19551950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES: FEBRUARY 1-8, 1955
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NW-MICH BASKETBALL (2/1/55)
AT MCGAW MEMORIAL HALL, NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS BEAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: 96-81. |
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PLAYER PRACTICES LAY-UP SHOTS.
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CU GIRL CHEERLEADER DOING HER STUFF.
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GAME STARTS WITH TIP-OFF. MICHIGAN GETS FIRST SCORE.
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES GAME IN PROGRESS. |
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HEAVY REFEREE DRIBBLES & THROWS BALL.
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NORTHWESTERN CHEERLEADER
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MONTAGE AS FRANK EHMANN SCORES FOR NW MANY TIMES.
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MAN IN CROWD CALLING OUT AS EHMANN SCORES AGAIN. MAN IN STANDS RISES TO YELL. CUPS HIS HANDS TO MOUTH.
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EHMANN MAKES THREE POINTER.
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MAN POUNDS BASS DRUM.
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EHMANN IS CONGRATULATED ON SIDELINES.
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ST. LOUIS DESEGREGATION (2/1/55)
ST. LOUIS' NINE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS END SEGREGATION. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL STANLEY HILL SPEAKS AS DOES BLACK TEACHER & STUDENTS |
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GROUNDHOG DAY (2/1/55)
CHICAGO'S LINCOLN PARK ZOO DIRECTOR MARLIN PERKINS PETS GROUNDHOG AS HE TELLS OF LEGEND. |
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CU WOODCHUCK ON TABLE AS PERKINS ASKS ANIMAL TO MAKE PREDICTION. GROUNDHOG MAKES SQUEELING SOUNDS IN REPLY.
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U.S.-CANADA RADAR NET (2/1/55)
POV CAR DRIVING UP SNOWY ROAD TO RADAR STATION IN NORTHERN CANADA WHICH IS PART OF THE VAST RADAR WARNING SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS OUR CONTINENT FROM SUDDEN ATTACK. COLD WAR |
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RADAR ANTENNA MOVING IN ROCKING MOTION.
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CU RADAR SCREEN.
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CU OPERATOR WITH HEADSET.
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ABOVE VIEW OPERATORS WITH HEADSETS AT PLOT BOARD.
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CU WOMAN WITH EARPHONES.
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PILOT BOARD REGISTERS APPROACHING AIRCRAFT & TRACKS IT
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CU HAND AT BUTTONS.
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RCAF FLIERS IN READY ROOM. ONE MAN ON PHONE.
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CU MAN IN RADAR STATION ON PHONE.
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PILOTS GRAB HELMETS, RUN OUT DOOR TO PLANES.
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CU MAN IN CONTROL TOWER
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TWO PILOTS IN FIGHTER PLANE IN FLIGHT.
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CU RADARSCOPE
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BRITISH COMET JET AIRLINER IN FLIGHT
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BABS HUTTON LEAVES (2/1/55)
BARBARA HUTTON WITH HER LATEST BEAU, MILLIONAIRE LOS ANGLES CONTRACTOR HAL HAYES |
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PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PICTURES AS THEY BOARD PLANE IN LOS ANGELES FOR HONOLULU.
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HAYES & HUTTON BOARDING PAN-AM WORLD AIRWAYS STRATOCLIPPER AIRPLANE.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION PLANS (2/2/55)
CHICAGO & PHILADELPHIA ARGUE AS POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR 1956 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. |
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CU SIGN ON DOOR: "DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE".
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DELEGATION FROM CHICAGO, SENATORS DOUGLAS & DIRKSEN.
PAN TO BUTLER |
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CU SENATOR DOUGLAS SPEAKS & THEN SENATOR DIRKSON
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PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNOR LEADER & PITTSBURG'S MAYOR LAWRENCE MAKE PITCH FOR PHILADELPHIA.
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PRINCESS MARGARET IN TRINIDAD (2/2/55)
AIRLINER LANDING AT PIARCO AIRFIELD, TRINIDAD |
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SNAPPY HONOR GUARD TROOPS STAND AT ATTENTION.
