1953-19541950s NEWSREELS
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NATO COUNCIL MEETING - VARIOUS SCENES SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON ATTENDING NATO MEETING IN PARIS. :
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KOREA - CU ALLIED ENVOY TELLS OF TROUBLES TRYING TO SET UP MEETING WITH COMMUNISTS.
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| 00:01:44 88.63 |
NIXON BACK HOME - MS NIXON AND WIFE WAVE TO CAMERA AFTER ARRIVING FROM 10 WEEK TOUR ABROAD.
MS NIXON SPEAKS AS WIFE AND OTHERS WATCH. SAYS WE ARE VERY GLAD TO BE HOME....". |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AVIATION - OLD FOOTAGE OF SCENES WRIGHT BROS. FLYING FIRST PLANE AT KITTY HAWK. VARIOUS SCENES OF INVENTORS SEARCHING FOR GLORY WITH CONTRAPTIONS THAT HARDLY GET OFF GROUND, SOME COLLAPSING AS THEY TRY.
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| 00:03:05 169.63 |
LS WORLD WAR FOOTAGE BI-WING FIGHTER PLANES IN DOG FIGHTS. LS ONE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN
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| 00:03:17 181.63 |
MS CHARLES LINDBERGH POSING IN FRONT OF "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS". MLS LINDBERGH TAKING OFF FOR ATLANTIC CROSSING. LINDBERGH STANDING IN OPEN LIMO OS CHEERED BY CROWD IN PARIS.
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| 00:03:30 194.63 |
MS GIANT B-29 BOMBER TAKES OFF FOR A-BOMB RUN OVER TOKYO (WWII). LS ATOMIC BLAST THAT ENDED WWII.
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| 00:03:44 208.63 |
SQUADRON OF SABRE JETS PEEL OFF FOR ATTACK DURING KOREA WAR.
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| 00:03:47 211.63 |
MLS FIRST JET AIRLINER, BRITAIN'S "COMET", TAKES OFF FOR TRIP ACROSS ATLANTIC.
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| 00:03:57 221.63 |
LS DOUGLAS SKYROCKET IS DROPPED FROM BELLY OF B-29 DURING EXPERIMENT, GOING TWICE THE SPEED OF SOUND. LS RADAR DISHES TRACK THE FLIGHT.
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| 00:04:07 231.63 |
"MATADOR" MISSILE IS FIRED OFF LAUNCHER IN EXPERIMENT THAT MAY LEAD TO FLIGHT TO MOON.
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| 00:04:20 244.63 |
PHONE BOOTH MOM SHOPPERS - MS WOMAN ENTERS PHONE BOOTH WITH ALL HER SHOPPING PACKAGES, HAS HARD TIME DIALING, CAN USE EXTRA ARM.
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| 00:05:04 288.63 |
WOMAN ENTERS EXPERIMENTAL PHONE BOOTH IN BOSTON, WHICH HAS BUILT-IN MOUTH PIECE AND RECEIVER, REQUIRING NO DIALING OR EAR PHONE TO HOLD ONTO.
PAN WALL SPEAKER TO WOMAN TALKING. |
| 00:05:32 316.63 |
MCCARTHY WITNESS QUOTES CLASSICS - MS MCCARTHY ASKS LEONARD MIMS OF NEW YORK,"HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE?" LEONARD QUOTES ANCIENT DOCTRINE TO THE EFFECT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER.
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| 00:06:43 387.63 |
GERMANY - LS PAN ANTENNA FOR "RADIO FREE EUROPE" STATIONS IN GERMANY, NEAR BORDER OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ARMED GERMAN GUARD WITH POLICE DOG GUARDS TOWERS..
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| 00:07:10 414.63 |
TECHNICIANS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT CONTROL PANEL OF THE NEW MOBILE 50,000 WATT TRANSMITTER, THE MOST POWERFUL OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. MS TAPE TO TAPE RECORDER REELS ROLLING CU ANNOUNCER BROADCASTING, TECHNICIANS AT WORK BEHIND GLASS WINDOW OF CONTROL ROOM IN B/G.
