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{{Infobox television
| image = 1962-08-16 The Wall.ogv
| alt_name = ''Universal-International Newsreel<br>Universal Irish News''
| first_aired = {{Start date|1929}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1967}}
| company = [[Universal Studios]]
| runtime = 7-10 minutes
| creator = [[Sam B. Jacobson]]
| preceded_by = ''[[Hearst Metrotone News|International Newsreel]]<br>Empire News Bulletin''
| genre = [[Newsreel]]
| picture_format = Black and white
| caption = A 1962 Universal Newsreel on the 1st anniversary of the [[Berlin Wall]]'s construction, narrated by [[Ed Herlihy]]
}}

'''Universal Newsreel''' (sometimes known as '''Universal-International Newsreel''' or just '''U-I Newsreel''') was a series of 7- to 10-minute [[newsreel]]s that were released twice a week between 1929 and 1967 by [[Universal Studios]]. A Universal publicity official, [[Sam B. Jacobson]], was involved in originating and producing the newsreels.<ref>Eileen S. Quigley. ''[[International Motion Picture Almanac]]'', Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938. p. 394.</ref> Nearly all of them were filmed in black-and-white, and many were narrated by [[Ed Herlihy]]. From January 1919 to July 1929, Universal released ''International Newsreel'', produced by [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst]]'s [[International News Service]]—this series later became ''[[Hearst Metrotone News]]'' released first by [[Fox Film Corporation]] 1929–1934 and then by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] beginning in 1934.

In 1974, the films' owner, [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]], made the decision to donate all its edited newsreels and outtakes collection to the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]], without copyright restrictions.<ref>[https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2013/12/30/universal-newsreels-national-archives/ A Moving Image “Newspaper”: Universal Newsreels at the National Archives – The Unwritten Record]</ref> The decision effectively released the films into the [[public domain]], although some stories may contain other underlying intellectual property or proprietary use rights.<ref>{{cite web |author1=James Konicek |title=A Moving Image "Newspaper": Universal Newsreels at the National Archives |url=https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2013/12/30/universal-newsreels-national-archives/ |website=The Unwritten Record |publisher=National Archives Records Administration |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> Because royalties no longer have to be paid in order to broadcast them, Universal Newsreels have become a popular source of [[file footage]] in recent years. [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]] made them a key part of the TV series ''Year-By-Year''. Also, [[C-SPAN]] and [[Cable News Network|CNN]] regularly use the films for video of events that took place before those networks were founded.

Also in the United Kingdom as Universal News from 1930 to 1959, a successor to Empire News Bulletin,<ref>{{cite web |title=Universal News |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/series/35 |website=British Universities Film & Video Council}}</ref> and in Ireland as Universal Irish News,<ref>{{cite web |title=Universal Irish News |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/series/34 |website=British Universities Film & Video Council}}</ref> both are currently held (including British Paramount News) under [[Reuters]] archive.

Other U.S. newsreel series included [[Pathé News]] (1910–1956), [[Fox Movietone News]] (1928–1963), [[Hearst Metrotone News|Hearst Metrotone News/News of the Day]] (1914–1967), [[Paramount News]] (1927–1957), and [[The March of Time]] (1935–1951).

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Universal Newsreels}}
*[[iarchive:universal newsreels|Universal Newsreel collection at Internet Archive. About 600 reels]]

*[https://texasarchive.org/search/page#search/1/fulltext:%22universal%20newsreel%22 Collection of Universal Newsreels related to Texas] at the [http://www.texasarchive.org/ Texas Archive of the Moving Image]

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