1951-19521950s NEWSREELS
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49 FREE NATIONS SIGN JAPANESE PEACE TREATY IN SAN FRANCISCO JOHN FOSTER DULLES DULLES SHOWS DELEGATES MAP EXPOSING SOVIET PLANS TO WRECK TREATY. AS GROMYKO WATCHES HIS AIDE THROWS MAP ON FLOOR.
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NEW ZEALAND DELEGATE MAKES DRAMATIC SPEECH, FOLLOWED BY POLISH DELEGATE. DELEGATES SIGN TREATY
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U.S., JAPAN SIGN SECURITY PACT SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON SIGNS PACT FOR U.S., YOSHIDA SIGNS FOR JAPAN
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NEW CRISIS RISES OVER SUEZ CANAL MONTAGE HUGE CROWD OF EGYPTIANS DEMONSTRATE IN CAIRO STREETS
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NEW ATOMIC BATTLE BOMB MILITARY POLICE CHECK CREDENTIALS OF CIVILIANS IN CARS AT YUCCA FLATS, NEVADA, SITE OF A-BOMB TEST.
MAN WITH COWBOY HAT TAPES UP HIS HOMES WINDOWSD IN PREPARATION FOR BLAST. MOTHER HOLDING INFANT CHECKS TAPE ON WINDOWS. |
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BLAST GOES OFF AS B-29 DROPS A-BOMB.
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A-BLAST SENDS SMALL MUSHROOM CLOUD INTO AIR IN THE DESERT. AS SEEN FROM FAR OFF.
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TROOPS TAKE PART FOR 1ST TIME IN ATOM BOMB TEST SOLDIERS OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION ROLL INTO NEVADA DESERT IN TRUCKS. EACH SOLDIER IS ISSUED BADGE WHICH WILL MEASURE RADIUM ABSORBED.
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BADGES ARE PLACED ON DUMMIES AND EQUIPMENT CLOSER TO BLAST SITE. GENERAL MARK CLARK IS THERE WITH TROOPS. HUNDREDS OF TROOPS SIT ON DESERT FLOOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL GLASSES FACE THE SITE AS THOSE WITHOUT FACE THE OTHER WAY.
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SUDDEN FLASH OF LIGHT BRIGHTENS AREA AS BLAST GOES OFF. SITTING SOLDIERS WATCH MUSHROOM CLOUD DEVELOP IN DISTANCE. GENERAL CLARK STANDS & WATCHES.
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REIGN OF TERROR IN EGYPT U.S. NUN SLAIN IN ISMALIA.
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BRITISH TROOPS ROUND UP ALL NATIVES SUSPECTED OF AIDING NATIONALIST FANATICS. TROOPS PILE UP AMMO AND GUNS CONFISCATED FROM NATIVES
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BODY OF DEAD NUN IN LARGE "FLYING NUN" HEADWEAR, LIES IN STATE.
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BLOODY RIOTS IN EGYPT BRITISH TANK BLOCKS STREET SOLDIER FIRES HIS MACHINE GUN FROM BEHIND WALL BRITISH SOLDIER LOOKS OVER BODIES OF DEAD EGYPTIANS LYING ON GROUND.
PRISONERS WITH HANDS ON HEADS ARE GUARDED BY S OLDIER. |
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KING GEORGE VI DEAD; ELIZABETH QUEEN OF ENGLAND MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS OF KING GEORGE POSING PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. GEORGE VI WITH HIS FATHER GEORGE V.
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GEORGE AND EDWARD FOLLOW BIER AT KING GEORGE'S DEATH. EDWARD POSES WITH MRS. WALLY SIMPSON AFTER HE ABDICATED FOR HER LOVE AND GEORGE BECAME KING
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GEORGE VI BEING CROWNED AT HIS CORONATION. EDWARD, POSES WITH HIS QUEEN, 2 PRINCESSES, ELIZABETH AND MARGARET AND DOWAGER QUEEN MARY.
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GEORGE VI & PRESIDENT FDR SIT IN OPEN LIMO DURING KING & QUEEN'S VISIT TO U.S. GEORGE WALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER MACKENSIE KING OF CANADA ON VISIT THERE.
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KING GEORGE VI REVIEWS TROOPS DURING WWII. POSES OUTDOORS WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL. POSES WITH THEN PRIME MINISTER ATLEE.
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH POSES WITH HER NEW HUSBAND PRINCE PHILIP OF GREECE, ON WEDDING DAY, BEFORE BECOMING QUEEN.
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KING GEORGE RIDES IN CARRIAGE RATHER THAN ON HORSEBACK DURING COLORFUL TROOPING OF THE GUARD QUEEN ELIZABETH II RIDES HORSEBACK DURING HER TROOPING OF THE GUARD.
