19551950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR JAN 3 - 31, 1955 - SWEEPS; SLED; ROMAN BROTHER; NEW FURNITURE; SKI JUMPING; DAVIS CUP RETURNS; ON SELECTIVE SERVICE; CARTOONISTS SEE IKE; REMON - POST ASSASSINATION; RAY ROBINSON - RIDONE PRE-FIGHT, MISS FRANCE; JAP EMPEROR; ISRAELI SEAMEN;SENATE DEMS MEET; ; UN FORMOSA PROPOSAL; LODGE BURDETTE; KNOWLAND ON UN; IKE NEWS CONFERENCE; FORMOSA GUARD.
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JANUARY 3, 1955
SWEEPSTAKES - CU PLAQUE OUTSIDE FREEDOM HOUSE IN NEW YORK: "DEDICATED TO WENDELL WILKIE ...". MCU IRISH SWEEPSTAKES WINNER, BLACK SHIPPING CLERK, RAYMOND WALLACE HANDS CHECK TO RALPH BUNCHE, UNDER-SECRETARY UNITED NATIONS AS DONATION. CU CHECK FOR $15,000. WALLACE SPEAKS. |
| 01:31:50 41.43 |
BAVARIAN BOBSLED - MS TWO MAN BOBSLED TEAM STARTS OFF ON RUN TOWARDS CAMERA, IN COMPETITION AMONG OLYMPIC STARS, AT GARMISCH, GERMANY. sports MLS VARIOUS VIEWS SLED SPEEDING ON WINDING COURSE. MCU BAVARIAN SPECTATOR WITH FEATHER IN CAP. LS TEAM GOES THROUGH "DEATH CURVE".
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| 01:32:20 71.43 |
MS TWO-MAN U. S. TEAM BOARD SLED, CU DRIVER LLOYD JOHNSON, ADJUSTS GOGGLES. TEAM TAKES OFF.
LS VARIOUS VIEWS, RUN AROUND DEATH CURVE WHERE SLED OVERTURNED.. MS VARIOUS VIEWS MEN WORKING OVER INJURED TEAM. winter sports. |
| 01:32:51 102.43 |
ASSASSINATION - PANAMA - MCU ALAJANDRO RAMON, BROTHER OF ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JOSE ANTONIA RAMON OF PANAMA, EMBRACES ANOTHER MAN AS HE LEAVES ON PLANE TO PANAMA FROM LOS ANGELES AIRPORT. CU BROTHER SPEAKS. foreign government
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| 01:33:37 148.43 |
NEW FURNITURE - MODERN FURNITURE DISPLAYED AT INTERNATIONAL HOME FURNISHINGS MARKET IN CHICAGO. LS TILT DOWN CHICAGO MARKET BUILDING CU SIGN: "BABY TALK MAGAZINE PRESENTS BABY WORLD".
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| 01:33:45 156.43 |
VARIOUS SCENES GIANT SIZED BABY FURNITURE. MS GROWN WOMAN IS DWARF BY HUGE CRIB, ROCKING CHAIR, WHICH SHE TRIES TO CLIMB ONTO. oddity VARIOUS VIEWS MODERN REAL SIZE FURNITURE.
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| 01:34:13 184.43 |
MS W MODEL DEMONSTRATES MODERN KITCHEN, APPLIANCES.
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| 01:34:40 211.43 |
SKI JUMPING - SPORTS - VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS SKIERS DOWN RAMP AT INTERNATIONAL SKI JUMPING COMPETITION IN GARISCH, BAVARIA.
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| 01:34:48 219.43 |
LS TOVIO LAUREN OF SWEDEN MAKES LONG JUMP, TAKES BAD FALL. TUMBLES, SLIDES, DOWN HILL.
CROWD RUNS OUT TO HELP. CU SNOW COVERED DISAPPOINTED SPECTATORS. |
| 01:35:16 247.43 |
LS GOOD VIEW SKIER COMING DOWN RAMP TOWARDS CAMERA, MAKING SUCCESSFUL LANDING. SNOW FALLS ON CROWD AS THEY WATCH.
