19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR APRIL 1, 20, 22, 1954
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APRIL 1, 1954
JAPAN - VARIOUS SCENES JAPANESE NEWSMEN CARRY LADDERS TO AIRFIELD SO THEY CAN TAKE SHOTS OF EVENT ABOVE HEADS OF SPECTATORS (?). |
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VARIOUS SCENES JAPANESE INJURED MEN BEING CARRIED OFF AIR FORCE AIRLINER ON STRETCHERS, PLACED IN AMBULANCES. severe emulsion deterioration
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| 00:00:50 44.8 |
AVIATION - FLYING RADAR STATION - MS HUGE FOUR PLANE WITH RADAR STRUCTURE ON TOP TAXIS ON RUNWAY FACING CAMERA. MS NAVY OFFICER DESCRIBES PLANE TO REPORTER. military
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| 00:01:17 71.8 |
MS VARIOUS SCENES NAVY CREWMEN, OFFICERS, BOARDING PLANE. LS PLANE IN FLIGHT. MS VARIOUS SCENES NAVY TECHNICIANS WITH EARPHONES MANNING RADAR CONTROLS
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| 00:03:03 177.8 |
STAMPS - LS U. S. POSTAL SERVICE BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. (?). WOMAN WITH ARMS FULL OF MAIL ENTERS CAGED DOOR MARKED "WHITE HOUSE MAIL",
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| 00:03:17 191.8 |
VARIOUS SCENES WOMEN WORKERS USING SCISSORS TO CUT STAMPS OFF LETTERS, PILED HIGH ON TABLE.
CU SAME. WOMAN PLACES PILES OF STAMPS IN CARTON. |
| 00:03:57 231.8 |
FARM LABOR STRIKE (?) - LS PAN BARBED WIRE FENCE ALONG FARM, WITH CROP IN FIELD. emulsion deterioration
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| 00:04:17 251.8 |
SIGN "FARM LABOR INFORMATION", PAN TO MOBILE HOME EMPLOYMENT OFFICE WITH MAN AT WINDOW LOOKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE FOR FARM HANDS. MS PAN FARM WORKERS STAND IDLY BY OUTSIDE STORE.
PAN TENTS, SHACKS. MS WOMAN IN TENT HOME BOILING WATER, AS CHILD WATCHES. |
| 00:05:21 315.8 |
MAN ENTERS MOBILE HOME, KISSES WIFE, TAKES BABY OUT OF HER ARMS, SITS AS WIFE IRONS CLOTHING.
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| 00:05:58 352.8 |
BUFFALO SNOW - MS VOLKSWAGEN AUTO COMPLETELY COVERED WITH SNOW. PEOPLE WALKING ON SNOW COVERED STREET IN DOWNTOWN BUFFALO LONG. CITY BUS TRAFFIC IN B/G
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| 00:06:08 362.8 |
MS SIGN IN STORE WINDOW "SPRING IS HERE", PAN TO MANNEQUINS IN STORE WINDOW WEARING SPRING FASHIONS.
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| 00:06:20 374.8 |
MS SNOW BLOWER VEHICLE, TOWARDS CAMERA, SHOOTS SNOW STREAM SKYWARD. CHILDREN PLAYING IN SNOW.
TWO KIDS FALL BACKWARD INTO HIGH SNOW. severe emulsion deterioration |
| 00:06:54 408.8 |
MARILYN MONROE AND JOE DIMAGGIO - VARIOUS SCENES CROWD OF REPORTERS, PHOTOGS MOB NEWLY WEDS AS THEY EXIT BUILDING, CLIMB INTO AUTO . VARIOUS SCENES JOE AND MARILYN SEATED, SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS, PHOTOGS. CU SAME.
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| 00:07:39 453.8 |
MS CAMERA PANS MARILYN AS SHE SITS IN CHAIR FACING CAMERA. TILT DOWN LEGS. severe emulsion deterioration throughout.
APRIL 20. 1954 |
| 00:08:02 476.8 |
HENRY CABOT LODGE - MCU LODGE SPEAKS OF COMMUNIST CHINA ATTEMPT TO "BRIBE ITS WAY INTO THE UNITED NATIONS".
