19551950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR MARCH 7 - 10, 1955 - DULLES BACK FROM BANGKOK; THIRD ATOM BLAST; MARGARET HOME; OSLO SKIING; KOREAN FARM; ATHLETES TRAINING; CHINESE INFANTRY; BOBO OLSON TRAINS; AF BOBSLED TEAM; JET RECORD; PIRATES TRAIN; GRABETERIA; MARGARET AND TOWNSEND; FRENCH BIKE RACE; VENICE SNOW; PAN AM CARNIVAL; WOOL-LESS LAMB; STRONG WOMAN; VOLCANO ERUPTS; CAIN ON 5TH AMENDMENT; LONDON H-BOMB RALLY; PAN-AM GAMES; JAPANESE ARMY STRAGGLER; MARINES LEAVE KOREA.
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| 04:11:41 8.83 |
DULLES ARRIVES FROM BANGKOK, SEES IKE - CU DULLES SPEAKS ABOUT CHINESE COMMUNIST THREAT.
TELLS OF OUT POWER WHICH WILL BE USED FOR JUST CAUSE. |
| 04:14:45 192.83 |
THIRD ATOMIC BLAST - CU WEATHER BUREAU SIGN. LS MEN RELEASING PLASTIC BALLOONS INTO AIR TO TEST WIND AND WEATHER,
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| 04:14:47 194.83 |
LS NIGHT IS LIT UP BY BRIGHT FLASH FROM BLAST, MUSHROOM CLOUD RISING IN DISTANCE. CAMERAMEN WITH TRIPOD CAMERAS STAND UP IN OPEN FIELDS TO TAKE SHOTS OF BLAST. LS ANOTHER VIEW OF BLAST, CLOUD BRIGHTENING UP THE NIGHT.
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| 04:16:44 311.83 |
MARGARET HOME FROM TRINIDAD - BRITISH AIRLINER LANDS AT LONDON AIRPORT. QUEEN MOTHER WITH GRANDCHILDREN AWAIT MARGARET.
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| 04:16:51 318.83 |
SENATE HEARING ABOUT ECONOMY - SENATOR FULLBRIGHT CHAIRS HEARING AS VARIOUS WITNESSES TESTIFY. STOCK MARKET ISSUES.
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| 04:19:07 454.83 |
INCOME TAX TIPS - IRS MAN TELLS TO FILE EARLY.
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| 04:19:38 485.83 |
SPORTS - OSLO SKIING - VARIOUS SCENES CROWD . VARIOUS SCENES JUMPERS FLYING OFF RAMP OF SKI JUMP. SKIERS COMPETING IN CROSS COUNTRY, CROWDS WATCH ALONG THE WAY.
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| 04:20:37 544.83 |
KOREAN FARM - U. S. TROOPS TEACH KOREANS HOW TO FARM. KOREAN WOMAN WATCHES FLOCK OF DUCKS AT DUCK FARM. CU SAME. FACE SHOTS KOREAN MEN. MS KOREAN ON CRUTCHES WALKS TO BARRACKS.
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| 04:21:27 594.83 |
SPORTS - BASEBALL - ATHLETES IN TRAINING - LS "CONNIE MACK FIELD", WRITTEN ON STADIUM WALL SIGN: "SPRING TRAINING CAMP, KANSAS CITY ATHLETES". MCU BASEBALL PLAYERS BACKS TO CAMERA SHOW THEIR NUMBERS (19, 5 AND 5). VARIOUS SCENES BASEBALL PLAYERS POSING, PLAYERS AT BATTING PRACTICE OTHERS PLAYING CATCH, PITCHERS WARMING UP
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| 04:22:27 654.83 |
CHINESE INFANTRY - VARIOUS SCENES U. S. ADVISERS TRAINING NATIONALIST CHINESE TROOPS ON FORMOSA.
INCLUDE BAYONET PRACTICE, FIRING RECOILLESS RIFLE., |
| 04:23:20 707.83 |
SPORTS - BOXING - BOB OLSEN TRAINING - VARIOUS SCENES BOXER BOB OLSEN SPARRING IN RING, AS HE TRAINS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT.
