19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM MARCH 18, APRIL 29, & MARCH 19, 1954
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SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY, BACK TO CAMERA, WALKING TO PLANE AS HE CHATS WITH MAN.
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| 00:49:32 26.53 |
CU DURNHAM? SPEAKS ABOUT OUR MORE EFFECTIVE ATOMIC BOMB AND OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER IT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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| 00:50:15 69.53 |
WASHINGTON POST BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. CU SIGN ON BUILDING: "THE WASHINGTON POST".
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| 00:50:16 70.53 |
VARIOUS SCENES NEWSPAPERS ROLLING OUT OF PRESSES.
BEING COLLECTED BY WORKER. YOUNG EXECUTIVE WITH ARM AROUND ELDERLY NEWSMAN, PRESSES IN BKGD, HOLDS WASHINGTON POST, TIMES, HERALD, NEWSPAPER IN OTHER HAND BEARING HEADLINES; "IKE BACKS STEVENS IN ROW". |
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CU MORE OF NEWSPAPERS ROLLING THROUGH PRESSES, BUNDLED NEWSPAPERS SLIDE DOWN CHUTE. TRUCKERS TAKE BUNDLES OFF CONVEYOR ON TRUCK PLATFORM, LOAD THEM INTO TRUCKS.
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| 00:51:00 114.53 |
"TIMES-HERALD FACTORY BUILDING. CU SIGN ON WALL.
ABANDONED TRUCK PLATFORM, ABANDONED OFFICE WITH NEWSPAPERS STREWN ABOUT. |
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LARGE GRANITE TOMBSTONE WITH NAME: "DEN OPFERN", DES STALINSMUS". PAN TO FLORAL WREATHS. PILED UP AGAINST IT. MAN ADDS HAND FULL OF FLOWERS TO PILE AS CROWD CARRYING PROTEST SIGNS HOLD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT NIGHT. BERLIN POLICE BATTLE PROTESTERS TAKE SOME INTO CUSTODY.
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| 00:52:09 183.53 |
SENATOR DURHAM? ON COMMITTEE IS ASKED BY COLUMNIST IF HE THOUGH OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE'S COMMENTS ABOUT ATOMIC BOMB AS "ATOM RATTLING". SENATOR RESPONDS THAT HE BELIEVES "THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TOLD MORE ABOUT THE FORCE OF THIS WEAPON".
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| 00:53:18 252.53 |
ACTOR JAMES STEWART AND COMPANION WATCH AS SLEEK AIRPLANE, NAME "MR. ALEX" ON FUSELAGE, IS ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR. JIMMY AND FRIEND REMOVE SHOES AS THEY CLIMB ONTO WING. FRIEND GETS INTO COCKPIT. THEY SPEAK OF FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA (?) TO NEW YORK IN RECORD ATTEMPT, TO BE ATTEMPTED BY FRIEND (JOE).
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| 00:54:50 344.53 |
45TH DIVISION:
VARIOUS SCENES U.S. TROOPS WITH THEIR DUFFLE BAGS ASSEMBLING IN LARGE NUMBERS AT UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, CROWD INTO LANDING CRAFT AT BEACH, SAIL OFF. |
| 00:55:10 364.53 |
ALL-BLACK ARTILLERY CREW FIRE HOWITZER FROM BUNKER.
BLACK ASIAN WORKERS CARRY CRATES CONTAINING 105MM HOWITZERS, LOAD THEM ONTO TRUCKS. SUPPLIES BEING DROPPED FROM PLANE BY PARACHUTE, POV GROUND. ASIAN WORKERS PICK UP SUPPLIES FROM FIELD, LOAD THEM ON TRUCK. |
| 00:56:54 468.53 |
PAN SIT DOWN STRIKE (?) BY LARGE WOMEN'S GROUP
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| 00:57:10 484.53 |
1954 FASHIONS: MODELS SHOW PLEATED SKIRT SUITS, HATS INSIDE GREENHOUSE
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| 00:58:38 572.53 |
CHAIN SMOKING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHARLES WILSON SPEAKS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING ARMY-
MCCARTHY DISPUTE. |
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GENERAL MACARTHUR IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, PRESIDENT IKE, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON AND OTHERS POSE OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE.
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| 01:00:45 699.53 |
CU IKE SHAKES HANDS WITH MACARTHUR.
