 Friend and Armand Lizotte in front of Hearst Metrotone News airplane Image by Sandraonjamesisland, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The MetrotonesHearst Metrotone News Hearst Metrotone News American newsreel series (1914–1967) Hearst Metrotone News (renamed News of the Day in 1936) was a newsreel series that ran from 1914 to 1967 produced by the Hearst Corporation, founded by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst Metrotone News airplane (from Lizotte Family photo album) History A Hearst Metrotone News crew filming a fire. Hearst produced silent newsreels under the titles of Hearst Newsreel, International Newsreel, and MGM News before settling on the generic title Hearst Metrotone News. From January 1919 to July 1929, International Newsreel was produced by Hearst's International News Service and released by Universal Studios. Hearst began to release sound newsreels in September 1929 under an agreement with Fox Film Corporation using the… (Source: Wikipedia)
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