19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM FEBRUARY 17, 1954
NEWSREEL FROM FEBRUARY 21, 1954
NEWSREEL FROM FEBRUARY 21, 1954
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END OF INDO-CHINA WAR FRENCH GENERALS, NORTH VIETNAMESE, ARRIVE AT MEETING PLACE IN NORTH VIETNAM TO SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT TO END INDOCHINA WAR. OPPOSITION GROUPS SIT ON EACH SIDE OF TABLE
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| 01:51:25 41.63 |
PORTRAIT OF NORTH VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST LEADER, HO CHI MINH.
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| 01:52:21 97.63 |
NORTH VIETNAM DIPLOMAT ARRIVE BY PLANE FOR MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMIER MENDES FRANCE. FRENCH PRESIDENT PIERRE MENDES FRANCE, ARRIVES TO SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT AT UNIDENTIFIED AIRFIELD, IS GREETED BY NUMEROUS DIGNITARIES.
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| 01:53:30 166.63 |
THOUSANDS OF FRENCH TROOPS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES (HOME FROM INDO CHINA?) FILE DOWN GANGPLANK OF OCEAN LINER.
CU FRENCH SOLDIER READS HEADLINES IN FRENCH NEWSPAPER "LA MORACAIN" AS SOLDIERS DISEMBARK LINER IN BKGD. |
| 01:53:54 190.63 |
CU GUATEMALA PLATES ON CAR, CIRCA 1954. CU SIGN IN SPANISH ON WALL OF COSTA RICA EMBASSY IN GUATEMALA.
PEOPLE AT GATE OF EMBASSY GROUNDS. INJURED OR DEAD PEOPLE LIE FACE DOWN IN GARDEN AT EMBASSY AS SEEN THROUGH GATED WALL. CROWD OUTSIDE EMBASSY GROUNDS. ARMED GUARDS ON ROOF. MASSACRE |
| 01:55:05 261.63 |
MAN POINTS TO BULLET HOLES ON WALL. ARMED MEN HOLD RIFLES ON PEASANTS AS THEY DIG GRAVES.
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| 01:55:30 286.63 |
GOV. CONFERENCE:
PAN FROM MARINA PIER ON LAKE LAKESIDE TO HUGE ESTATE RESORT BUILDING WHERE GOVERNORS OF VARIETY OF STATES HOLD CONFERENCE. CU NEW YORK GOVERNOR'S LICENSE PLATE ON AUTO. GOVERNORS ENTER RESORT BUILDING, POSE. |
| 01:56:01 317.63 |
GOVERNOR TOM DEWEY OF NEW YORK PUTTS ON GOLF COURSE, TOWARDS CAMERA, MISSES AS DOES ANOTHER GOVERNOR.
STATE POLICE RIDE IN YACHT. GOVERNORS, WIVES TAKE SUN BY LAKESIDE. DEWEY, OTHERS RIDE IN SPEED BOAT |
| 01:56:34 350.63 |
UNIDENTIFIED GOVERNOR POSES IN SWIM SUIT, DIVES INTO LAKE FROM RAFT.
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| 01:56:45 361.63 |
MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT:
BEAUTIES FROM WORLD COUNTRIES PARADE IN SWIM SUITS ON ROOF TOP IN NEW YORK CITY. SKYSCRAPERS IN BKGD. BEAUTIES LINE UP WAVE TO CAMERA. ZOOM IN MISS FRANCE, MISS NORWAY, OTHERS. TOP HALF CHRYSLER BUILDING IN BKGD. |
| 01:57:49 425.63 |
OUTDOOR MARKET, STREET SCENE. ASIAN PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE WEAR. RICKSHAW, BICYCLES. GROUP VIET WOMEN WEARING NUN TYPE HEADWEAR. MEN, CHILDREN CARRYING TRAYS OF FOOD THROUGH STREETS. WOMAN, MAN SCOOP WATER FROM WELL, WASH THEIR HANDS.
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| 01:58:45 481.63 |
CU SMALL VIETNAMESE CHILD IS BATHED AS HE SITS IN SMALL TUB
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| 01:58:46 482.63 |
PAN SMALL TOWN OF MONTEREY. SMALL MONTEREY CITY HALL BUILDING. TOWN TRAFFIC.
