Movietone Presents The Twentieth Century Author:Lawrence Cohn From World War I to 1963 Movietone newsreels were as much a part of the moviegoer's experience as the buttered popcorn. For a few minutes before each feature they updated the audience of more than forty countries on world events, and such historical moments as the Hindenburg tragedy or the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. — They captured lighter... more » moments too, such as an exuberant Marilyn Monroe kissing her new husband, or a line of chorus girls mugging from the camera. With a breath-taking selection of stills chosen from over two billion in 20th Century Fox's Movietone archives, MOVIETONE PRESENTS THE 20TH CENTURY does just what the title claims. Fifty years of the world's history - its wars, fashions, personalities, news, events, sports, fads and follies - come alive in almost 600 photos and an evocative accompanying test.« less