19531950s NEWSREELS
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FLOODS IN JAPAN - 800,000 HOMELESS IN D-DAY DELUGE
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MONTAGE- ROLLING FLOOD WATERS, A LEANING TELEPHONE POLE, ON ISLAND OF KUYUSHU IS PART OF DEVASTATION.
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MONTAGE- LARGE AREA OF FLOODED HOMES AND DEBRIS RIDDLED STREETS WHERE 700 DIED AND ONE MILLION WERE LEFT HOMELESS.
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| 00:01:37 70.4 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE LOOKS ON AS CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON SWEARS IN LOUIS STRAUSS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
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| 00:01:59 93.4 |
MS- GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON ARRIVES IN ATHENS, GREECE ON HIS WORLD WIDE FACT FINDING TOUR.
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| 00:02:20 113.4 |
SAFE DRIVING CONTEST IN VALEJO, CALIFORNIA - 24 TEENS COMPETE FOR 1ST PRIZE.
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| 00:02:37 130.4 |
MS- TEEN DRIVES SLOWLY AROUND OBSTACLE COURSE AND STOPS INCHES IN FRONT OF A POLICEMEN WHO STAND IN FRONT OF HIS PATH. MS- BLACK DRIVER GIVES THE OK SIGN WITH HIS FINGERS.
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| 00:02:49 142.4 |
MS- LADY MAYOR OF TINY BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, IS SWORN IN BY THE MAN SHE DEFEATED. MS- THE NEW MAYOR POUNDS THE GAVEL AS SHE SITS WITH 2 WOMEN ALDERMEN AT HER DESK.
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| 00:03:09 162.4 |
POSTMISTRESS', PIGEON HOLES MAIL AT HER POST OFFICE. MS- 'ALDERWOMAN' LEACH PULLS A STACK OF CORN FROM HER GARDEN WHEN SHE IS NOT WORKING AT CITY HALL.
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| 00:03:38 191.4 |
MS- MENFOLK IDLY SIT AROUND AND 'CHEW THE FAT'.
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| 00:03:41 194.4 |
'MISS UNIVERSE' CANDIDATES ARRIVE IN U.S. AT NEW YORK AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:03:59 212.4 |
MONTAGE- (PAN) BEAUTIES FROM U.S.,SWEDEN, FINLAND, SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHERS POSE FOR CLOSE-UP.
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| 00:05:03 276.4 |
TENNIS - YANKS TAKE WIMBLEDON CROWN - MONTAGE-
AMERICA'S VIC SEITAS BATTLES NEILSON OF DENMARK FOR SINGLES CHAMP, AND WINS. |
| 00:05:46 319.4 |
MONTAGE- MAUREEN 'LITTLE MO' CONNELLY, OF U.S.
PLAYS DORIS HART FOR WOMAN'S SINGLES CHAMP AND WINS. |
| 00:06:22 355.4 |
JEEP RODEO - JEEP RIDING PROS RIDE THROUGH MUDDY WATER AT FULL SPEED. CU- JEEP RIDING FEMALE WIPES HER MUDDY FACE.
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| 00:07:09 402.4 |
LS- JEEP DRIVER LEAPS OUT OF JEEP AS IT LOSES CONTROL AND GOES TUMBLING DOWN ROCKY HILL, CRUSHING THE JEEP.
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| 00:07:34 427.4 |
SPOTLIGHT ON AVIATION - LS- WORKERS PUT TOGETHER AIRPLANES AT A PLANT ASSEMBLY LINE WHICH ASSEMBLES PLANES AND AUTOS. JET FIGHTER IS ROLLED OUT OF PLANT.
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| 00:08:19 472.4 |
MONTAGE- FLYING BOXCARS FLY OVERHEAD IN FORMATION AT AIR SHOW IN FRANCE. GENERAL NORSTAD, NATO'S AIR CHIEF, IS THERE, AS IS FRENCH PRESIDENT AURIOL.
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| 00:09:01 514.4 |
MONTAGE- MORE THAN 1,000 PARATROOPS MARCH INTO LARGE GLOBEMASTER TRANSPORT PLANES AND TAKE OFF.
LS- THE PARATROOPS JUMP OVER A TRAINING AREA. |
| 00:09:31 544.4 |
ELS- THE SKY IS COVERED WITH DESCENDING PARATROOPS
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| 00:09:36 549.4 |
JUNIOR MISS CALIFORNIA - 100 LITTLE GIRLS LINE UP FOR BEAUTY PARADE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:09:55 568.4 |
WEARING THE LATEST IN LITTLE GIRL FASHIONS, THE CONTESTANTS AGED 4 TO 6 YEARS OLD POSE FOR SHOTS.