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| 01:35:23 254.43 |
MS WINNER AULIS KALLAKORPI OF FINLAND POSES.
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| 01:35:39 270.43 |
DAVIS CUP RETURNS (TO U. S.) - DAVIS CUP REPRESENTATIVES, TALBERT, RICHARDSON, RACKETS IN HAND, EXIT PLANE AT LOS ANGELES. CU
RICHARDSON. MCU RICHARDSON AND TALBERT POSE. TWO TAKE DAVIS CUP OUT OF BOX, HOLD IT UP TO CAMERA. |
| 01:36:22 313.43 |
AMERICAN LEGION - MS PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN LEGION SPEAKS, CRITICIZES. POWER PROCUREMENT POLICIES.
JANUARY 4,1955 |
| 01:38:05 416.43 |
CARTOONISTS SEE IKE - MS NATIONS CARTOONISTS POSE WITH IKE IN OVAL OFFICE. GIVE HIM BOOK OF CARTOONS. IKE PERUSES CARTOONS. CU IKE FLIPS FLIPS PAGES, SHOWS CARTOONS DEPICTING HIMSELF.
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| 01:38:39 450.43 |
POST ASSASSINATION - LS PANAMA PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, WITH FLAG AT HALF MAST, GUARD ON DUTY BEHIND GATE. KIDS STANDING OUTSIDE BARRED GATES.
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| 01:39:09 480.43 |
MAN SHOWS SPOT OF ASSASSINATION TO GUARD GESTURES SPRAYING WITH HAND HELD MACHINE GUN.
PAN TO SPOT ON GROUND. |
| 01:39:24 495.43 |
LS CATHEDRAL, TILT DOWN TO CROWD AT ENTRANCE.
MLS NUNS, WOMEN WALKING INTO CHURCH. MOURNERS WALK AROUND CASKET TO VIEW BODY. CU REMON IN CASKET |
| 01:39:58 529.43 |
SPORTS - BOXING - "SUGAR" RAY ROBINSON VS RINDONE - MS POSTER TELLING OF FIGHT. VARIOUS VIEWS RIDONE SPARRING IN RING WITH PARTNER.
AND PUNCHING LARGE BAG. CU FOOTWORK. |
| 01:40:33 564.43 |
MS ROBINSON AT PUNCHING BAG. CROWD, MOSTLY BLACK, WATCH ROBINSON SPAR WITH PARTNER IN RING. CU ROBINSON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS COME BACK.
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| 01:41:58 649.43 |
MISS FRANCE - 19 YEAR OLD BEAUTY WINS OVER 25 FINALISTS FOR TITLE OF "MISS FRANCE". VARIOUS VIEWS BEAUTIES LINED UP, POSING IN SWIM SUITS.
CU SAME, WALKING BEFORE JUDGES. INDIVIDUALLY UP TO CAMERA, JUDGES CASTING BALLOT. MS WINNER "MISS PARIS" POSES. MEN APPLAUD contest |
| 01:43:07 718.43 |
JAPANESE EMPEROR - 200.000 VISIT PALACE GROUNDS TO EXTEND NEW YEAR WISHES. LS HUGE CROWD CROSSES BRIDGE TO PALACE IN TOKYO. CU CROWD BY CAMERA.
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| 01:43:41 752.43 |
LS EMPEROR, EMPRESS APPEAR ON BALCONY, WAVES TO CROWD. MS ELDERLY WOMAN WAVES BACK. CHILDREN IN CROWD. CU U. S. MARINES IN CROWD. MS EMPEROR HIROHITO WAVES. LS CROWD GIVES 'BANZAI' CHEER.
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| 01:43:53 764.43 |
ISRAELI SEAMEN FREED - LS TEN ISRAELI SEAMEN ARE MOBBED BY FAMILY, COUNTRYMEN AS THEY ARE FREED BY EGYPTIANS. MS BEARDED SAILOR, OTHERS, SHOW JOY. POSE WITH KIDS.
