19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM MARCH 3 & 17, 1954
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PRESIDENT IKE AT PODIUM PREPARES TO MAKE SPEECH.
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| 00:27:23 27.73 |
YOUNG DIRECTOR OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF MIGRATION DIVISION FOR PUERTO RICO, SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK, CONDEMNS "THE HORROR WHICH HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (PUERTO RICAN NATIONALS SHOT FIVE CONGRESSMEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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| 00:28:24 88.73 |
HEADLINES CONCERNING REV. BILLY GRAHAM IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS: "WHAT IS BILLY GRAHAM UP TO?";
"EVANGELIST IN HOT WATER". CROWD OF BRITONS GATHER OUTSIDE CAFE' ROYAL IN LONDON. CU BILLY GRAHAM WALKS OUT TOWARDS CAMERA, SURROUNDED BY IDOLIZING WOMEN. |
| 00:28:49 113.73 |
HANGING SIGN OVER ENTRANCE: "ENTRANCE TO BILLY GRAHAM CHAPTER LONDON CRUSADE". MALE, FEMALE WORKERS SIT AT TABLES STUFFING ENVELOPES WITH BILLY GRAHAM NEWSLETTERS, FILLING MAIL SACKS WITH THEM.
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| 00:29:15 139.73 |
SIGN ON BUILDING: "HARRINGWAY ARENA". "HEAR BILLY GRAHAM". SIGN: "THE BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADE HER NIGHTLY"
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| 00:29:30 154.73 |
BILLY GRAHAM ENTERS HUGE STADIUM STANDS FILLED WITH ADORING WORSHIPERS. CU FACE SHOT BILLY AND WIFE SEATED BEFORE SPEECH. BILLY MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH TO CROWD. PAN HUGE CROWD SINGING HYMNS AS GRAHAM CONDUCTS THEM FROM PLATFORM.
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| 00:30:40 224.73 |
AERIAL HUGH EGYPTIAN CROWD IN STREET WAVING FLAGS.
NEW EGYPTIAN MILITARY LEADER WITH FOLLOWERS POSE AFTER COUP. |
| 00:31:25 269.73 |
SIGN: "U.S. COAST GUARD", "LONG BEACON RADIO STATION, PT. VINVENTE LIGHT STATION", LIGHTHOUSE IN BKGD.
AERIAL VIEW WAVES ROLLING ONTO ROCKY SHORE, PAN TO GROUNDED FREIGHTER BEING TOWED BY TUGBOATS |
| 00:31:42 286.73 |
MAN AND CHILD, BACKS TO CAMERA, SIT ON GRASSY SHORE WATCHING TUG ATTEMPTING TO FREE HUGE FREIGHTER GROUNDED A SHORT DISTANCE OFF SHORE. PAN TO THREE OTHER TUGS PULLING LINES. PAN FREIGHTER "DARFIELD"
DECKS LOADED WITH HUGE CARGO OF LUMBER. MAN ON ROCKY SHORE, HOLDING CHILD IN ARMS, HIS TWO SONS ALONGSIDE, ALL IN PAJAMAS, POINTS TO GROUNDED FREIGHTER |
| 00:32:39 343.73 |
UNIDENTIFIED APOLOGIST FOR PRESIDENT, SPEAKS ABOUT INTERNAL BICKERING AND EFFECT ON PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM.
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| 00:33:16 380.73 |
LUIS MUNOZ MARIN, GOV. OF PUERTO RICO, ARRIVES BY LIMO FOR MEETING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER MARTIN AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING OF FIVE CONGRESSMEN IN HOUSE OF CONGRESS BY PUERTO RICAN NATIONALS ON MARCH I, 1954.
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| 00:33:17 381.73 |
CU PRESIDENT "IKE" MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MARIN IN OVAL OFFICE.
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| 00:33:18 382.73 |
CU PUERTO RICAN PRESIDENT MUNOZ MEETS WITH REP.
MARTIN. MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT SHOOTING, SECURITY |
| 00:34:04 428.73 |
PAN ARAB CITYSCAPE, CAIRO, EGYPT (?). HUGE CROWDS.