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| 04:24:14 761.83 |
AIR FORCE BOBSLED TEAM - TWO WOMEN COLLECTING COINS FROM PEOPLE ENTERING TRAINING AREA FOR U.
S. BOBSLED TEAM. CU "U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM FUND" WRITTEN ON CAN. |
| 04:24:30 777.83 |
VARIOUS SCENES U. S. 4 MAN OLYMPIC TEAM IN SPEEDING DOWN COURSE AND ON SHARP TURNS, AT SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN COURSE. VIEW OF COURSE AS SEEN BY TEAM AS IT SPEED THROUGH TURNS.
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| 04:25:04 811.83 |
SPECTATORS FOLLOW FAST MOVING RIDERS. TIMER USING STOP WATCH.
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| 04:25:24 831.83 |
JET RECORD (CROSS COUNTRY) - MLS CONTROL TOWER MEN INSIDE TOWER WATCHING JET SPEED BY CONGRATULATING PILOT OVER HAND HELD RADIO. CU PILOT IS INTERVIEWED BY REPORTER AS HE SITS IN COCKPIT.
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| 04:26:52 919.83 |
SPORTS - BASEBALL - PITTSBURGH PIRATES TRAINING.
LS SIGN: "ENTRANCE TO TERRY PARK" - "PITTSBURGH PIRATES". CU TEAM RUNS OUT OF CLUB ONTO FIELD , TOWARDS. VARIOUS SCENES PLAYERS WARMING UP , PLAYING CATCH. CU VARIOUS PITCHERS THROWING TOWARDS CAMERA; INFIELD PRACTICE; BATTING PRACTICE. PLAYERS POSING. |
| 04:27:49 976.83 |
GRABETERIA - LS LARGE SIGN ON STORE FRONT:
: "GRABATERIA" "AMERICA'S MOST UNIQUE EATING PLACE".CU "DAN MORRISON MEAT PIE 10 CENTS, BEEF SAND. 10 CENTS .......". MS LONG LINE OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE STORE. SIGN "EAT AT OUR 1913 PRICES". |
| 04:28:10 997.83 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES PEOPLE EATING SANDWICHES, HOT DOGS, SPOONING FOOD, STANDING UP. SIGN: "EAT HEARTILY TODAY, TOMORROW BACK TO REALITY".
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| 04:28:32 1019.83 |
MARGARET AND TOWNSEND - MS MARGARET AT MICROPHONE AS SHE ADDRESSES SUBJECTS DURING TOUR. MS PRINCESS MARGARET'S LOVER, PETER TOWNSEBND STANDS AT ATTENTION IN HIS ROYAL AIR FORCE UNIFORM, BEDECKED IN MEDALS.
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| 04:29:14 1061.83 |
FRENCH BIKE RACE - ABOVE VIEW DOZENS RACERS CIRCLING WOODEN TRACK AT STADIUM DURING SIX DAY (?) BIKE RACE.. MS EXHAUSTED RIDERS RELAXING IN CHAIR AS HE EATS. MS ANOTHER RIDER LAYS IN CHAIR AS AIDE WIPES FACE. AUDIENCE AT DINNER TABLES WATCH EVENT. WINNING TEAM POSES WITH WIVES, GIRL FRIENDS. KISSES.
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| 04:29:55 1102.83 |
VENICE SNOW - LS PIGEONS FLYING AROUND IN SNOW COVERED VENICE SQUARE. CU PIGEONS FROLICKING IN SNOW.
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| 04:30:03 1110.83 |
CU FOUR PIGEONS EATING FROM MAN'S HAND. MS PICTURESQUE VIEW SNOW COVERED GONDOLAS PARKED ALONG GRAND CANAL. CU SAME.
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| 04:30:18 1125.83 |
BOYS PLAYING IN SNOW, BUILDING SNOWMAN. MS TWO BOYS ON SLED. BOY PUSHES SNOWMAN ON SLED. LS SNOWBALL FIGHT AMID ANCIENT BUILDINGS IN SQUARE. oddity.
