19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWSREELS FROM MAY 30 & JUNE 6, 1954
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NEWSREEL: MAY 30, 1954
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| 02:53:38 1.47 |
AERIAL VIEW USS BENNINGTON AS IT STEAMS UP ATLANTIC TO PORT ON RHODE ISLAND AFTER DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
DISASTER |
| 02:53:52 15.47 |
LONG LINE OF SAILORS CARRYING STRETCHERS FOR DEAD AND WOUNDED ONTO SHIP, AS AMBULANCES STAND BY ON SHORE.
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| 02:53:53 16.47 |
SAILORS, CIVILIANS CARRY DEAD ON STRETCHER TO AMBULANCE. (SEE VM-2122)
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| 02:54:49 72.47 |
"BATTLE FOR RAILROAD"
MEMBERS OF NEW YORK CENTRAL STOCK HOLDERS ARRIVE FOR MEETING IN ALBANY, NEW YORK. |
| 02:55:24 107.47 |
ROBERT R. YOUNG WHO IS CHALLENGING PRESENT MANAGEMENT OF RAILROAD POSES FOR CAMERA.
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| 02:55:25 108.47 |
WILLIAM WHITE, CENTRAL'S PRESIDENT, BOARDS TRAIN FOR ALBANY.
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| 02:55:59 142.47 |
"PRINCESS MARGARET HONORS WAR DEAD"
DEDICATES HUGE MEMORIAL TO HONOR THOSE WHO PERISHED AT SEA. DELIVERS EULOGY. PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. |
| 02:57:28 231.47 |
"AIR CADETS GRADUATE"
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CAMPUS. FAMILY OF GRADUATING ROTC MEMBERS WATCH ROTC CADETS MARCH ON FIELD. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND |
| 02:57:29 232.47 |
PEOPLE PERUSE AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT AT UNIVERSITY ARMORY.
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| 02:57:30 233.47 |
CADET SHOWS YOUNG BLONDE HOW TO WORK ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.
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| 02:58:14 277.47 |
"DOCK WORKERS VOTE AGAIN"
LONGSHOREMEN LINE UP ALONG POLICE BARRICADES TO VOTE TO DETERMINE WHICH UNION WILL REPRESENT LONGSHOREMEN. |
| 02:58:15 278.47 |
SIGN ABOVE ARMORY VOTING PLACE: "NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA".
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| 02:58:16 279.47 |
CU POLICEMAN ON HORSEBACK.
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| 02:59:04 327.47 |
"ARMY MCCARTHY HEARINGS"
ARMY LIEUTENANT EXPLAINS REASONS FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT RECEIVED BY PRIVATE DAVID SCHINE. HIS ANSWER DRAWS LAUGHTER FROM MCCARTHY, OTHER SENATORS. |
| 03:00:08 391.47 |
"AROUND THE WORLD"
NEON LIGHTS BRIGHTEN UP NIGHT LIFE IN GENEVA, WHICH BECAME POPULAR BECAUSE OF MEETINGS BY WORLD MINISTERS ABOUT INDO-CHINA. |
| 03:00:16 399.47 |
MONTAGE OF NEON LIGHTS NAMING VARIETY OF NIGHT CLUBS.
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| 03:00:17 400.47 |
CU BARTENDER MIXES DRINK IN SHAKER.
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| 03:00:18 401.47 |
WOMEN DRINKING AT BAR, MUSICIANS PLAYING, COUPLES DANCE ON DANCE FLOOR, SPANISH DANCERS PUT ON SHOW, PEOPLE AT TABLES DRINKING, GIRLS IN SKIMPY COSTUMES ENTERTAIN.
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| 03:01:09 452.47 |
"EMPEROR VISITS USA"
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA ARRIVES ON OCEAN LINER, POSES FOR BEVY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS. MAKES SPEECH. |
| 03:02:13 516.47 |
"ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS HELP RACE RELATIONS":
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| 03:02:14 517.47 |
ROAD SIGN: "ROCK HILL CITY LIMITS".
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| 03:02:15 518.47 |
CIRCA 1950s AUTO TRAFFIC IN TOWN MAIN STREET. BLACK, WHITE PEDESTRIANS. SEGREGATION, INTEGRATION.
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| 03:02:31 534.47 |
ROCK HILL COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS WITH BLACK, WHITE, MEMBERS MEET TO DISCUSS COMMON PROBLEMS.
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| 03:02:43 546.47 |
MEMBERS WALK ALONG TRACKS OF TOWN RAILROAD STATION.
TOWN, PARKING LOT IN BKGD. |
| 03:02:44 547.47 |
GROUP PERUSE ALMOST COMPLETED NEW SCHOOL. PAINTERS PAINTING WINDOWS IN BKGD.
