19521950s NEWSREELS
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ISSUE# 69
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. NEW YORK CITY HAILS QUEEN JULIANA.
TICKER TAPE SHOWER GREETS QUEEN'S MOTORCADE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LINE ROUTE. |
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MCGRANERY IN WASHINGTON TO REPLACE MCGRATH TRUMAN CHATS WITH MCGRANERY IN OVAL OFFICE.
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| 04:01:36 63.9 |
IKE AND LODGE TALK POLITICS IN FRANCE
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| 04:01:51 78.9 |
HEADLINE NEWS. PLANE DIVES INTO 5 NEW YORK HOUSES, KILLS 5.
SMOKE RISES FROM FIRE CAUSED BY CRASH IN CROWDED JAMAICA, N. Y. FIREMAN WORK TO DOUSE THE FLAMES. ONE OF DOZEN CARS DEMOLISHED |
| 04:02:41 128.9 |
FIREMEN FIND LIVE VICTIM IN DEBRIS OF HER HOME AND CARRY HER OUT IN A STRETCHER. A CLOSET WITH SUITS NEATLY HANGING ON RACK IS ALL THAT REMAINS STANDING OF HOUSE.
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| 04:02:58 145.9 |
CAMERA PANS DEVASTATED AREA AND PANS OVER TO REPORTER INTERVIEWING WOMAN ABOUT DISASTER.
THE YOUNG LADY TELLS A HARROWING STORY. MAN ALSO TELLS HIS STORY DESCRIBING EVENT. |
| 04:03:53 200.9 |
U. S. S. PICKEREL BECOMES FIRST LEAPING SUB SUB GOES DOWN 150 FEET IN OCEAN OFF HAWAII THEN SPEEDS TO SURFACE BREAKING THROUGH LIKE A WHALE.
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| 04:04:28 235.9 |
SPORTS! SNEAD WINS MASTERS GOLF SNEAD TEES OFF AS CROWDS HEADS TURN TO WATCH BALL.
BEN HOGAN TEES OFF. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR IS AMONG THOUSANDS ON THE COURSE. |
| 04:05:11 278.9 |
SNEAD PUTTS ONE IN ON THE 18THY AND TAKES THE CHAMPIONSHIP. BOBBY JONES PRESENTS THE PRIZE.
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| 04:05:19 286.9 |
THE GRAND NATIONAL. AINTREE, ENGLAND HORSES JUMP 1ST FENCE WITH 5 JOCKEYS BEING THROWN AS THEIR HORSES FALL.
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| 04:06:04 331.9 |
SLOW-MOTION CAMERA CATCHES THE FALLING HORSES AS THEY JUMP THE OBSTACLE. 10 YEAR OLD "TEAL"
WINS RACE AS ONLY 10 FINISH OUT OF 30 STARTING. |
| 04:07:06 393.9 |
ISSUE# 70
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| 04:07:20 407.9 |
WORLD NEWS. RIDGEWAY IN KOREA TO SPEED TRUCE TALKS RIDGEWAY TALKS TO JET PILOTS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF ON MISSION.
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| 04:07:51 438.9 |
RIDGEWAY MEETS WITH TRUCE TEAM COMMANDER ADMIRAL JOY.
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| 04:07:56 443.9 |
PRINCE PHILIP JOINS PIT SHIFT IN BRITISH MINE WEARING MINERS HAT AND COAT, PHILIP ENTERS MINE WITH OTHER MINERS IN A SHAFT ELEVATOR.
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| 04:08:20 467.9 |
U. S. GUARDS JAPAN, RUSSIA WATER BORDER MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD LOOKS ACROSS STRAIT OF HOKAIDO WHERE A POWERFUL GARRISON OF RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE STATIONED.
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| 04:08:36 483.9 |
COMBAT HARDENED 1ST DIVISION TROOPS MARCH THROUGH SNOW WEARING SNOW SHOES AND WINTER GEAR AS THEY PATROL THE ISLAND.
