19521950s NEWSREELS
U.S. SOLDIERS OBSERVE ATOMIC MANEUVERS 3.5 MILES FROM GROUND ZERO. A VARIETY OF MUSHROOM CLOUDS.
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VOL 25/555
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ATOM BOMB - GIS AND PARATROOPS TEST BLAST EFFECT
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LS- NEWSMEN, SOLDIERS AND OTHER CIVILIANS WHICH INCLUDE HEAD OF THE ATOMIC COMMISSION,GORDON DEAN WAIT IN THE FIELD AT YUCCA FLATS TO SEE THE BLAST
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MONTAGE- 1400 U.S. TROOPS CLIMB INTO FOXHOLES 3 1/2 MILES FROM GROUND ZERO.
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ELS- A BRIGHT FLASH, WHICH LIGHTS UP THE AREA OF THOSE WATCHING, THEN A MUSHROOM CLOUD
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LS- A FIERCE WIND DEVELOPES CREATING A SAND STORM WHICH KNOCKED DOWN SOME VIEWERS. LS- FOLLOWING THE BLAST. A BATTALION OF PARATROOPERS ARE DROPPED DIRECTLY OVER GROUND ZERO, AFTER IT WAS DECLARED SAFE BY A RADIOLOGICAL UNIT.
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ELS- THE BOMB BLAST IS RECORDED IN SLOW MOTION.
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NEW ARMY VEHICLE RIDES INTO THE WATER UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. THE DRIVER WEARS A SCUBA OUTFIT AND GOES UNDER WITH THE VEHICLE.
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MS THE VEHICLE RIDES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.
AS SEEN FROM UNDER WATER. |
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LS- PAN OF A LARGE DORM AREA IN RAHWAY,N.J.
PRISON COMPLETELY DEVASTATED DURING THAT PRISON'S RIOT. |
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MS- AMID THE DEBRIS ARE RADIATORS, TORN FROM THE WALLS TO FORM BARBECUE GRILLS.
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MS A LONG LINE OF BROKEN TOILET BOWLS IN THE MASS BATHROOM. MS- PRISON GUARD HOSTAGES FREED BY THE INMATES, POSE FOR A GROUP SHOT.
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AQUATIC ACROBATICS.- BEAUTIFUL FEMALE WATER SKIERS PUT ON A GRACEFUL WATER SHOW IN CYPRESS GARDENS, FLORIDA.
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MS SPEEDING MALE WATER SKIER DROPS HIS SKIIS AND PROCEEDS ON THE HEELS OF HIS FEET.
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LS- MEN SKIERS SPEED UP RAMP THEN LET GO IN MID AIR AND GO FLYING TO A GIANT SPLASH.
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VOL 25/556
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JAPAN FREE - PEACE TREATY GIVES BACK SOVEREIGNTY
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SECRETARY OF STATE,DEAN ACHESON AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER SIGN THE TREATY. CU- JOHN FOSTER DULLES IS THERE.
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MS- STATE DEPARTMENT CUSTODIANS FORMALY OPEN THE OUTSIDE GATES TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IS RETURNED AFTER 11 YEARS, CROWDS OF NEWSMEN ENTER THE GATES
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CEREBRAL PALSY FUND DRIVE OPENS. MS- MRS.TRUMAN STANDS WITH 3 YOUNG VICTIMS ON CRUTCHERS.
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| 00:09:32 533.3 |
MS- IDLE RAILROAD TRACKS, WITH WIRE BARRICADES ATTEST TO THE RAIL STRIKE IN JAPAN. MONTAGE-
POLICE CLASK WITH THE STRIKERS LED BY COMMUNISTS. |
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MS- 20,000 PARADERS MARCH DOWN 5TH AVENUE IN THE RAIN, ON THE 5TH ANNUAL LOYALTY DAY PARADE.
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MS SPECTATORS WEAR UMBRELLAS AND A LITTLE BOY KNEELS UNDER HIS LARGE DOG TO AVOID THE GETTING WET. MS- MANY FOREIGN BORN, INCLUDING RUSSIANS, BRAVE THE RAIN TO SHOW THEIR LOYALTY.
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MONTAGE- CITIZENS OF INDIA LINE THE STREETS AS A A MOTORCADE OF BEAUTIFUL INDIAN GIRLS ROLL DOWN THE AVENUE. THEY WILL COMPETE FOR TITLE OF 'MISS INDIA'.
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MS- THE GIRLS POSE INDIVUALLY IN THEIR NATIVE DRESS, AT AN ARENA. THE JUDGES PICK A WINNER.
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LS- STREAMS OF WATER FROM FIRE HOSES AND FIRE BOATS POUR ON WORSE FIRE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA'S HISTORY.
