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ISSUE# 38
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| 03:12:37 2.33 |
16 NATIONS JOIN U. N. AFTER REDS SWITCH VETO UN DELEGATE FROM U. S. HENRY CABOT LODGE MAKES SPEECH WELCOMING THE NEW NATIONS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:13:15 40.33 |
NAVY TRIES NEW DESIGN FOR SUBS NAVY CHEF PULLS ROAST OUT OF SUB KITCHEN'S OVEN. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:13:35 60.33 |
CAPTAIN PEERS THROUGH "ALBACORE'S" PERISCOPE.
CREWMEN USE AUTO STEERING WHEELS TO STEER SUB |
| 03:13:55 80.33 |
MOROCCO SULTAN MOHAMMED BEN YUSSEF RIDES WHITE HORSE TO PRAYERS WITH ANCIENT POMP. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:14:17 102.33 |
SEASON'S GREETINGS AUSTRALIA: HUGE CHURCH CHOIR IS DIRECTED IN CHRISTMAS CAROLS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:15:42 187.33 |
MONTAGE NEWS CAMERAMEN FROM HOLLYWOOD; PARIS;
CHICAGO; CANADA; WASHINGTON, D. C.; MEXICO; SAN FRANCISCO; SOUTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; FINLAND; MIAMI; TOKYO; BERLIN; FRANKFURT; AND NEW YORK EACH WISH ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS (HF-YTV) |
| 03:18:03 328.33 |
CONDUCTOR LEADS ALL-GIRL CHOIR IN SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:18:58 383.33 |
ISSUE# 41
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| 03:19:22 407.33 |
HEADLINE STORIES OF 1955 EVACUATION OF TACHEN ISLAND OFF CHINA. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:20:00 445.33 |
NEWSMEN GATHER IN WHITE HOUSE NEWS ROOM FOR HISTORIC NEWS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT IKE. IT'S THE 1ST NEWS CONFERENCE FILMED IN SOUND. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:20:26 471.33 |
KHRUSHCHEV ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF MALENKOV.
IS SUCCEEDED BY BULGANIN. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:20:54 499.33 |
WINSTON CHURCHILL STEPS DOWN. EDEN TAKES OVER. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:21:23 528.33 |
DOCTOR JONAS SALK DISCOVERS POLIO VACCINE ENDING SCOURGE OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS. CHILDREN LINE UP FOR SHOTS. IKE GIVES SALK AN AWARD. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:21:46 551.33 |
ALBERT EINSTEIN DIES AT AGE 76 IN HIS HOME IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY. EINSTEIN IS SEEN IN CAP AND GOWN AT PRINCETON (HF-YTV)
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| 03:21:56 561.33 |
18 YEARS OF OCCUPATION ENDS FOR AUSTRIA CHANCELLOR RAAB ARRIVES HOME FROM RUSSIA. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:22:09 574.33 |
CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM 2 CHILDREN CLING TO THEIR FATHER AS HE RUNS THROUGH STREET OF SAIGON. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:22:20 585.33 |
ELS ATOMIC BLAST IN NEVADA AND ITS EFFECTS ON BUILDINGS ARE SHOWN (HF-YTV)
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| 03:22:46 611.33 |
10 YEAR DICTATORSHIP OF JUAN PERON ENDS PERON WAVES TO MASSES FROM BALCONY PRIOR TO HIS OUSTER. PICTURES OF PERON ARE BURNED IN STREET (HF-YTV)
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| 03:23:14 639.33 |
"BIG 4" MEET IN GENEVA IKE, BULGANIN, EDEN & FORE SIT OUTDOORS FOR PHOTO (HF-YTV)
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| 03:23:32 657.33 |
FLOOD WATERS FROM HURRICANES, TORNADOES AND CYCLONES DEVASTATE CITY AFTER CITY DURING 1955. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:24:07 692.33 |
IKE PEERS FROM PLANE WINDOW AT DEVASTATION BELOW
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| 03:24:17 702.33 |
CHANCELLOR ADENAUER IS MOBBED BY COUNTRYMEN ON HIS RETURN FROM MOSCOW WHERE HE SECURED RELEASE OF GERMANY'S WWII PRISONERS. MONTAGE- HUGS AND KISSES GREET THE PRISONERS AT RAILROAD STATION (HF-YTV)
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| 03:24:44 729.33 |
IKE PLAYS GOLF BEFORE HE IS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL WITH HEART ATTACK. MONTAGE PEOPLE PRAY FOR HIM IN CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES (HF-YTV)
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| 03:25:19 764.33 |
PRINCESS MARGARET PUTS DUTY FIRST & DOES NOT MARRY COMMONER PETER TOWNSEND. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:25:41 786.33 |
IKE AND MAMIE RETURN TO WASHINGTON AFTER 48 DAYS OF RECUPERATION FROM HEART ATTACK. GREETED BY THRONGS IN WASHINGTON AND GETTYSBURG. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:26:30 835.33 |
ISSUE# 102
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| 03:27:05 870.33 |
AIR FORCE HYDRO SKIS ALLOW WATER, LAND TAKE OFFS LARGE SEAPLANE TAKES OFF FROM SEA USING NEW TYPE LANDING GEAR. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:27:55 920.33 |
EGYPT MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF REPUBLIC NASSER & FOREIGN DIGNITARIES WATCH MILITARY PARADE WHICH INCLUDE WOMEN SOLDIERS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:28:26 951.33 |
WELDED RAILS END TRAINS 'CLICKETY CLACK'
STANDARD RAILS ARE WELDED TOGETHER IN NEW HAVEN RAILROAD YARD. 40 FLAT CARS ARE USED TO TRANSPORT THE LONG SECTIONS OF RAILS (HF-YTV) |
| 03:28:56 981.33 |
TO UNLOAD RAILS THE TRAIN IS SIMPLY PULLED OUT FROM UNDER.
