Depends on the newsreel. Universal Newsreels (which can be bought on DVD from lots of places) are in the PD.
March of Time is, I believe, still held by Time, Inc. (or whoever the hell owns Time now) The Hearst Metronome and Pathe newsreels are still owned, I think. I'd go with the Universal News stuff, if I were you. Gary Handman > Hi, everyone, > > We are going to be reading Seabiscuit for our Fox Valley Reads this > year. For some of the programs, we're showing the movie, plus the Marx > Brothers' A Day at the Races. We would also like to show some newsreels > from the time - just like going to the movies in the good old days. How > are newsreel rights covered? I know that a lot of the titles issued > from the 1930s and 1940s have newsreels on them, but can they be shown > separately from the movie? Or what about a title of newsreels in > general? This is just a public showing - no educational face to face. > I'm not sure where to go on getting permissions on this. Thanks! > > Becky Tatar > Periodicals/Audiovisuals > Aurora Public Library > 1 E. Benton Street > Aurora, IL 60505 > Phone: 630-264-4100 > FAX: 630-896-3209 > [email protected] > www.aurora.lib.il.us > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
