Almanac Newsreel Content Package

361 3½ - minute clips
Grades 5-Adult

The visually compelling Almanac Newsreel archive provides students with a history-in-the-making perspective on the most influential social, political and military events of the first half of the 20th century and shortly thereafter. Edited from the Hearst Metrotone Newsreels, which ran in movie theaters in the 30s and 40s, Almanac is a remarkable day-by-day chronicle. It packs rich imagery and detailed information into brief 3½-minute clips that feature moments such as the unprecedented flight of Amelia Earhart across the Pacific in 1935, Fidel Castro's triumphant entry into Havana in 1959 and the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In addition, Almanac offers historical retrospectives on significant dates such as the birthday of George Washington in 1732, the admission of Texas into the Union in 1845 and the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy in 1802. Valuable as primary source material and for its extraordinary scope of coverage, Almanac also delivers a rare glimpse into historical events as seen through the lens of the media of the time.