19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR DECEMBER 1954
IDLEWILDE CRASH; EUREKA, CA, QUAKE; SHEPPARD VERDICT; PA. PLANE CRASH; $10 MILLION CHICAGO BLAST; CHINESE SEE IKE; CYPRUS DEMONSTRATION; CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR KOREA KIDS; MORE PA. PLANE CRASH; GERMAN BORDER SANTA; POLICE CHRISTMAS TICKETS; BERLIN CHRISTMAS PARTY; MORE CHICAGO BLAST
IDLEWILDE CRASH; EUREKA, CA, QUAKE; SHEPPARD VERDICT; PA. PLANE CRASH; $10 MILLION CHICAGO BLAST; CHINESE SEE IKE; CYPRUS DEMONSTRATION; CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR KOREA KIDS; MORE PA. PLANE CRASH; GERMAN BORDER SANTA; POLICE CHRISTMAS TICKETS; BERLIN CHRISTMAS PARTY; MORE CHICAGO BLAST
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| 01:07:56 0.53 |
PATRIOTIC SCHOOL PLAY - SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ALTAR BOY TYPE COSTUME HOLD HANDS TO CHEST AS THEY LEDGE TO THE FLAG. CU 13 STAR EARLY U. S FLAG, CLASS FULL BOYS, GIRLS AT SEATS IN AUDITORIUM, WATCH AS BOY RECITES FROM PAPER (CONSTITUTION ?), AS THREE BOYS IN 1776 COSTUME DEPICT REVOLUTIONARY FIFE AND DRUM GROUP. CU PAN THREE BOYS. TWO PLAY DRUMS, ONE WITH BLOODIED BANDAGE ON HEAD PLAYS FIFE. MS CHILDREN APPLAUD.
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| 01:08:47 51.53 |
CU BOY ON STAGE DEPICTS YANKEE DOODLE RIDING ON PONY. CU POINTS TO FEATHER IN CAP.
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| 01:08:55 59.53 |
MS VARIOUS VIEWS WOMAN PLAYING PIANOAS TWO BOYS AND GIRLS IN COLONIAL COSTUME, WIGS, DO MINUET DANCE ON STAGE. CU MORE OF DANCE.
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| 01:09:53 117.53 |
MCCARTHY - SENATOR MCCARTHY, ROY COHN AN OTHER AT HIS SIDE MAKES ANGRY DEMAND AT HEARINGS.
SPEAKS OF LETTER FROM SECRETARY OF ARMY STEVENS AS "COMPLETE DOUBLE-TALK". |
| 01:11:12 196.53 |
MAN IN CONDUCTOR;S HAT SITS AT TABLE GETTING SIGNATURES FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES. SIGN BEHIND HIM: "NEW YORK CENTRAL EMPLOYEES UNITE BEHIND PRES. WILLIAM WHITE ....", HE SPEAKS OF MISSION.
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| 01:12:06 250.53 |
CU FORMER PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK CENTRAL VETERAN'S ASSOCIATION SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF STATUS QUO. CU CONDUCTOR AND RED CAP CAPTAIN SPEAK.
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| 01:12:33 277.53 |
MARILYN MONROE IN KOREA - VARIOUS SCENES MARILYN SINGING, ACTING SEXY FOR GIS WHO GIVE HER ROUSING WELCOME, APPLAUSE, MS MONROE POSES FOR GI PHOTOGRAPHERS. SINGS ON OUTDOOR STAGE AS BAND PLAYS. "DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND"
PAN HUGE CROWD OF GIS IN FIELD CHEERING WILDLY. movies, theater, hollyood, entertainment. * Note: emulsion deterioration throughout |
| 01:14:42 406.53 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN BANK - LIMO PULLS UP TO BANK BUILDING, BLACK LEADERS GET OUT, ENTER BANK.
CU BLACK NYC POLICEMAN SALUTING. CU SIGN: "CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN. CU ASSOCIATION". MS SCENES GROUP TOURING INSIDE BANK. GROUP MOTORCADES TO HARLEM SCHOOL, TOURS LUNCHROOM WITH BLACK KIDS. GROUP TOURS HOUSING PROJECT, * Note: (severe.emulsion deterioration throughout). black history, |
| 01:17:37 581.53 |
VOLKSWAGEN ASSEMBLY PLANT - VARIOUS SCENES NEW VOLKSWAGENS BEING ASSEMBLED IN PLANT, VARIOUS SCENES ROLLING OFF LINE TO DOCK. VARIOUS SCENES CAR LOT FULL OF VOLKSWAGENS (CIRCA 1954) *Note:
severe emulsion deterioration throughout. |
| 01:21:00 784.53 |
NEW SUPER HIGHWAY - LATIN AMERICA - AERIAL VIEW OF SUPER HIGHWAY CUTTING THROUGH HUNDREDS MILES OF MOUNTAIN AREA. TRAFFIC GOING OVER BRIDGE SPANNING MOUNTAINS. VARIOUS VIEWS MILITARY LEADER CUTTING RIBBON FOR OPENING OF HIGHWAY, PRIEST BLESSING HIGHWAY WITH HOLY WATER.
