Eugene W. Castle

News Parade of the Year 1946

A summary of the main events of 1946 as captured in newsreels.

Christmas Toyshop

Santa visits some kids and tells them a story in the form of a cartoon in this Castle short.

The Sport Parade: Snow Thrills

A silent short documentary highlighting winter sports - skating, skiing, bobsled, dogsledding, and features lots of folks falling down.

A Thrill a Second

Made for the home market, this silent Castle Film was one of the releases in the "Sports Parade" series. It was based on a Warner Brothers series of the same name which ran in theaters prior to the feature.

Conquest of the Hudson

Film about the planning, construction, and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel between New York City and New Jersey.

Hindenburg Explodes!

Dramatic Universal newsreel footage of the Hindenburg disaster which took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, when the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers, 61 crew), there were 35 fatalities; there was also one death among the ground crew. The actual cause of the fire remains unknown, although a variety of hypotheses have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The incident shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the end of the airship era.

When Flowers Bloom

A simple story of a woman being courted by two beaux.