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| 03:03:15 578.47 |
"LONDON-GRAHAM ENDS REVIVAL TOUR"
HUGE ENGLISH CROWD WATCH BILLY GRAHAM PREACH ON PLATFORM IN SQUARE. |
| 03:03:16 579.47 |
GRAHAM MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH WITH HAND GESTURES, BEFORE MICS.
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| 03:03:17 580.47 |
GRAHAM WITH BACK TO CAMERA BEING WATCHED BY SCORES OF FAITHFUL, FACING CAMERA. TILT UP TO CROWD OF 30,000.
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| 03:03:18 581.47 |
CU FACE SHOTS OF AWE INSPIRED FAITHFUL, MOSTLY WOMEN.
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| 03:04:03 626.47 |
"BETTER MOUSETRAP"
LARGE BARN-LIKE BUILDING WITH "KNESS MFG. CO.", "WORLD'S BEST MOUSE TRAPS" WRITTEN ON FACADE. |
| 03:04:04 627.47 |
FOUR FAMILY MEN, INCLUDING WHITE HAIRED OWNER-FATHER, BUILD METAL MOUSE TRAPS ON WORK SHOP TABLE. ALBIA, IOWA.
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| 03:04:21 644.47 |
CU TILT UP STACKS OF BOX-LIKE ALL-METAL MOUSE TRAPS.
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| 03:04:22 645.47 |
CU MR KNESS SHOWS HOW HE ASSEMBLES THE BAIT-FREE TRAPS AND HOW IT WORKS.
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| 03:05:47 730.47 |
"NEW YORK-IKE BLASTS THOUGHT CONTROL"
IKE SPEAKS AT BANQUET MARKING 200TH YEAR OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. THEME: "FREEDOM OF IDEAS IN U.S." |
| 03:07:00 803.47 |
MIDWEST TORNADOES PAN DEVASTATION REEKED ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS EASTERN NEBRASKA, THEW WORST HIT.
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| 03:07:01 804.47 |
WORKERS SIFT THROUGH PILES OF DEBRIS PILED AGAINST SUBURBAN HOUSE.
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| 03:07:23 826.47 |
SEVERAL SMALL PIGLETS SURVIVING TORNADO FORAGE THROUGH MUD.
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| 03:07:24 827.47 |
MORE OF RUBBLE OF TORNADO AFTERMATH.
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| 03:07:45 848.47 |
VATICAN CITY: "CANONIZE POPE PIUS X"
PAN HUGE CROWD WAVING HANDKERCHIEFS AT POPE PAUL XII BEING CARRIED IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE ON THRONE. (SEE VM-2122) |
| 03:08:10 873.47 |
HALF-MILLION PEOPLE WATCH POPE PAUL XII PERFORM OUTDOOR CEREMONY CANONIZING POPE PIUS X. FIRST CANONIZATION IN 242 YEARS AND 1ST IN ST. PETER'S SQ.
RELIGION. ROMAN CATHOLIC |
| 03:08:42 905.47 |
ALASKA: "RESCUE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER"
RESCUE WORKERS MEET AT HEADQUARTERS IN MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA. |
| 03:08:43 906.47 |
PFC GEORGE ARGUS OF BROOKLYN, SITS IN OFFICE WITH RESCUERS.
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| 03:09:03 926.47 |
SMALL ARMY RESCUE PLANE AT AIRSTRIP AND IN FLIGHT.
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| 03:09:04 927.47 |
AERIAL VIEW SNOW COVERED MT. MCKINLEY
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| 03:09:05 928.47 |
PLANE DROPS MEDICAL SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE.
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| 03:09:47 970.47 |
INDIANAPOLIS: "NEW SPEEDWAY RECORD"
SIGN OVER ENTRANCE: "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, HOME OF THE 500 MILE RACE". |
| 03:09:48 971.47 |
VIEW OF SOME OF THE 175,000 RACE CAR FANS IN STANDS
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| 03:10:00 983.47 |
AERIAL VIEW OF TRACK AND SPEEDWAY.
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| 03:10:01 984.47 |
33 RACERS FOLLOW LEAD CAR TO START RACE.
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| 03:10:02 985.47 |
VARIOUS VIEWS RACE IN PROGRESS.
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| 03:10:28 1011.47 |
LEADS CAR, WITH DRIVER BOKAVICH, SPINS OUT ON TRACK, AVOIDS BEING HIT BY OTHERS, CONTINUES ON.
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| 03:10:47 1030.47 |
OFFICIAL WAVING CHECKERED FLAG WITH BOKAVICH WINNING FOR 2ND YEAR IN ROW.
