19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM JUNE 16-18, 1954
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JUNE 16, 1954
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ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS:
SENATOR MUNTZ BRINGS MEETING TO ORDER WITH GAVEL. |
| 04:45:06 4.93 |
ATTORNEY FOR ARMY ROBERT WELSH VIGOROUSLY BROW BEATS MCCARTHY AIDE DURING QUESTIONING CONCERNING PRIVATE D. DAVID SCHINE.
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| 04:47:02 120.93 |
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DULLES SPEAKS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL TALKS ON INDO-CHINA.
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| 04:48:40 218.93 |
HUGE TURRET SHAPED STRUCTURES OF PALACE
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| 04:48:50 228.93 |
ABOVE VIEW BRITISH PALACE GUARD FOLLOWED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILLIP DRESSED IN ANCIENT COSTUMES OF ENGLISH ROYALTY. HER LONG ROBE BEING HELD AS SHE WALKS DOWN STREET FOLLOWED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL & OTHER DIGNITARIES ALSO DRESSED IN COSTUME, FEATHERED HATS, MARCHING IN PROCESSION.
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HUGE CROWD.
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| 04:51:23 381.93 |
SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE TO AUDITORIUM: "WELCOME AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS".
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| 04:51:24 382.93 |
THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS SEATED IN AUDITORIUM APPLAUDING.
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| 04:51:25 383.93 |
FORMER PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN IS GIVEN AWARD AS HE STANDS BY PIANO.
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| 04:51:26 384.93 |
TRUMAN PLAYS PIANO AS HE ACCOMPANIES ELDERLY TRUMPET PLAYER PLAYS "HAIL, HAIL, THE GANGS ALL HERE" BADLY.
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| 04:52:25 443.93 |
TRUMAN PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC ON PIANO. ELY
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| 04:54:02 540.93 |
CU CHOU EN LAI DRINKS TOAST WITH WESTERN DIPLOMATS.
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| 04:54:03 541.93 |
WAITER IN TUX DISHES OUT DRINKS ON TRAY.
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| 04:54:52 590.93 |
FACULTY & STUDENTS OF VASSAR COLLEGE IN CAP AND GOWN MARCHING TO SEATS DURING OUTDOOR CEREMONY HONORING ADLAI STEVENSON.
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| 04:54:53 591.93 |
STEVENSON IN GOWN, SPEAKS TO STUDENT BODY, FAMILIES, FACULTY.
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| 04:54:54 592.93 |
HUNDREDS FAMILY MEMBERS SEATED ON LAWN
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| 04:55:56 654.93 |
ELDERLY MAN SITTING IN GRASS LISTENING TO STEVENSON, USES PROGRAM ON HIS HEAD TO PROTECT AGAINST SUN.
PEOPLE IN BKGD FAN THEMSELVES WITH PROGRAMS. |
| 04:57:37 755.93 |
XIA ROCKET POWERED PLANE BEING TESTED:
B-29 TAKES OFF WITH EXPERIMENTAL PLANE ATTACHED TO BELLY. |
| 04:57:38 756.93 |
CU VIEW "X1A" UNDER B-29.
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| 04:57:39 757.93 |
CU B-29 PILOT WITH BACK TO CAMERA, LISTENS TO LAUNCH COUNTDOWN OVER EARPHONES. VOICE OVER INSTRUCTIONS HEARD.
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X1A IS DROPPED FROM B-29
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POV CAMERA PLANE.
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| 04:58:49 827.93 |
ABOVE VIEW X1A POV B-29.
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| 04:58:50 828.93 |
VAPOR TRAIL OF X1A ZIPPING ACROSS SKY. POV GROUND.
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| 04:59:09 847.93 |
TWO YOUNG WOMEN WORKING ON WEDDING GOWN ON MANNEQUIN.
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| 04:59:10 848.93 |
CU ARTIST DOING CHARCOAL DRAWING OF AL JOLSON IN BLACK FACE.
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| 04:59:11 849.93 |
SAME GIRL SINGING OPERA ARIA BEFORE PIANO TEACHER.
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| 05:00:41 939.93 |
JUNE 17, 1954
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| 05:00:42 940.93 |
ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS:
SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TAKE THEIR SEATS. |
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND OTHERS TAKES SEATS BEHIND COMMITTEE.
