Universal Newsreel, Volume 36, Release 96, November 24, 1963

This newsreel is an edited special edition Universal Newsreel Release from November 24, 1963, reporting on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The Universal Newsreel Collection is the largest donated newsreel collection in NARA’s Moving Image and Sound Branch. The popular collection includes edited releases, as well as unedited outtakes, original production files, and scripts. Originally shown in movie theaters, the newsreels date from July 1929 to December 1967, when Universal ceased operations. MCA/Universal donated the collection to NARA in 1970 and deeded the collection’s rights and title to the U.S. Government in 1974, although the films may still contain material that is protected by copyright or other proprietary rights and restrictions.  

View and download Universal Newsreel, Volume 36, Release 96, which is part of the collection UN, MCA/Universal Pictures Collection, Series: Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library in the National Archives Catalog. 

You can explore more Universal Newsreel edited releases and outtakes, as well as other newsreel and institutional film collections donated to the National Archives and the Moving Image and Sound Branch, in the National Archives Catalog, through the Special Media Records Division blog, The Unwritten Record, on History Hub, or in person at our research room in College Park, MD.