsreel - style voiceover; and a cast featuring lesser - known stars like former Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer contract player Dennis O'Keefe.
Frears deftly intercuts his dramatized action with
newsreel footage of mourners laying flowers
on the Queen's London doorstep and criticizing their absent ruler, who kept herself holed away at her Balmoral countryside retreat.
Bonus materials
on the unrated Blu - ray release include audio commentary by Gaylyn Studlar, co-editor of Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster; original 1912
newsreel; a White Star Line promotional film, offering a tour of the Olympic, Titanic's sister ship; and a theatrical trailer.
Sunday's Oscars telecast
on the one hand featured the glittery self - regard that is the hallmark of such an event: Host Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the proceedings with a
newsreel - ish treatment of the «Haaah - llywood staaahs» who, over the course of the show, would be plucked from the firmament to delight the audience below.
As well, you can take a peek at composer Harold Arlen's home movies, outtakes and deleted scenes, special effects sequences, the 1938 MGM short From the Vault: Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power, the 1939
newsreel Cavalcade of Academy Awards, the 1939 trailer Texas Contest Winners, audio vault, the radio promo Leo Is
on the Air, the 1939 radio show Good News, the December 25 1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast, and stills galleries.
His first few minutes, showing celebs
on the red carpet and in the audience and narrating it as an old - style black and white
newsreel was inspired.
Fox Movietone News (1:15) is a short
newsreel on the 22nd Annual Academy Awards, featuring clips from the 1950 ceremony.
Catrin begins writing scripts for informational reels aimed at women, offering helpful tips about keeping quiet
on military matters, lest the enemy be listening (The ministry has the short scenes play in between the
newsreel and the feature, when they have the audience «trapped» in their seats).
A scene in which crewman
on the Nimitz clasp their hands to their heads as they travel through a wormhole, juxtaposed with
newsreel footage of the attack
on Pearl Harbor, elicits genuine pathos, however intentional, at opportunities squandered and historical tragedies re-experienced.
He was credited as consultant
on numerous films, TV and radio shows and even comic books, seen in
newsreels and portrayed as a figure of paternal authority whenever seen or referred to in classic movies.
Well served by mock stock footage of
newsreels and talking head dignitaries going as far back as 1953 when the first «virgin» births began, the refractory history
on parade is ceaselessly sharp and many - sided with most of the gags
on target.
«Fox Movietonews: An Affair to Remember Shipboard Premiere Attracts Celebrities» is a vintage 1 - minute Movietone
newsreel that covers a few celebrity arrivals at the film's premiere, held
on an actual ship.
13 Rue Madeleine was the second feature from producer Louis de Rochemont, who previously spent a decade producing the «March of Time»
newsreel series, the most widely seen non-fiction films
on American screens.
At a climactic concert at a party, rows of listeners can be seen gliding off in separate directions as if
on separate mind journeys, and in a much earlier surreal sequence featuring
newsreel war footage in a cafe, the narrator, reading a letter, can be seen rising with his chair like a film director seated
on a crane, all the way to the top of the room, where he encounters his own childhood self running a projector — an image that might be traced, like much else, to one of Proust's extended descriptive passages.
While Warner treated the 1962 Mutiny to an expansive two - disc Special Edition, the 1935 film settles for just a handful of extras: trailers for both versions, an extremely short
newsreel on the 1935 Oscar win, and a 10 - minute 1935 short called Pitcairn Island Today which completely avoids discussing the supposedly long - accepted Polynesian tradition of underage sex.
Eschewing even the threadbare commentary tracks, trailers, and «
newsreel footage» to be found
on their other releases, it's a wonder Twilight Time even bothered to create original packaging and didn't just send copies of the film out in CD jewel cases labeled with magic marker.
Special Features New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin's 1972 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary featuring Chaplin historian Charles Maland Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star, a new video essay by Chaplin historian Lisa Haven A Study in Undercranking, a new program featuring silent - film specialist Ben Model Interviews with Coogan and actor Lita Grey Chaplin Excerpted audio interviews with cinematographer Rollie Totheroh and film distributor Mo Rothman Deleted scenes and titles from the original 1921 version of The Kid «Charlie»
on the Ocean, a 1921
newsreel documenting Chaplin's first return trip to Europe Footage of Chaplin conducting his score for «The Kid» Nice and Friendly, a 1922 silent short featuring Chaplin and Coogan, presented with a new score by composer Timothy Brock Trailers Plus: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning
IMDB Link: Strangers
on a Train DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 DVD Extras: Two movie versions, 5 trailers, silent
newsreel.
This is a feature film and not a documentary (
on - screen notes at the end explain that while the film is based
on meticulous research, some dramatic license was by necessity taken), but Bigelow has a way of making scripted drama feel like an utterly gripping
newsreel.
