19521950s NEWSREELS
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SNOWBOUND - HUNDREDS SAVED FROM TRAIN STALLED 4 DAYS. AERIAL VIEW OF MAROONED TRAIN HIGH IN THE SNOW COVERED SIERRA MOUNTAINS.
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| 00:36:42 54.1 |
MS FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE LOADED ON A HELICOPTER AND FLOWN TO STRICKEN TRAIN.
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| 00:37:01 73.1 |
CU ENGINEER BEHIND THE CONTROLS OF RELIEF TRAIN SPEEDS THROUGH THE SNOWY TERRAIN.
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| 00:37:09 81.1 |
MS RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING SHOVELS CONVERGE ON THE BURRIED TRAIN AND ESCORT INJURED AND OTHERS BACK TO SAFETY.
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| 00:37:40 112.1 |
CHURCHILL - PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. FOR STEEL TO RE-ARM. LS CHURCHILL ADDRESSES A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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| 00:39:37 229.1 |
RED CAPTIVES CARED FOR IN UN CAMP. UN GUARD COUNTS LONG LINE OF RED PRISONERS WALKING FOUR ABREAST IN BARBED WIRED COMPOUND. CU ANGRY FACES OF DIRTIED UNKEMPT CHINESE PRISONERS GLARE AT CAMERA.
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| 00:40:07 259.1 |
MS PRISONER BOWS HEAD AS HE IS SPRAYED WITH
POWDERED BUG SPRAY. CU HAIR IS CUT OFF WITH A HAND CLIPPER BY A FELLOW INMATE. MS NEW FRESH CLOTHING IS DISTRIBUTED WITH A PW PAINTED ON THE BACK. |
| 00:41:07 319.1 |
SKIPPER HERO - NEW YORK HAILS CAPTAIN OF 'FLYING ENTERPRISE'
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| 00:41:43 356.1 |
MS TWO DAUGHTERS AND WIFE OF CAPTAIN CURT CARLSEN WAIT ON SHORE FOR HIM. MONTAGE CARLSEN IS GIVEN A TRADITIONAL TICKER TAPE PARADE UP BROADWAY.
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| 00:42:26 398.1 |
LS MAYOR IMPILLETIERI PRESENTS THE CITY'S MEDAL OF HONOR TO THE CAPTAIN ON STEPS OF CITY HALL.
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| 00:42:45 418.1 |
VOL 25/528
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| 00:43:07 439.1 |
BRITISH ROUND UP TERRORISTS IN SUEZ AREA.
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| 00:43:24 456.1 |
MS BRITISH TROOPS SYSTEMATICALLY SEARCH ARAB HOMES. BRITISH EXAMINES MORTAR ROUNDS HE FOUND.
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| 00:43:42 474.1 |
MS ARAB MEN ARE LINED UP AND SEARCHED, AS OTHERS COMPARE PICTURES OF KNOWN TERRORISTS WITH THOSE BEING SEARCHED.
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| 00:44:14 506.1 |
STORMS - WEST COAST RAIN, MUD AND SNOW WREAK HAVOC.
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| 00:44:30 522.1 |
MONTAGE FLOODED SHOPPING DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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| 00:44:34 526.1 |
MONTAGE IN THE WAKE OF RAIN AN AVALANCHE OF MUD CASCADES DOWN THE HILLSIDES AND ONTO THE STREETS BELOW.
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| 00:44:39 531.1 |
MS MAN WALKS ON TOP OF HIS CAR WHICH IS INTIRELY COVERED WITH MUD. MS OTHERS BEGIN SHOVELING TO UNCOVER THEIR CARS.
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| 00:44:48 540.1 |
MS A MAN AND WOMAN PEER THROUGH TE TOP WINDOW OF THEIR HOME WHICH IS BURIED UP TO THE EAVES OF THE ROOF.
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| 00:44:56 548.1 |
MONTAGE ARMY VEHICLES ARE PRESSED INTO SERVICE TO OPEN MOUNTAIN ROADS COVERED WITH 10 FOOT DRIFTS. A SHOVEL BRIGADE SHOVELS SNOW.
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| 00:45:32 584.1 |
MS FIREMEN POUR WATER ON REMAINS OF B-25 BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO A GUARD HOUSE MAPA AIR FORCE BASE IN MAPA, CALIFORNIA, THEN BLOWING UP 10 MINUTES LATER AND TAKING THE LIVES OF SIX MEN PINNED BELOW THE BARRACKS. 53 OF THE INMATES WERE ALSO INJURED.
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| 00:46:07 619.1 |
LS LAVA SPEWS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF ONE OF THE LARGEST VALCANOES OF CENTRAL AFRICA AFTER ERUPTING. THE LAVA SHOWER LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT.