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THOUSANDS IN CROWD WAIT AT AIRFIELD
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PRINCESS MARGARET WALKS DOWN PLANE STAIRS. GREETED BY GUARD IN PLUMED HAT.
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PAN KIDS WAVING BRITISH FLAG.
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DIGNITARIES & OTHERS GREET, BOW TO MEG.
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CALYPSO BAND PLAYS, DRUMMERS.
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FOUR-MAN BOBSLED (2/2/55)
U.S TEAM PLACES 6TH AT INTERNATIONAL BOBSLED CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 4-MAN TEAMS AT ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND |
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CROWD WATCHES AT STARTING LINE.
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CU SWISS FLAGS
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SWISS TEAM LED BY FRANZ KAPUS STARTS BY SHOVING OFF.
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CU CROWD WATCHES ALONG COURSE
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SWISS TEAM SPEEDING AROUND TURNS
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PEOPLE WATCHING MOVE HEADS AS SLED PASSES.
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CU SWISS TEAM POSES.
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U.S. TEAM START OFF.
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AMERICAN TEAM SPEEDING AROUND TURNS
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CU CROWD SHOT
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U.S TEAM FINISHING
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LLOYD JOHNSON BEING HELPED OFF SLED
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PREMIER DIEM TOUR (2/2/55)
OLD CHURCH IN SOUTH VIETNAM. |
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CROWD ON STEPS OF CHURCH AWAIT VIETNAMESE PREMIER DIEM.
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DIEM LEAVES CHURCH.
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POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC.
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CU DIEM ON HIS INSPECTION TOUR DURING THE HOLIDAY "YEAR OF THE GOAT"
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HONOR GUARD
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SPEAKER'S PLATFORM
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DIEM WALKING, STOPS TO TALK TO BOYS
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MEN WAVING FLAGS.
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PEOPLE WADE IN RIVER.
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DECORATED RIVERBOAT. LONG CANOES WITH MANY PADDLERS.
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CU KIDS CHEER
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DIEM TOURS ALONG RIVER. ARRIVES ON LAND
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DIEM LEAVES IN CAR.
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WALKS AMID CROWDS
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HARVEY MATUSOW (2/2/55)
INTERVIEW WITH INFORMER WHO TESTIFIED FALSELY BEFORE HUAC. |
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SPECIAL REPORT #34 (2/3/55)
DELEGATES AS UN DISCUSS RED CHINA'S REJECTION OF UN INVIATION TO TAKE PARTS IN TALKS ON CEASE-FIRE FOR THE FORMOSA STRAIT. |
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JET VTO PLANE (2/3/55)
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S NEW JET-POWERED VERTICAL TAKE -OFF PLANE,DEVELOPED BY BELL AIRCRAFT, IN TEST FLIGHT AT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NIAGRA FALLS, NEW YORK. |
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TEST PILOT DAVID HOWE GETTING INTO PLANE
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CU JETS SPIN IN THE TWO FAIRCHILD ENGINES. PLANE TAKES OFF VERTICALLY
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PLANES CLIMBS THEN FLIES FOWARD. FLYING AROUND FIELD, HOVERING
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MAKING PIN-POIINT VERTICAL LANDING.
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MAN FLAGS PLANE
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COLLINS TO SAIGON (2/3/55)
GENERAL LAWTON COLLINS & WIFE EXIT WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL AIRPORT BUILDING & ONTO FIELD. |
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REPORTER'S HANDS
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CU COLLINS SPEAKS TO REPORTERS BEFORE HIS RETURN TRIP TO VIETNAM AS OUR MILITARY OBSERVER.
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WALTER ON MATUSOW (2/3/55)
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. TRAFFIC IN FRGD. |
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SIGN: WALTER'S NAME ON OFFICE DOOR.
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REPRESENTATIVE WALTER SPEAKS FROM DESK. SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT WITNESS HARVEY MATUSOW IS DOUBLE AGENT PLANTED BY REDS.
