1954-19551950s NEWSREELS
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ISSUE# 1
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| 01:05:27 12.5 |
WORLD NEWS.
RHEE OF KOREA VISITS TRUMAN OF MISSOURI SYNGMAN RHE AND WIFE ARE GREETED BY TRUMAN AND BESS ON THEIR PORCH OF THEIR HOME AS SLEW OF NEWSMEN AND TOWNSPEOPLE WATCH. |
| 01:05:54 39.5 |
SENATOR MCCARTHY CENSURE PROBE UNDER WAY 7 PROBING SENATORS POSE FOR GROUP PHOTO. VICE PRESIDENT NIXON WHO APPOINTED THEM IS THERE.
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| 01:06:27 72.5 |
HIROSHIMA, 9 YEARS AFTER BLAST AERIAL PAN OF THE DESTRUCTION AFTER THE A-BOMB ATTACK AND HIROSHIMA AFTER IT'S RECONSTRUCTION.
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| 01:06:44 89.5 |
ONE OF THE FEW BUILDINGS STANDING AFTER ATTACK IS LEFT STANDING AS REMINDER. JAPAN'S PRINCESS TAGAMATSU, BOWS AT MEMORIAL ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS.
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| 01:07:04 109.5 |
CHILDREN WITH HANDS CLASPED AND EYES CLOSED IN PRAYER.
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| 01:07:16 121.5 |
'COPTER CAN CARRY ITS OWN HANGAR HELICOPTER LIFTS HUGE BUBBLE TYPE FRAME MADE OF LIGHT WEIGHT MATERIAL. THE BUBBLE IS LOWERED AT NEW SITE, WHERE GROUND CREWMEN ROLL A HELICOPTER INTO IT.
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| 01:08:14 179.5 |
EMILIE'S DEATH SEPARATES THE DIONNE QUINTS FILM OF THE QUINTUPLETS AFTER THEIR BIRTH. PAN THE 1 YEAR OLD QUINTS SITTING IN CRIB
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| 01:08:52 217.5 |
TWO OF THE NOW 3 YEAR OLD QUINTS, WEARING SNOW SUITS OUTDOORS IN SNOW KISS AFFECTIONATELY. THE 5 WALK IN A ROW HOLDING COATTAIL OF THE ONE IN FRONT OF THEM.
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| 01:09:09 234.5 |
AT 7 YEARS OLD THE 5 DIONNE'S GATHER AROUND A TABLE KISSING EACH OTHER.
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| 01:09:29 254.5 |
EMILE LIES IN COFFIN, VICTIM OF A STROKE. LONG LINE OF PEOPLE VIEW HER
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| 01:09:38 263.5 |
SPORTS! AAU DIVING & SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS PISTOL FIRES AND CONTESTANTS TAKE OFF IN WOMAN'S 100 METER BACKSTROKE IN INDIANAPOLIS. SHELLY MANN WINS IN RECORD TIME
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| 01:10:05 290.5 |
FLAWLESS DIVES OFF 10 METER PLATFORM WIN FOR JIACHIM CAPILLA. YOUNG WOMEN SWIM FANS APPLAUD.
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| 01:10:23 308.5 |
MALE FAN WITH PAPER MADE INTO MEGAPHONE SHOUTS OUT INSTRUCTIONS TO DICK CLEVELAND IN 100 METER FREE STYLE.
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| 01:10:34 319.5 |
MILE OF THE CENTURY ROGER BANNISTER AND JOHN LANDY MEET AT BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES IN VANCOUVER.
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| 01:11:43 388.5 |
BANNISTER COLLAPSES INTO ARMS OF FRIEND AS HE WINS RACE AFTER OVERCOMING LANDY'S LEAD IN SPECTACULAR FORM. BOTH CRACKED 4 MINUTE MARK
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| 01:12:28 433.5 |
ISSUE# 2
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| 01:12:44 449.5 |
WORLD NEWS.
BIRTHPLACE HAILS HOOVER ON 80TH BIRTHDAY. ROAD SIGN: "WEST BRANCH, IOWA POP. 769. WEST BRANCH MAIN STREET. RESTORED 2 ROOM COTTAGE WHERE HOOVER WAS BORN IS SHOWN IN AND OUT |
| 01:13:37 502.5 |
ST LAWRENCE HUGE POWER PROJECT STARTS AERIAL VIEW OF SITE WITH BRIDGE GOING OVER RIVER.
GOVERNOR DEWEY SPEAKS TO HUGE CROWD. TNT BLAST IN RIVER IS TOUCHED OF BY DEWEY TO START PROJECT |
| 01:14:13 538.5 |
REPORT FROM FRENCH NORTH AFRICA TURBAN-WEARING MOROCCAN SOLDIERS FILL STREETS OF TOWN AS FRENCH POLICE SEARCH CIVILIANS FOR WEAPONS POLICEMAN THROWS GRENADE DOWN NARROW STREET.
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| 01:14:53 578.5 |
MEMBERS OF NEW CABINET SIT AS LOYAL SUBJECTS LINE UP TO KISS THE PALM OF "BEY OF TUNIS" HAND AS HE SITS ON HIS THRONE IN TUNISIA.
