19531950s NEWSREELS
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RITES FOR SENATOR TAFT: NATION JOINS LEADERS IN FINAL TRIBUTE .
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CAPITAL DOME (PAN) FROM TOP DOWN. FUNERAL CAR BEARING REMAINS OF TAFT PULLS UP TO BUILDING. HONOR GUARD CARRIES COFFIN UP CAPITAL STEPS.
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PRESIDENT IKE & MAMIE ARRIVES AT ROTUNDA AS DOES SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON.
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LONG LINE OF PEOPLE CLIMB THE HIGH STEPS AS 60,000 PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
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KOREA GUNS STILL - SPEED FULFILLMENT OF TRUCE CONDITIONS. LAST ROUND IS FIRED BY AN ARTILLERY GROUP AS GUNS ARE DISMANTLED.
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CU GRINNING SKULL WEARING GI HELMET IS GRIM REMINDER OF STRUGGLE. U.S. SOLDIERS RELAX AS THEY WATCH ENEMY SOLDIERS DO THE SAME. CU HUMAN SKULL WITH HELMET
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COMMUNIST GUARD DANCES TO THE MUSIC OF U.S.
SOLDIER STRUMMING A GUITAR ON ADJOINING HILL. |
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GIS RELAX, SMOKE AND SMILE AS THEY ENJOY TRUCE.
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UN GENERAL SITS ACROSS TABLE FROM NORTH KOREAN GENERAL. THEY EXCHANGE PAPERS.
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MONTAGE GENERAL MARK CLARK, UN COMMANDER, ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO TO A WAITING HONOR GUARD OF KOREAN WAR VETERANS.
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GENERAL CLARK RIDES IN MOTORCADE WITH MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO AND IS GIVEN A HERO'S WELCOME.
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MONTAGE DR. MILTON EISENHOWER REPORTS TO HIS BROTHER, PRESIDENT IKE, AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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"FLYING VENETIAN BLIND". ENGINEERS AT LANGLEY FIELD HANGAR. THE VEHICLE WITH SEVERAL MODEL AIRPLANE MOTORS ATTACHED IS TESTED IN HANGAR WHERE IT RISES VERTICALLY FROM THE GROUND.
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"EGG BEATER" SQUARE DANCE. HELICOPTERS FLY IN CIRCLE, HOVER IN THE SKY LOOKING LIKE SQUARE DANCERS AS THEY MANEUVER.
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TO SHOW IT'S VERSATILITY THE CHOPPER SWOOPS DOWN &
TIPS OVER A BARREL ON THE GROUND, THEN ROLLS IT ALONG BY USING THE WIND CREATED BY ITS ROTORS. |
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GIS WELCOME. FIREBOAT GREETS THE TROOPSHIP WITH STREAMING HOSES. GOVERNORS OF 45 STATES ON CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE, WAVE TO THE RETURNING GIS FROM SHORE.
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WOMAN IN CROWD OF WAVING ON-LOOKERS, LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS AND WAVES AT THE SAME TIME.
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1ST GI OFF BOAT IS GREETED BY SEATTLE'S MAYOR &
THE 'SEAFARERS' QUEEN WHO SHIES AWAY WHEN THE GI TRIES TO KISS HER. HE KEEPS TRYING, SHE KEEPS SHYING. |
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EACH GOVERNOR SITS IN AUTO WITH A GI FROM HIS STATE. DEWEY OF NEW YORK & BYRNES OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE THERE.
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ONE GI IS MOBBED BY GIRLS TRYING TO MOB HIM. THE M MOTORCADE RECEIVES A SHOWER OF TICKER TAPE &
CONFETTI ON SEATTLE AVENUE. |
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EAST GERMAN WORKERS CARRY CRATES OF FOOD DONATED BY THE U.S. DESPITE COMMUNIST THREATS OF OBSTRUCTION.
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MONTAGE CROWDS SIT ON GROUND EARLY IN THE MORNING AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
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WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OLD PEOPLE PLOW THE FIELDS IN KOREA AWAITING THE RETURN OF YOUNG KOREANS SERVING IN THE ARMY.
