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19551950s NEWSREELS

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MS- PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE ARE VISITED AT HOSPITAL BY PRESIDENT CASTILLO ARMAS OF GUATEMALA.
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MS- IKE RECEIVES A KNITTED PRESIDENTIAL SEAL DONE BY NUNS IN A GUATEMALAN CONVENT.
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MOROCCANS PAY HOMAGE TO RETURNING SULTAN BEN YOUSEEF. MS- ARAB LEADERS,IN NATIVE WEAR, MEET WITH THE SULTAN.
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MONTAGE- JAPANESE VILLAGES LOOK ON IN AWE AS THEY WATCH AN 'HONEST JOHN' MISSILE BEING TESTED.
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MS- AMERICAN GIS WHO DEFECTED TO THE OTHER SIDE AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY THE REDS ARE FREED AT FORT BAKER, CALIF. FOLLOWING A SUPREME COURT DECISION.
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MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON IS GIVEN A FIREMAN'S HAT AS HE MEETS THE WHEEL CHAIRED MUSCULAR DISTROPHY GIRL DURING A FUND DRIVE.
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CU- PORTRAIT OF STALIN HANGS IN SOVIET EMBASSY WHERE A GALA VODKA AND CAVIAR PARTY CELEBRATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION. GUESTS PARTAKE IN MOUTH WATERING DELICACIES. NO U.S. GUESTS ARRIVE.
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MS- DONALD CAMPBELL RIDES HIS JET PRO[PELLED BOAT 'BLUEBIRD' IN 2ND TRY TO BREAK SPEED RECORD ON LAKE MEADE.
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AUDIENCE AWARDS - PRESIDENT OF MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION,ERIC JOHNSTON MAKES SPEECH ASKING FANS TO VOTE THEIR FAVORITES.
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IKE RETURNS - THOUSANDS HAIL HIM AT CAPITAL. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND FORMER PRESIDENT HOOVER ALONG WITH 5000 PEOPLE GREET IKE AND MAMIE AT THE AIRPORT. IKE SPEAKS.
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CROWD OF FLAG WAVING CHILDREN LINE THE STREETS OF GETTYSBURG TO GREET THE MOTORCADE.TOWN'S PEOPLE SING 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAMIE.
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MS- THE B-52 BOMBER GOES INTO SERVICE WITH THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AT CASTLE AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA. LS- B-52 TAKES A TRIAL RUN.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - UCLA 19 - WASHINGTON 17
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LS- JONES OF WASHINGTON INTERCEPTS A UCLA PASS AND TAKES IT 64 YARDS FOR A TD. UCLA'S STEVE ROTE TOSSES TO HERRING IN THE END ZONE FOR A TD.
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LS- CROWD MOBS THE CALIFORNIA FIELD AS UCLA JIM BECKER KICKS THE WINNING FIELD GOAL.
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PRINCETON 14 - YALE 0 LS- 46,000 FANS WAVE HANDKERCHIEVES. NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR IS THERE WITH MARGARET TRUMAN.
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MICHIGAN STATE 42 - MINNESOTA 14
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MICHIGAN STATE'S KOWALCHEK'S HELMET IS RIPPED OFF AS HE TRIES TO RUN BY TACKLERS.
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BLAZE RAZES LOS ANGELES RUG FACTORY - LS- DESPITE FIREMEN EFFORTS THE FIRE RAGES OUT OF CONTROL.
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MS- BLOODIED FIREMAN IS HELPED BY HIS BUDDIES.
LS- ENTIRE SECTION OF THE PLANT COLLAPSES.
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LANDSLIDE - PART OF CANADIAN TOWN IS BURIED AS AN UNDERGROUND RIVER IN NICOLETTE UNDERMINED AN AREA OF TOWN 1000 FEET WIDE AND 40 FEET DEEP.
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LS- LARGE HOUSE LIES IN A HUGE HILE IN THE GROUND.
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MONTAGE- DEFENSE MINISTER OF GERMANY ADDRESSES 1ST GROUP OF ARMY PERSONNEL AS A NEW GERMAN ARMY IS FORMED.
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LS- ADLAI STEVENSON ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENTIAL TICKET IN 1956.
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MS- STEVENSON CHATS WITH CHICAGO MAYOR DALEY
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INVENTION- LS- SMALL PONTOON BOAT WITH HELICOPTER BLADES,BEING TOWED BY A SPEEDBOAT AT HIGH SPEED TAKES OFF INTO THE AIR.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - NOTRE DAME 27 - NO.CAROLINA 7
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SPEED RECORD - LS- DONALD CAMPBELL RIDES HIS JET BOAT AT 216 MPH ON LAKE MEADE,ARIZ0NA FOR RECORD.
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MOROCCO UNREST - RETURN OF SULTAN FAILS TO HALT RAIDS. AERIAL- SULTAN'S CAR IS MOBBED BY ADORING ARABS AS HE TAKES THE THRONE.
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AIR CRASH - 2 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF AN UNSCHEDULED AIRLINER CRASHES IN SNOW-BOUND WOODS NEAR SEATTLE KILLING 76,INCLUDING 65 GIS RETURNING FROM KOREA.
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LS- CHARRED REMAINS OF HOUSE DESTROYED BY CRASH.
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FASHIONS - MODELS SHOW HATS AND DRESSES OF LEADING DESIGNERS AT THE JOHN HANDCOCK HALL IN BOSTON. MS- WIDE BRIMED BONNETS ARE FEATURED.