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| 00:10:21 594.4 |
FASHION SHOW - NEW YORK DESIGNERS PUT TOGETHER ONE COMPLETE OUTFIT - DESIGNER I. MILLER HAS A MODEL SHOW HIS SANDALS DESIGN. CU- DESIGNER NETTIE ROSENSTEIN CONTRIBUTES A BLACK EVENING DRESS AS SHOWN BY MODEL.
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| 00:11:08 641.4 |
MODEL SHOWS JEWELRY BY VAN CLEEP AND ARPEL. CU-
'MR.JOHN' SOCIETIES MILLINER, HAS MODEL SHOW HIS HAT. CU- MISS RUTH RUDDY CONTRIBUTES A MINK COAT. TOTAL COST OF THE OUTFIT - 1 MILLION DOLLARS. |
| 00:11:44 677.4 |
'MISS UNIVERSE' LOVELIES TOUR THE BIG TOWN. MS- 15 WIND BLOWN CONTESTANTS HEAD FOR STATUE OF LIBERTY ON BOAT. MS- THE GIRLS LAND ON LUDLOW'S ISLAND AND LOOK UP AT THE STATUE.
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| 00:12:24 717.4 |
MS- THE GIRLS LOOK DOWN AT NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM ATOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
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| 00:12:48 741.4 |
MS- NARRATOR DAN HERLIHY SITS AT BASE OF WATER FOUNTAIN IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER, LOOKS AT HIS WATCH, AS THOUGH WAITING FOR HIS DATE. THE 15 MISS UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS JOIN HIM AT THE FOUNTAIN. HE GIVES A BEWILDERED LOOK.
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| 00:12:59 753.4 |
RODEO IN RENO - CROWD WATCHES COWBOYS BEING THROWN BY BULLS AND HORSES.
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| 00:14:26 839.4 |
BIG THREE - IKE MEETS AND CHATS WITH SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES, FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER BIDOT AND BRITISH LORD FALLSBURY AT OVAL OFFICE.
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| 00:15:09 882.4 |
DROUGHT - PRESIDENT IKE SPEEDS AID AFTER TOUR IN TEXAS. MS- IKE SITS WITH GOVERNORS OF 6 AFFECTED STATES. HE SPEAKS BEFORE A HUGE GATHERING OF TEXAS FARMERS AND RANCHERS WHO WERE HARD HIT..
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| 00:16:54 987.4 |
CU- GRASSHOPPERS EAT PLANTS AS SWARM OF THE INSECTS INUNDATE FARMS IN COLORADO. LS- PLANE SPRAYS A HUGE FIELD WITH PESTICIDE.
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| 00:17:26 1019.4 |
MS- CHARLES E. BOLIN, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA, ARRIVES AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT IN NEW YORK FROM RUSSIA TO REPORT ON THE PURGE OF SOVIET SECRET POLICE CHIEF BERRIA.
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| 00:17:47 1040.4 |
MS- MARINE CAPTAIN TED WILLIAMS, BASEBALL GREAT.
ARRIVES AT MOPPET FIELD FOR TREATMENT OF EAR AILMENT AFTER COMPLETING 38 COMBAT MISSIONS IN KOREA. HE TALKS TO NEWSMEN. |
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INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE - SCOUTS STOP OFF AT BLACK FEET INDIAN VILLAGE AND WATCH TRIBAL DANCES. SCOUTS JOIN IN ON THE DANCE.
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| 00:18:30 1083.4 |
MS- BOY SCOUTS HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT IN MOUNTAINS OF SCENIC GLAZIER PARK.
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| 00:18:40 1093.4 |
'MISS UNIVERSE' WORLD BEAUTIES SEEK TITLE IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA - RIDE ON FLOATS DOWN AVENUE.
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| 00:19:54 1167.4 |
'BIG BEN' HOGAN WINS BRITISH OPEN - JOINS GOLF'S IMMORTALS. MS- BEN HOGAN WALKS TO TEE FOLLOWED BY FANS IN SCOTLAND.
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| 00:20:04 1177.4 |
MS- FANS SITTING IN GALLERY TURN THEIR HEADS QUICKLY TO THE LEFT TO FOLLOW BALL HIT FROM TEE.
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| 00:20:57 1231.4 |
MS- BEN HOGAN POSES WITH HIS BRITISH OPEN TROPHY.
