Showing posts with label newsreel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newsreel. Show all posts

Thursday, January 11, 2007

1956 NEWS REEL ATOMIC SUBMARINE & FIRST AMERICAN SATELITE LAUNCH 5 min

The largest collection of TV SHOWS,FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWSREELS,FILM SHORT SUBJECTS, SILENT & SOUND FILMS, HOME MOVIES, INDUSTRIALS and especially TV COMMERCIALS from the 1950’s/60’s can be found on DVD or on GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS at www.tvdays.com. Aging Baby-Boomer Ira H. Gallen has spent over 30 years collecting and restoring this collection from 16mm & 35mm Celluloid Film, and Kinescopes to Video tape, with the help of Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Now he’s trying to save his VIDEO ARCHIVES from decomposing by transferring to new digital formats by offering his life’s work so far on DVD or GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS. [www.mtr.org]

Friday, December 29, 2006

Submarine Warfare

For those not familiar with US Navy Submarine Force of WWII, this documentary is an excellent introduction. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the submarines of the Pacific fleet eventually would destroy Japan's merchant fleet and cripple their Navy. Comprising only 2% of the US Navy Fleet, submarines were responsible for sinking over 55% of all Japanese tonnage sunk during WWII.