Universal Newsreel: Difference between revisions

'''Visuals:''' The logo begins in a black and white flower-like background and the face of newscaster Graham McNamee. Above McNamee is the curved text "GRAHAM MCNAMEE broadcasting as the". Under the face is the text "Universal Talking Reporter". The text fades out and is replaced by "UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL", with "NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL" being curved above the head, and the bottom now has a byline "By Arrangement With NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY". The logo then cuts to a cloudy background with a globe. There is the text "THE NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL", and a biplane passing the globe. The biplane leaves the text "UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL" behind.

'''Visuals:''' The logo starts in a cloudy background and the Universal globe, with the text "UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL" in front of the globe and a copyright notice on the bottom. The text "THE TALK OF THE WORLD" fades and zooms in, making the other text fade out. After the "TALK OF THE WORLD" has zoomed in, the screen fades out to the NRA emblem.

'''Visuals:''' The sequence starts with the Universal Pictures logo from the time, then it transitions to a top-down view of an ocean. A ship comes from the top of the screen. While the ship is passing, the following text appears:

Then the logo transitions to different things. In order, there is a volcanic scene with volcanoes exploding, then a wavy beach with a boat, a horse race, an explosion and seven airplanes going on a straight line. The logo fades out, along with the background.

'''Visuals:''' There is the Universal Pictures logo of the time, then the screen fades to a a globe spinning from right to left in a cloudy background, with cameramen and equipment on the top. There is the text "THE NEW UNIVERSAL PRESENTS. The text "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" in a curvy font fades in from top to bottom. A copyright notice appears on the bottom of the screen. Then the globe disappears, followed by screens showing footage of different things.

'''Variant:''' A closing variant exists, where the text "The Talk of the World" zooms in the middle, along with "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" on top replacing "THE NEW UNIVERSAL PRESENTS", though separated by the cameramen, and a different copyright notice on the bottom. The zooming of the "The Talk of the World" text varies.

'''Visuals:''' In a cloudy background, the Universal globe is seen moving from left to right, accompanied with text saying: "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL"

coupled with a copyright notice on the bottom, and "THE NEW UNIVERSAL PRESENTS" on the top, with "PRESENTS" stacked under the former. Then the logo transitions into four screens that show different things. The "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" text turns into an outlined text. The screens change every 2 seconds.

* A Canadian version exists, in which an outlined "THE CANADIAN UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" replaces the "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" text.

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

'''Visuals:''' Above the US Capitol Building, that's surrounded with searchlights in a cloudy background, the "UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL" text is seen curved above the building. Above that reads "UNIVERSAL PICTURES" and "Present", with the latter being written in a script.

'''Visuals:''' In a cloudy background, there is a globe, which transitions into an explosion. The explosion fades to a boat, which fades into another explosion, which fades into a marching army, which transitions to a ship going against a wave, which transitions back to yet another explosion. After the explosion, the screen fades into some smoke and a horse race. During the entire duration of this, the "UNIVERSAL Newsreel" text, with the "Newsreel" text being in a script font. Under that, is "COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS" and a copyright stamp.

'''Visuals:''' In a starry background, the Universal globe from the time is seen spinning from left to right. There is also text "Universal International NEWSREEL" and a copyright notice on the bottom.

'''Variant:''' A closing version exists where the text "THE END" is in the middle and "Universal International NEWSREEL" in the bottom right corner.

'''Audio:''' Typical 50s music.

'''Availability:'''  It can be seen from volumes 20 till 26. On earlier newsreels using the next logo, the closing variant from this logo is used instead.

'''Visuals:''' The logo begins in a starry background with globes spinning counterclockwise in a ring. There is also the text "Universal International NEWS" along with a copyright notice.

* A closing version exists. A bold text reading "THE END" is in the middle and another text reading "Universal International NEWSREEL" is at the bottom right corner.

'''Availability:'''  It can be seen from every newsreel from Volumes 28 up to early issues of Volume 37. The later issues of Volume 37 plaster the big letter variant with the next logo. On earlier newsreels using this logo, the closing variant from the previous logo is used.