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| 04:08:44 491.9 |
TANKS ROLL THROUGH THE SNOW FOLLOWED BY GIS'
DURING MANEUVERS. MS- A GI LUMBERS THROUGH THE SNOW ON HIS SNOW SHOES. |
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A DOUBLE LINE OF GIS ON SKIS ARE PULLED WITH ROPES BY A FAST MOVING AMPHIBIAN. MONTAGE GIS SKI DOWN SLOPE WITH SOME OF THEM FALLING.
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| 04:09:20 527.9 |
FASHIONS FROM ITALY SHOWN IN U. S.
MODELS SHOW ELEGANT HANNA TROY'S COLLECTION OF EVENING GOWNS. MODEL SITS AT BAR WITH DRINK IN HER HAND. ANOTHER WALKS DOWN SPIRAL STAIRCASE IN ELEGANT GOWN. |
| 04:09:54 561.9 |
MODEL POSES NEXT TO STATUE OF VENUS. MODEL POSES BEFORE A SALVADOR DALI MURAL.
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| 04:10:11 578.9 |
US NEWS. SAN FRANCISCO BLAZE TAKES $500,000 TOLL FIRE AND SMOKE RAGES OUT OF CONTROL IN CHEMICAL PLANT. FIREMEN CARRY HOSES AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO BLAZE.
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| 04:10:51 618.9 |
ESCAPE SEAT FIRES PILOT THROUGH ROOF EJECTION SEAT IS TESTED TO SEE IF PILOT CAN BE FIRED THROUGH PLANES CANOPY. EJECTION SEAT SHOOTS HIGH INTO AIR AND LANDS IN SAFETY NET.
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| 04:11:22 649.9 |
OPERATION LONGHORN.
BIGGEST WAR GAMES EVER HELD IN U. S. THE MOCK ATTACK GOES ON FOR 16 DAYS WITH 11 MEN BEING KILLED. |
| 04:12:06 693.9 |
N.Y. STAGES 2ND CITY WIDE A-BOMB DRILL FILM OF A-BOMB EXPLOSION IN PACIFIC. MONTAGE CIVIL DEFENSE TRUCKS AND FIRE ENGINES ROLL THROUGH THE CITY STREETS AT NIGHT AFTER A-BOMB "ATTACK"
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| 04:12:36 723.9 |
CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS HERD CHILDREN TO SAFETY AS OTHERS RIDE ON FIRE TRUCKS WITH FIREMEN. THEY RUSH TO A PRE-SET FIRE AND HELP TO PUT IT OUT.
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| 04:13:18 765.9 |
"VICTIM" IS LOWERED, BY ROPE, FROM APARTMENT HOUSE WINDOW TO GROUND ON A STRETCHER. A YOUNG BOY IS ROLLED DOWN ROPE ON A PULLEY
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ISSUE# 72
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| 04:13:51 798.9 |
WORLD NEWS. IKE BEATS TAFT IN N. J. PRIMARY WORKER ON PHONE WITH "WE LIKE IKE" BANNER DRAPING HIS DESK. N. J. GOVERNOR DRISCOLL AT HIS DESK HAROLD STASSEN SHAKES HANDS WHILE CAMPAIGNING
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| 04:14:22 829.9 |
CU SIGN: "VOTE HERE TODAY". WOMAN GOES BEHIND CURTAIN TO VOTE.
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| 04:14:46 853.9 |
IKE HEARS NEWS, STARTS LAST NATO TOUR IKE REVIEWS TROOPS IN BRUSSELS, LAYS WREATH ON BELGIUM'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER TOMB.
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| 04:15:29 896.9 |
3 RESCUED, 1 LOST IN CANADA CAVE-INS.
VOLUNTEERS DIG FOR 4 MEN BURIED UNDER TONS OF DIRT IN A DEEP DITCH BEING DUG FOR A SEWER IN WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO. |
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CARL SPRINGSTEAD, BURIED TO HIS NECK IS SEEN AS A HUMAN CHAIN IS USED TO HAUL HIM OUT. CARL IS LIFTED TO SAFETY IN A BASKET LITTER AS IS ANOTHER
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| 04:16:19 946.9 |
COVERED BODY OF DAVID SMART IS LIFTED FROM DITCH.