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LS- HUGE METAL BRIDGE OVER GRAIN ELEVATORS COLLAPSES.IN A HEAP.
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BEAR FACTS- 2 HUGE BEARS ON A LEASH, WALK UPRIGHT INTO A HOSPITAL IN AUSTRIA, HELD BY THEIR TRAINER
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MS- THE TWO BEARS, WEARING MUSSLES ARE BROUGHT TO THE BEDSIDE OF AN AILING GIRL.MS- SHE FEEDS THEM SWEETS AND THEY GIVE HER A KISS.
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MS- LITTLE BOY IN DENMARK, PLAYS ON HIS BED WITH HIS PET BEAR CUB.
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VOL 25/557
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STEEL CRISES - SUPREME COURT TO RULE AS STRIKE CONTINUES.
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CU- COMMERCE SECRETARY,CHARLES SAWYER,BECOMES TEMPORARY BOSS OF THE NATIONS STEEL INDUSTRY WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMAN ORDERED SEIZURE OF THE MILLS.
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CU- IN AN HISTORIC DECISION JUDGE DAVID PINE RULED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER.
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MS- STEEL WORKERS FORM A PICKET LINE OUTSIDE A STEEL PLANT.
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LS- DAMAGED HOMES STAND BY A MOUNTAIN OF MUD THAT CASCADED DOWN A HILLSIDE IN A FRENCH TOWN AFTER TORENTIAL RAINS DEVASTATED 4 TOWNS.
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MS- RESCUE WORKERS ASSIST A WOMAN DOWN A LADDER FROM HER 2ND STORY WINDOW.
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LS- SMOKE AND FLAMES RISE FROM THE FLIMSY WOODEN BUILDINGS IN SAIGON, AS THE WIND FANS THE FLAMES
, CAUSING THE FIRE TO SPREAD. |
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LS- VIETNAMESE FIREFIGHTERS GO FROM HUT TO HUT WITH THEIR FIRE HOSE IN A FUTILE EFFORT TO STOP THE FLAMES.
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LS- BUSES AND OTHER VEHICLES RIDE DOWN A BUSY NEW JERSEY AVENUE WITH CROWDS OF SHOPPERS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
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PEOPLE CALMLY LINE UP TO AN AIR RAID SHELTER AS THE ALARM SOUNDS, QUICKLY EMPTYING THE STREET OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS.
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LS- AN EERIE CALM COMES OVER THE CITY AS STREETS ARE EMPTY AND CARS ARE ABANDONED. LS- ALL GOES BACK TO NORMAL WHEN THE ALL-CLEAR SOUNDS.
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U.S.BONDS - SNYDER ANNOUNCES AN INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES ON BONDS.
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'CASTLETON' WINS THE ENGLISH BLUE RIBBON TRIAL STAKES WITH 3 HORSES IN A PHOTO FINISH
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CU- A SPANISH PARTRIDGE HUNTER FILLS HIS BELT WITH SHOTGUN SHELLS, THEN LOADS HIS SHOTGUN.
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MONTAGE- MALE AND FEMALE HUNTERS TAKE AIM AND FIRE. ELS- A BIRD IS HIT AND DROPS TO THE GROUND.
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MS- A DOG RETRIEVES A BIRD AND DROPS IT BY HIS MASTERS FEET. MS- DOZENS OF DEAD BIRDS ARE PILED ON THE GROUND AFTER A SUCCESSFUL HUNT.
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VOL 25/558
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NAVAL DISASTER- IN WORSE PEACETIME DISASTER 175 DIE AS A CARRIER PLOWS INTO A DESTROYER.
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LS- CARRIER USS WASP LIMPS BACK TO AMERICAN SHORES WITH A GAPING HOLE IN IT'S BOW.
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LS- A HELICOPTER LANDS ON THE WASP'S DECK WITH SURVIVORS OF THE 'HOBSON' WHICH SANK IN 4 MINUTES AFTER BEING HIT.
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MAY DAY - REDS AROUND WORLD RIOT ON ANNIVERSARY.
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LS- HUGE CROWD OF WEST BERLINERS GATHER TO SHOW THEIR OPPOSITION TO COMMUNISM. MS- MAYOR ERNST REUTER WAVES HIS FINGER AS HE POINTS TO THE EAST.
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MS- NEWYORKERS HECKLE FROM BEHIND THE POLICE BARRICADES AS RED SYMPATHIZERS PARADE.
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MS- A POLICEMAN COLLECTS STICKS OR ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED AS A WEAPON FROM THE MARCHERS.