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| 02:00:00 556.63 |
PAN BURNED OUT REMAINS OF UNIDENTIFIED NIGHT CLUB, BAR.
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| 02:00:53 609.63 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TWO MODELS POSE CHEESECAKE, SITTING ON LUGGAGE WALKING, AT AIR SIDE AT AIRPORT. ROLLING AIRLINER STAIRWAY, AIRLINERS IN BKGD. MODEL WALKS DOWN, POSES ON STEPS OF "AIR FRANCE" AIRLINER CIRCA 1954. AIRLINE WORKERS ENJOYING VIEW.
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| 02:01:45 661.63 |
MODEL POSES, WAVES FROM BASE OF AIRLINE STEPS, FOR FLASH PHOTOGS IN FRGD. CU FACE SHOT, MODEL.
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| 02:01:59 675.63 |
PLAYSCHOOL:
BLACK, WHITE PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS PLAY GAMES, "HOUSE", IN SCHOOL DURING VACATION MONTH. TEACHER WATCHES BLACK GIRL PAINT PICTURES ON POSTER BOARD. BLACK KIDS PLAY WITH WOODEN DUMP TRUCK, BLOCKS; BLACK GIRL PLAYS IN MINIATURE KITCHEN. BLACK BOY ANSWERS TOY PHONE, TRIES ON HUGE ADULT FEDORA BEFORE MIRROR. CU BLACK BOY PLAYS WITH TOY CASH REGISTER. |
| 02:03:12 748.63 |
GROUP OF BLACK BOYS, GIRLS IN MINIATURE KITCHEN. ONE SCRUBS FLOORS, ANOTHER MOPS UP AS ANOTHER WASHES DISHES. BOY WRINGS OUT MOP WITH HANDS.
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| 02:04:00 796.63 |
UNDERGROUND HYDRO-PLANT:
DIGNITARIES VISIT HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT IN MOUNTAIN AREA. VARIOUS VIEWS OF HUGE SITE. |
| 02:06:22 938.63 |
TITLE: "BIG FOUR WIND-UP"
SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN BERLIN AS BIG FOUR MEETING ENDS AFTER FAILING TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS GERMAN UNIFICATION OR AUSTRIAN PEACE TREATY. GERMAN POLICEMEN LINE STREET, SALUTE AS DIPLOMAT'S LIMOS SPEED BY. |
| 02:07:03 979.63 |
AERIAL VIEW BUSINESS AREA STREET SCENE IN BERLIN.
ABOVE VIEW OF BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS ALONG AVENUE IN EAST BERLIN. |
| 02:07:15 991.63 |
TITLE: MARINE CORP INVESTIGATES "CONFESSION"
ARCHED SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE TO MARINE BASE: "HQ. BATTALION HQ, U.S. MARINE CORPS. HENDERSON HALL". |
| 02:07:25 1001.63 |
COLONEL FRANK SWABLE, USMC, WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA WITH CIVILIAN, MILITARY, ATTORNEYS. CU MILITARY COUNSEL PAUL SHERMAN SPEAKS TO CAMERA, PAN TO COLONEL SWABLE WHO IS ACCUSED TO "CONFESSING TO WAR CRIMES WHILE PRISONER OF KOREAN REDS.
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| 02:08:23 1059.63 |
TITLE: "GOVERNMENT CUTS BUTTER"
SIGN "MERCHANTS TERMINAL CORP, COLD STORAGE". HUGE STOCKPILE OF CRATES OF BUTTER LYING IN STORAGE WAREHOUSE. |
| 02:08:48 1084.63 |
CU SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TELLS WHY GOVERNMENT SLICED THE PRICE OF BUTTER BY 8 CENTS DESPITE DAIRYMEN'S OBJECTIONS.
