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Historic Films Inc Launches The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism Grand Opening and $340,667 Fundraising Campaign to Digitize Universal Newsreels Collection
Historic Films Inc | The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism Grand Opening
The free digital museum opens with 125 Universal Newsreel episodes as Historic Films Inc. seeks to share thousands more historic news films.
ORLANDO, Florida, August 14, 2026 - Historic Films Inc., a Florida based nonprofit, announced today the grand opening of The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism, a free public digital museum dedicated to making the motion picture journalism collections being shared at the National Archives accessible to researchers, journalists, educators, students and the general public. The museum is built on the Historic Films Inc. YouTube channel and opens with a collection of 125 episodes of the Universal Newsreels series.
Historic Films Inc. is also launching its first fundraising campaign seeking to raise $340,667.84 to convert the thousands of remaining episodes of the Universal Newsreels archive from analog to digital format and expand the museum's collection.
"The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism is an effort to democratize access to these unique film records of the 20th century," said Jim Michael, founder of Historic Films Inc. He is a retired video editor who spent over a decade with NBC News in Washington, D.C., covering Presidents from Carter to George HW Bush and even got shot at in Nicaragua covering the Sandinista takeover. He brings five decades of experience in national broadcast journalism to the mission of sharing motion picture journalism with the public. His commitment to, and love for journalism is the inspiration and driving force behind Historic Films Inc. and The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism.
Individuals and organizations interested in supporting the Universal Newsreels digitization campaign can learn more about donation opportunities at historicfilmsinc.org.
For additional information, contact: T. J. McCarthy Historic Films Inc. tmccarthy@historicfilmsinc.org (321) 233-5499
About Historic Films Inc.
Historic Films Inc., a nonprofit based in Orlando, Florida, operates The Museum of Motion Picture Journalism, a free public digital museum providing motion picture journalism collections for research, education, and public access.
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