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MONTAGE- PEACEFUL RALLY TURNS INTO A RIOT AS JAPANESE REDS GET VIOLENT. THEY FIGHT WITH POLICE AND BURN CARS IN THE STREETS.
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LS- THOUSANDS OF RIOTERS AND POLICE RUN THROUGH THE STREETS. POLICE USE BATONS FREELY.
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| 00:25:32 1493.3 |
LS- SAILORS OF THE CARRIER ANETHAM LINE THE DECK AS THEY RETURN FROM KOREAN WATERS TO THEIR BASE IN ALEMADA, CALIF.
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POLIO VICTIM MARSHA OWENS GREETS THE SKIPPER WITH A HUG AFTER THE CREW RAISED $15,000 FOR POLIO FUND, IN HER NAME.
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MS- MARSHA PRESENTS THE CHECK TO SHRINER THOMAS LAW FOR THE CHILDREN'S FUND
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AS THE CREW STAND IN LINE, MARSHA WALKS IN HER CRUTCHERS AND THANKS ALL OF THEM.
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'HILL GAIL' WINS KENTUCKY DERBY. LS- CROWD OF FANS ENTER THE STADIUM AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.
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CU- MAN WITH FUR TIE AND DIAMOND STUDDED TEETH.
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MS- GRANDMA SITS AND READS THE SCRATCH SHEET.
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CU- LADY DRINKS A MINT JULIP WITH A SMILE FOR THE CAMERA. MS-CROWDS PLUNK DOWN THEIR BETS AT THE BETTING WINDOWS.
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ELDER STATESMAN BERNARD BARUCH CROWNS TINA WARREN DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR WARREN, QUEEN OF THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN WESMINSTER,VIRGINIA.
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LS- ACTOR HOWARD KEEL IS GRAND MASTER OF THE FESTIVAL AND WAVES FROM HIS CONVERTIBLE.
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VOL 25/559
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IN MEMORIAM - WAR DEAD OF ANZIO BEACHHEAD HONORED
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LS- PEACEFUL BEACH AT ANZIO SINCE WAR.
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NUNS LEAD A LONG COLUMN OF LITTLE ORPHAN GIRLS BEARING FLOWERS, TO A GI CEMETERY IN ANZIO.
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MS- THE LITTLE GIRLS PLACE A FLOWE ON EACH OF THE GRAVES, THEN SAYING A PRAYER.
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AERIAL LONG COLUMN OF SUBJECTS PASS BY AND GREET QUEEN JULIANA OUTSIDE HER CASTLE IN THE NETHERLANDS.
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LS- A HUGE FLORAL MAP OF HOLLAND IS UNCOVERED ON THE PALACE LAWN.
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LS- THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'WASP' LIMPS INTO GRAVESEND BAY,BROOKLYN FOR REPAIRS TO IT'S BOW.
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| 00:31:45 1866.3 |
CU- A BANDAGE COVERS THE HEAD OF A SAILOR THAT SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT THAT SUNK HIS SHIP AND KILLED 175.
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MONTAGE- LOVED ONES GREET THE SURVIVING SAILORS WITH HUGS AND LONG KISSES.
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| 00:32:16 1897.3 |
LS- YOUGOSLAVIA'S MARSHAL TITO REVIEWS HIS TROOPS AFTER DEFYING THE SOVIETS.
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| 00:32:46 1927.3 |
MS- MARINES CROUCH IN THEIR FOXHOLES IN THE NEVADA DESERT AS AN ATOMIC BOMB IS DETONATED IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 00:33:19 1960.3 |
LS- AS THE MUSHROOM CLOWD RISES HIGH ABOVE THEM THE MARINES RUSH TOWARDS THE BLAST AREA.
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| 00:33:25 1966.3 |
HEAVENLY BODIES - MODELS SHOW SWIM WEAR AT A POSH SWIMMING POOL IN BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:33:56 1997.3 |
MODELS REMOVE SKIRTS AND REVEAL SWIM SUITS UNDERNEATH.
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SPORTS - FRENCH PRESIDENT ORIOL ATTENDS A SOCCER GAME IN PARIS AND SHOWS HIS EMOTIONS AS HIS TEAM SCORES A GOAL.
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CU- YOUNG FAN MAKES A FUNNY EXPRESSION WITH HIS FACE.
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AERIAL- HUNDREDS OF CYCLIST GATHER AT AN IDAHO HILLSIDE FOR MOTORCYCLE HILL CLIMBING CONTEST.
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| 00:35:47 2108.3 |
MONTAGE- DAREDEVIL BIKERS SPEED UO THE STEEP HILL MOST OF THEM NOT MAKING IT AS THE BIKES ROLL OVER
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VOL 25/560
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NEW COMMANDER - GENERAL CLARK SUCCEEDS RIDGEWAY AS UN CHIEF.