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NUN MINGLES WITH YOUNG BOYS SEATED ON THE GROUND CHOPPING ROOTS. YOUNG PEOPLE GATHER BUILDING BLOCKS FROM BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN SEOUL, KOREA.
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LITTLE GIRLS FORM A HUMAN CHAIN & PASS THE BLOCKS TO WORKERS BUILDING HOMES.
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MODELS MAKE MINKS MORBID. WORKERS ON LARGEST MINK FARM IN KERRY, ILLINOIS EXAMINE THOUSANDS OF MINK CAGES. FARMERS HOLD UP 2 MINKS WHO BITE AT EACH OTHER.
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LONG LINE OF MODELS WALK BY SHOWING THEIR MINK STOLES & COATS. LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCH OUTDOOR MINK FASHION SHOW.
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SPORTS: GOLF TRICK SHOT SPECIALIST PAUL HAHN PUTS ON SHOW FOR SPECTATORS AT COUNTRY CLUB. MONTAGE HAHN USES A HINGED CLUB TO HIT BALLS, THEN HE HITS BALLS WITH ONE CLUB IN EACH HAND.
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HAHN HITS BALLS WITH A RUBBER SHAFTED CLUB
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MONTAGE AQUA ZANIES DO CRAZY DIVING STUNTS OFF A HIGH PLATFORM OVER POOL.
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KOREA-BIG SWITCH. PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGES SPEEDED AT PANMUNJOM.
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MONTAGE DAZED & WOUNDED UN POWS ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS BY HELICOPTER. MONTAGE IN CONTRAST, WELL TREATED RED POWS DEFIANTLY SHED THEIR UN ISSUED CLOTHING WHEN THE REACH THE RED LINES.
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RED GUARDS PUSH THE DISCARDED CLOTHING INTO THE GUTTER AFTER THE POW'S LEAVE.
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GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES PERSONALLY GREET RETURNING U.S. POWS.
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FRENCH STRIKE PARALYSES WHOLE NATION. MONTAGE (PAN) SACKS OF MAIL LIE UNATTENDED ON SHIPPING PLATFORM AND ON GROUND NEAR TRACKS.
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MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS SIT STRANDED AT RAILWAY STATION. PEOPLE SIT ON BENCHES AND STAIRS
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STRIKING WINE WORKERS IN FRANCE BLOCK ROADS WITH CARTS TYING UP TRAFFIC FOR MILES.
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FASHIONS: THE BATTLE FOR HEMLINES 2 MODELS SHOW CHRISTIAN DIOR DRESSES WITH VARYING HEM LINES. NEW YORK STYLIST CEILE CHAPMAN MEASURES THE TWO HEMLINES WITH A YARDSTICK.
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SOAP BOX DERBY 14 YEAR OLD WINS 10TH ANNUAL RACE IN AKRON OHIO.
SINGER DINAH SHORE & RACING CHAMPION WILBUR SHAW WATCH COLORFUL FLAG PARADE BEFORE RACE. |
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ACTOR ANDY DEVINE RIDES A SOAP BOX CAR AND WINS BY VIRTUE OF HIS WEIGHT. HUGE CROWD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AVENUE WATCH THE KIDS RIDE DOWN THE STEEP STREET IN THEIR SOAP BOXES.
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POWS HOME 1ST PRISONERS SINCE TRUCE ARRIVE IN U.S. VETERAN NEWSMAN FRANK KNOWELL STEPS OUT OF ARMY TRENCH IN HAPPY SPIRITS AFTER BEING RELEASED BY REDS.
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SAILORS CARRY DISABLED POW OFF A PLANE ON A STRETCHER FOLLOWED BY 16 OTHERS SUFFERING FROM TB OR MENTAL AILMENTS.
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ST. LAURENT WINS AS LIBERALS SWEEP CANADA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS. MONTAGE CANADIAN VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT POLLING PLACES.
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PRIME MINISTER ST. LAURENT CASTS HIS BALLOT.