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| 03:29:08 993.33 |
NOMINEES LISTED FOR "MOVIE BESTS"
GROUPS OF BUDDING YOUNG ACTRESSES INCLUDING, JEAN SIMMONS, DOROTHY DANDRIDGE AND OTHERS POSE WITH DICK POWELL AT LUNCHEON IN HOLLYWOOD. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:29:38 1023.33 |
MRS. DICK POWELL, JUNE ALLYSON POSES WITH MALE ACTORS INCLUDING YOUNG JACK LEMON AND OTHERS.
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| 03:29:45 1030.33 |
IKE REVIEWS NEWS OF WORLD AND HOME FRONT AT HIS NEWS CONFERENCE. ANNOUNCES HE WILL BE A GRANDFATHER FOR 4TH TIME.
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| 03:30:56 1101.33 |
CANADA'S FAIREST OF THE FAIR 56 BEAUTIES PARADE BEFORE JUDGES IN SWIM SUITS &
UMBRELLAS IN "MISS TORONTO" CONTEST. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:31:19 1124.33 |
WOMAN IN SEATS NUDGES HER HUSBAND FOR SHOWING HIS INTEREST IN THE BEAUTIES. THE WINNER BURSTS INTO TEARS.
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| 03:31:49 1154.33 |
SPORTS! SIX BASEBALL GREATS ENTER HALL OF FAME COMMISSIONER FORD FRICK PRESENTS FRANK "HOME RUN"
BAKER IS 1ST TO BE INTRODUCED AT OUTDOOR RALLY IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:31:55 1160.33 |
JOE DIMAGGIO WHO IS ALSO SELECTED IS AMONG CROWD.
DAZZY VANCE, GABBY HARTNETT, TED BAKER & CATCHER RAY SHARK ARE ALL SELECTED. |
| 03:32:32 1197.33 |
CONTESTANTS BEAT HEAT IN KAYAK RACE KAYAKER HOLDS ON AS BOAT TIPS OVER IN RAGING RAPIDS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:33:18 1243.33 |
ISSUE# 103
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| 03:33:47 1272.33 |
3 TURNCOATS RETURN TO U. S., AND ARREST THE 3 EX-GIS WHO CHOSE COMMUNISM, THEN CHANGED THEIR MINDS, RETURN ON BOARD A LINER IN SAN FRANCISCO. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:34:01 1286.33 |
THE 3 ARE EMOTIONALLY REUNITED WITH THEIR RELATIVES ON BOARD SHIP, THEN ARRESTED BY MP'S.
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| 03:34:35 1320.33 |
IKE'S SON FACES 1ST PRESS CONFERENCE MAJOR JOHN EISENHOWER SITS ON LAWN WITH WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN AND HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE. CU SHOTS OF THE 3 KIDS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:35:12 1357.33 |
ISRAEL BRINGS WATER TO A DESERT HUGE RALLY GATHERS AT SITE OF NEW PIPELINE WHICH WILL BRING WATER TO NEGEV DESERT. DAVID BEN-GURION IS THERE. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:35:35 1380.33 |
INDIA CROWDS SHOUT DEMANDS FOR GOA A TINY PORTUGUESE COLONY ON INDIA'S COAST. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:36:00 1405.33 |
PLANE REPEATS LOUIS BLERIOT'S HISTORIC FLIGHT IN REENACTMENT OF FLIGHT ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL. A REPRODUCTION OF VINTAGE PLANE IS USED. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:36:16 1421.33 |
RARE AUTHENTIC FILM OF THE REAL FLIGHT SHOWS BLERIOT, IN CRUTCHES, BEFORE TAKE OFF, WHICH IS ALSO SHOWN.
