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They Made News, Part 1 - Cameramen who filmed WW2 battles in Middle East and Iwo Jima. Montage of C20th newsreel footage.
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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They Made News, Part 1 - The filming of the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia
Interview with the French cameraman who filmed the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. Includes his footage. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th...
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They Made News, Part 1 - body piercer, Mirin Dajo, 1947
Interview with Cedric Baynes who filmed a controversial performance by Dutch fakir, Mirin Dajo, who pierced his body with swords. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the...
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They Made News, Part 1 - The B-25 Empire State Building crash of 1945 and the sinking of the Flying Enterprise in 1952
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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They Made News, Part 1 - Arthur de Titta who filmed the first sound interview, which was with US president Calvin Coolidge
Interview with American cameraman, Arthur de Titta, who filmed the very first sound interview, which was with US president Calvin Coolidge in 1928. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the...
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They Made News, part 2 - Adolph Simon and Joseph Gibson
Unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century intercut with newsreel
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They Made News, Part 1 - Sam Greenwald talks of Paramount photojournalism competition and Howard Winner talks of Prohibition police raid
Sam Greenwald talks of Paramount photojournalism competition. Also interview with Howard Winner, cameraman who filmed a real prohibition police raid. Clip includes his footage. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel...
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They Made News, Part 1, covert filming methods
Early newsreel footage. Second half of this clip is audio only, discussing covert filming methods during events such as the Jeffries V Sharkey prize fight of 1899. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who...
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They Made News, Part 1 - The Lindbergh kidnapping trial
Presentation of the Lindbergh trial with footage and interview with cameraman. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The cameraman who introduces the...
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They Made News, Part 1 - James Seely, filmed the Hindenburg Disaster
Interview with James Seely, cameraman on the news report of the Hindenburg Disaster, including footage of the event. From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century.
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They Made News, Part 1 - German and British camermen at the beginning of WW2
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century. The film is in rough cut stage (cutting copy) and is intercut with footage illustrating the cameramen's stories.
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They Made News - shots inside an archive, cinemas and the beginnings of filmmaking
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century.