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Uh, that trivia in the 9th logo was too vague
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(And.. voila! Part 2 of the Universal Newsreel description edits is finished! This finalizes the descriptions, as well as correcting more dates. Videos have been given to most, if not all of the logos.)
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(Uh, that trivia in the 9th logo was too vague)
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Globe VII", "Flags", "Nations"
'''Nicknames:''' "The Globe VII", "The Allied Globe", "Flags", "Nations"


'''Logo:''' In a cloudy background, we see a globe and flags circling around from right to left. We also see "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" in a curvy font, and the text "'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'". In the bottom, we see a copyright notice.
'''Logo:''' In a cloudy background, we see a globe and flags circling around from right to left. We also see "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" in a curvy font, and the text "'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'". In the bottom, we see a copyright notice.


'''Trivia:''' The flags in the logo are from the USA, the UK, Australia, Denmark, Brazil and more.
'''Trivia:'''
*The flags over the smaller globe in the closing variant are the main Allied nations of World War II, thus they're the flags of the Soviet Union, the United States, the UK, France, Norway, (Republic of) China, Canada (with the former Canadian Red Ensign), Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, British India(?), Greece and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
*The referred "bonds" in the closing variant are war bonds, dept that the government sold to the population to fund military operations in the war effort. This campaign commonly appeared in the end card of various WWII-era movies.


'''Variant:''' A closing variant exists where in a gradient background with lines,we see flags both on the top and bottom, 2 globes and the texts "BUY BONDS" in a transparent but a dotty font, "THE END" and "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL".
'''Variant:''' A closing variant exists where in a gradient background with lines, we see flags both on the top and bottom over a smaller second globe and the texts "BUY BONDS" in a transparent but a dotty font, "THE END" and "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL".


'''FX/SFX:''' On the opening, the globe and flags moving. On the closing, none.
'''FX/SFX:''' On the opening, the globe and flags moving. On the closing, none.


'''Music/Sounds:''' Typical 40's music.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A typical 40's military march.


'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' A variant with bombastic music exists. The closing variants have a shorter version of the music, or the closing music from the 6th logo.
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' A variant with bombastic music exists. The closing variants have a shorter version of the music, or the closing music from the 6th logo.
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'''Editor's Note:''' None.
'''Editor's Note:''' None.


=== 10th Logo (1944) ===
=== 10th Logo (1944) ===

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