19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM MARCH 1 & MARCH 9, 1954
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SENATORS MCCLELLAN AND JACKSON SIT SIDE BY SIDE BEFORE MICROPHONES AND SPEAK ON CONSEQUENCES OF REPUBLICAN PARTISANSHIP IN SENATE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING MCCARTHY-ARMY HEARINGS.
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| 00:02:30 142 |
POLITICIAN "GEORGE" SPEAKS ABOUT PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
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| 00:03:01 173 |
NAVY CONVAIR:
SIX CREW MEMBERS POSE IN FRONT OF NEY GIANT NAVY SEA PLANE, CONVAIR, R3Y "TRADEWIND. CREWMEN BOARD SEAPLANE. "TRADEWIND LUMBERS ACROSS LAKE TO A TAKE- OFF. |
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MASTADON:
DERRICK STANDS AT EDGE OF LAKE DIGGING FOR ADDITIONAL ANCIENT MASTEDON BONES TO ADD TO THOSE ALREADY FOUND IN LAKE. DINOSAUR BONES |
| 00:04:57 289 |
LOCAL MAN STANDS BEFORE HUGE JAWBONES OF MASTEDON, TELLS OF HIS FIND, INVITES CAMERAMAN TO HIS HOME TO SEE MORE BONES. MAN HOLDS HUGE THIGH BONE OF MASTEDON. HE SHOWS HUGE SKULL. CU MAN SAYS HE WILL GIVE THE BONES TO MUSEUM IN NEW JERSEY.
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| 00:06:00 352 |
COLD BAR SUIT:
ARMY MEN DEMONSTRATE TO GALLERY OF MILITARY OFFICERS, WET SUITS WORN UNDER THEIR FATIGUES WHICH MAKES THEM FLOAT IN WATER AFTER THEY ARE FORCED OUT OF SMALL BOAT BY MACHINE GUN FIRE DURING MANEUVERS |
| 00:06:54 406 |
DERRICK PULLS DOWN HUGE WATER TOWER ATOP BUILDINGS AS CROWD WATCHES. GOOD VIEW OF TOWER TOPPLING TO GROUND.
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| 00:07:49 461 |
FRENCH MILITARY OFFICERS AND PROCESSION OF WHITE-
ROBED MOROCCANS ACCOMPANY MOROCCO'S NEW SULTAN BEN ARAFA, WEARING TRADITIONAL WHITE ROBES, TO TRAIN. |
| 00:07:50 462 |
VIEW MOROCCAN CROWD LINING COUNTRYSIDE TO VIEW NEW SULTAN.
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| 00:07:51 463 |
POV SPEEDING TRAIN.
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| 00:07:52 464 |
SULTAN BEN ARAFA IS GREETED BY OTHER HIERARCHY AS HE DEBARKS TRAIN GETS INTO OPEN LIMO. PAN TO MOROCCAN HONOR GUARD.
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| 00:08:00 472 |
ROYAL LANCERS ON HORSEBACK ACCOMPANY LIMO AS IT ROLLS DOWN AVENUE.
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| 00:09:00 532 |
MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT ACCOMPANY WHITE LIMO WITH SULTAN AS IT ROLLS DOWN PALM TREE LINED AVENUE TOWARDS CAMERA
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| 00:09:13 545 |
TEXAS DUST STORM:
ROAD SIGN, "TOHOKA", "ODONNELL". PAN TO TRAFFIC RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA IN SAND STORM. FARM FIELDS COVERED BY MOUNDS OF DUST AND SAND. SMALL DESERTED FARM SHACK AMID SAND COVERED LAND, PAN TO WINDMILL SPINNING IN WIND. DUST BOWL. CAN READ DEPRESSION, GRAPES OF WRATH DEPRESSION FOOTAGE. OKIES. MIGRANT. |
| 00:09:43 575 |
PICK-UP TRUCK CIRCA 1950s RIDES DOWN SMALL TOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT, PASSING VERTICALLY PARKED AUTOS, PAN TO DESERTED STORES. PAD LOCK ON ONE.
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| 00:10:14 606 |
TWO FARMERS, BACKS TO CAMERA WALK THROUGH DUST COVERED LAWN ON WAY TO FARM HOUSE. WIND BLOWS DUST ACROSS SAND COVERED FARMLAND. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES BARREN FARMLANDS, IDLE MACHINERY. FARMER DIGS OUT. CU CRACKED DRY LAKE BED.
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| 00:11:46 698 |
TWO FARMERS CUPPING DRIED OUT SOIL IN HANDS SHOWING HOW IT HAS DRIED TO A SAND-LIKE CONSISTENCY.
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| 00:11:53 705 |
MERCHANT CREATES A CLOUD OF DUST AS HE SWEEPS SAND OUT OF HIS STORE.
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| 00:12:13 725 |
VARIOUS SCENES GENERAL NAGUIB, MILITARY LEADER OF EGYPT FOLLOWING JUNTA, POSING WITH HIS MALE CHILDREN.
NAGUIB IN HIS OFFICE WITH OTHER MILITARY OFFICERS |
| 00:13:11 783 |
SENATOR KNOWLAND AND REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN STAND BEFORE OUTDOOR MICROPHONES. KNOWLAND SPEAKS ABOUT FINANCE BILL AND STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII, AS WELL AS THE AIR ACADEMY BILL. 1954 CADILLACS IN BKGD.
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| 00:13:12 784 |
CU REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN SPEAKS FRMO OFFICE.