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| 03:10:59 1042.47 |
NEWSREEL: JUNE 6, 1954
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| 03:11:00 1043.47 |
"ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS"
CU MCCARTHY PERUSING DOCUMENTS WITH HIS ATTORNEY. |
| 03:11:01 1044.47 |
SENATORS MUNDT, MCCLENNAN, SYMINGTON. MCCLENNAN CHASTISES MCCARTHY.
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| 03:11:52 1095.47 |
CORYTON, ENGLAND: "QUEEN MOTHER OPENS REFINERY"
AERIAL VIEW OIL STORAGE TANKS AT REFINERY. |
| 03:11:58 1101.47 |
SIGN: "CORYTON REFINERY WITH LOGO.
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| 03:12:02 1105.47 |
QUEEN MOTHER EXAMINES PLANT.
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| 03:12:15 1118.47 |
VARIOUS VIEWS OF REFINERY.
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| 03:12:30 1133.47 |
SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVE AT QUEEN MOTHER PASSING IN LIMO.
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| 03:12:39 1142.47 |
"PEOPLE AND PLACES"
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON ARRIVES IN OKINAWA BY PLANE. |
| 03:12:40 1143.47 |
GUIDE WITH BACK TO CAMERA, WAVES AIRLINE INTO POSITION.
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| 03:12:43 1146.47 |
WILSON IS WELCOMED BY GENERAL DAVID ARKIN. MEETS WITH LEADERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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| 03:13:09 1172.47 |
GROUP OF OKINAWA CHILDREN WAVE GOODBYE TO WILSON AS HE LEAVES.
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| 03:13:33 1196.47 |
NEW JERSEY WATERFRONT FIRE:
AERIAL SMOKE, FLAMES OBLITERATE VIEW OF FIRE ALONG HUDSON RIVER WATERFRONT. |
| 03:13:34 1197.47 |
FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO INTENSE FIRE IN WAREHOUSE ACROSS RIVER FROM NYC.
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| 03:13:35 1198.47 |
WATER BEING POURED ON INTENSE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF WINDOWS IN OUT OF CONTROL FIRE.
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| 03:13:37 1200.47 |
CU TWO FIREMEN HOLD HOSE AS IT SHOOTS OUT POWERFUL SPRAY.
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| 03:14:10 1233.47 |
INDO-CHINA: "REDS MASS FOR NEW OFFENSIVE"
SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE TO NEWS HEADQUARTERS IN HANOI, "CAMP DE PRESSE" |
| 03:14:11 1234.47 |
FRENCH, VIETNAMESE NEWSMEN GATHER FOR NEWS BRIEFING BY FRENCH SOLDIER.
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| 03:14:12 1235.47 |
REPORTER TYPES HIS REPORT WHICH IS CENSORED BY FRENCH.
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| 03:14:13 1236.47 |
CU CENSOR AT WORK.
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| 03:15:09 1292.47 |
CURRIER DONS WHITE HELMET. TAKES OFF ON MOTORCYCLE.
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| 03:15:14 1297.47 |
CAIRO: "SOLAR FUNERAL BOAT"
VIEW OF PYRAMID IN EGYPT. TILT DOWN TO NATIVE WORKERS EXCAVATE NEW ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY AT BASE. |
| 03:15:15 1298.47 |
PAN WORKERS USING PICK AXES.
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| 03:15:38 1321.47 |
NATIVE WORKER CLAPS HANDS AFTER FINDING CHAMBER
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| 03:15:39 1322.47 |
PAN WORKERS DIGGING FURIOUSLY.
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| 03:15:53 1336.47 |
CU EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGIST POINTS TO CHAMBER IN GROUND.
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| 03:15:54 1337.47 |
PAN HUGE EXCAVATION CONTAINING SOLAR BOAT, CHEOPS (KHUFU) WAS TO USE TO GO ON SOLAR VOYAGE.
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| 03:16:12 1355.47 |
YANKEE STADIUM: "EMPEROR SEES FIRST BALL GAME EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA, HAILE SELASSIE IS GIVEN BASEBALL BY MANAGER CASEY STENGEL OF YANKEES.
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| 03:16:25 1368.47 |
PAN CROWD FILLS SEATS AT STADIUM.
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| 03:16:26 1369.47 |
CU CAMERAMEN TAKE SHOTS OF EMPEROR SEATED IN BOX SEATS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
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| 03:16:27 1370.47 |
STENGEL HANDS 2 BASEBALLS TO SELASSIE.
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| 03:16:48 1391.47 |
GAME IN PROGRESS, WON BY WASHINGTON SENATORS.
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| 03:16:49 1392.47 |
STENGEL HAVING ARGUMENT WITH HOME PLATE EMPIRE AS YOGI BERRA AND SENATOR PLAYER LOOK ON.
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