News on Screen

The online resource for the study of newsfilm

Find out what made the news in the 20th century using our database of 180,000 cinemagazine & newsreel stories (1910-83) linked to production documents & films.

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Find out what made 20th century news through 185,000 cinemagazine & newsreel stories (1910-83) linked to production documents & films.

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Discover how the news hit the screen and take your study further with our wide range of resources including histories, case studies & website links.

Oral Histories

Hear the inside story of news production from five camera & soundmen talking about their lives in the newsreels…and the newsreels in life.

Production Docs

Read eye witness accounts from cameramen’s dope sheets & trace news production through 80,000 documents

Programme Map

A selection over 120 brochures, leaflets and programmes can be browsed by location and subject, providing a fascinating snapshot of how Britain marked the events that made the news in the 1940s and 1950s.

David Lean & Gaumont Sound News

The history of one of the earliest British sound newsreels, Gaumont Sound News (1929-1933)