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| 01:44:30 801.43 |
SENATE DEMOCRATS MEET - SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LYNDON JOHNSON (LBJ) ENTERS ROOM. politics
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| 01:44:42 813.43 |
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ALBEN BARKLEY ARRIVES IN ROOM, IS GREETED BY OTHERS. CU BARKLEY, SENATORS GEORGE, HAYDEN AND CHAVEZ SEATED.
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| 01:45:07 838.43 |
SENATOR HUMPHREY SHAKES WITH GORE.
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| 01:45:15 846.43 |
LS SENATE OFFICE BUILDING - SENATOR KNOWLAND, BRIDGES, POSE BEFORE "SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY POLICY COMMITTEE" BULLETIN BOARD. MLS SENATORS AT COMMITTEE TABLE MCU DWORSHAK AND BELKER CHAT.
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| 01:45:31 862.43 |
MS SENATORS DIRKSEN, MILLKIN, KNOWLAND CHAT, CU WILLIAMS. MS MCCARTHY SHAKES WITH SENATOR BENDER. CU SENATOR SCHOEPPEL, PAN TO KUCHEL.
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| 01:45:53 884.43 |
SPEAKER RAYBURN WITH GROUP OF WOMEN
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| 01:46:04 895.43 |
PATMAN AND DIES., JANUARY 5. 1955
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| 01:46:17 908.43 |
SENATORS ARE SWORN - CU VICE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL.
VP NIXON GIVES OATH TO BARKLEY, THEY SHAKE. |
| 01:46:31 922.43 |
SENATOR CASE IS GIVEN OATH BY VP NIXON.
JANUARY 6, 1955 |
| 01:46:45 936.43 |
IKE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. MS IKE SPEAKS SPEAKS OF BI-PARTISAN COOPERATION.
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| 01:48:08 1019.43 |
CU SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, SENATOR LYNDON B.
JOHNSON GIVES DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF IKE'S SPEECH. CU SENATE MINORITY LEADER KNOWLAND GIVES REPUBLICAN VIEW. politics |
| 01:49:07 1078.43 |
JADEJINSKY HIRED - REPORTERS CROWD INTO OFFICE.
CU JADEJINSKY LIGHTS PIPE, THEN TELLS HOW GRATEFUL TO BE HIRED BY FOREIGN OPERATIONS AGENCY |
| 01:50:18 1149.43 |
BENSON NEWS CONFERENCE - LS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT COMPLEX - SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BENSON ANSWERS QUESTIONS OF NEWSMEN
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| 01:51:06 1197.43 |
NEW ZEALAND UN DELEGATE SPEAKS OF CLASHES BETWEEN RED CHINA AND NATIONALIST FORCES IN OFF SHORE ISLANDS NEAR NEW ZEALAND CAUSING CONCERN.
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| 01:53:58 1369.43 |
SENATOR KNOWLAND ON COMMUNIST CHINA BEING ALLOWED TO COME TO NY MEETINGS.
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| 01:54:45 1416.43 |
IKE NEWS CONFERENCE - SPEAKS ON COMMUNIST CHINA
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| 01:56:10 1501.43 |
GENERAL RIGEWAY SPEAKS ON MAINTAINING STRONG U.
S. FORCES. |
| 01:57:05 1556.43 |
IKE CONTRADICTS GENERAL RIGEWAY VIEW AND SAYS HIS VIEW (IKE'S) WILL BE MAINTAINED. PRESS SECRETARY HAGGERTY IN B/G.
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| 01:58:47 1658.43 |
FORMOSA GUARD - VARIOUS SCENES FORMOSA SOLDIERS GUARDING SHORE LINE. VARIOUS SCENES CHINESE SOLDIERS DOING VIGOROUS CALISTHENICS WITH LOGS GOING THROUGH OBSTICAL COURSE
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