MOTORCADE PASSING THROUGH TUNNEL UNDER MOUNTAIN. * some emulsion deterioration. |
| 01:22:33 877.53 |
HELICOPTER SEA RESCUE - MS SIGN OVER ENTRANCE, "LIFE GUARD HEADQUARTERS". MS THREE MEN IN BUBBLE COCKPIT OF SMALL HELICOPTER WITH PONTOONS, FACING CAMERA, LIFTS OFF.
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| 01:22:50 894.53 |
MS MEN IN WATER, BACKS TO CAMERA, WAVING FOR HELP TO PEOPLE ON DISTANT BEACH, LS HELICOPTER DESCENDS ON THEM, THROWS NET BASKET INTO WATER NEAR THEM. MS MAN IN NET BEING LIFTED OUT OF WATER BY HELICOPTER AND FLOWN TO SHORE. CU MAN IN NET.
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| 01:23:30 934.53 |
MLS DIVER JUMPS INTO WATER FROM HOVERING HELICOPTER, HELPS MAN INTO GURNEY WHICH IS LIFTED BY HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER FLIES TO SHORE WITH DANGLING GURNEY.
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| 01:25:32 1056.53 |
IDLEWILDE CRASH - POLICE STAND ON SHORE OF JAMAICA BAY AS OTHERS IN ROWBOAT SEARCH WATERS FOR SURVIVORS OF ITALIAN AIRLINER WHICH CRASHED INTO BAY. MS POLICE IN ROWBOAT GATHER DEBRIS OF CRASH WITH GRAPPLING HOOK. disaster
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| 01:26:14 1098.53 |
CHINESE SEE IKE - MS CHINESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES BY LIMO
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| 01:26:21 1105.53 |
CYPRUS DEMONSTRATION - HUGE CROWD WITH SIGNS FILL STREETS WAVING FISTS, MARCHING WITH ORTHODOX PRIEST, POLICE LINE STREETS TO STOP PROTESTORS FROM GOING FURTHER. CROWD WATCH FROM SIDEWALK IN B/G. PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN STREET CARRYING SIGN. POLICE MANHANDLING PROTESTOR.
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| 01:26:56 1140.53 |
CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR KOREAN KIDS - MCU GI POSES WITH KOREAN CHILD IN ARMS. MS GIS, KIDS FOLLOW SANTA AS HE WALKS WITH SACK OF TOYS MS LONG LINE SCHOOL GIRLS DANCING IN FRONT OF SANTA
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| 01:27:26 1170.53 |
SANTA SEATED UNDER MERRY CHRISTMAS SIGN, MS GIRLS CLAPPING. CU SAME. SANTA LEADS KIDS IN SONG. SANTA GIVING OUT PRESENTS TO KIDS EACH OF WHICH ARE SPONSORED BY GI.. VARIOUS SCENES KIDS WITH VARIETY OF TOYS.
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| 01:28:07 1211.53 |
IDLEWILDE CRASH - PILOT SPEAKS OF CRASH
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| 01:29:00 1264.53 |
GERMAN BORDER SANTA - ,S GI AT MACHINE GUN, BORDER SIGN, MS GI BORDER GUARDS BY JEEP FIX UP ONE OF THEM AS SANTA. JEEP CARAVAN LEAVES FOR TOWN,
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| 01:29:29 1293.53 |
SANTA ARRIVES IN TOWN IN JEEP KIDS RUSH UP, SURROUND SANTA.
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| 01:29:41 1305.53 |
POLICE CHRISTMAS TICKETS - SIGN: "SAN FERNANDO CITY LIMITS" - COP RIDES DOWN AVENUE IN THREE WHEEL MOTORCYCLE, CHECKING PARKING METERS AND CARS PARKED BY THEM. BUS, OTHER TRAFFIC IN B/G.
CO EXPIRED PARKING METER. COP GETS OFF BIKE, CHECKS METER, WRIST WATCH, WRITES TICKET |
| 01:30:30 1354.53 |
BERLIN CHRISTMAS PARTY - MS GI SERVING MEALS TO KIDS AT LONG TABLES. MCU KIDS EATING. CU SAME.
LA SANTA GIVING OUT PRESENTS TO CHILDREN. |
| 01:30:33 1357.53 |
CHICAGO BLAST - VARIOUS SCENES DAMAGE AT POWER PLANT IN AFTERMATH OF EXPLOSION. VARIOUS SCENES DAMAGED TURBINES
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| 01:30:56 1380.53 |
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