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| 04:16:24 951.9 |
U. S. WARSHIPS CUT RED SUPPLY LINES IN KOREA BATTLESHIP "WISCONSIN" PLOWS THROUGH HEAVY SEAS AND MOUNTAINOUS WAVES.
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| 04:16:54 981.9 |
AERIAL THE BIG GUNS FIRE IN VOLLEYS. EXPLOSIONS OF SHELLS ARE SEEN ON DISTANT SHORE.
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MIDWEST FLOODS REACH CREST TRUMAN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM SEAT IN HIS PLANE. AERIAL FLOODED AREAS AROUND MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RIVERS ARE SEEN FROM PLANE. PAN
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| 04:18:00 1047.9 |
MONTAGE TRUCKS LOADED WITH SAND AND LARGE EARTH MOVING VEHICLES ARE RUSHED TO THE AREA. WORKERS PLACE SANDBAGS IN CRITICAL AREAS.
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| 04:18:29 1076.9 |
SPORTS! NATIONAL BIDDY BASKETBALL LITTLE GIRL CHEER LEADERS PUT ON SHOW BEFORE GAME GAME BEGINS BETWEEN HAZLETON AND JERSEY CITY WITH BOYS 12 AND UNDER.
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| 04:19:00 1107.9 |
BOY SPECTATOR CHEWS GUM WITH GRIN ON FACE.
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HAZLETON BOY THROWS A LONG ONE AND MISSES IN FINAL SECONDS. JERSEY CITY WINS.
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| 04:19:21 1128.9 |
HOCKEY. STANLEY CUP FINALS DETROIT RED WINGS BEAT MONTREAL CANADIANS TO WIN STANLEY CUP. HOCKEY FANS GO WILD AS DETROIT'S GARY SAWCHUK STOPS GOAL AFTER GOAL TO BEAT CANADIENS 3-0
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| 04:20:19 1186.9 |
ISSUE# 73
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| 04:20:33 1200.9 |
NEWS OF THE U. S. PRISON RIOT WAVE IN NJ &
MICHIGAN 231 CONVICTS BARRICADE THEMSELVES IN DORMITORY IN RAHWAY AT THE NEW JERSEY STATE |
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REFORMATORY GUARDS ON WALL WATCH AS SIGN ARE PUT OUTSIDE WINDOW OF DORMITORY.
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| 04:21:09 1236.9 |
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, LARGEST PRISON IN COUNTRY, 79 HARDENED CRIMINALS, LED BY BAD MAN EARL WARD, WHO IS INTERVIEWED BY REPORTERS THROUGH BARS, SEIZE CELL BLOCK AND HOLD 13 HOSTAGES.
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| 04:21:28 1255.9 |
CU GUARDS HOSTAGES, WITH KNIVES HELD TO THEIR BACKS ARE ALLOWED TO PEER THROUGH THE BARS.
SMOKE RISES FROM FIRES STARTED IN HUGE PRISON. |
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2000 CONVICTS GOING WILD IN PRISON GROUNDS.
OFFICIAL FIRES HIS TEAR GAS GUN INTO YARD FROM ROOF DISPERSING SOME OF THE RIOTERS. AERIAL GUARDS WITH RIFLES MOVING IN ON THE PRISONERS |
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AIR FORCE, NAVY CHART WEATHER AT NORTH POLE DC-3 TAKES OFF ON SKIS TO SEEK DATA ON CAUSES OF WEATHER IN A PLACE WHERE THE WEATHER IS BORN.
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AERIAL PLANE FLIES OVER SEA SMOKE WHICH ONLY OCCURS AT 60 BELOW. AERIAL PAN OF BARREN NORTH POLE TERRAIN.
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| 04:23:46 1393.9 |
BALLET FOR GOBS ON CARRIER DECK BALLERINAS OF WORLD FAMOUS BALLET THEATRE TOE DANCE ON DECK OF CARRIER "ARRISCONNAY" AS SAILORS APPLAUD.
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CAMERAMAN TAKES SHOTS FROM ABOVE IN A BASKET LIFTED ABOVE BY WINCH. BALLERINAS DANCE IN MIDDLE OF CIRCLE OF SAILORS IN APPRECIATION FOR THEIR BLOOD DONATIONS..