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| 00:15:17 909 |
ARMY MAJOR GENERAL POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS BEFORE MILITARY COURT ROOM DOOR MARKED "BOARD ROOM" BEFORE ENTERING.
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BUFFALO FIRE:
MULTIPLE AERIAL LADDERS WITH FIRE HOSES ATTACHED TO TOPS, POUR WATER INTO UPPER WINDOWS OF HUGE FACTORY BUILDING IN BUFFALO INDUSTRIAL AREA. THICK BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE BELLOWS OUT OF MANY OF THE WINDOWS, AS HUGE CHUNKS OF BUILDING TOPPLE TO THE GROUND BELOW. |
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TILT DOWN FROM HUGE RADIO TOWER AT TOP BUILDING ACROSS THE WAY FROM BURNING FACTORY.
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| 00:16:48 1000 |
ASIAN WORKERS (VIETNAMESE) PAINT FRENCH INSIGNIA AS OTHERS REPAIR RUDDER AND ENGINE ON BOMBER AND OTHER PLANES OUTSIDE HANGAR.
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| 00:17:13 1025 |
U.S. AIRMEN EXIT CARGO PLANE WITH THEIR PERSONAL EFFECTS AFTER ARRIVING AT VIETNAMESE (?) AIRFIELD.
NATIVE VIETNAMESE WORKERS HELP UNLOAD CRATES FROM PLANE. |
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VIEW OF AIRFIELDS WITH CARGO PLANES LINED UP ON TARMAC. VIETNAMESE FARMERS WEARING STRAW HATS, LABOR ON GROUNDS ADJACENT TO AIRFIELD.
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U.S. GROUND CREWS WORK ON ENGINE OF CARGO PLANE.
U.S. GIS OFFICERS, LINE UP OUTSIDE MESS HALL FOR CHOW. COOKS DISH OUT HOT FOOD ON TRAYS THROUGH WINDOW. AIRMEN SIT, STANDS IN BRIEFING ROOM. OFFICER POINTS TO LOCATION ON WALL MAP. |
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CHILDREN MODERN TOYS:
BOY WEARING FLASH GORDON HEAD GEAR RIDES IN CIRCLES ON STAGE IN SMALL SPACE SHIP AUTO. IS INTERVIEWED, ASKED "HOW IT WAS TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER?" |
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MAN AND BOY WEARING SUPERMAN CAPES BOUNCE ON POGO STICKS ON STAGE. MAN TAKES NASTY FALL. BLOOPER
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| 00:18:57 1129 |
BOY WORKS CONTROLS OF MODERNISTIC TOY TRAM WHICH CIRCLES AROUND TRACK.
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| 00:19:40 1172 |
CU BELL RINGS IN CHURCH STEEPLE. BRITISH HONOR GUARDS STAND AT ATTENTION AS LIMOS RIDE UP TO PARADE GROUNDS CONTAINING EAST ASIAN TYPE RELIGIOUS TYPE BUILDINGS, (THAILAND, MALAYSIA (?)) IN EAST ASIAN (?) BRITISH COLONY. HIGH RANKING BRITISH OFFICIAL MOUNTS PLATFORM TO REVIEW SNAPPY NATIVE DRILL. NATIVE SOLDIERS GIVE OUT THREE CHEERS TO NATIVE LEADER WEARING TRADITIONAL COSTUME.
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| 00:21:11 1263 |
OIL FIRE:
OIL TANK ABLAZE ON RAILROAD TRACKS. OFFICIALS EXAMINE DERAILED CABOOSE LYING OFF TRACKS. |
| 00:22:36 1348 |
LITTLETON:
BRITISH (?) OFFICIAL ARRIVES ON B.O.A.C. (BRITISH AIRWAYS) AIRLINER, IS GREETED BY OTHER OFFICIALS AS HE DEBARKS PLANE. |
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CAMPOS:
CRUSHING PUERTO RICAN CROWD GATHERS AROUND AS POLICE PLACE SUSPECT OF SHOOTING (?) IN SMALL VAN, RIDE OFF. CU VIEW PHOTO OF UNIDENTIFIED MAN ON PUERTO RICAN FLAGS. CU ARSENAL OF SMALL WEAPONS LAYED OUT ON TABLE. CU VIEW DOOR RIDDLED BY BULLET HOLES. POLICE EXAMINE BEDROOM OF SUSPECT (?) |
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FLOWER SHOW:
CROWD OUTSIDE BUILDING WITH BANNER ACROSS ENTRANCE, "FLOWER SHOW". PAN CROWDS PERUSING EXOTIC FLOWER DISPLAYS IN BUILDING. CU SIGN: "CLASS 170 ORCHIDS", TILT UP TO LARGE DISPLAY OF ORCHIDS. |
| 00:24:13 1445 |
ELDERLY WOMAN PLACES WATER LILIES IN FOUNTAIN.
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| 00:25:00 1492 |
CU VARIETY EXOTIC PLANTS.
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| 00:25:40 1532 |
EGYPTIAN MILITARY GREET NEW MILITARY LEADER NAGUIB AS HE ARRIVES BY AIRLINER. NAGUIB AND PRINCE PHILLIP OF ENGLAND REVIEW HONOR GUARD.
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| 00:26:12 1564 |
BEAUTY PAGEANT IN UNIDENTIFIED LATIN COUNTRY. GIRLS ON FLOATS RIDE IN PARADE. MOUNTAINS IN BKGD
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