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| 00:09:27 561.8 |
IKE, DULLES - MS DULLES CADDY LIMO PULLS UP TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, IKE COMES OUT TO GREET DULLES, MCU DULLES SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN, ABOUT GALLANT FRENCH DEFENDERS OF DIEN BIEN PHU. (VIETNAM)
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| 00:10:06 600.8 |
SENATOR MUNDT - MS SENATOR MCCARTHY, DIRKSEN, AND OTHERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, ENTER COMMITTEE ROOM, SENATOR MUNDT EMERGES, SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN CONCERNING MCCARTHY'S HEALTH.
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| 00:10:51 645.8 |
CU MCCARTHY EXITS COMMITTEE ROOM, SPEAKS TO CAMERA. SPEAKS OF CIVILIAN POLITICIANS IN PENTAGON THAT HAVE SUPPORTED COMMUNISM FOR 20 YEARS.
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| 00:11:40 694.8 |
COURT MARSHAL - CU SIGN: "FORT LESLEY J.
NCNAIR". MS PAN MEMBERS OF MILITARY COURT MARSHALL STAND AT PODIUM. MCU SUSPECT, CORPORAL DICKENSON, SITS WITH LAWYER. MCU DICKENSON SITS IN CHAIR, PAN TO TWO ARMY MP'S GUARDING HIM. |
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CU MRS. DICKENSON, MOTHER ALONGSIDE HER, SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN.
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| 00:12:33 747.8 |
WINDSHIELD - MLS AUTO DEALER CAR LOT. CU MAN REMOVES NEWSPAPER ON WINDSHIELD, POINTS TO HOLE AND FRAGMENTS IN WINDSHIELD. MS CAR COVERED WITH LARGE SHEET. VARIOUS SCENES SCIENTISTS IN LAB ANALYZING PELLETS, FRAGMENTS, TAKEN FROM WINDSHIELD (?), UNDER MICROSCOPE OSCILLATOR SCOPE (FOR RADIO ACTIVITY ?)
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| 00:13:47 821.8 |
DIEN BIEN PHU - LS FRENCH PARATROOPS DROPPING OVER DIEN BIEN PHU TO RE-ENFORCE TROOPS SURROUNDED BY COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM FORCES.
VARIOUS SCENES PARATROOPS LANDING ON GROUND. VARIOUS SCENES SURROUNDED FRENCH TROOPS FIRING INTO AND MOVING INTO BRUSH UNDER FIRE. |
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PILE DRIVER - AERIAL SCENE PILE DRIVER POUNDING BEAMS INTO GROUND AT SAN FRANCISCO CONSTRUCTION SITE MAKING LOUD NOISES. HEAVY TRAFFIC IN AVENUE NEAR SITE. PEOPLE TAKE IT IN STRIDE.
* Note: See: VM-2194, 01 08 35 "NOISE IN THE NEWS" for detail and sound version). |
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LARGE SIGN, "EQUITABLE LIFE BUILDING" "THE MONSTER" (PILE DRIVER), HAS 6 DAYS TO LIVE".
PILE DRIVER POUNDING AWAY IN B/G. |
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MS FEMALE SECRETARY TELLS HOW SHE COPES WITH NOISE, PUTS ON EAR MUFFS. MS BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ON PHONE WITH NOISE OF PILE DRIVER IN B/G SHOWS HOW HE COPES, TAKES OFF LARGE FAKE EARS WHICH HIDE COTTON IN EARS.
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| 00:15:30 924.8 |
WESTERN AIRLINES - LS FOUR ENGINE AIRLINER TAXIING ON RUNWAY. CU FEMALE BEAUTIES AT CONTROLS. MS TWO YOUNG WOMEN ROLL STAIRS UP TO PLANE DOOR TWO FEMALE MECHANICS IN COVERALLS CLIMB STAIRS,OPEN DOOR. LINE OF FEMALE MODELS EXIT PLANE IN SWIM SUITS, * note: (See VM-2194)
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| 00:16:35 989.8 |
LS LONG LINE OF PRETTY EMPLOYEES IN SWIM SUITS POSE CHEESE CAKE IN FRONT PLANE. CU PAN SAME, POV GROUND LOOKING UP. MLS MEN ENJOYING SCENE.