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AN ELDERLY COUPLE WALK ARM-IN-ARM UNDER AN UMBRELLA TO THE VOTING PLACE.
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CAMERAMAN CATCHES A NAVY PLANE, IN DISTRESS, TRYING TO LAND ON CARRIER DECK, BUT FLIPS OVER & INTO THE SEA. LONG BOAT MAKES RESCUE OF PILOT, BUT PLANE SINKS.
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PRESIDENT IKE SIGNS A SERIES OF BILLS PASSED AFTER LAST DAYS OF 83RD CONGRESS. AMONG THEM IS BILL THAT SETS UP A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE RACKETS AT NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WATERFRONTS.
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MONTAGE LONGSHOREMEN LOAD 18,000 TONS OF RICE ON SHIP DESTINED FOR KOREAN PEOPLE. RICE IS LOADED IN HOLD OF SHIP.
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FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER READS TELEGRAMS BY WELL-WISHERS ON HIS 79TH BIRTHDAY.
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BLAZE GUTS GENERAL MOTORS TRANSMISSION PLANT ONLY A CHARRED METAL SKELETON REMAINS. (PAN)
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FASHIONS: STYLES FOR LITTLE GIRLS LITTLE MODELS SHOW DESIGNS BY CELESTE BROCK.
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SPORTS: SPEEDBOAT "SLO MO" WINS GOLD CUP REGATTA ON LAKE WASHINGTON, AVERAGING 92 PLUS MILES PER HOUR.
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BEN HOGAN TEES OFF AT LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. IN EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST JUNIOR CHAMP KEN BEEMAN.
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HARNESS RACING.
THE 'KENTUCKY DERBY OF TROTTERS "THE HAMILTONIAN", IS WON BY "HELICOPTER" AT GOSHEN, NEW YORK. |
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EARTHQUAKE. 1000 DEAD AS TEMBLOR DEVASTATE GREEK ISLES. PAN DESTROYED HOMES ALONG THE IONIAN SEA.
INJURED WOMAN AND BOY ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS. |
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MONTAGE PEOPLE RUN THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS AS NEW TREMORS STRIKE. AN INJURED MAN IS CARRIED PIGGY-BACK OUT OF DEBRIS. NURSES BANDAGE CHILDREN WOUNDS IN OUTDOOR HOSPITAL.
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CREWS OF MEN WITH SHOVELS DO THE SIGN OF THE CROSS BEFORE THEY COVER THE DEAD IN A MASS GRAVE.
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KNEELING WOMAN CRIES HYSTERICALLY, MOUTHING THE WORD "WHY"? OTHERS KNEEL AND CRY AND PRAY.
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CRANE LOWERS "BATHYSPHERE" INTO THE WATERS OFF TOULON, FRANCE IN DEEP WATER TEST. IT REACHES THE DEPTH OF 6000 FEET, THE DEEPEST MAN HAS EVER ATTAINED.
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| 00:31:44 1850 |
ADMIRAL ROBERT CARNEY IS SWORN IN, AT TH PENTAGON, AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
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| 00:32:00 1866 |
GENERAL MATHEW RIDGEWAY IS ALSO SWORN IN AS ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF. GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY SWEARS IN HIS OWN SUCCESSOR, ADMIRAL RADFORD, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT-CHIEFS-OF STAFF.
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| 00:32:23 1889 |
PRESIDENT IKE TEES OFF AT COLORADO GOLF COURSE.
DESPITE GESTURES WITH HIS BODY, IKE MISSES A LONG PUTT. |
| 00:32:46 1912 |
RARE TRIPLET CALVES ARE SHOWN BY FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE 3 CALVES SUCKLE THEIR MOTHER.
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| 00:33:17 1943 |
AERIAL WHIRLING CYLINDRICAL RIDE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN MONTREAL LEAVES RIDERS PLASTERED AGAINST IT'S WALLS AS IT SPINS AT HIGH SPEED. TO ADD TO THE EXCITEMENT, THE FLOOR DROPS OUT. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
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| 00:33:27 1953 |
TIED TO THE CENTER POST A CAMERAMAN TAKES PICTURES OF THE RIDERS GLUED TO THE WALL.