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| 00:07:47 451.63 |
GRANDMA WITH HER EGGBEATER - ELDERLY ROSE PEARSON OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, IS LED TO HELICOPTER BY MARINE CAPTAIN / INSTRUCTOR AS CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, WATCH,
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| 00:08:05 469.63 |
MS INSTRUCTOR SHOWS PEARSON CONTROLS, EXPLAINS THEM. GRANDMA TAKES OVER, FLIES HELICOPTER AROUND AIRFIELD
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| 00:08:54 518.63 |
TWO KIDS FROM KOREA - MR. AND MRS SPAULDING ARE HANDED TWO ORPHANS FROM SEOUL ORPHANAGE, CARRIED OFF PLANE BY MAN AND WOMAN. TWO YEAR-OLD BOY AND ONE YEAR-OLD GIRL POSE IN ARMS OF NEW PARENTS.
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| 00:09:36 560.63 |
MEXICAN PILGRIMAGE - CROWD NUMBERING A HALF-MILLION PEOPLE. ARRIVE AT SHRINE, OUTSIDE MEXICO CITY, TO INDIAN BOY WHO SAID HE SAW VIRGIN MARY. CROWD, SOME CRIPPLED, ENTER SHRINE HOPING FOR MIRACLES.
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| 00:10:10 594.63 |
MS WOMAN, BACK TO CAMERA, SLOWLY CRAWLS ON HER KNEES TO SHRINE.
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| 00:10:24 608.63 |
INDIAN WOMEN, CHILDREN IN NATIVE DRESS,
FEATHERED HEADWEAR, DO TRADITIONAL DANCE IN STREET. ethnic dance. * Note: some emulsion deterioration throughout. |
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SAM, YOU MADE THE PANTS TOO SHORT - MEN'S FASHIONS. MAN MODELS PANTS SEVERAL INCHES ABOVE THE SHOE. CU TAPE MEASURES SHOWS DISTANCE FROM SHOE WITH ARGYLE SOCKS IN PLAIN VIEW. CU MAN PULLS UP PANTS, SHOWING HIS GARTERS. oddity * Note: emulsion deterioration throughout.
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| 00:12:10 714.63 |
JAIL-BREAKERS FREE HOSTAGES - PAN POLICE DESK WITH OFFICERS ON PHONE AS THEY COMB CITY AND SUBURBS OF DETROIT, FOR JAIL BREAKERS WHO BROKE OUT OF SOUTHERN STATE PRISON IN MICHIGAN, AND HOLDING TWO WOMAN HOSTAGES, MS OFFICER AT HUGE WALL MAP
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| 00:12:43 747.63 |
MS DETECTIVES PUSH STOLEN CADDILAC, CIRCA 1954, USED BY ESCAPEES WHO ABANDONED IT AND RELEASED THE TWO WOMEN. CU LICENSE PLATE. CU DETECTIVES SEARCH GLOVE COMPARTMENT.
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| 00:13:08 772.63 |
TWO HOSTAGES, MRS. MARY LU WATTS AND HELEN GILBERT SIT AT POLICE STATION. SAY THEY WERE TREATED KINDLY BY ESCAPEES.
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| 00:13:50 814.63 |
FRENCH ELECTING PRESIDENT - ROAD SIGN: "3 VERSAILLES CENTRE".- LS FRENCH POLICE MARCH TO FRENCH PARLIAMENT BUILDING. LAWMEN CANNOT DECIDE WHO WILL REPLACE RETIRING VINCENT OREOLE.
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| 00:14:09 833.63 |
ABOVE VIEW PARLIAMENT DELEGATES IN THEIR SEATS PREMIER LANIELLS SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN. ABOVE VIEW LANIELLE ADDRESSING THE CONGRESS, WITHDRAWS FROM RACE.. POLICE GUARDS OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT IN THE LONGEST PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN FRENCH HISTORY.
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PEOPLE GATHER ON STREET.
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| 00:14:47 871.63 |
WHITE HOUSE - LS CAPITOL BUILDINGS - CU ARTHUR DEAN, SPECIAL WHITE HOUSE ENVOY TO KOREA, GIVES OUTLOOK FOR KOREAN PEACE CONFERENCE. SAYS IT IS "DISCOURAGING BUT NOT HOPELESS".
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| 00:15:51 935.63 |
QUEEN VISITS FIJI ISLANDS - TWO FIJI NATIVES IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME WATCH QUEENS YACHT IN HARBOR IN B/G.. COLORFUL BAND, FIJI SOLDIERS IN WHITE SKIRTS, MARCH TO PIER. QUEEN AND DUKE OF EDINBOROUGH EXIT LAUNCH ONTO PIER.