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MS- THE MODEL HAS TO RAISE HER HEAD TO SEE UNDER THE FLOPPING WIDE BRIM.
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MS- GIRL MODELS HAT NEXT TO A NEW 1956 CAR.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - UCLA 17 - USC 7 AS 100,000 FANS WATCH AT MEMORIAL COLESIUM.
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LS- USC'S JOHN ARNETT TAKES THE KICK-OFF 97 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN BUT THE TD IS NEGATED BY A PENALTY
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LS- UCLA'S SAM BROWN FAKES A PUNT AND RUNS FOR A LONG GAIN, HE FOLLOWS IT WITH A TD RUN.
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YALE 21 - HARVARD 7, AT SNOW COVERED NEW HAVEN STADIUM. CU- YALE'S MASCOT BULLDOG WATCHES GAME.
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MS- FAN UNDER CNOW COVERED UMBRELLA.
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OHIO 17 - MICHIGAN 0, AT ANN ARBOR STADIUM.
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AERIAL- MICHIGAN FANS RUN ONTO THE FIELD AFTER THE GAME IN AN ANGRY MOOD. LS- ONE FAN PUNCHES ANOTHER IN THE FACE.
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BACK IN HARNESS - PRESIDENT IKE HOLDS CABINET MEETING FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
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MS- NELSON ROCKEFELLER ARRIVES WITH OTHERS AT IKE'S CABIN IN CAMP DAVID. MS- IKE ARRIVES WITH DULLES,HENRY CABOT LODGE AND NIXON.
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TRAIN WRECK - MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH EXCURSION TRAIN AFTER JUMPING TRACK 45 MILES OUTSIDE LONDON.
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MS- ALASKAN NATIVES OF THE ALASKAN NATIONAL GUARD RECEIVE NAVY WINGS AT PENTAGON FOR A DARING RESCU OF 11 NAVY FLYERS WHOSE PATROL PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN MIGS.
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MS- AWED CHILDREN WATCH MONSTER PARADE IN SEATTLE WITH GROTESQUE RUBBER FIGURES,INCLUDING POPEYE OLIVE OYL AND A LARGE RUBBER SPIDER.
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LS- A 20 FOOT RUBBER BALLOON SEA MONSTER IS CARRIED DOWN STREET.
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MS- STEVE ALLEN GETS '1955 PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 'AWARD FROM THE THE WASHINGTON,D.C.VARIETY CLUBS.
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FASHIONS IN AN ORIENTAL MOOD - FASHIONS OF A FAR EASTERN INFLUENCE ARE SHOWN AT A JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK.
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NATIONAL BOAT SHOW IN SEATTLE - MONTAGE- MODELS SHOW KITCHEN AND LIVING AREAS ON BOATS. MS- MODEL WEARS PLAID SWIM SUIT TO GO WITH HER PLAID WATER SKIS.
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CU- MECHANICAL DUCK STICKS HEAD IN WATER.
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CU- ZOO KEEPER IN MADRID POURS A PAIL OF WATER INTO THE HUGE OPEN MOUTH OF A HIPPO AS ANOTHER WASHES THE HIPPO'S BACK.
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MS- LITTLE BOYS WATCH IN AWE AS KEEPER POURS PAILS FULL OF FOOD INTO THE HIPPO'S OPEN MOUTH.
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CU- THE GIANT HIPPO SPREADS ITS ENORMOUS JAWS AS 2 KEEPERS SCRUB IT'S MOUTH AND TEETH WITH A BRUSH MS- HALF OF THE KEEPERS BODY IS IN THE HUGE MOUTH AS HE PERFORMS HIS CHORES.
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CHICAGO FIRE - CITY GETS ITS REVENGE ON MRS.
O'LEARY AS THE LEGENDERY HOUSE IS PUT TO THE TORCH TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BOULEVARD.
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AERIAL- CHICAGO CITYSCAPE. MS- HOME OF MRS.
O'LEARY WHOSE COW STARTED THE CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871
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MONTAGE- PAINTINGS DEPICTING THE FIRE.
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MS- FIREMEN DEMONSTRATE AN OLD PUMPER OF THAT PERIOD.
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LS- HUGE PYRAMID SHAPED BLOCKS ARE DROPPED FROM A BRIDGE INTO THE VOLGA RIVER BY RUSSIANS TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF A DAM.
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MONTAGE- VETERENARIANS INJECT SULPHUR DRUGS INTO A MANATEE TO CURE WOUNDS MADE BY A SPEAR FISHERMAN IN THE PALLAU ISLANDS
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LS- TRACTOR TRAILERS,BUSES AND CARS GO THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE AT AIR FORCE BASE TO TEST THEIR DRIVING SKILL BEFORE JUDGES.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ARMY 14 - NAVY 6 MONYAGE- ARMY CADETS AND NAVY MIDSHIPMEN MARCH SMARTLY ONTO THE FIELD.MS- NAVY'S MASCOT RAM IS THERE.
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MS- GENERALS TAYLOR AND MCAULIFF ARE THERE FOR ARMY, ADMIRAL RADCLIFF FOR NAVY.
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LS- NAVYMEN SHOW THEIR APPROVAL AS WELSH TAKES ONE OVER FOR A TD. MS- CADETS GO WOLD AS ARMY SCORES A TD.HUNDREDS OF CADETS RUN ONTO THE FIELD AS ARMY SCORES AN UPSET.
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USC 42 - NOTRE DAME 20 IN LOS ANGELES STADIUM.
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