1960s

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This clip contains footage of a newsreel from the 1960s, but focuses mainly on the violence in the…

1960s, 1950s

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Commercial for Johnny Reb Cannon. Young boys reenact a Civil War battle scene. Song plays about the…

1930s

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Title card reads "Mardi Gras in new Orleans with Battle of the Runway Queens". Parade moving down…

1960s

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Palm trees tall behind a temple in a village in Orissa, India. A man herding thin cattle. A woman’s…

1960s

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Young man in white turtleneck speaking. Cut to two transgender women sitting on a sofa smoking and…

1980s

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A train passes by in the evening. CU shot of graffiti on a train.  

1970s

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Commercial for Gillette Platinum Plus Razor. A man with a white sleeveless shirt is standing in…

1950s

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Film telling the true story of Smokey the Bear, narrated by Hopalong Cassidy. Another shot of…

1950s

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A war refugee, an old woman, tries to get on a crowded train with soldiers. CU of a crying woman…

1980s

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Darkly lit video footage of a punk rock concert. Camera is handheld and filming a wide shot of the…

1940s

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President Roosevelt speaks to Congress about democracy. In the next newsreel, college football…

1990s

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Member of the Weather Underground, Jeffery Donovan Powell, and another man walk through the snow,…