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| 03:36:44 1449.33 |
THE REPRODUCED PLANE TAKES OFF WITH PILOT, JOHN SALEE, A WWI ACE, WHO WAS TAUGHT TO FLY BY BLERIOT
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| 03:37:27 1492.33 |
WOOL'S NEW HIGH FASHIONS MODEL FRAN SHOWS WOOL SUIT BY FONTAINE AT A VIENNA STREET. FRAN POSES IN FRONT OF VIENNA'S CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. HER HAT IS BY MARTIN BLASCO (HF-YTV)
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| 03:38:45 1570.33 |
TEEN SKIPPERS TAKE HELM IN SNOWBIRD SAIL OVER 100 TEENAGERS SAIL THEIR STURDY LITTLE SAILBOATS IN NEWPORT HARBOR, CALIFORNIA RACE. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:39:32 1617.33 |
ITALIANS SADDLE UP FOR A ROUGH RIDE HORSEMEN RIDE THROUGH TOWN IN SARDINIA FIRING GUNS AS THEY CELEBRATE AN ANCIENT BATTLE VICTORY. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:40:06 1651.33 |
ISSUE# 104
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| 03:40:34 1679.33 |
U. S., RED CHINA MEETING AMERICAN AMBASSADOR HUGH ALEXIS JOHNSON ARRIVES IN GENEVA AS DOES CHINA AMBASSADOR WAN PING NAM.
JOHNSON SEEKS RELEASE OF AMERICANS HELD BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:41:12 1717.33 |
REEF SINKS FOG-BOUND FERRYBOAT "STAR OF MALTA"
FERRY LIES ON ITS SIDE IN MALTA HARBOR. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:41:42 1747.33 |
BRITAIN STARTS BUILDING A NEW "MAYFLOWER"
BRITISH SHIPWRIGHTS USE OLD FASHION TOOLS TO CARVE OUT THE TIMBERS OF THE MAYFLOWER. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:42:03 1768.33 |
MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT KENNETH WINDSLOW CLOSES JOINT OF KEEL. MINIATURE MODEL OF FAMED SHIP.
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| 03:42:24 1789.33 |
JACK WEBB ON TOUR FOR "PETE KELLY'S BLUES"
WEBB ARRIVES WITH FIL OF MOVIE AND TURNS IT OVER TO ARMORED CAR DRIVER AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. (HF-YTV) |
| 03:42:54 1819.33 |
WEBB AND WIFE ARE GREETED AT AIRPORT BY JAZZ BAND.
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| 03:43:15 1840.33 |
BILLY GRAHAM REPORTS ON HIS EUROPE CRUSADE GRAHAM SPEAKS ON BOARD LINER "UNITED STATES". (HF-YTV)
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| 03:44:04 1889.33 |
SPORTS! MARATHON SWIMMING RACE CAPRI TO NAPLES. AS MEN CHEER FROM ATOP SEA WALL 6 WOMEN TAKE TO THE SEA IN WOMEN'S RACE FOLLOWED BY THE MEN. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:44:31 1916.33 |
ALFREDO COMMARERO SWIMS TO FINISH LINE AND IS HELPED ONTO PIER IN NAPLES. ENGLISH WOMAN FINISHES AND IS HELPED ASHORE
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| 03:44:54 1939.33 |
PARAPLEGICS STAR ATHLETES IN WORLD MEET MANY NATION'S ATHLETES, IN WHEEL CHAIRS, COMPETE AT SPORTS FESTIVAL IN PARIS. (HF-YTV)
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| 03:45:07 1952.33 |
ATHLETES IN WHEEL CHAIRS FIRE ARROWS AT TARGETS.
ARROW HITS BULL'S-EYE ON TARGET. |
| 03:45:24 1969.33 |
MONTAGE WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES COMPETE IN BASKETBALL AND U. S. TEAM WINS. MILER, ROGER BANNISTER PRESENTS CUP TO WINNERS.
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| 03:45:46 1991.33 |
HARNESS RACING: THE HAMBLETONIAN AT GOSHEN, NEW YORK. TROTTING FAN WITH GREAT WHITE BEARD WATCHES THE TROTTERS TAKE OFF. (HF-YTV)
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