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| 04:24:22 1429.9 |
REMODELED WHITE HOUSE ON DISPLAY LONG LINE OF ISITORS FLOCK TO INSPECT REBUILT WHITE HOUSE. CU PRESIDENT SEAL ABOVE DOOR OF BLUE ROOM. PAN THE EAST ROOM AND BLUE ROOM ARE SHOWN.
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| 04:25:02 1469.9 |
THE GREEN ROOM WITH IT'S ALDERSON RUG BEARING THE SEAL. THE OAK PANELED, STATE ROOM, WITH IT'S BANQUET TABLE.
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| 04:25:32 1499.9 |
SPORTS! MOTORCYCLE MADNESS CYCLISTS TRY TO CLIMB STEEP HILL AT "JOLLY ROGERS"
CHAMPIONSHIP IN SEATTLE. |
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HORSE RACING. THE WOOD MEMORIAL "MASTER FIDDLE" COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN
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| 04:27:09 1596.9 |
ISSUE# 74
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| 04:27:23 1610.9 |
BIGGEST U. S. ATOM BLAST BUS LOADS OF NEWSMEN ARRIVE AT YUCCA FLATS, NEVADA TO VIEW BLAST. SIGN: "SECRECY IS THE WORD TO REMEMBER".
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| 04:27:53 1640.9 |
TRUCKS MOVE TROOPS TO WITHIN 4 MILES OF BLAST CENTER. NEVER HAVE TROOPS STOOD SO CLOSE.
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| 04:28:18 1665.9 |
GIS CROUCH IN TRENCHES. A BRIGHT FLASH, SILENCE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THEN A LOUD BLAST.
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| 04:29:29 1736.9 |
THE FLASH LIGHTS UP FACES OF SPECTATORS IN STANDS, AS SEEN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE. THE EXPLOSION IS SHOWN DEVELOPING IN SLOW-MOTION.
MONTAGE A HOLOCAUST OF SMOKE AND FIRE. |
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MONTAGE THE GIS ARE ORDERED TO MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF BLAST. PARATROOPS DROP INTO AREA.
WITH MUSHROOM CLOUD STILL OVERHEAD. |
| 04:31:02 1829.9 |
MICHIGAN AND N.J. PRISON RIOTS END WRECKED DORMITORY IS EXAMINED BY PRISON OFFICIALS, AT RAHWAY REFORMATORY, PAN.
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| 04:31:20 1847.9 |
EIGHT GUARDS HELD HOSTAGE SIT ON STEPS AND POSE FOR CAMERAMEN.
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| 04:31:28 1855.9 |
MONTAGE WRECKAGE AT MICHIGAN PRISON REFLECTS THE $2,500,000 DESTRUCTION AS PRISONERS STILL HOLD OUT RELEASED GUARD IS ESCORTED BY OFFICIALS. HE SAYS RIOTERS HAVE FOOD ENOUGH TO LAST A MONTH
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| 04:31:49 1876.9 |
PILE OF MAKE SHIFT WEAPONS INCLUDE A MEAT CLEAVER ATTACHED TO AXE HANDLE.
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| 04:32:10 1897.9 |
CONVICT LEADER EARL WARD SIGNS TRUCE TERMS THROUGH BARS.
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| 04:32:14 1901.9 |
5000 HOMES RAZED IN JAPAN FIRE MONTAGE FLAMES SHOOT THROUGH WOOD AND PAPER HOUSES IN TOTORI. FIREMEN IN HEAVY SMOKE AND SMOLDERING DEBRIS FIGHT LOOSING BATTLE FOR LACK OF EQUIPMENT
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| 04:32:58 1945.9 |
DIXIE WATER SKI TOURNAMENT GIRL SKIERS PUT ON SHOW AT CYPRESS GARDENS, FLORIDA. TERIBIO DURANTE OF MEXICO PUTS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION OF ACROBATIC SKIING.
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| 04:33:41 1988.9 |
SKIERS JUMP OFF RAMPS. SKIER LETS GO IN MID-AIR AND DIVES INTO WATER WITH A SPLASH.