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FOOTBALL: PRO LIONS TOPPLE COLLEGE ALL-STARS 24-10.
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CONGRESSMAN DAN REED FIGHTS FOR LOWER TAXES, HE GIVES HIS VIEWS TO NEWSMEN.
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ADLAI STEVENSON IS BACK AFTER 6 MONTH WORLD TOUR.
HE SEES THE U.S. AS THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE FREE WORLD. HE SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN. |
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BRITISH BUSINESSMAN, EDGAR SANDERS IS RELEASED FROM RED PRISON IN HUNGARY. HE GIVES HIS ACCOUNT TO NEWSMEN.
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PRESIDENT IKE AND BERNARD BARUCH SPEAK AT OUTDOOR DEDICATION OF A HOUSING PROJECT ON LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK.
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BUST OF THE FATHER OF BERNARD BARUCH IS UNVEILED.
PAN OF THE HIGH RISE HOUSING PROJECT. |
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BASEBALL STAR TED WILLIAMS SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR KIDS AT BANQUET TO WELCOME HIM HOME FROM THE WAR CONNIE MACK SITS AT ONE OF THE TABLES.
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MONTAGE FARMER BRUSHES MILLIONS OF LADY BUGS OFF A LOG & INTO A PAN. THE BUG IS HARVESTED TO RID THE THE FARMER OF THE DEADLY BOLL WEEVIL, RAVAGING THE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
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FARMER FILLS A CANVAS BAG WITH THOUSANDS OF LADY BUGS AS THEY CRAWL ALL OVER HIS CLOTHING. CU THE FARMER SCOOPS HANDS FULL OF LADYBUGS INTO A PAIL AND POURS THEM INTO BOX FOR SHIPMENT
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RODEO AND AXE THROWING CONTEST HUGE REDWOOD TIMBER IS CARRIED ON A FLATBED TRUCK IN PARADE PRIOR TO RODEO IN QUINCY, CALIFORNIA.
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MONTAGE COWBOYS RIDE BUCKING BULLS AND HORSES, AND EVEN A BUFFALO. MONTAGE LUMBERMEN THROW AXES AT TARGETS IN AX THROWING CONTEST.
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SYNCHRONIZED WATER DANCING IN AN UPCOMING SPORT, GIRLS DO WATER DANCE IN POOL.
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FISHING. WORLD'S LARGEST SALMON DERBY GETS UNDER WAY IN WASHINGTON. 500 SMALL BOATS RACE OUT TO THE FISHING GROUNDS.
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FISHERMAN STRUGGLES TO LIFT NET LADEN WITH HUGE SALMON. LADY IN A BOAT WITH 2 MEN HOOKS ONE WHICH IS SCOOPED UP WITH A NET.
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CU FISHERMAN LIFTS HIS WINNING 49 POUNDER ONTO A SCALE. 7 MEN AND A WOMAN STRUGGLE TO HOLD UP THEIR HUGE CATCHES TO CAMERAMAN.
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WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIP GUY AND GAL SKIERS SHOW THEIR STUFF IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONTEST AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
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CU CONGRESS ALLEN LAUDS GOP CONGRESS, SAYS NON-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR IKE'S POLICIES IS REASON.
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PRISON RIOT: 2 DIE, 1 MILLION DAMAGE IN RIOT.
BURNED OUT BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON STATE PRISON. LIMPING PRISONER WALKS TO A GATE TO SURRENDER. HE IS STRIPPED AND SEARCHED. |
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PRESIDENT IKE MEETS WITH HAROLD STASSEN AT THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE IN DENVER. STASSEN REPORTS ON THE MILITARY AID TO ALLIES.
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CROWD OF PRETEEN BOYS DEBARK FROM PLANE FROM WEST BERLIN TO ATTEND CAMP IN WEST GERMANY FOR VACATION. THE BERLIN LINE UP WITH TRAYS AT CHOW HALL RUN BY U.S. ARMY CHEFS. THE BOYS SIT & EAT WITH GUSTO.
