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Newsreels: 1940's Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1940's stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the decade of 1940. Our Public Domain Stock Footage newsreels cover every major world event, the not so major events, strides in technology, the lives of public figures, fads and trends. Newsreels 1940's is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the 1940's.
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NEWSREELS: 1940 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
- The Devastating Power Of The German Blitzkrieg
- British Rally To Save The Troops At Dunkerque
- France Surrenders To The Axis Powers
- America Helps England In Her Time Of Need
- Amazing Tacoma Bridge Collapase Is A Must See!

(public domain stock footage) 1940 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1940 YEAR IN REVIEW - SPORTS
- Racehorse 'Seabiscuit' Wins The Santa Anita Handicap
- Golfer Byron Nelson Has Another Thrilling P.G.A. Victory
- Racecar Driver Willbur Shaw Wins The Indianapolis 500
- Cincinnati Reds Become Baseball World Series Champs
- Rose Parade Rings In New Year With A Cavalcade Of Floats

(public domain stock footage) 1940 BW 15 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1940 - MARCH 13
- The War In Finland Is Over
- B-17 'Flying Fortress' Squadron Flying In Formation
- Local Boys Build Working Wood-Burning Automobile
- First Pictures From Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Adventure!

(public domain stock footage) 1940 BW 10 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1941 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
- America Answers Allies Call For Aid
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins Unprecedented Third Term
- Deputy To Adolph Hitler, Rudolph Hess Flies To England
- U.S. Forces Move To Occupy Iceland
- Treachery In The Pacific Japanese Attack Hawaii

(public domain stock footage) 1941 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1941 - APRIL 17
- The Battle Of Britain
- Son Of President, Jimmy Roosevelt Weds Nurse
- Head Of New York Stock Exchange Drafted Into Army
- Baby Bonds For Defense

(public domain stock footage) 1941 BW 8 min (SOUND/SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1941 - MAY 1
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Buys First 'Defense Bond'
- Nazi Bombing Destruction Of London, England
- P-40 Warhawk Fighter Squadron On Patrol
- San Francisco Coastal Defense Guns Test Fired
- Women Wrestling Gets Down And Dirty

(public domain stock footage) 1941 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1941 - MAY 20
- 750,000 Participate In Patriotic Rally In New York City
- New Battleship 'Washington' Commissioned
- U.S. Coast Guard Board Anchored French Vichy Vessels
- Huge Curtiss-Wright Transport Plane Tested
- Amazing Walk Through Sun Tan Service Station

(public domain stock footage) 1941 BW 12 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1941 - DECEMBER 15
- America Is On Alert And Ready To Defend Herself
- Fashion Show Goes To The Birds
- Soldiers Stage Their Own 'Girlie' Show

(public domain stock footage) 1941 BW 6 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1942 - FEBRUARY 2
- British Convoy Fights Off Axis Bombers
- Freighter Struck By Torpedo Is Repaired
- English Soccer Champs Win At Wembley
- Water Skiers Show Off New Tricks

(public domain stock footage) 1942 BW 6 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1942 - MARCH 2
- German U-Boat Sinks Tanker Off New Jersey Coast
- Army Air Force On Alert Ready To Defend The Pacific Coast
- RAF Planes Blast Nazi Stongholds
- Academy Awards And Oscar Night During Wartime

(public domain stock footage) 1942 BW 9 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1942 - MARCH 25
- Volunteers To Gather Scrap Metal For War Effort

(public domain stock footage) 1942 BW 30 sec (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1942 - JUNE 29
- G-Men Arrest 8 Nazi Spies!
- Last Pictures Of The Aircraft Carrier 'Lexington'
- U.S. Troops Train In Jungle Fighting
- Coastal Patrol Ever Vigilent To Enemy Attack

(public domain stock footage) 1942 BW 13 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1942 - JULY 13
- American Forces Victorious At Midway Island
- Allied Supply Convoy Battles Axis Forces
- Japanese Bomb Port Moresby, New Guinea
- Convoy Off East Coast Repels Axis Sub Attack

(public domain stock footage) 1942 BW 10 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1943 - JANUARY 28
- Arabs Celebrate Feast Of The Lamb
- Navy Uses Blimps In Rescue Role
- Hospital Proclaimed Dutch Soil For Baby Princess In Exile

(public domain stock footage) 1943 BW 4 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - APRIL 10
- U.S. Observes Somber Easter Holiday
- Japanese Naval Cruiser Bombed By U.S. Aircraft
- Stunning Girls Delightfully Display New Bathing Suit Fashions
- Jewish Refugees Find A Home And Haven In Canada

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 7 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - APRIL 13
- Major General Hershey On The Draft
- Helicopters For Sea Rescue
- Soldiers Nominate Beauty As Regiment Sweetheart
- 1944 Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - APRIL 20
- Pilot Capt. Dominic S. Gentile Awarded DSC
- US Government Holds Sedition Trials
- Anti-aircraft Artillery Trainees Learn To Shoot
- New York Giants vs. Boston Braves

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - JUNE 12
- First Pictures Of The D-Day Invasion Of France