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| 00:21:30 1263.4 |
KOREA - REDS PIERCE UN LINES AS TRUCE TALKS DRAG.
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| 00:21:59 1293.4 |
MONTAGE- WEARY FACES OF GI' AS THEY REST NEXT TO THEIR ARTILLERY POSITIONS. MS- A BLACK GI HELPS A WOUNDED BLACK BUDDY WALK.
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| 00:22:28 1321.4 |
MS- PRESIDENT RHEE AND GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR REVIEW SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS.
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| 00:22:45 1338.4 |
MS- ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE WALTER ROBINSON REPORTS TO PRESIDENT IKE AND DULLES.
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| 00:23:09 1362.4 |
MS- FREIGHTER 'HAWAIIAN PILOT' WITH DAMAGED BOW, LIMPS INTO SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR AFTER COLLIDING AND SINKING THE OUTBOUND' JACOB LUCKENBACH' DURING A FOG NEAR GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.
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| 00:23:26 1379.4 |
MS- CREWMEN OF THE SUNKEN SHIP DEBARK THE 'HAWAIIAN PILOT' AFTER BEING RESCUED BY THE SHIP THAT SUNK THEM.
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| 00:23:46 1399.4 |
MS- GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI SHEK AND MADAME CHIANG REVIEW THE 1ST FLIGHT OF F-86'S TO ARRIVE IN FORMOSA AS A GIFT FROM U.S.
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| 00:24:25 1438.4 |
MONTAGE- SHRINERS PARADE DOWN NEW YORK'S 5TH AVENUE FOR THEIR 79TH ANNUAL CONVENTION TO THE MYSTIC SHRINE.
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| 00:24:30 1443.4 |
CU- SHRINER WEARS POINTED ARABIAN SHOES WITH HIS COSTUME. MONTAGE- SHRINERS PUT ON A MAD CAP SHOW AS THEY MARCH.
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| 00:25:01 1474.4 |
FASHION SPORT CLOTHING - MS- MODEL WEARS LINEN JAMAICA SHORTS AS SHE PLAYS TENNIS. MS- WIELDS GOLF CLUBS AS SHE SHOWS HER SLACKS. MS- MODEL WEARING PLAID SHORTS TEES OFF.
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MS- MODEL IN SWIM TRUNKS RUNS ALONG THE BEACH FOLLOWED BY HER DOG.
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| 00:26:18 1551.4 |
SPORTS - GYMNASTS FROM ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND FINLAND PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF GYMNASTICS IN THE BRITISH SECTION OF BERLIN.
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SPEEDBOAT RACING - 1 MAN BOATS BOUNCE ALONG CHOPPY WATER OF CHICAGO LAKE. LS- 2 BOUNCING SPEED BOATS H MAKE IT AROUND A TURN ONE DOESN'T.
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| 00:28:32 1685.4 |
KOREA - HOPES FOR TRUCE HIGH BUT FIGHTING GOES ON
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| 00:29:35 1748.4 |
MONTAGE- 2000 TONS OF DRIED MILK AND FLOUR ARE LIFTED ABOARD FREIGHTER"AMERICAN INVENTOR', FOR SHIPMENT TO HUNGRY OF EAST GERMANY.
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| 00:30:16 1789.4 |
MONTAGE- EAST BERLINERS BY THE THOUSANDS CROSS THE BORDER TO PURCHASE FOOD IN WEST BERLIN OFFERED AT FRACTIONAL PRICES.
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| 00:30:21 1794.4 |
MS- CROWD PRESSES TOWARD OPEN AIR VENDORS TO PURCHASE THE FOOD.
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| 00:30:33 1806.4 |
MS- ADLAI STEVENSON MEETS WITH U.S. HIGH COMMISSIONER CONANT IN BONN, GERMANY AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS IN EAST GERMANY.
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MS- 2 TEENAGE DUTCH PRINCESSES ON VACATION IN CAPE COD WALK ALONG TOTING THEIR TENNIS RACKETS
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| 00:31:24 1857.4 |
MONTAGE- 45,000 BOY SCOUTS GATHER AT NEWPORT HARBOR, CALIFORNIA FOR 3RD NATIONAL JAMBOREE.
'FRANCIS' THE TALKING MULE OF MOTION PICTURES AND CHILL WILLS ARE THERE. |
| 00:31:59 1893.4 |
HORSE RACING - 'NATIVE DANCER' - VANDERBILT COLT COPS RICH ARLINGTON CLASSIC.