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ANIMAL ANTICS: SEEING-EYE DOG SCHOOL IN DENMARK BLIND MEN AND WOMEN WALK STREETS WITH SEEING-EYE DOG IN THEIR GRADUATE COURSE.
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DOG SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDS OBSTACLES STREWN ON THE SIDEWALK. DOG CARRIES HIS FEMALE MASTER'S HANDBAG AS HE WAITS FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS SO HE CAN WALK HER ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.
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WOMAN WALKS HER PET SKUNK ON A LEASH OUTDOORS SHE UNLEASHES IT WHEN SHE GETS HOME. HAND-FEEDS THE SKUNK & THE BABY SKUNKS. CU HUGS & KISSES THE DE-ODORIZED SKUNKS.
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MONTAGE BEAUTIES MOUNT AND RIDE OSTRICHES AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIR IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. GIRLS RACE WITH THEIR BIRDS WHOSE FACES ARE COVERED WITH A BAG SO NOT TO EXCITE THEM.
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GIRL POURS SALT ON THE BIRDS TAIL SO SHE CAN MOUNT IT; IT WORKS.
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HORSE RACING: AMERICAN DERBY AT WASHINGTON PARK CHICAGO. EDDIE ARCARO RIDES "NATIVE DANCER" TO VICTORY.
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SHERIFF'S RODEO IN LOS ANGELES. 100,000 ATTEND
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NEW SULTAN, BEN ARAFA, INSTALLED IN MORROCO SOLDIERS SEARCH FANATIC FOLLOWERS OF OLD SULTAN AS CEREMONY FOR NEW SULTAN GO FORWARD.
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| 00:52:23 3089 |
MONTAGE MORE THAN 2000 HORSEBACK BERBER TRIBESMEN CONVERGE FOR THE EVENT IN RABAT. NEW SULTAN SALUTES THE TRIBESMEN.
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FRENCH GOVERNOR GENERAL GUILLARME GREETS THE SULTAN.
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SHAH RETURNS: MILITARY COUP OUSTS PREMIER MOSSADEGH. MONTAGE VIEWS OF RUINED MOSSADEGH'S HOUSE AFTER COUP.
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GENERAL ZAHEDI EXITS BUILDING. OFFICERS WITH GUNS SALUTE
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| 00:53:40 3166 |
GENERAL ZAHEDI WHO ORCHESTRATED THE COUP POSES WITH SHAH PAVLEVI.
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| 00:53:50 3176 |
SIDELIGHTS AT THE UN. SOVIET UN AMBASSADOR VISHINSHY MAKES JOKES AT UN CAUSING MUCH LAUGHTER.
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| 00:54:49 3235 |
INDO CHINA, FRENCH TROOPS FIGHT IN DESERT.
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BLOOD DONORS SAILORS ON THE CARRIER "ANTIETAM" LINE UP TO GIVE BLOOD TO RED CROSS. THEY LIE ON COTS ON THE FLIGHT DECK AS NURSES DRAW BLOOD.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAVY PLAYERS HOLD GOAT MASCOT BY THE HORN DURING A WORKOUT PERIOD. TEAM DOES CALISTHENICS ON THE FIELD. TACKLE DUMMY STRUNG FROM A ROPE.
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| 00:56:19 3325 |
FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN UNDER A SIGN THAT SAYS "HERE COMES THE NAVY".
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| 00:56:23 3329 |
FRENCH FASHION PREVIEW MODELS SHOW DESIGNS UNDER THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE AND OTHER PARIS LOCALES. MODELS SHOW GOWNS, DRESSES &
FUR COATS. |
| 00:57:42 3408 |
FLYING CARRIER B-36 BOMBER DROPS F-84 JET FIGHTER "THUNDERSTREAK"
ATTACHED TO IT'S BELLY. THE F-84, CAPABLE OF DROPPING AN A-BOMB, IS THEN RECOVERED IN MID-AIR. |
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