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| 01:01:00 714.53 |
BEVY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE FLASH SHOTS.
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| 01:01:28 742.53 |
VARIOUS SCENES U.S. WARSHIPS IN HARBOR OF FOREIGN COUNTRY (JAPAN ?) LOOKS LIKE MT. FUJIYAMA IN BKGD.
SOVIET FREIGHTER SAILING ACROSS BOW OF U.S. WARSHIP IN HARBOR. |
| 01:02:01 775.53 |
VARIOUS SCENES FRENCH COMBAT SOLDIERS ERECTING BARBED WIRE FENCES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA AROUND DIEN BIEN PHU IN INDO-CHINA (NORTH VIETNAM), FRENCH SOLDIERS, SAILORS, NATIVE WORKERS, DIG COMPLEX OF TRENCHES, PILL BOXES, TO DEFEND AGAINST FORCES OF HO CHI MINH AT DIEN BIEN PHU.
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| 01:02:26 800.53 |
FRENCH SOLDIER GIVES HAIRCUT TO COMRADE AT FRONT.
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| 01:02:27 801.53 |
LOYAL VIETNAMESE NATIVES COOK HUGE POT OF RICE OVER OPEN FIRE.
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| 01:02:28 802.53 |
VIETNAMESE MORTAR TEAM IN POSITION.
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| 01:02:53 827.53 |
LONGSHOREMEN PICKETING IN NEW YORK STREET. WATERFRONT RIOT. HORSEBACK, FOOT POLICE KEEP CONTROL. INJURED LONGSHOREMAN IS HELPED BY FELLOW STRIKERS. MOUNTED AND FOOT POLICE MOVE LONGSHOREMEN AWAY FROM PIERS.
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| 01:03:50 884.53 |
BRITISH? DIGNITARY ADDRESS HUGE OUTDOOR CROWD OF NATIVES IN KENYA. NATIVE AFRICANS DO TRIBAL DANCE, SHOOT ARROWS AT BULL'S EYE TARGET, GIVE GIFT OF BOW AND ARROWS TO DIGNITARY.
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| 01:04:39 933.53 |
DIEN BIEN PHU BATTLE:
MONTAGE VARIOUS INDO-CHINA JUNGLE BATTLE SCENES WITH FRENCH SOLDIERS, TANKS FIRING INTO JUNGLE. NORTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIER CAPTURED, SEARCHED. |
| 01:05:15 969.53 |
BRITISH LINER "QUEEN ELIZABETH TIED UP AT NEW YORK PIER. CU BRITAIN'S NEW UNITED NATIONS DELEGATE ARRIVING ON OCEAN LINER "QUEEN ELIZABETH" SPEAKS BEFORE BEVY OF MOVIE CAMERAS, HIS WIFE AND ANOTHER MAN STAND BY AS HE SPEAKS.
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| 01:06:30 1044.53 |
MRS HOWARD, "CLUB WOMAN OF THE YEAR" IS INTERVIEWED BY NEWSMAN AS SHE SITS WITH HUSBAND BY WINDOW OVER-
LOOKING NEW YORK SKYLINE. SHE SPEAKS ABOUT "FRIENDLY NEW YORKERS", BUT PREFERS TO LIVE IN HER OWN SMALL TOWN. MR. OLIVER HOWARD SPEAKS. |
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CU SIGN, "CROTON DAM".
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| 01:08:09 1143.53 |
NEW YORK WATER COMMISSIONER IS INTERVIEWED BY REPORTER AS THEY OVERLOOK THE WATERWAY. PAN TO OLD CROTON GATE HOUSE, BUILT IN 1842, AS VOICE OVER OF COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS IS USUALLY COVERED BY WATER, SHOWING THE SEVERITY OF THE WATER SHORTAGE IN NEW YORK CITY.
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| 01:09:00 1194.53 |
PAN TO BRIDGE. COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS THE SYSTEM AS THE CAMERA PANS.
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CROWD WATCHES AS AUTO DRIVES OVER SEA WALL AND INTO RIVER IN RESCUE DEMONSTRATION. RESCUE TRUCK PULLS UP, RESCUERS, INCLUDING DIVER IN SCUBA GEAR RUSH TO SCENE. DIVER CLIMBS DOWN LADDER INTO WATER. DUMMY IS PULLED OUT OF WATER ONTO SEA WALL AS CROWD WATCHES.
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