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ADAMS RESIGNS (2/4/55)
PENTAGON BUILDING |
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ARMY COUNSEL JOHN ADAMS SPEAKS FROM DESK. RESIGNS, SAYING IT HAS NO CONNECTION WITH ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARING AFTERMATH.
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DOGSLED RACE (2/3/55)
DOGSLEDS RACE FROM HASTINGS, MINNESOTA TO ST. PAUL AS PART OF WINTER CARNIVAL IN STATE CAPITAL. |
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CU LITTLE GIRL IN WINTER CLOTHING KISSES DOG ON EARS.
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MAN TAKES DOGS OUT OF TRAILER.
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DRIVER ADJUSTS DOG HARNESS ON SLED
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BUNDLED-UP CROWD WATCH START OF RACE.
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MAN WITH STOP-WATCH SIGNALS START OF RACE
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FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TEAM GOING BY WITH DOGS PULLING SLEDS ON WHEELS BECAUSE OF NO SNOW.
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VARIOUS VIEWS OF DOGS LEISURELY PULLING SLEDS AND DRIVERS DOWN HIGHWAY DURING 22-MILE RACE.
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CU MAN WIPES BROW
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CU BAND TROMBONE PLAYER WITH HORN TOWARDS CAMERA.
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SIGN OF FINISH LINE.
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BAND BRASS IN CLOWN OUTFITS.
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WINNING TEAM RIDES DOWN MAIN STREET TOWARDS FINISH LINE.
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MAYOR SHAKES HANDS WITH WINNER. BREATHES HEAVILY
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SOIL CONSERVATION CONVENTION (2/4/55)
MARINE CORP CAMP PENDLETON GUARD SHACK. |
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SIGN: "SOIL CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATION". PAN TO FIELD
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PEOPLE EXITING LONG LINE OF BUSES AS FARMERS & 4-H CLUB MEMBERS ARRIVE TO ATTEND SOIL CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATION
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PEOPLE WATCH DEMONSTRATIONS & INSPECT MACHINERY.
BULLDOZER IN ACTION, MEN SPRAYING SOIL. LATEST TECHNIQUES TO SAVE THE SOIL: DAM-BUILDING, DIVERSION TERRACES, CONTOUR CULTIVATION, VEGETATED WATERWAYS CU MAN IN COWBOY HAT TAKING SNAP SHOTS. |
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KID POINTS TO HELICOPTER, PAN DOWN TO CROWD AT KICK -OFF OF NATIONWIDE "ON-THE-FARM FLOOD PREVENTION"
CAMPAIGN |
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TRAILER SHOW (2/3/55)
PEOPLE LINE UP OUTSIDE GATE AT THE 2ND ANNUAL LOS ANGELES TRAILER LIFE SHOW. ADVANCED DESIGNS FOR LUXURY LIVING ON WHEELS. |
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PAN MODELS MEASURE SIZE OF TRAILERS WITH MEASURING TAPE.
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MODEL EXITS TRAILER WITH WATER SPRINKLER. HOUSEWIFE WITH APRON PEERS OUT TRAILER DOOR, PAN TO MODEL SPRINKLING FLOWERS.
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SHOTS IN & OUT OF DUPLEX TRAILER. CAMERA FOLLOWS MODEL INTO TRAILER. FLOWERS ON KITCHEN TABLE.
HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN SHOWS CABINETS. |
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TWO LITTLE GIRLS ENTER SUNDAY SCHOOL TRAILER. VIEW INSIDE MOBILE CHURCH TRAILERS.
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ADVANCE DESIGN TRAILER WITH SLIDING GLASS DOOR, ULTRA-MODERN FURNITURE & NEWEST GADGETS FOR COMFORTABLE LIVING.
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SPECTATORS AT TRAILER SHOW
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TACHEN REFUGEES ARRIVE IN FORMOSA (2/4/55)
BOATLOAD OF TACHEN-ISLAND REFUGEES ARRIVE ON FORMOSA |
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CHILDREN & REFUGEES LINE RAIL OF BOAT.
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CU GIRL WITH BABY
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WOMAN WITH BABY & OLD MAN WITH BABY.
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CU CRYING BABY.