APRIL 22, 1954 |
| 00:18:13 1087.8 |
RIVER RESCUE - LS TRAPPED MAN HOLDS ONTO TREE IN CENTER OF RAPIDS. PAN SPECTATORS ON SHORE WATCHING AS FIREMEN CARRY HUGE LADDER TO RAPIDS EDGE. FIREMAN CRAWLS OUT ON EXTENDED LADDER THROWS MAN A ROPE AS HE GETS CLOSE ENOUGH.
MLS MAN GRABS ROPE IS PULLED ONTO LADDER BY SEVERAL FIREMEN. |
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PLANE CRASH - MS PAN SMOLDERING WRECK OF PLANE ON HILLSIDE WITH RESCUE WORKERS WATCHING HELPLESSLY. PAN AIRFORCE EMBLEM ON PART OF WRECKAGE. SMOKE RISES FROM WRECK AS WORKER HOSES IT DOWN. BODIES BEING REMOVED FROM WRECK.
. WORKER USES AXE TO CHOP THROUGH PART OF PLANE. |
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H-BOMB DEVELOPMENT THEORIES - OFFICIAL SAYS RUSSIANS USED THEORY SCRAPPED BY U. S. IN 1952 TO DEVELOP THEIR BOMB. SAYS WE ARE SUPERIOR TO THE RUSSIANS.
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| 00:22:14 1328.8 |
ADLAI STEVENSON - VIEW OF HOSPITAL FACADE POV GROUND. TILT DOWN TO FRONT ENTRANCE STEVENSON BEING ESCORTED OUT BY NURSES. SPEAKS OF IKE'S CONFLICTING REMARKS ABOUT U. S. TROOPS TO INDO-CHINA (VIETNAM).SAYS "WE NEED A LITTLE PERIOD OF SILENCE".
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| 00:24:05 1439.8 |
PRIMARY - MCU REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AS HE SPEAKS OF ULTIMATE VICTORY FOR IKE.
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| 00:25:46 1540.8 |
NASSER - NASSER OTHER MILITARY WAVES TO THRONG ON CAIRO, EGYPT STREETS AND ON BALCONIES, FROM OPEN LIMO. HUGE CROWD MOB NASSER AS HE WALKS IN STREET.
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| 00:26:20 1574.8 |
CU NASSER SPEAKS OVER MICROPHONE TO THRONG.
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| 00:26:50 1604.8 |
MCCARTHY, MUNDT - SENATOR MUNDT SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN AS SENATORS MCCARTHY, SYMINGTON, OTHERS WATCH. MUNDT SPEAKS OF QUESTIONING MR. HENSEL.
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| 00:27:45 1659.8 |
WILSON - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON SPEAKS OF AIRLIFTING FRENCH TROOPS INTO INDO-CHINA AS REQUESTED BY FRENCH.
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| 00:28:34 1708.8 |
MCCARTHY - LS MCCARTHY ADDRESSING OUTSIDE AUDIENCE. SAYS PLANS ARE BEING HATCHED TO MAKE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE (HIS) TO MAKE IT AN INEFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT. THEY (THE PLANS) ARE "DEVILISHLY CLEVER".
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| 00:30:21 1815.8 |
HORROR COMIC BOOK HEARINGS KEFAUVER COMMITTEE HEARS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON EFFECTS OF COMIC BOOKS ON CHILDREN.
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| 00:30:29 1823.8 |
DR. FREDRIC WERTHAM, PSYCHATRIST GIVES TESTIMONY
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| 00:31:41 1895.8 |
COMMITTEE MEMBERS LOOKING THROUGH COMIC BOOK
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| 00:32:09 1923.8 |
SENATOR KEFAUVER (OR ROBERT HENDRICKSON) HOLDS UP
"CRIME" COMIC BOOK. DESCRIBES GORY SCENE TO WITNESS |
| 00:32:30 1944.8 |
WILLIAM GAINES OF EC COMICS SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT & DESCRIBES MORE GRAPHIC IMAGE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BAD TASTE
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