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| 00:32:15 1908.4 |
MS- CROWD LEANS OVER RAIL TO WATCH RACE. LS-
'NATIVE DANCER' COMES FROM BEHIND AND WINS BY A WIDE MARGIN. |
| 00:33:02 1955.4 |
MISS UNIVERSE - CHRISTINE MARTEL OF FRANCE WINS CROWN. MS- ACTORS AUDIE MURPHY AND JEFF CHANDLER GREET 'MISS UNIVERSE' CONTESTANTS AT UNIVERSAL CITY WHERE ANNUAL 'MISS UNIVERSE CONTEST IS HELD.
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| 00:33:37 1990.4 |
MS- 'MISS PANAMA' POSES WITH PIPER LAURIE WHILE EDWARD G. ROBINSON SITS WITH LOVELIES AT DINNER TABLE.
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| 00:33:50 2003.4 |
MONTAGE- GIRLS PARADE IN EVENING GOWNS BEFORE JUDGES, THEN SWIM SUITS.
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| 00:35:22 2095.4 |
AIR SHOW - RAF SHOWS MIGHT IN REVIEW FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II. LS- PILOTS AND CREWS PARADE AT AIR BASE. HUGE BOMBERS FLY OVERHEAD.
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| 00:36:30 2163.4 |
FLIGHT RESEARCH - CAMERAS ARE PLACED ALONG THE PATH OF TRACK WHERE A ROCKET DRIVEN SLED WILL PASS AT HIGH SPEED.
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MS- CAMERA CATCHES MISHAP AS MISSILE GOES OFF COURSE AND CRASHES ALONG THE GROUND. MS- CAMERA CATCHES LAUNCH IN SLOW MOTION.
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| 00:37:33 2226.4 |
MS- A HUGE FIRE BALL EXPLOSION OCCURS AS CAMERA CATCHES ROCKET MISFIRE.
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| 00:37:45 2238.4 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE AND FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER POSE ON WHITE HOUSE STEPS AFTER FORMING A NEW COMMISSION FOR GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANIZATION.
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| 00:38:11 2264.4 |
MS- GROUP OF MARINES UNFOLD A LARGE RUBBER RAFT WHICH THEY INFLATE AND TAKE TO THE RIVER.
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| 00:38:33 2286.4 |
LS- BOTH A 4 MAN AND AN 8 MAN MODEL OF THE RAFT, WITH OUTBOARD MOTORS, SPEED OFF. AERIAL- THE MARINES MANEUVER THE RAFTS IN A TIGHT CIRCLE.
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MS- SMALL MODEL CAR WITH CHARLEY MCCARTHY TYPE DUMMY AT THE WHEEL RUNS ELECTRONICALLY, MAKING STOPS AT HAZARDS. THE MODEL IS A FORERUNNER TO A FULL-SIZED AUTOMATIC CAR.
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| 00:39:36 2349.4 |
TOUR DE FRANCE BICYCLE RACE - AERIAL- HUNDREDS OF CYCLISTS RIDE AROUND CURVING MOUNTAIN ROADS.
MS- RESCUE WORKER LIFT BICYCLE THAT RODE OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN A STEEP HILL. |
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MS- CYCLIST RIDES INTO BLINDING LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ON A DANGEROUS CURVE IN THE ROAD.
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| 00:40:40 2413.4 |
MS- GOLF GREAT BEN HOGAN RIDES DOWN NEW YORK'S 5TH AVENUE IN A MOTORCADE AFTER WINNING THE BRITISH OPEN.
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| 00:40:49 2423.4 |
MS- MAYOR IMPELLITIERI GIVES HOGAN A NEW YORK WELCOME, BEFORE A CROWD. AT STEPS OF CITY HALL.
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| 00:41:08 2441.4 |
MONTAGE- KAYAKERS RIDE DOWN A RAGING RAPIDS ON RIVER IN FRANCE AS THE KAYAK CLUB PUTS ON A SHOW.
LS- A CANOE TRIES TO RUN THE RAPIDS BUT TURNS OVER AS DO MANY KAYAKS. |
| 00:42:04 2497.4 |
CU- ACTRESS BARBARA STANWICH MAKES A PITCH FOR U.S. SAVING BONDS.
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| 00:43:50 2603.4 |
TRUCE IN KOREA - UNITED NATIONS AND NORTH KOREA MEET AT PANMUNJON AND PRESIDENT IKE ANNOUNCES THE ARMISTICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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MS- MS- MOTHER, FATHER AND GERMAN FIANCEE OF SGT. BRIGHAM S. TAYLOR RECEIVES THE SILVER STAR, POSTHUMOUSLY, FROM GENERAL WITH ARD A. BURRIS, FOR HIS HEROIC ACTION IN KOREA.