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| 00:46:46 658.1 |
LS 80,000 TONS OF WHEAT ARE STORED IN BARGES ON THE RIVER RHINE. MS WOMEN HANG THEIR CLOTHING ON CLOTHES LINES STRUNG ACROSS THE BARGES PAN TO A MAN RAKING THE WHEAT TO TURN IT OVER.
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| 00:47:14 686.1 |
MS A HUGE PIPE EQUIPPED WITH A THERMOMETER IS PLUNGED DEEP INTO THE WHEAT TO MEASURE THE HEAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
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| 00:47:45 717.1 |
SPORTS - LITTLE BOYS RIDE THEIR SAILBOATS ON FROZEN LAKE MENATTA IN WISCONSIN.
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| 00:48:00 732.1 |
LS DOZENS OF ICE BOATS LINE UP FOR ANNUAL REGATTA. THE SAILBOATS SPEED AROUND TURNS ON THE COURSE.
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| 00:48:52 784.1 |
LS THE NORGE SKI CLUB IS HOST FOR ITS ANNUAL BIG SHOW AT CAREY, ILL. AS SKIERS FLY DOWNSKI JUMP, SOME MAKE IT AND MOST TAKE MAJOR SPILLS.
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| 00:49:39 831.1 |
CU ART DEVLIN OF THE OLYMPIC TEAM WINS 1ST PLACE.
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| 00:49:51 843.1 |
VOL 25/529
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| 00:50:11 863.1 |
FLAMING DEATH - SECOND NEW JERSEY CRASH IN 38 DAYS KILL 29. FIREMEN FIGHT BLAZE AT NIGHT AND A DRIVING RAIN CAUSED BY CRASH OF A BUFFALO TO NEWARK AIRLINER THAT CRASHED INTO HOMES IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.
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| 00:50:54 907.1 |
MONTAGE FIREMEN REMOVE BODIES OF CRASH VICTIMS ON STRETCHERS. DAYLIGHT REVEALS THE TRUE HORROR OF THE DISASTER WITH HOMES DEMOLISHED ON A WIDE SCALE. MS A FIREMAN PULLS OUT A DAMAGED BABY CARRIAGE FROM THE DEBRIS.
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| 00:51:46 959.1 |
MS SENATOR ESTES KEFAUVER THROWS HIS HAT IN THE RING AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
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| 00:52:10 982.1 |
MS ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN'S SMALL ONE ENGINE PLANE LANDS IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER COMPLETING A 35,000 MILE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
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| 00:52:29 1001.1 |
MS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IS GREETED BY OFFICIAL OF THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE DELANO FAMILY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER OF THE BELGIAN TOWN OF LANOIR. MS A CROWD OF CHILDREN WAVE U.S. FLAGS.
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| 00:52:53 1026.1 |
LS MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS THE DELANO CASTLE IN THAT TOWN.
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| 00:53:11 1043.1 |
MS CARRIER FDR AND OTHER WARSHIPS ARE THE FIRST TO EVER VISIT SPAIN. LS A CROWD OF SPANIARDS TOUR THE HUGE CARRIER.
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| 00:53:54 1087.1 |
MS GLAMOROUS GLORIA SWANSON ARRIVES AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA WEARING THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE GOWN. ARMED GUARDS ACCOMPANY HER AS SHE SHOWS THE GOWN CONTAINING 100,000 PEARL.
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| 00:54:36 1128.1 |
MS A SMALL CART FILLED WITH TINY CHILD MODELS IS PULLED ONTO A STAGE AT A FASHION SHOW IN DENMARK.
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| 00:54:42 1134.1 |
MS THE CHILDREN ARE LED OUT WITH DOG LEASHES ATTACHED TO THEIR TORSOES. THE YOUNG MODELS SHOW CREATIONS FOR THE JUNIOR MISS AND YOUNG MASTER.
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| 00:54:50 1142.1 |
MS CHILDREN WALK THE RAMP SHOWING RAINGEAR, COWBOY AND COWGIRL OUTFITS AND FORMAL ATTIRE.
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| 00:55:23 1175.1 |
SPORTS - NORWEGIAN OLYMPIC TEAM OF ICE SKATERS DO STRANGE TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR THE GAMES.
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| 00:55:28 1180.1 |
MS THE TEAM WALKS IN A SQUATTING POSITION.
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| 00:55:37 1189.1 |
MS THE TEAM SQUATS AND THROW OUT THEIR FEET ONE AT A TIME LIKE RUSSIAN DANCERS. MS IN A ICE RACING POSITION THEY SIMULATE SPEED RACING.
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| 00:56:12 1224.1 |
MS USING A BALLOON FOR A BALL DOGS IN UNIFORMS PLAY SOCCA. THE DOGS JUMP AFTYER THE BALL AND HIT IT WITH THEIR SNOUTS. THE BALLOON FINALLY BREAKS.
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