This “Yesterday’s Newsreel” film offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. This episode opens women’s suffrage (mark 00:40) and protests outside the White House in 1917, culminating in the approval of the 19th Amendment in 1919 (mark 01:35). Vice President Thomas R. Marshall is shown signing the document giving women the right to vote, as well as scenes of governors ratifying the legislation. Following numerous scenes of celebration and voting by women, mark 03:18 introduces us to “The Great Ziegfeld,” Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, shown with some of the beautiful girls his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies. Aviation in 1931 (mark 04:15) includes a competition for the Schneider Trophy, and at mark 05:07 there’s a look at some of the personalities of 1928 such as comedian and actor Ben Turpin, and visit by Helen Keller with First Lady Grace Coolidge, and scenes of composer and conductor John Philip Sousa. The “Worst Hurricane in East Coast History” in 1938 is covered starting at mark 06:49 with numerous scenes of the devastation, including ships and tankers tossed on shore like toy boats, and scenes of perilous rescue operations (mark 07:47). Fashions from 1914 flash across the screen at mark 08:35, while at mark 10:00 we revisit how the US acquired a portion of the Virgin Islands in 1917 and see numerous scenes from around the islands. Come mark 10:57, there’s a look at sporting events from 1929 including distance running at Harvard University and bobsled races at Lake Placid, New York.