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| 00:45:59 2732.4 |
LS- HOLLAND AIR FORCE PLANES FORM A NUMBER 40 IN THE AIR AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH YEAR. LS- THE QUEEN AND THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WATCH THE SHOW.
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| 00:47:08 2801.4 |
LS- BULLS ARE RELEASED INTO THE STREETS OF CAMPONA, SPAIN ON ST. FERMAN'S DAY. LS- CROWDS OF PEOPLE TRY TO RUN IN AHEAD OF THE BULLS, SOME ARE TRAMPLED.
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| 00:47:35 2828.4 |
LS- THE CROWD RUNS INTO THE BULL RING FOLLOWED BY THE BULLS WHO RUN OVER A PILE OF PEOPLE LYING ON THE GROUND. MS- THE BULL TOSSES A BULLFIGHTER WHO IS SAVED BY THE RINK CREW.
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| 00:48:00 2853.4 |
CONGRESS REPEALS MOVIE TAX - LS- CONGRESSMAN NOAH MASON WHO SPONSORED THE REPEAL WALKS DOWN THE STEPS OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING..
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| 00:48:20 2873.4 |
CU- MASON EXPLAINS THE BENEFITS OF HIS BILL.
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CHIMP BEATS THE HEAT - HE FROLICS IN A BACK YARD SWIMMING POOL COOLING HIMSELF OFF.
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MS- CHIMP GRABS A PASSING DUCK BY THE NECK AND DRAGS IT INTO THE POOL. THE DUCK TRIES TO ESCAPE BUT THE CHIMP ROUGHLY THROWS IT BACK IN.
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| 00:50:12 2985.4 |
MS- CHIMP TAKES THE SHOWER HEAD AND STICKS IT INTO HIS MOUTH GETTING A MOUTHFUL OF WATER.
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| 00:50:52 3026.4 |
- TRUCE SIGNING - 1ST FILM OF KOREAN ARMISTICE.
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| 00:51:11 3044.4 |
MS- GENERAL WILLIAM K. HARRISON, PASSES BETWEEN UN GUARDS, MADE UP OF SOLDIERS OF MANY NATIONS, AT ENTRANCE TO TRUCE SIGNING BUILDING AT PANMUNJON
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| 00:51:28 3061.4 |
LS- HOSTILE NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION ARRIVES AND SIGNS TRUCE.
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| 00:52:06 3099.4 |
MS- GENERAL MARK CLARK SIGNS THE ARMISTICE, MAKING IT OFFICIAL.
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| 00:52:26 3119.4 |
GOOD SAMARITAN - U.S. FOOD ARRIVES FOR EAST BERLINERS. MS- FREIGHTER 'SS AMERICAN INVENTOR'
DOCKS AT PORT IN HAMBURG, GERMANY. CRATES OF FOOD ARE UNLOADED ONTO THE DOCK. |
| 00:52:51 3144.4 |
LS- LONG LINES OF EAST BERLINERS WAIT FOR THE FOOD TO BE HANDED OUT. SOME LAY ON GROUND AFTER FAINTING WHILE WAITING IN LINE.
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| 00:53:34 3187.4 |
MONTAGE - FLOODS HIT JAPAN'S MAIN ISLAND AFTER MONSOONS AND A DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE.
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| 00:54:21 3234.4 |
LS- HOME-MADE ARMOURED CAR IS USED BY DEFECTING FAMILY TO ESCAPE CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MS- ESCAPE HELPS FAMILY OF 6 OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH THE BORDER GUARDS THOUGHT WAS AN ARMY VEHICLE.
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| 00:54:54 3267.4 |
CU- SENATOR KNOWLAND LAUDS RECORD OF CONGRESS.
HE SPEAKS TO THE NATION ABOUT THE BI-PARTISAN SUCCESS. |
| 00:55:54 3327.4 |
RODEO IN TOWN OF JOSEPH, OREGON - CELEBRATE 'CHIEF JOSEPH' DAY WITH PARADE AND RODEO.
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| 00:56:07 3340.4 |
MS- PARADING CLOWN LOOKS INTO CAMERA AS HE PASSES.
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| 00:57:22 3415.4 |
CU- ACTOR WALTER BRENNAN WATCHES CLOWN BEING CHASED BY A BULL.
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