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| 04:34:01 2008.9 |
ISSUE# 75
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| 04:34:15 2022.9 |
WORLD NEWS. AIR FORCE TESTS IT'S OWN PLANES UNDER FIRE B-29 BOMBER IS HELD OFF GROUND WITH CABLES, BETWEEN 2 TALL TOWERS, AS SHELL IS EXPLODED NEARBY. TAIL SECTION IS DAMAGED
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| 04:34:38 2045.9 |
INCENDIARY SHELLS ARE FIRED INTO ARMORED FUEL TANKS TAKEN OFF PLANE CAUSING HUGE FIRE
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| 04:35:03 2070.9 |
JAPAN REGAINS INDEPENDENCE ALLIED COUNCIL MEETS IN TOKYO FOR THE LAST TIME AS INDEPENDENCE RETURNS TO JAPAN. RUSSIAN MILITARY CALL THE PACT ILLEGAL AS COUNCIL IS ABOLISHED.
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| 04:35:26 2093.9 |
GENERAL RIDGEWAY MAKES IT OFFICIAL IN SPEECH FROM HIS OFFICE DESK. JAPANESE ENVOY SIGNS PACT IN WASHINGTON AS DOES SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON.
ARCHITECT OF TREATY, JOHN FOSTER DULLES, LOOKS ON |
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JAPANESE EMBASSY GATE IS OPENED AFTER 10 YEARS AND THE KEY IS HANDED TO ENVOY, TAKUCH. THE RISING SUN FLAG IS FLOWN FROM BUILDING WINDOW
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| 04:36:19 2146.9 |
FRANCE TRAINS JET PILOTS IN MOROCCO.
SCENERY AS SEEN BY PILOT AS HE DOES A BELLY ROLL |
| 04:37:00 2187.9 |
A NEW WRINKLE. A NO WRINKLE MAGIC FABRIC MODELS SHOW SIMILAR DRESSES, ONE MADE OF WORSTED AND THE OTHER MADE OF LORETTE, A NEW MATERIAL.
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| 04:37:25 2212.9 |
EACH MODEL TAKES A SHOWER WITH THEIR DRESSES ON. A DIFFERENCE IS SEEN AFTER DRYING THE DRESSES.
WORSTED DRESS IS COMPLETELY WRINKLED AND LORETTE DRESS KEEPS ITS SHAPE. |
| 04:37:58 2245.9 |
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. EISENHOWER IN LUXEMBOURG ON FAREWELL TOUR ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR PEARL MESTA, GENERAL IKE TAKES PART IN A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT NATIONAL SHRINE.
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| 04:38:26 2273.9 |
MRS. TRUMAN MEETS PALSY POSTER KIDS 1ST LADY RECEIVES SMALL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM BOY IN CRUTCHES.
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| 04:38:47 2294.9 |
ATLANTA RALLY BOOMS RUSSELL FOR PRESIDENT SENATOR RICHARD B. RUSSELL OF GEORGIA RIDES IN MOTORCADE DOWN ATLANTA AVENUE AMID CHEERS AND TICKER TAPE.
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| 04:39:10 2317.9 |
3100 SUPPORTERS SIT TO DINNER AT LONG TABLES WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS HONORED. GOVERNORS JIMMY BYRNES AND HERMAN TALMEDGE SIT AND DINE WITH RUSSELL.
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| 04:39:13 2320.9 |
ALL 3100 SUPPORTERS RISE FROM TABLES AND CHEER SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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| 04:39:25 2332.9 |
135 MILES ON WATER SKIS NON-STOP BRUCE PARKER & EMMY WOFFORD TAKE OFF FROM BEACH IN BAHAMAS ON SKIS, FOR 196 MILE TRIP TO MIAMI, PULLED BY A SPEEDBOAT.
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| 04:39:56 2363.9 |
WOMAN ON BOAT PASSES THE COUPLE FOOD ON ROPE AS SEEN FROM BEHIND WOMAN, WITH COUPLE ON THEIR SKIS IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 04:40:09 2376.9 |
AS THE TWO SIP BEVERAGE, A SMALL PLANE FLIES ALONG SIDE THEM. THE COUPLE ARE FORCED TO QUIT BY ROUGH SEAS, AFTER SETTING RECORD OF 135 MILES.
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