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min

Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - AUGUST 28
- Allies Make Progress In Western France
- Allies Mop Up Last Of Japanese In Burma
- Tin Is In When It Comes To The Fashion Girls!
- Dog Day In Danbury Dog Show

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - AUGUST 31
- End Is Near For Nazis In France
- Cuba's President Elect Visits U.S.
- New Technology In Helicopters
- Local Beauties Save Melon Crop

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - SEPTEMBER 28
- Seizure Of Eindhoven
- Allied Forces Enter Germany
- From Lyons To Orleans

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 7 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - OCTOBER 5
- The Modern Air Assault At Nigmegen
- Allies Finally Break Through The Siegfried Line
- U.S. Show Off Its First Jet Plane The Air Comet
- 1944 Baseball World Series First Game

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - NOVEMBER 2
- General Douglas MacArthur Returns To Liberate Philippines
- General George Patton's 3rd Army Battles Nazi Bastion
- Athens, Greece Is Liberated By Allied Forces
- Gandhi Makes A Rare Public Appearance

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1944 - NOVEMBER 23
- Victory In Antwerp Harbor
- Japanese Fleet Given Fatal Blow In Philippine Sea
- Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt Returns To White House
- College Football: Army vs. Notre Dame

(public domain stock footage) 1944 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - MARCH 5
- First Pictures Of The Invasion Of Iwo Jima
- Girls Learn The ABC's And How To Cook And Clean

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 11 min (SILENT)

Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - APRIL 12
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Dead, Nation Mourns

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 8 min (SILENT)

Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - APRIL 26
- Nazi Atrocities Against Mankind
- Conference To Draft Charter For Formation Of U.N.

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - MAY 17
- German U-Boats And Submarine Warfare Now At An End
- B-29 Superfortresses Pound Japan
- Massive Cache Of Nazi Loot Found In Salt Mines

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - JUNE 25
- President Harry S. Truman Takes A Brief Vacation
- Kansas Welcomes Home General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Japanese Suicide Planes Attack American Forces

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - JULY 16
- Destroyers Survive Japanese Kamikaze Attacks
- Troops Return Home Aboard The Luxury Liner 'Queen Mary'
- Floating Drydocks Crucial For Winning The War In The Pacific
- Golfer Byron Nelson Wins The PGA Finals

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 10 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - AUGUST 9
- Atomic Bomb And Reds Declaring War Dooms Japan
- Air Ace Major Richard Bong Is Killed
- 10th Armored Division Celebrates Anniversary

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 7 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1945 August 9
NEWSREELS: 1945 - AUGUST 16
- America Celebrates End Of War With Japan VJ-Day
- Government Promises Jobs For All Returning Servicemen
- The Unimaginable Power Of The Atomic Bomb

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 9 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - AUGUST 23
- Admiral Halsey Celebrates News Of Japanese Surrender
- US Navy Begins To Discharge Elgible Servicemen
- US Industry Begins Conversion To Peacetime Manufacturing
- Annual Diaper Service Baby Race Held

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - OCTOBER 15
- Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany Launched In New York
- Secret Training Maps Guide Bombers Over Japan
- President Truman Awards 15 Medal Of Honor
- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Returns Home

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - NOVEMBER 1
- General Tomoyuki Yamashita Tried For War Crimes
- U.S. Plants Convert Back To Peacetime Production
- President Harry S. Truman Warns Against Wage Deflation
- Motion Picture Industry Begins Bond Drive

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - NOVEMBER 19
- Surplus Military Aircraft Scrapped
- Aircraft Carriers In New York
- Clothing Design Is Now A College Course
- Medal Of Honor Winner Given Farm By Grateful Townsfolk
- A Machine That Thinks Is Revealed! (early computer)

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 8 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - NOVEMBER 21
- Yamashita War Crimes Trial Draws To A Close
- Young WWII Vets Join American Legion
- B-29 Superfortress Sets New Air Record
- Automated Hospital Bed Makes Its Debut

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 7 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1945 - DECEMBER 13
- Admiral William F. Halsey Retires Wtih 5 Stars
- Nazi General Anton Dostler Executed By Firing Squad
- Japanese Atom Gun Destroyed
- Granite Bust Of Adolph Hitler Sold At Auction
- German Submarines Scuttled Off Irish Coast

(public domain stock footage) 1945 BW 9 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - JANUARY 10
- Coast Guard Wonder, Sinbad The Dog Is Honored
- Fire Levels Post Exchange In Yokohama
- Golfer Byron Nelson Takes Los Angeles Open

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 3 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - JANUARY 31
- Science Uses Radar To Contact The Moon!
- World's Largest Telescrope Nears Completion
- Ex-G.I. Turned Wildcat Strikes Oil Riches
- Hollywood At Whitehouse For March Of Dimes
- Felix Gouin Is The New President Of France

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 7 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - APRIL 4
- Giant Tidal Wave Rips Hawaii And Levels City Of Hilo
- Chic Hat Styles Inspired By Hollywood Glamour
- First Silk Cargo From Japan Arrives In U.S.
- Princess Margaret Makes First Solo Public Engagement

