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Q: Newsreels on DVD ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Newsreels on DVD
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: wittdog-ga
List Price: $8.67
Posted: 17 Feb 2003 14:39 PST
Expires: 19 Mar 2003 14:39 PST
Question ID: 162687
Can you help me find newsreels on DVD?
I am looking for compilations similar to Year by Year as aired on
History International.

Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 18 Feb 2003 06:55 PST
Are you looking for something like this?
http://www.whirlwinddvd.com/timeline.htm

Clarification of Question by wittdog-ga on 18 Feb 2003 10:28 PST
Yes,
It is exactly what I am looking for. 
Thank you

Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 18 Feb 2003 11:16 PST
Wittdog-ga,
I will assemble this  with additional information I have found and
will post your answer shortly.
Thanks.
Bobbie7-ga
Answer  
Subject: Re: Newsreels on DVD
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 18 Feb 2003 12:23 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Wittdog-ga,

Thank you for your question.

My search returned the following results for newsreels and history
timelines on DVD’s:

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Timeline Series on DVD
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“The TIMELINE Series is a DVD collection focusing on specific years of
the 20th Century.  Each DVD has a video chapter that tells a year’s
stories using archival newsreel film, narrated by Lowell Thomas, Ed
Herlihy, Bob Considine and others. An audio chapter includes the
year’s top songs, news stories and radio entertainment. The
interactive chapter focuses on facts and photos relative to awards,
trends and historic events.”

Whirlwind Media: The Timeline Series
http://www.whirlwinddvd.com/timeline.htm

ORDER AND CONTACT INFO:
http://www.whirlwinddvd.com/order.htm

Whirlwind Media, Inc. 
427 Aaron Street, Suite B, Cotati, CA 94931
E-mail: WhirlwindDVD@WhirlwindDVD.com
Phone (800) 423-5759 – Toll free from the USA
Phone (707) 665-9550
Fax (707) 665-9551
Business Hours
Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Staff is available to personally take your order over the phone Monday
through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.


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20th Century Newsreels

Stories from the last century as seen through the lenses of British
Movietone.  Includes: The Boer War, Queen Victoria's Funeral, The
Wright Brothers First Flight, San Francisco Earthquake and more.
http://www.dvd.co.uk/product.asp?id=DVD1046X&fs=kelkoo

A-Z DVDs - Internet DVD Finder 
http://www.az-dvds.co.uk/t_20th_Century_Newsreels.html

At Kelco – Compare, Buy and Save you may choose the website of your
choice to order the DVD 20th Century Newsreels.
http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/shopbot/search.jsp?from=shopbot&catPath=uk%2Ffilm&catId=148401&DVD=OK&title=20th+Century+Newsreels&maxprice=&kpartnerid=8902174


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At Benson’s Direct there are 42 DVD’s with historical looks at events
and happenings from the year 1946-1985.
http://www.bensonsdirect.co.uk/dvd/browse/370/370382_.htm


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Additional information that may interest you:
  
You can review a number of excellent WWII documentaries in DVD that
Amazon has available here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003RQLS/tl-20/104-7705381-0572732

People of the Century: One Hundred Men and Women Who Shaped the Last
One Hundred Years
Compact Disc - 4 CDs
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=4X187BHPDA&pwb=1&isbn=0684872315


Search Criteria:
Newsreels on DVD
Year by Year Newsreels
History on DVD
Timeline of events +DVD


I hope you find this helpful and if there is anything that I've
written that needs clarification, please ask before you rate this
answer.

Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga
wittdog-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $1.00

Comments  
Subject: Re: Newsreels on DVD
From: bobbie7-ga on 18 Feb 2003 17:00 PST
 
Thank you Wittdog-ga for yhe rating and tip!
--Bobbie7-ga
Subject: Re: Newsreels on DVD
From: bobbie7-ga on 18 Feb 2003 17:38 PST
 
Sorry. It should say "the" not "yhe".

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