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| 01:15:20 605.5 |
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SHOWS OFF NEW INVENTIONS ARMY SHOWS OFF IT'S NEW MOBILE 155MM HOWITZER AND IT'S ABILITY TO TRAVEL FAST THROUGH ANY TERRAIN.
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| 01:16:00 645.5 |
AIR FORCE EJECTION SEAT PILOT IS CATAPULTED SEAT AND ALL, FROM BOTTOM OF NOSE OF BOMBER IN FLIGHT. HE DRIFTS ACROSS SKY UNTIL HE OPENS PARACHUTE. SLOW-MOTION.
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| 01:16:46 691.5 |
FASHIONS MODELS, IN MINK COATS, FROM TITLEBAUM OF CALIFORNIA, ONE TUGGING 2 WHITE POODLES ON LEASH, WALK THROUGH "SNOW BOUND PARK".
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| 01:17:11 716.5 |
FOUR MODELS, BUNDLED UP IN THEIR MINKS AS "SNOW"
FALLS. PROP MEN SHOWER FAKE SNOW ONTO MODELS FROM A LADDER BEHIND "PARK" PROP |
| 01:17:26 731.5 |
SPORTS! CURRENT BEATS CHADWICK IN RECORD SWIM CHADWICK WAVES AS SHE ENTERS WATERS OF STRAIT AT NIGHT, FOR 18 MILE SWIM FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO PORT ANGELES WASHINGTON.
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| 01:17:49 754.5 |
CHADWICK'S HEAD VISIBLE AS SHE SWIMS TREACHEROUS WATERS FOLLOWED BY TUG BOAT. MOVIE CAMERAMEN TAKE SHOTS FROM TUG BOAT AS CHADWICK GIVES UP AFTER 5 HOURS IN FRIGID WATERS.
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| 01:18:21 786.5 |
TOWNSPEOPLE CARRY CHADWICK ON THEIR SHOULDERS EVEN THOUGH SHE FAILED.
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| 01:18:28 793.5 |
DRIVER RIDES A CANNON BALL ON WHEELS STUNT DRIVERS SPEED INTO LONG TUBE, MADE TO LOOK LIKE A CANNON AND SHOOT OUT OTHER END INTO THE AIR & ONTO A RAMP AS AUDIENCE APPLAUDS FROM STANDS
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| 01:18:54 819.5 |
CU STUNT AS SEEN FROM DRIVERS SEAT AND FROM FRONT OF CAR AS IT EMERGES FROM CANNON TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 01:19:11 836.5 |
ISSUE# 2 (1955)
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| 01:19:26 851.5 |
WORLD NEWS. HURRICANE "CONNIE"
ROUGH SEA SMASHES ACROSS FISHING PIER ALONG ATLANTIC COAST. HURRICANE AS SEEN THROUGH EYES OF CAMERA ON BOARD PLANE OF HURRICANE HUNTERS. |
| 01:20:01 886.5 |
MEN BOARD UP WINDOWS OF THEIR STORES ALONG BEACHES WAVES POUND THE SHORE. BACKS OF 5 MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY LEAN ON PIER RAILING TO WATCH SEA.
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| 01:20:11 896.5 |
TINY CHINESE JUNK SAILS THE PACIFIC JUNK SAILS UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. CHEERING PEOPLE WATCH "FREE CHINA" SAIL TO SHORE.
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| 01:20:50 935.5 |
STEVENSON AND HARRIMAN MEET AT STEVENSON'S FARM IN LIBERTYVILLE, ILL.
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| 01:21:14 959.5 |
AIR FORCE TESTS EJECTION SEATS AT JET SPEEDS SLED HURTLES DOWN TRACK TRAILING HUGE SMOKE CLOUD FROM ITS JETS AS A DUMMY CREW IS EJECTED FROM SPEEDING SLED. AS SEEN IN SLOW-MOTION
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| 01:21:57 1002.5 |
ANIMAL ANTICS, SHOW STARS HORSES, HOUNDS AND GIDDY GEESE WOMAN, HOLDING LEASH, RUNS A PRIZE WINNING ARAB HORSE BEFORE JUDGES. ARAB HORSE & PONY ARE POSED.
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| 01:22:17 1022.5 |
LARGE SHEEP DOGS JUMP OVER HURDLES AND CLIMB TALL WALLS. 2 GEESE ARE ROUNDED UP INTO A PEN BY A SHEEP DOG.
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| 01:22:39 1044.5 |
EXECUTIVE BRED HORSE REPLACES ITS DRIVER.
MAN SIGNALS TO HORSE FROM HIS CHAIR OUTSIDE CAFE, IN PALERMO, ITALY. HORSE, PARKED AT CURB TOTING ITS, BUGGY RESPONDS TO WAVE AND WALKS OVER TO MAN. |
| 01:22:53 1058.5 |
AS MAN WHISPERS INSTRUCTIONS INTO EAR OF HORSE A YOUNG COUPLE CLIMB INTO BUGGY. HORSE, WITHOUT DRIVER, TAKES COUPLE ON TOUR OF ANCIENT SITES.
