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This film from 1942 depicts parts of the North Africa Campaign of WW2, as well as from the Allied forces' advance on New Guinea. It is presented by Official Films (:12) and opens with a promotion to buy more war bonds. (The US Treasury Department pushed for citizens to buy more bonds in order to finance WW2.) (:22). US forces are seen heading into Higgins boats for the landing on North Africa (:31) and British and US invasion fleets moved towards Africa from the British Isles (:49). This was...
Topics: Official Films, news Thrills, 1942, Operation Torch, North Africa, Stock Footage
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Aug 26, 2020
08/20
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“News Thrills: 1941 Vol. 1,” one of Official Films newsreels and edited by Leslie Winik, features Wendell L. Willkie’s visit to England (mark 00:23), Britain’s capture of Tobruk, Libya (mark 01:23), Malta’s 234th air raid (02:21), the sinking of Germany’s Bismarck (03:13), Romania’s King Carol and Madame Lupescu’s arrival in Bermuda after exile (04:23), President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency (05:08), the U.S. Army’s 15th Regular...
Topics: Official FIlms, News Reel, 1941, Wendell Wilkie, Battleship, Bismarck, Sunk, King Carol, Stock...
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Jan 19, 2022
01/22
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Made for the home market, this "Sport Beams" film "Touchdown Thrills of 1948" was released by Official Films. Narrated by sportscaster Mel Allen, it features college football highlights including play by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Purdue, North Carolina vs. Texas, Penn State vs. Pennsylvania, Southern Methodist vs. Texas, Army vs. Stanford, Harvard vs. Yale, and Notre Dame vs. Northwestern. Surprisingly, the film does not show Michigan or Clemson, both of which...
Topics: Thrills, 1948, College Football, Highlights, Sports Beams, Touchdown Thrills, Official Films, Stock...
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Felix and his nephews/nieces (?) sons/daughters (?) decide to make their own movies. Hilarity (or a mild form of amusement) ensues. The primitive sound in this 1927 cartoon was probably added by Official Films in 1953 when they acquired the home movie and TV rights from Educational Film Exchange.
Topics: Felix the Cat, Animated cartoon, Otto Messmer, Pat Sullivan, Educational Film Exchange, Official...
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Jan 20, 2022
01/22
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This black & white educational film is about the D-Day Invasion of 1944 during World War 2 in which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of coordinated beach landings. Copyright 1944. Opening titles: Official Films News Thrill Invasion (:06-:20). Title: D-Day!! Allied Forces move across the English Channel. June 6, 1944, huge armada of ships and men head from the English Channel to the coast of France. Ships in the sky cover the convoy at sea. Bombers in the sky. Title: A railroad...
Topics: Official Films, Newsreel, D Day, Invasion, Normandy, France, WWII, June 6, 1944, Stock Footage,...
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Jan 20, 2022
01/22
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One of a series of newsreels produced by Official Films during WWII, this film features news events of 1942. It begins with coverage of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's departure from the Philippines, Gen. Stillwell and Chiang Kai-shek in Burma, the famous Flying Tigers operating in China, an Allied convoy repelling an Axis attack, British planes bomb Paris, the British occupy Madagascar and the Battle of Midway in the Pacific. The Flying Tigers were a mercenary flying force from the USA, active prior...
Topics: Official FIlms, Newsreel, 1942, Vol.2, Douglas Macarthur, Flying Tigers, Battle Of Midway, Stock...
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This film about the Iwo Jima campaign is one of a series of newsreels produced by Leslie Winik and Official Films during WWII, and sold for home viewing through catalogs, department stores and camera shops. The film uses official U.S. War Department footage, as well as newsreel footage, to show the bombardment of the Japanese stronghold by the invasion fleet and aircraft. It then shows D-day at Iwo ( 3:25 ) as 40,000 members of the Marine Corps invade the island. Fierce fighting is shown on the...
Topics: Official Films, Raymond A. Spruance, Battle Of Iwo Jima, U.S. Navy, USMC, U.S. Marine Corps, Flag...
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Three matches, featuring: Zando Zabo (Bill Oliva) Olga Baranoff, "Russian Beauty" vs. Hanka Kavetzka "Polish Glamoir Girl" A "Four Men Free For All" featuring "The Greek Adonis", Zando Zabo, "The Arabian Sheik", and "The American Apollo". Features dubbed-in comic sound effects. The end of the reel is missing. This print was found as part of a collection assembled by Official Films, a home movie distributor founded in 1939 to produce...
Topics: wrestling, pro wrestling, sportsbeams, official films, Leslie Winik
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Felix's girlfriend decides to go to Hollywood to become a star. Felix goes to try to stop her. This 1926 silent cartoon was released by Educational Film Exchange. I don't know where this sound version comes from. Perhaps it is from 1953, when Official Films acquired the silent Felixes , added sound to them, and released them to the home and television market.
Topics: Felix the Cat, Animated Cartoon, Otto Messmer, Pat Sullivan, Educational Film Exchange, Official...