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| 00:37:05 2186.3 |
GENERALS RIDGEWAY, CLARK AND VANFLEET SPEAK TO THE TROOPS IN KOREA. RIDGEWAY GIVES HIS FAIRWELL AND REPLACES EISENHOWER IN EUROPE.
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LS- THE NEW AIR FORCE B-60 BOMBER TAKES OFF FOR A TEST RUN.
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MONTAGE- A SPECTACULAR TRAIN WRECK LITTERS THE MAIN TRACKS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK.
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MS- 45 GROUPS OF YOUNG TRIPLETS MEET AND RIDE A MERRY-GO-ROUND IN PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY.
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MS- WATCHING THE KIDS ON THE RIDES ARE FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY, 84 YEAR OLD TRIPLETS AND THE OLDEST OF THE GROUP,
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MS- THE ENTIRE GROUP POSE WITH THE OLDEST HOLDING 11 MONTH OLD TRIPLETS IN THEIR ARMS.
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MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP PAN OF BLACK AND WHITE,BOY AND GIRL TRIPLETS
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PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS - LS- DR. LEOPOLD FIGEL, AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR, ARRIVES BY PLANE IN NEW YORK FOR A VISIT.
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MS- SENORA ROSA BEDEALA, CHILE'S FIRST LADY, IS HONORED IN NEW YORK BY AMERICAN MOTHER'S COMITTEE AS 'MOTHER OF THE WORLD'.
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MS- ALSO HONORED IS MRS. TOY LAN GOON,AS MOTHER OF THE YEAR.
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MS CAPTAIN KURT CARLSON, HERO OF THE FLYING ENTERPRISE,GETS A WARM WELCOME IN PARIS. HE FOUGHT THE RAGING ATLANTIC FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE FINALLY ABANDONED SHIP.
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MS- CARLSON DEMONSTRATES SOME SEAMANSHIP ON A PARK LAKE WITH YOUNG BOYS AND THEIR MINIATURE SAILSHIPS.
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FRENCH FASHION FIGURES - MODELS SHOW THE LATEST IN SPRING FASHIONS AT A PARK IN PARIS.
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| 00:42:33 2514.3 |
JEEPERS CREEPERS - MS- DOZENS OF MEN DRIVE THEIR JEEPS THROUGH BUMPY HILLS, STREAMS AND THROUGH THICK FOLIAGE.
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MS A RIDER SPEEDS INTO A MUDDY SREAM, SPLASHING THE CAMERMAN (AS SEEN FROM THE CAMERMAN'S VIEW)
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CU- AFTER GETTING SPLASHED WITH MUD BY A FELLOW JEEPSTER, HE CLEANS OUT HIS EARS WITH HIS FINGERS
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| 00:43:37 2578.3 |
MS- A MUDDIED JEEP RIDER KISSES HIS GIRL FRIEND AND LEAVES HER FACE MUDDIED.
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VOL 25/565
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DEFENSE TREATY - RIDGEWAY HEADS NATO AS PACTS ARE SIGNED. FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, ENGLAND GERMANY AND THE U.S. SIGN TREATY THAT WILL BRING GERMANY INTO THE MILITARY ALLIANCE.
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LS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY ARRIVES AT PARIS AIRPORT WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.LS- CAMERMAN ATOP CARS ROLL THEIR FILM.
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| 00:45:28 2689.3 |
MS BRITAIN'S GENERAL MONTGOMERY GREETS RIDGEWAY.
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| 00:45:55 2716.3 |
KOREA TRUCE - GENERAL HARRISON TAKES OVER AS UN NEGOTIATOR. MS- ADMIRAL TURNER JOY POSES WITH HIS SUCCESSOR GENERAL HARRISON IN PANMONJON.
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FASHIONS - ITALY BIDS FOR A PLACE IN THE SUN. MS-
ITALIAN MODELS SHOW FASHIONS BY ITALIAN DESIGNERS AT A 15TH CENTURY SETTING AT THE VILLA LANTI. |
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A-BOMB TEST - ENIWETOK TEST SHOWS DEVASTATION OF AREA. AERIAL ISLAND AS SEEN BEFORE THE BLAST.
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MS- OBSOLETE ARMY TANKS ARE PLACED ON THE ISLAND.
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LS- SIMULATED INDUSTRIAL PLANTS ARE BUILT TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF THE BLAST ON THOSE BUILDINGS.
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LS- CAMERAS SHOW THE BUILDINGS DISINTEGRATE IN SLOW MOTION.
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