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| 01:23:06 1071.5 |
CAB DRIVER, BACK AT CAFE, SIPS A DRINK AS HORSE RETURNS WITH FARE ATTACHED TO ITS BRIDLE.
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| 01:23:18 1083.5 |
18 YEAR OLD COW GIRL ATTACHES SADDLE AND BRIDLE TO COW AND RIDES IT AROUND FARM. COW AND RIDER JUMP FENCE HURDLE. CAMERA DOES IT IN REVERSE
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| 01:24:06 1131.5 |
MAJESTIC PILGRIMAGE, 10,000 HINDUS CLIMB HIGH HIMALAYAS DEVOUT HINDUS CARRY THEIR ELDERS IN SEATS ON POLES, AND THEIR BELONGINGS AND CHILDREN ON BACK RACKS AS THEY CLIMB TO SACRED CAVES
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| 01:25:07 1192.5 |
BULL FIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT NO KILL BULL, WITH COVERED HORNS, TOSSES AROUND INDIO APACHE, PORTUGAL'S TOP PERFORMER, TO LAUGHTER OF LARGE AUDIENCE
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| 01:25:38 1223.5 |
AS INDIO KNEELS ON ALL FOURS, THE BULL PUSHES HIM AROUND FROM BEHIND, IN HILARIOUS SPECTACLE.
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| 01:25:57 1242.5 |
ISSUE# 3
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| 01:26:23 1268.5 |
U. S. NEWS. BLAST CARVES NEW FACE FOR NIAGARA CU LARGE "EXPLOSIVES" SIGN ON GRILLE OF CAR.
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| 01:26:36 1281.5 |
HUGE MASS OF ROCK UNDERMINED BY FALLS, JUTS FROM CLIFF SIDE, BEFORE IT IS BLOWN AWAY BY TNT 2 TONS OF ROCK FALL INTO NIAGARA RIVER
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| 01:27:04 1309.5 |
6000 AUTO WORKERS VOTE FOR PAY CUT HUGE STUDEBAKER PLANT AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
GUARD CLOSES CHAIN LINK FENCE TO PLANT AS SLUMP IN SALES THREATENS CORPORATION. (HF-YTV) |
| 01:27:15 1320.5 |
BOARD CHAIRMAN, PAUL HOFFMAN, TALKS TO NEWSMEN CROWD AT HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HEAR UNION RECOMMEND CUTS TO ACOID CLOSURE. WORKERS VOTE
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| 01:27:46 1351.5 |
BUSY DAYS FOR THE PRESIDENT IKE CABINET MEET ON MOUNTAIN TOP. AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND, IKE FILLS HIS DISH FROM BUFFET TABLE AT PICNIC GROUNDS. HE & MAMIE EAT AS OTHER MEMBERS OF CABINET DO SAME.
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| 01:28:12 1377.5 |
CU MAMIE EISENHOWER BITES INTO ICE CREAM POP FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. IKE STANDS AND EATS AS HE SPEAKS TO OTHERS. 1ST FAMILY POSES INFORMALLY FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
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| 01:28:24 1389.5 |
IKE GIVES CANDIDATE A BOOST EACH OF 18 REPUBLICANS, RUNNING FOR ELECTION, POSE WITH IKE ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN FOR POLITICAL PHOTO
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| 01:28:48 1413.5 |
IKE SIGNS BIG NEW TAX LAW IKE SIGN THICK VOLUME OF TAX LAWS AS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS LOOK ON.
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| 01:29:10 1435.5 |
AVIATION NEWS. NEW PLANE CAN FLY AT SLOW 35MPH.
PASSING THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE IN N. Y., THE "HELIO-COURIER" MOVES AS SLOWLY AS TRAFFIC BELOW. AS SEEN BY PLANE RIDING ALONGSIDE. |
| 01:30:13 1498.5 |
SPORTS! 17TH ALL-AMERICAN SOAP BOX DERBY IN AKRON, OHIO.
CHECKERED FLAG CARRYING YOUTH ON PARADE BEFORE START OF RASE. HUGE CROWD FILL STANDS AND LINE THE HILLY STREET USED AS TRACK. |
| 01:30:41 1526.5 |
AERIAL 3 CARS AT A TIME ROLL DOWN STEEP HILLY STREET AS FAST AS 60 MPH. MOM PLANTS KISS ON WINNER AS POP WATCHES.
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| 01:31:02 1547.5 |
$150,000.00 "WORLD" CHAMPIONSHIP OF GOLF TAM-O'-SHANTER IN CHICAGO. JACKIE BURKE, BOB TOFSKY AND EARL STEWART TEES OFF AS GALLERY OF GOLF FANS WATCH.
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| 01:31:44 1589.5 |
TOFSKY PUTTS IN THE WINNING SHOT, THEN THROWS THE BALL INTO THE CROWD IN DELIGHT.
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| 01:31:59 1604.5 |
FOOTBALL'S BACK. LIONS VS COLLEGE ALL-STARS LION'S LOU CARPENTER TWISTS THROUGH FIELD FOR TD.
LIONS OVERWHELM ALL-STARS 31-6 |
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