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| 04:30:36 1143.83 |
SPORTS PAN-AM GAMES - VARIOUS SCENES START OF PAN AM GAMES IN MEXICO, MARCH, 1955.VARIOUS SCENES HUGE STADIUM CROWDED STANDS. U. S. AND OTHER LATIN-AMERICAN TEAMS PARADING ON FIELD BEFORE START OF GAMES..
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| 04:31:55 1222.83 |
WOOL-LESS LAMB - LS FARM HOUSE. MS MAN HOLDS WOOL-LESS LAMB AS WIFE AND TWO KIDS WATCH OUTSIDE HOUSE. CU LAMB oddity
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| 04:32:10 1237.83 |
FARMER, WIFE PLACE SPECIAL-MADE JACKET ON LAMB.
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| 04:32:36 1263.83 |
STRONG WOMAN - YOUNG MUSCLE-BOUND WOMAN DEMONSTRATES HER STRENGTH BY PLUNGING A NAIL INTO BOARD WITHOUT USE OF HAMMER. CU WOMAN PLUNGING NAIL, SHOWING PENETRATION TO OTHER SIDE.
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| 04:32:47 1274.83 |
WOMAN BENDS METAL BAR BY HOLDING IT BETWEEN TEETH, BRACED WITH CLOTH. MCU SHE THEN BENDS SAME BAR INTO A LOOP USING NATURAL BRUTE FORCE.
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| 04:33:16 1303.83 |
CU STRONG MAN WINKS AT CAMERA AS HE PROCEEDS IN BREAKING A CEMENT BLOCK ON WOMAN'S STOMACH SHE GETS UP AFTERWARDS, PICKS UP MAN AND SLAMS HIM DOWN ON FLOOR MAT.
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| 04:33:43 1330.83 |
VOLCANO ERUPTS - VARIOUS SCENES VOLCANO ERUPTING, SPEWING MOLTEN ASH INTO SKY. LAVA FLOWING DOWN HILL INTO OCEAN, CREATING HUGE STEAM CLOUDS. PEOPLE IN F/G WATCHING FROM SHORE.
.. .. PALM TREES. HAWAII ? |
| 04:34:21 1368.83 |
CAIN ON FIFTH AMENDMENT - CU CAIN TALKS ABOUT "DESTRUCTIVE EVIL" IN STATEMENTS, "FIFTH AMENDMENT COMMUNIST".
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| 04:35:50 1457.83 |
LONDON H-BOMB RALLY - PEOPLE IN LONDON MARCHING WITH BANNERS. "SILENT PROTEST MARCH". CHILDREN RUN UP WITH SIGNS, "BAN THE H-BOMB". HUGE CROWD AROUND MONUMENT IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE. MAN ADDRESSING HUGE CROWD. SIGN IB B/G, "BRITISH PEACE COMMITTEE". MORE SCENES MARCHERS.
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| 04:37:15 1542.83 |
PAN-AM GAMES - MEXICO - PEOPLE IN STANDS, LS ATHLETES AT START LINE FOR FOOT RACE. LS ATHLETES RACING AROUND TRACK LS CROWDS CHEER AS THREE MEN TAKE COMMANDING LEAD.. TWO MEN RACING SIDE BY SIDE FOR LEAD, ONE WINS, FALLS.
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| 04:38:39 1626.83 |
JAPANESE ARMY STRAGGLER - FOUR JAPANESE SOLDIERS (WWII STRAGGLERS ?) COME HOME, ARE INTERVIEWED BY JAPANESE REPORTERS.
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| 04:39:13 1660.83 |
MARINES LEAVE KOREA - OUTDOOR MILITARY CEREMONY AS MARINES LEAVE KOREA. FLAG TRANSFER ,PARADE, REVIEWING STAND WITH DIGNITARIES..
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| 04:39:52 1699.83 |
MARINE DIVISION MARCHING ACROSS BRIDGE.
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| 04:40:00 1707.83 |
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