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PRINCE PHILIP, PRINCESS ELIZABETH POSE WITH NEW SON CHARLES. QUEEN MARY, KING GEORGE VI, QUEEN MOTHER ELIZABETH, PRINCE PHILIP, PRINCESS ELIZABETH HOLDING BABY CHARLES POSE FOR PHOTO.
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ANXIOUS LONDONERS SCAN BULLETINS OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER KING GEORGE VI LUNG OPERATION.
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH, PRINCE PHILIP POSE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND BESS DURING VISIT TO WASHINGTON.
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GEORGE VI SAYS GOODBYE TO PRINCESS ELIZABETH &
PHILIP AT AIRPORT ON LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE BEFORE THE KING'S DEATH. |
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BLACK CHIEFTAN'S SON GIVES ELIZABETH FOWERS ON HER ARRIVAL AT NAIROBI DURING WORLD TOUR. CROWDS WAVE BRITISH FLAGS.
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ELIZABETH PROCLAIMED QUEEN PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL & CLEMENT ATLEE WAIT AT AIRPORT FOR PRINCESS ELIZABETH WHO SHORTENED HER WORLD TOUR UPON DEATH OF KING GEORGE VI.
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RITES PROCLAIMING ELIZABETH QUEEN ARE READ AT ST.
JAMES' PALACE. |
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BRITAIN MOURNS KING GEORGE VI LYING IN STATE QUEEN ELIZABETH AND HER 2 DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH AND MARGARET WEAR BLACK VEIL AND DRESSES AT FUNERAL.
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THOUSANDS LINE UP TO PAY LAST RESPECTS TO BELOVED KING.
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KING GEORGE VI LAID TO REST AT WINDSOR CASTLE HUGE PROCESSION LED BY SAILORS PULLING GUN CARRIAGE WITH KING'S COFFIN LEAVE WESTMINSTER HALL ON JOURNEY TO WINDSOR CASTLE. MANY HEADS OF STATE ARE THERE.
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KING GEORGE'S COFFIN IS PLACED ON TRAIN FOR TRIP TO BURIAL PLACE IN WINDSOR CASTLE.
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HUGE CROWDS IN STREETS STAND IN SILENCE AS BIG BEN RINGS OUT. PAN
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OLYMPIC GAMES - OSLO, NORWAY TRADITIONAL TORCH BEING IGNITED. ANDREA LAWRENCE SKIS SLOLOM FOR U.S.
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SKIERS VIEW OF SNOW AS HE SPEEDS DOWNHILL. ITALY'S DINO COLO WINS THE DOWNHILL.
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U.S. TEAM STARTS THE 2 MAN BOBSLED EVENT. GERMAN TEAM TAKES 1ST PLACE.
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NATO NATIONS AGREE TO FORM EUROPEAN ARMY GENERAL GREUNTER ARRIVES IN LISBON, PORTUGAL FOR MEETING. AVERELL HARRIMAN AND FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER SCHUMAN ARE THERE AS ARE PRIME MINISTER DEGASPERI OF ITALY, EDEN OF ENGLAND AND ACHESON OF U.S. ACHESON MAKES SPEECH
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ANTI-WEST RIOTS QUELLED AT LIBYA'S 1ST ELECTION MONTAGE NATIVE LYBIANS CAST BALLOTS. COMMUNIST MOBS RIOT IN STREETS AS BALLOTS ARE COUNTED.
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SOLDIERS AIM AND FIRE INTO THE MOBS.
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BATISTA SEIZES CONTROL IN CUBA; PRESIDENT EXILED ARMED SOLDIERS PATROL STREETS OF HAVANA. MACHINE GUN POSITION ON ROOF OF BUILDING.
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FORMER PRESIDENT FULGENCIA BATISTA STANDS BEFORE MICS WITH FOLLOWERS. HE SPEAKS TO PEOPLE
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BATISTA HAILED BY CUBANS BATISTA IS MOBBED BY CRUNCHING CROWD OF FOLLOWERS.
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TRUMAN SIGNS JAP PEACE PACT PRESIDENT TRUMAN HOLDS UP DOCUMENT FOR CAMERMEN.
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WAR WITH JAPAN IS ENDED; PEACE TREATY IN EFFECT SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON HANDS TREATY
RATIFICATION TO MEMBER OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES AS JOHN FOSTER DULLES LOOKS ON. |
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2 MOMENTS LATER ACHESON AND JAPAN'S YAKAUCHI SIGN MUTUAL SECURITY TREATY BETWEEN U. S. AND JAPAN.
THE 2 MAKE SPEECH. |
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