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - APRIL 30
- The Allied Nations, The 'Big Four" Discuss Peace
- The Northrop XB-35 'Flying Wing' Is Shown To Public
- President Harry S. Truman Takes A Well-Deserved Vacation
- Mrs. Douglas MacArthur Hosts Tea Ceremony For Officers

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 6 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - SEPTEMBER 17
- Remains Of Five American Airmen Return To Washington
- World's Heaviest Man At 700 Pounds
- Baby Deer Orphans Are Just Too Cute For Words

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 6 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - NOVEMBER 22
- Despite Injunction Coal Miners Strike
- The Tegernsee Monastery Celebrates Its 1,200th Anniversary
- Lovely Lassies In The Tangerine Queen Beauty Pageant

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 6 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1946 - DECEMBER 9
- Winston Churchill's Birthday Is A Topper
- Sergeant Gets 7 Battle Awards From Pres. Harry S. Truman
- Football NY Giants Win Eastern championship
- Wrestling Free For All In Canada

(public domain stock footage) 1946 BW 4 min (SOUND-SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1947 - MAY 15
- Official Navy Pictures Of Byrd Expedition To Antarctica
- British Royals Return Home From South African Tour
- Britain's Winston Churchill Awarded 'Medaille Militaire'
- Texas Round-Up Of Beauties And Broncos

(public domain stock footage) 1947 BW 11 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1947 - JUNE 5
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Launch Site Found!
- Graduation At West Point
- Swim Suit Fashion Show Is Hard For One Miami Artist

(public domain stock footage) 1947 BW 10 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1947 - JUNE 19
- President Truman Urges Universal Military Training
- Pan Am 'Clipper America' Begins World Air Service
- Battle Of Sumo Wrestling
- Bone Jarring Spills Mar Bicycle Race Classic

(public domain stock footage) 1947 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1947 - NOVEMBER 3
- Howard Hughes Flies Mammoth Plane 'Spruce Goose'
- College Football: Michigan vs. Illinois
- College Football: Notre Dame vs. Navy

(public domain stock footage) 1947 BW 10 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - FEBRUARY 2
- Gandhi Assassinated, India And World Mourn
- Canada Welcome European Refugees
- New Indoor Mark Set For Mile
- Disputes Mar Winter Olympics In Switzerland

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 9 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - FEBRUARY 11
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans
- Carnival Time On The French Riviera
- Tampa Florida Surrenders To 'Pirates'
- Snow Sculptors Vie For Top Honors In New York
- Golden Gloves Boxing In New York

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - APRIL 26
- Dutch Royalty Honors Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
- Emergency Cord Cause Of Fatal Train Wreck
- Reconstruction In Berlin Germany
- Seattle Motorcycle Mud Derby
- Mad Hatters For Hollywood

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - MAY 18
- Jews Defend Their New Zion State
- Paris France Hosts Princess Elizabeth And Consort
- The Famous Gather For Celebrity Golf Charity Event
- Racehorse 'Citation' Wins Preakness

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 6 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - MAY 20
- Jews Fight To Hold Onto New State Of Israel

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 2 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1948 - MAY 24
- Dr. Chaim Weizmann President Of Israel
- President Harry S. Truman Visits Boys School
- New Russian Envoy Arrives In New York City
- DC-3 Aircraft Used To Map Earth

(public domain stock footage) 1948 BW 4 min (SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
- Inauguration Of President Harry S. Truman For A 2nd Term
- Berlin Airlift Forces Russians To Lift Berlin Blockade
- World Squares Off Between Demomocracy And Communism
- Wedding Bells For Hollywood Film Star Rita Hayworth
- The Power Of The Atom Bomb Changes The World

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 7 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 - JANUARY 3
- Special Holiday Show By The Great Bob Hope!
- Highlights Of The Bowl Games
- Earthquake Rocks Maria Madre Island

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 10 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 - JANUARY 20
- Inauguration Of Harry S. Truman As President

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 8 min (PARTIAL SND)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 - FEBRUARY 24
- First President Of Israel Inaugurated
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans And In Europe Its Viareggio
- Irene Dunne Appeals For Help On Behalf Of The Red Cross

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 7 min 
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 - JUNE 9
- Mobs Riot In Tokyo
- Graduation Day At West Point
- Sammy Mason America's Top Stunt Pilot

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 8 min
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
NEWSREELS: 1949 - JUNE 16
- Adolph Hitler's Luxury Yacht Arrives In New York Harbor
- The KKK Gathers In Georgia
- Dewey Urges Continuence Of The Marshall Aid Plan
- Chimps Excell At Monkey Business

(public domain stock footage) 1949 BW 7 min (SOUND-SILENT)
Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1940s
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Flashback 1920s - 1940s Stock Footage
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Flashback 1920's - 1940's stock footage takes a look back at fashion, lifestyles, events and the Gee Whiz trends in this 30 year span of history. Our Public Domain Stock Footage titles touches on just about everything from this frenetically paced time, from world events to political upheaveals to entertainment.