News Parade 1939
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The News Parade of the Year 1939 is a documentary film made in the U.S. directed by Eugene W. Castle. News Parade is composed of newsreel footage and includes narrated archive footage of ceremonies, natural disasters, war and politics from around the world.
Credits
Castle Films (contributor); United World Films (contributor); Eugene W. Castle (editor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: History; World War II, 1939-1945; War; Disasters; Europe
Places: Europe > Spain > Barcelona; Europe > England, UK > London; Europe > France > Paris; South America > Chile; Asia > China; North America > Canada > Quebec > Montreal; Europe > Poland; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; Europe > Poland
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - title, Spain's civil war ends, Barcelona, VS troops marching and tanks in parade, MLS people boarding Pan American Airways plane in water, plane takes off across Atlantic, MS pilot, MLS plane in air, clouds, interior MS passengers dining, playing cards, MLS plane landing in water; 01:32 - HA crowded train platform, MS King George and Queen Elizabeth exiting train, HA horse carriage driving them back to Buckingham Palace, VS crowds, MS King and Queen waving; 02:08 - Bastille Day, HA France, fountains and Eiffel Tower with crowds, VS parade, British and North African troops march and ride horses in parade around Arch de Triomphe; 02:57 - aerial earthquake rift in landscape of Chile, VS people searching for survivors in rubble; 03:42 - VS Navy ships rescuing men from a flooding submarine, survivors on deck of ship in blankets, MLS submarine being pulled to the surface; 04:55 - Tientsin foreign settlement, VS riots in Japan; 05:32 - MS floods in China, people walking, swimming, riding bikes and horse through high flood waters; 06:05 - Montreal love parade marries 125 couples, VS crowds watching as priest marry couples; 06:35 - Germany invades Poland WWII, aerial bomb smoke from landscape and buildings, MLS Polish in ruined streets, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, CU barrel of tank, VS soldiers in tunnel, MS cannons firing, MLS transporting soldiers on ship, VS ships in water shooting canons; 07:39 - Chicago aerials grain elevators on fire, fireman fight fire, buildings exploding and collapsing; 08:24-09:38 - MLS warships riding through high waves around Cape Horn, overcome by waves, THE END
Cfa elements: Print, 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2738
Subjects: History; World War II, 1939-1945; War; Disasters; Europe
Places: Europe > Spain > Barcelona; Europe > England, UK > London; Europe > France > Paris; South America > Chile; Asia > China; North America > Canada > Quebec > Montreal; Europe > Poland; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; Europe > Poland
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - title, Spain's civil war ends, Barcelona, VS troops marching and tanks in parade, MLS people boarding Pan American Airways plane in water, plane takes off across Atlantic, MS pilot, MLS plane in air, clouds, interior MS passengers dining, playing cards, MLS plane landing in water; 01:32 - HA crowded train platform, MS King George and Queen Elizabeth exiting train, HA horse carriage driving them back to Buckingham Palace, VS crowds, MS King and Queen waving; 02:08 - Bastille Day, HA France, fountains and Eiffel Tower with crowds, VS parade, British and North African troops march and ride horses in parade around Arch de Triomphe; 02:57 - aerial earthquake rift in landscape of Chile, VS people searching for survivors in rubble; 03:42 - VS Navy ships rescuing men from a flooding submarine, survivors on deck of ship in blankets, MLS submarine being pulled to the surface; 04:55 - Tientsin foreign settlement, VS riots in Japan; 05:32 - MS floods in China, people walking, swimming, riding bikes and horse through high flood waters; 06:05 - Montreal love parade marries 125 couples, VS crowds watching as priest marry couples; 06:35 - Germany invades Poland WWII, aerial bomb smoke from landscape and buildings, MLS Polish in ruined streets, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, CU barrel of tank, VS soldiers in tunnel, MS cannons firing, MLS transporting soldiers on ship, VS ships in water shooting canons; 07:39 - Chicago aerials grain elevators on fire, fireman fight fire, buildings exploding and collapsing; 08:24-09:38 - MLS warships riding through high waves around Cape Horn, overcome by waves, THE END
Cfa elements: Print, 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2738
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:07