AERIAL VIEW LARGE GROUP RUNNING IN SQUARE. DEMONSTRATING IN STREETS CARRYING SIGNS IN ARABIC. PAN GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS. PEOPLE IN ROOFS OF SAME. |
| 00:35:05 489.73 |
CHINESE POLITICIAN, BACK TO CAMERA, FACE SEEN IN MIRROR ABOVE DESK HE IS TYPING ON BEFORE HIM. CU CHINESE MAN (MR. WOO) IS INTERVIEWED BY NEWSMAN, SPEAKS OF DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENT OF CHIANG KAI CHEK IN FORMOSA, OF WHERE HE SAYS HE ESCAPED. SAYS "THERE'S NO DEMOCRACY THERE" AND COMMUNIST CHINA IS EVEN WORSE.
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| 00:37:45 649.73 |
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON PUFFS ON CIGARETTE AS HE
ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE SENATE (FINANCE ?) COMMITTEE. |
| 00:40:06 790.73 |
CONTROVERSIAL SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY WAVES TO CAMERAMAN AS HE WALKS TO HEARING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS TACTICS WHILE INVESTIGATING COMMUNISTS IN U.S. ARMY.
CU MCCARTHY SPEAKS BEFORE COMMITTEE. |
| 00:41:00 844.73 |
VIEW VERTICAL TAKE-OFF FIGHTER PLANE (VTO) AS IT LIES ON TALL WHEEL CARRIAGE BEFORE TEST. VARIOUS VIEWS PLANE AS IT IS RAISED ONTO ITS TAIL INTO VERTICAL POSITION. ABOVE VIEW PLANE IN VERTICAL POSITION.
GROUND CREWMEN ROLL PLATFORM LADDER TO PLANE SO PILOT CAN GET INTO COCKPIT. |
| 00:41:39 883.73 |
ANIMATED DRAWING OF VTO PLANE TAKING OFF AND LANDING FROM DECK OF FREIGHTER. VIEWS VTO ON ROLLING PLATFORM WHICH MECHANICALLY PLACING IT IN VERTICAL TAKE-OFF POSITION. PILOT CLIMBING INTO COCKPIT. GETTING OUT.
CORVAIR |
| 00:43:03 967.73 |
ANIMALS: FACE SHOTS OF UGLY BULL DOGS AS THEY WATCH DOCTOR EXAMINE CHIMP LAYING IN BASSINET. CU FACE SHOT OF WRINKLED FACED BULLDOG. DR. WRITES OUT PRESCRIPTION FOR SICK CHIMP.
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| 00:44:08 1032.73 |
CHIMP'S TRAINER POURS MEDICINE INTO SPOON, SERVES IT TO SICK CHIMP. BULLDOG LOOKS ON. CU ZOOM IN ON CHIMP IN BASSINET, WRAPPED IN BLANKET, CLOTH ON HIS FOREHEAD.
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| 00:44:34 1058.73 |
U.S. SECURITY: CU ADMIRAL RADFORD BEING QUESTIONED BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THE ABILITY TO DELIVER MASSIVE ATOMIC WEAPONS IS NOT BY ITSELF ADEQUATE TO MEET OUR SECURITY NEEDS.
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| 00:45:26 1110.73 |
CAPITAL DOME BUILDING AS SEEN THOUGH BRANCHES OF LEAFLESS CHERRY TREE, PAN TO DOCTOR TOWNSEND SPEAKING TO REPORTER ABOUT HIS "TOWNSEND PLAN" WHICH GIVES ELDERLY PEOPLE MONEY TO SPEND, WHICH INTURN HELPS STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. TOWNSEND EXPLAINS HIS THEORY.
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| 00:47:12 1216.73 |
SIGN ON BUILDING: "U.S. ARMY PORT OF EMBARKATION", PAN TO HELP WANTED SIGN ON WALL LOOKING FOR WINCH OPERATORS, SIGNAL MEN, CARPENTERS. STRIKING WORKERS CARRYING PICKET SIGNS OUTSIDE BUILDING. POLICEMEN ON HORSEBACK AND FOOT, KEEPS JEERING STRIKERS ORDERLY
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| 00:47:39 1243.73 |
FREIGHTER, BOW FACING CAMERA, TIED UP AT PIER. DOCK WORKERS WATCH AS WINCH LIFTS CRATE, LOWERS IT INTO HOLD.
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| 00:48:00 1264.73 |
PILOT BERNHART? TESTS F-86 JET FIGHTER PLANE. ZOOM IN PILOT IN COCKPIT OF F-86 WHILE IN FLIGHT. "NORTH AMERICAN TF-86 TRANSONIC TRAINER SEEN WRITTEN ON FUSELAGE AS PLANE DOES A ROLL OVER AND DIVE.
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