Mr Newsome was the first African-American film preservationist/restorationist in the US. He worked on many newsreels for the UCLA Film and Television Archive. He has preserved the Nitrate originals of Marion Davies in Washington DC; "The Catch" by Willie Mays; USC / Notre Dame games; World War 2 newsreels; Tuskegee airmen; integration of the armed forces; many sports moments and the feature film Gone with the Wind.