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| 05:00:44 942.93 |
CU MCCARTHY RESPONDS TO MR. WELSH'S QUESTIONS. SAYS THE TRAGEDY OF THIS HEARING IS THAT COMMUNISTS ARE STILL IN GOVERNMENT.
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| 05:00:45 943.93 |
WELSH & MCCARTHY GET INTO ARGUMENT.
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| 05:04:13 1151.93 |
FRENCH CRISIS:
TILT DOWN FROM TOP TO GROUND OF UNITED NATIONS BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| 05:04:14 1152.93 |
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN SESSION AT ROUND TABLE.
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| 05:04:15 1153.93 |
U.S. DELEGATE HENRY CABOT LODGE SPEAKS ON INDO-CHINA.
SECRETARY GENERAL DAG HAMMARSKJOLD ON HIS RIGHT. |
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SOVIET FREIGHTER TIED UP AT PIER. PAN TO RUSSIAN NAME AND STAR ON BOW, TO HAMMER AND SICKLE ON STACK.
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| 05:05:16 1214.93 |
TWO RUSSIAN SEAMEN WITH T-SHIRTS POSE AS THEY CONVERSE ON DECK.
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CARGO OF ? IS LIFTED OUT OF HOLD VIA DERRICK, DUMPED INTO RAILROAD GONDOLA CARS ALONGSIDE SHIP.
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| 05:05:18 1216.93 |
TRAIN PULLS AWAY FROM PIER.
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| 05:07:14 1332.93 |
UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE WALTER BEDEL SMITH SITS AT MEETING WITH OTHER WORLD MINISTERS AT GENEVA CONCERNING WAR IN INDO-CHINA.
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SMITH LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE.
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JUNE 18, 1954
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| 05:07:55 1373.93 |
ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS:
ATTORNEY ROY COHN SPEAKS GLOWINGLY OF HIS BOSS JOE MCCARTHY AS MCCARTHY AND SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LOOKS ON. "LOYAL AND DEVOTED TO HIS STAFF". |
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YOUNG FEMALE DRIVER TEST DRIVES NEW SEDAN CIRCA 1954 ON RACE CAR TRACK ALONG WITH RACE CARS.
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ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS END:
PAN SENATOR SYMINGTON, MUNDT, RAY JENKINS, ON PANEL. |
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SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY AND ROY COHN
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| 05:11:27 1585.93 |
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MAKES CLOSING STATEMENT, ENDS HEARINGS.
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| 05:11:28 1586.93 |
ALL LEAVE COMMITTEE ROOM.
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CU FLOOD LIGHT GOES OUT.
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NEWS MEDIA DISMANTLE THEIR CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT, UNPLUG ALL JACKS.
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| 05:11:31 1589.93 |
PAN EMPTY COMMITTEE SEATS, COMMITTEE ROOM, EMPTY CHAIRS.
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| 05:12:39 1657.93 |
NEWSMAN READS PREPARED TEXT SUMMARIZING THE HEARINGS OVER RADIO MICROPHONE, AS NEWSMEN BEHIND HIM DO INTERVIEWS.
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| 05:13:44 1722.93 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWNELL COMMENTS ABOUT QUESTION OF LAW.
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| 05:14:36 1774.93 |
ROAD SIGN: "BARABOO, POPULATION 7264, DRIVE CAREFULLY".
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| 05:14:37 1775.93 |
CAR PASSES THROUGH SMALL TOWN, CARS PARKED BOTH SIDES OF STREET. CANNON, MONUMENT, IN TOWN SQUARE.
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| 05:14:38 1776.93 |
CLOCK ATOP CITY HALL BUILDING, TILT DOWN TO ENTRANCE.
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CU SIGN ABOVE DOOR: "DISTRICT ATTORNEY".
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| 05:15:12 1810.93 |
CU DISTRICT ATTORNEY KELLER RESPONDS TO REPORTER ASKING WHAT HIS DECISION IS ABOUT THE HEARINGS.
KELLER SPEAKS SAYS HE WILL ISSUE WARRANTS CHARGING VIOLATION OF WISCONSIN LAWS. |
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CU ROY GORE IS INTERVIEWED IN STREET CONCERNING HIS VIEWS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ACTIONS INVOLVING (MCCARTHY) RECALL MOVEMENT
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| 05:17:07 1925.93 |
1954 FASHIONS:
THREE MODELS SHOW DRESSES, SUITS, HATS, HAIR STYLES, AS THEY POSE OUTSIDE BUSINESS DISTRICT, OUTDOOR CAFE. |
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