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| 00:16:28 972.63 |
LITTLE NATIVE GIRL BOWS TO QUEEN, GIVES HER BOUQUET.
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| 00:16:56 1000.63 |
NATIVE TRIBESMEN PUT ON FIERCE SHOW WITH SPEARS.
MS NATIVE POUNDS ON DRUM MADE FROM TREE.. |
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GIRL SPRAYS ROSE PETALS BEFORE QUEEN'S LIMO.
PAN NATIVES WATCHING IN WATER UP TO KNEES. |
| 00:17:22 1026.63 |
NEW YORK - DOCK WORKERS GO TO POLL TO DECIDE CHOICE OF UNIONS. VARIOUS SCENES DOCK WORKERS SITTING AT LUNCH ROOM TABLES. PARADE OF CARS ADVERTISING UNIONS .
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ABOVE VIEW DOCK WORKERS GATHERING OUTSIDE PIER UNION DELEGATE DISTRIBUTES CIRCULARS AMONG THE MEN. CU CIRCULAR: "AT LAST A REAL ELECTION...."
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| 00:17:55 1059.63 |
A. F. OF L. UNION DELEGATE ADDRESSES ROOM FULL OF WORKERS, SAYS "THERE WILL BE A CHANGE..."
WORKERS APPLAUD. |
| 00:18:28 1092.63 |
U. S. PLANE CRASHES IN SCOTLAND - VARIOUS SCENES B-29 BOMBER WITH GAPING HOLE IN FUSELAGE AND BUSTED LANDING GEAR, CAUSED WHEN PROPELLER BROKE WHILE IN FLIGHT AND RIPPING INTO THE FUSELAGE.
NINE CREWMEN MANAGED TO LAND IT SAFELY/. |
| 00:19:08 1132.63 |
MS GROUND CREWS EXAMINE DAMAGE.
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| 00:19:20 1144.63 |
REPORT ON BALKY POW'S - LS BARBED WIRE ENCLOSED PRISON CAMP WHERE SEVERAL CAPTURED AMERICAN POWS WHO DEFECTED TO COMMUNIST SIDE, REFUSED CHANCE TO COME HOME. MS POWS AT WORK.
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| 00:19:28 1152.63 |
CU SOUTH KOREAN PRISONER SPEAKS TO REPORTER THROUGH INTERPRETER, SAYS THREE AMERICANS DO WANT TO COME HOME..
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| 00:20:27 1211.63 |
PRINCESS GOES TO PARTY - MS PRINCESS MARGARET IS GUEST AT ENGLISH VERSION OF GIRL SCOUTS. GETS BOUQUET FROM SCOUT. MCU GIRL SCOUT GIVES SCOUT SALUTE.
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| 00:20:53 1237.63 |
BRITISH PANTOMIME COMIC NORMAN WINSTON PUTS ON SHOW WITH FEMALE FIGURE SKATER FOR MARGARET.
WINSTON RUNS OUT ON ICE FALLS TAKES PRAT FALL ON ICE. GETS UP, FALLS, GETS UP FALLS, comedy entertainment. |
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WHALE OF A STORY - DEAD WHALE WASHES UP ON MASSACHUSETTS SHORE. WORKERS CUT UP WHALE, PLACE AUTO TIRES ON CARCASS, SPRAY IT WITH FUEL OIL, SET IT AFIRE. MS FLAMES ON WHALE CARCASS.
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| 00:22:23 1327.63 |
MOVIE STARS OFF TO HOST GI'S OVERSEAS - DOZENS OF STARS POSE ON AIRLINER'S STAIRS. HOLD UP SIGN: KOREA - JAPAN". THE STARS ARE JOINED BY MARY PICKFORD AND BUDDY ROGERS TO SEE THEM OFF.
hollywood; silent moview; entertainment ; theater.. |
| 00:23:03 1367.63 |
COMIC ED WYNN IN TRADE MARK COSTUME SEES OFF SON ACTOR KENNAN WYNN. hollywood, vaudeville.
* Note: some emulsion deterioration. |
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A HECK OF A HELICOPTER - INVENTOR J. R. WILLIAMS ROLLS OUT WEIRD LOOKING CONTRAPTION WHICH SUPPOSED TO FLY LIKE HELICOPTER. WILLIAMS ADJUSTS THE VARIOUS PROPELLERS BUT HELICOPTER DON'T FLY. * Note: emulsion deterioration throughout.
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