Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 3
• Studio: The Historical Archive
• Run Time: 406 minutes
• ASIN: B000NL4EGM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,801 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD collection contains 21 issues of News Magazine of the Screen, compilations of important news and events primarily of the early 50's. These films were made as educational tools to show school children the most important and exciting events facing the world at that time and are excellent glimpses of the history of the early 50's. Here are some examples of the hundreds of news clips in this collection: Control over the Suez Canal is decided - A forest fire in Algiers set by rebels - A long lost Egyptian city is found - The president of Korea is shown - The construction of the Trans-Canada highway through the Rocky Mountains - The New Zealand Army scaling a mountain - Three jets refueling in midair and much more