The vintage
newsreel covering the Russian front is also present
on Edge of Darkness, and the «United States Coast Guard Band» musical short, with songs «under the direction of Lieutenant Rudy Vallee» and a marching / song program at the iconic Hollywood Bowl.
Meet Captain America (23:04)(Originally aired October 24, 2010) Captain America (whose origins are detailed in an old
newsreel) and sidekick Bucky confront Red Skull in the ongoing World War, as Kang the Conqueror examines Captain America's effect
on space - time.
His father, George V (Michael Gambon), has always considered «Bertie» superior to Edward (Guy Pearce), but mourns the introduction of radio and
newsreels, which require a monarch to be seen and heard
on public occasions.
Also includes the hour - long documentary A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard, featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho D'Amico, cinematographer Guiseppe Rotunno, and Sydney Pollack (who worked with Burt Lancaster
on the American dub version) among others, video interviews with producer Goffredo Lombardo and Professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania (
on the history behind The Leopard), stills gallery, original trailers and
newsreels and a booklet.
His first few minutes, showing celebs
on the red carpet and in the audience and narrating it as a 1940s black and white
newsreel was inspired.
The political Movietone
newsreel summarizes Hitler's assault
on Poland, and forms an unofficial prologue to the high - strung short, «Sons of Liberty,» (1939).
Warner Brothers» new DVD boasts a beautiful new transfer (perhaps too beautiful — the «News
on the March»
newsreel sequence now looks too clean), plus full - length commentary tracks by film Peter Bogdanovich (who wrote the definitive Welles biography) and film critic Roger Ebert.
Leonard Maltin hosts: «Warner Night At The Movies 1942» Intro (4:06) /
Newsreel (5:06) / Military Short: «Soldiers In White» (20:49) / Cartoon Short: «A Tale Of Two Kitties» (6:36) / «They Died With Their Boots
On: To Hell Or Glory» (9:45) / Theatrical trailer for «They Died With Their Boots
On» and «All Through The Night»
On the disc,
newsreel footage from the film's New York premiere is included along with four little «making - of» featurettes, three of which presumably ran in theatres preceding or during the film's initial release.
Vintage documentary: «Pitcairn Island Today» (9:37) / Academy Award
Newsreel (0:59) / Theatrical trailer for «Mutiny
On The Bounty (1935)» and «Mutiny
On The Bounty (1962)»
We begin with Emily Watson as struggling actress Olive Stanton, awakening from a nap
on stage behind a movie screen that's playing a
newsreel about Mussolini and Hitler.
If anything, an eerie calm had settled over the room, as if we were watching a
newsreel from another era, or maybe a family drama
on television in an unknown language without subtitles:
Picasso's home movies are projected in a discreet central room, while two
newsreels run
on flat screens
on walls of the main gallery.
Weaving film footage from various sources, including countdown leaders, training films, and
newsreels, with his own 16 mm film footage, Conner's films focus
on disturbing but utterly current themes.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS (NOTE: + denotes participant in the Film Program; * denotes participant in the Performance Program): Charlie Ahearn (b. 1951) + / John Ahearn (b. 1951) / Chantal Akerman (b. 1950) + / Sam Anders
on (b. 1982) / Richard Artschwager (1923 — 2013) / Robert Ashley (1930 — 2014) * / Charles Atlas (b. 1949) / Lutz Bacher (born in the USA) / Fia Backström (b. 1970) / Alvin Baltrop (1948 — 2004) / Rina Banerjee (b. 1963) / Morgan Bassichis (b. 1983) * / Kevin Beasley (b. 1985) / Gina Beavers (b. 1974) / Gelsey Bell (b. 1982) * / Michael Bell — Smith (b. 1978) / Sadie Benning (b. 1973) / Huma Bhabha (b. 1962) / Dara Birnbaum (b. 1946) + / Mel Bochner (b. 1940) / Robert Moskowitz (b. 1935) + / Lizzie Borden (b. 1958) + / Robert Bordo (b. 1949) / Gregg Bordowitz (b. 1964) + / Liene Bosquê (b. 1980) / Amy Brener (b. 1982) / Ben Thorp Brown (b. 1983) / Rudy Burckhardt (1914 — 1999) + / Harry Burke (b. 1990) * / Scott Burton (1939 — 1989) / Abigail Child (b. 1948) + / Susan Cianciolo (b. 1969) / Shirley Clark e (1919 — 1997) + / Todd Colby (b. 1962) * / Roy Colmer (1935 — 2014) / Sara Cwynar (b. 1985) / Mira Dancy (b. 1979) / Jaime Davidovich (b. 1936) + / Jimmy DeSana (1950 — 1990) / Vivienne Dick (b. 1950) + / Andrew Durbin (b. 1989) * / Diego Echeverr í a (b. 1946) + / Terry Fox (1958 — 1981) + / Su Friedrich (b. 1954) + / Eckh aus Latta (founded 2011) / Mary Beth Edelson (b. 1933) / Gregory Edwards (b. 1981) / Joy Episalla (b. 1960) / Loretta Fahrenholz (b. 1981) / Ben Fama (b. 1982) * / fierce pussy (founded 1991) / John Finneran (b. 1979) / Henry Flynt (b. 1940) / Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972) / John Giorno (b. 1936) * / Ignacio Gonzá ez — Lang (b. 1975) / William Greaves (1926 — 2014) + / Jonah Groeneboer (b. 1978) * / Red Grooms (b. 1937) / David Grubbs (b. 1967) * / David Hammons (b. 1943) / Fanny Howe (b. 1940) * / Katherine Hubbard (b. 1981) / Peter Hutton (b. 1944) + / Elizabeth Jaeger (b. 1988) / Ken Jacobs (b. 1933) + Paolo Javier (b. 1974) * / Joan Jonas (b. 1936) + / Jamian Juliano — Villani (b. 1987) / Angie Keefer (b. 1977) / Devin Kenny (b. 1987) / Eli Keszler (b. 1983) * / Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980) / KIOSK (founded 2005) / Manfred Kirchheimer (b. 1931) + / Ajay Kurian (b. 1984) / Robert Kushner (b. 1949) / M. Lamar (b. 1984) * / Louise Lawler (b. 1947) / Deana Lawson (b. 1979) / Sophia Le Fraga (b. 1990) * / Barry Le Va (b. 1941) / Okkyung Lee (b. 1975) * / Simone Leigh (b. 1968) / Zoe Leonard (b. 1961) / Nancy Brooks Brody (b. 1962) + / Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) / Tan Lin (b. 1957) * / Eric Mack (b. 1987) / Tony Matelli (b. 1971) / Gordon Matta — Clark (1943 — 1978) / Lionel Maunz (b. 1976) / Park McArthur (b. 1984) / Adam McEwen (b. 1965) / Marie Menken (1909 — 1970) + / Wardell Milan (b. 1978) / Ieva Misevičiūtė (b. 1982) * / Rashaun Mitchell (b. 1978) / Silas Riener (b. 1983) * / Yoshiaki Mochizuki (b. 1961) / Donald Moffett (b. 1955) / James Nares (b. 1953) / Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts — New York (founded 2011) / Raul de Nieves (b. 1983) / Véréna Paravel (b. 1971) / J.P. Sniadecki (b. 1979) + / Morgan Parker (b. 1987) * / Rebecca Patek (b. 1980) * / Sondra Perry (b. 1986) / Pharmakon (b. 1990) * / Howardena Pindell (b. 1943) / Seth Price (b. 1973) / Yvonne Rainer (b. 1934) + / Will Rawls (b. 1978) * / Nick Relph (b. 1979) / Joyce Robins (b. 1944) / Bunny Rogers (b. 1990) * / Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964) / Cameron Rowland (b. 1988) / Jen Rosenblit (b. 1983) * / Peter Saul (b. 1934) / Collier Schorr (b. 1963) / Nancy Shaver (b. 1946) / Judith Shea (b. 1948) / Gedi Sibony (b. 1973) / Hayley Silverman (b. 1986) / Charles Simonds (b. 1970) + / Lorna Simpson (b. 1960) / Rosalind Fox Solomon (b. 1930) / Jack Smith (1932 — 1989) + / Kiki Smith (b. 1954) / Greg Parma Smith (b. 1983) / Slow and Steady Wins the Race (founded 2001) / Nelson Sullivan (1948 — 1989) / Sergei Tcherepnin (b. 1981) / Third World
Newsreel (founded 1967) + / Stewart Uoo (b. 1985) / Stefanie Victor (b. 1982) / William Villalongo (b. 1975) / Keith Fullerton Whitman (b. 1973) * / Sue Williams (b. 1954) / Lebbeus Woods (1940 — 2012) / Nathan Donavon Wooley (b. 1974) * / Geo Wyeth (b. 19 84) * / Carrie Yamaoka (b. 1957) / C. Spencer Yeh (b. 1975) * +
His idea for a media kiosk had magazines shelves
on the bottom, a tribunal where someone reads the news live, and at the top — a screen to show
newsreel film.
Although this work reflects
on the complex situation in Afghanistan, Stimson deflects the focus away from the truncated
newsreel moments to daily life affirming moments.»
Betty is currently
on the Board of Directors of Deep Dish TV and Third World
Newsreel, two progressive media arts centers that distributes and exhibits social issue films.
The result of Ghost of Concordia is a shared gaze: The digital reconstruction and documentation of an environment that you can't find
on Google Maps, the captured motion of people — now digital Ghosts - that were once global and are now nowhere to be found, surrounded by virtual artifacts that called Cea's attention for their ambiguity within the narrative of the
newsreel.