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TEENAGE STUDENTS IN SCHOOL UNIFORMS LINE UP.
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STUDENTS BEING SPRAYED WITH DDT POWDER.
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ABOVE VIEW PEOPLE WITH BUNDLES DOWN GANG PLANK.
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SOLDIERS HELP WOMEN WITH BABIES, PEOPLE WITH BUNDLES OFF SHIP.
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GANDHI MEMORIAL (2/3/55)
INDIANS PAY HOMAGE TO MEMORY OF MAHATMA GANDHI WITH CEREMONIES AT GANDHI MEMORIAL IN NEW DELHI. |
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PRESIDENT PRASAD AND LONG LINE OF OTHERS LAY FLOWER WREATHS AT MEMORIAL.
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FLOWERS IN SHAPE OF SWASTIKA (INDIAN RELIGIOUS SYMBOL).
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PEOPLE CRYING
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WOMAN WITH SPINNING WHEEL SPIN WOOL (SYMBOLIC OF DIGNITY OF LABOR).
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CU WOMAN STRETCHING YARN
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SOLDIERS REVERSE ARMS, BOW HEADS IN MOMENT OF SILENCE
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45TH DARTMOUTH WINTER CARNIVAL (2/7/55)
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CAMPUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LARGE SNOW STATUE OF NANOOK OF THE NORTH. |
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SKIER UP STEPS
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CROWD OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
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SKIER DOWN RAMP & IN MID-AIR AT SKI JUMP
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SKIER AFTER JUMP
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TWO COUPLES SLED DOWN HILL ON SAUCER, THE "FLYING SAUCER SPIN".
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QUEEN OF DARMOUTH CARNIVAL BEING CROWNED, SKIMORE COLLEGE JUNIOR, KAREN THORSEL OF PORTLAND, MAINE.
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NIGHT SHOW IN ICE: WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION HAYES JENKINS PERFORMS UNDER LIGHTS.
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PALM SPRINGS RODEO (2/7/55)
RIDERS ON PARADE INCLUDE SENORITA IN SPANISH GOWN. |
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HANGING RODEO SIGN AND FLAGS.
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STAGECOACH IN RODEO PARADE WITH WAVING COWGIRLS &
COWBOYS. |
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LITTLE GIRL WITH BATON DOWN CENTER OF STREET.
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MAJORETTES WITH LARGE POWDER PUFFS TOWARDS CAMERA.
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STADIUM WITH CROWD IN STANDS.
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CALF-ROPING: COWBOY ON HORSE CHASES CALF WITH LASSO.
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COWBOY ROPES CALF, TIES FEET WITH LARIAT.
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TIMER DROPS FLAG AT 26 SECONDS FLAT
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BAREBACK RIDING: BRONCO-BUSTING COWBOYS.
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RIDER & HORSE FALL IMMEDIATLEY. COWBOY THROWN OFF HORSE.
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BULL-DOGGING: COWBOY ON STEER. TAKES STEER TO GROUND.
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MARINES LAND HAWAII (2/8/55)
5,000 MARINES ARRIVE AT PEARL HARBOR FROM JAPAN TO BE QUARTERED FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS AT KANEOHE, HAWAII AIR STATION AS THE GROUND ELEMENT OF THE FIRST PROVISIONAL AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE. |
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SHIP WITH MARINES MOVES TO DOCK. GIVEN TRADITIONAL GREETING AS HULA GIRL WAVES TO TROOP SHIP IN HARBOR.
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PEOPLE WAIT ON DOCK
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HAWAIIAN DANCER DOES HULA DANCE AS SHIP BEGINS TO DOCK.
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CU HULA GIRL DANCING.
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MARINES WAVING FROM RAILINGS & OTHER PARTS OF SHIP
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OFFICER LEAVES SHIP
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MARINES DOWN GANGPLANK AS THEY GET OFF SHIP. MEMBERS OF THE 4TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM
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CU OFFICER GETS FLOWER LEI & KISS.
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CU MARINE IS GREETED BY WIFE & BABY. AFFECTIONATE KISS.
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