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| 02:09:17 1113.63 |
TITLE: "PROSPERITY PREDICTION"
CU SECRETARY OF LABOR MITCHELL SPEAKS, REPLIES TO THE SO-CALLED "PROPHETS OF DOOM". SAYS, "1953 WAS THE BIGGEST YEAR, ECONOMICALLY, IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES". |
| 02:10:52 1208.63 |
NEW YORK: "BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF RAILROAD"
ROBERT R. YOUNG WHO GAVE UP HIS INTEREST TO CHESAPEAKES AND OHIO RAILWAY TO PRESS FOR CONTROL OF NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD, ARRIVES AT GRAND CENTRAL STATION WITH WIFE. PHOTOGS TAKE FLASH SHOTS. |
| 02:11:27 1243.63 |
YOUNG SPEAKS FROM HIS OFFICE DESK, PROPOSES TO WORK FOR ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
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| 02:12:04 1280.63 |
"SPORTS"
NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUNG MEN CARRY SNOW SHOES ON SHOULDERS, TREK THROUGH SNOW TO OUTDOOR TO BASKETBALL COURT, WHERE THEY PLAY GAME OF BASKETBALL IN SNOW, WEARING SNOW SHOES. YOUNG MEN WOMEN WATCH THE ODD GAME. ODDITY. |
| 02:12:25 1301.63 |
PLAYERS DIVE FOR BALL SLIP, SLIDE, TRIP AS THEY TRY TO SCORE AS GAME RESEMBLES ANYTHING BUT BASKETBALL.
BOYS IN PILE-UP TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF BALL. |
| 02:13:06 1342.63 |
"KENTUCKY" "MODERN CAVEMEN"
EXPLORERS DON MINERS HARDHATS WITH LIGHTS, AS THEY EXPLORE FLOYD COLLINS "CRYSTAL CAVE IN KENTUCKY. EXPLORERS PREPARING FOR AND ENTERING CAVE; EXPLORERS INSIDE CAVE. COLLINS LOST HIS LIFE YEARS BEFORE WHILE EXPLORING ANOTHER CAVE. |
| 02:14:09 1405.63 |
"SNOWSTORM HITS SPAIN"
PICTURESQUE VIEW OF SPANISH COUNTRYSIDE, VILLAGES WHICH LOOK LIKE SWITZERLAND IN MIDDLE OF WINTER A RARITY FOR THIS PART OF SPAIN. CARVED OUT WALK IN FIFTEEN FOOT HIGH DRIFTS. PEOPLE, COWS WALKING THROUGH PATHS MADE THROUGH SNOW. GROUPS OF MEN SHOVELLING SNOW. ODDITY |
| 02:14:55 1451.63 |
CHILDREN HAVING SNOWBALL FIGHTS.
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| 02:14:59 1455.63 |
"FAROUK TREASURES FOR SALE"
PAN HUGE PALACE OF EGYPT'S FORMER KING FAROUK WHO WAS OUSTED IN 1952. CROWDS GATHER OUTSIDE HUGE PALACE WHERE AUCTION IS HELD. VIEW OF AUCTIONEERS AND BIDDERS SEATED IN PALACE. |
| 02:15:28 1484.63 |
AUCTIONEERS PERUSE FAROUK'S STAMP COLLECTION WHICH BROUGHT IN $240.000
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| 02:15:55 1511.63 |
"NEW ITALIAN PREMIER"
NEW PREMIER AND ANTI-COMMUNIST ANTHONY SCALBA OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY SIGNS PAPERS, SHAKES HANDS WITH OTHER ITALIAN DIGNITARIES. |
| 02:16:30 1546.63 |
"PEOPLE AND PLACES"
FORMER U.S. ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF J. LAWTON COLLINS VISITS GREECE, SEES THAT NATIONS MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ALONG BULGARIAN AND YUGOSLAV FRONTIER. GREEK CHILDREN POSE WITH COLLINS. |
| 02:17:25 1601.63 |
BEAUTY CONTEST IN NEW YORK AT WALDORF-ASTORIA STAGED BY NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION. JUDGES GET AN EYE FULL AS BEAUTIES PARADE BEFORE THEM. 1954
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| 02:17:47 1623.63 |
18 YEAR-OLD BLONDE JACKIE HANSON OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK IS WINNER. CU HANSON WEARING CROWN, FACES CAMERA, SNAPS FLASH CAMERA
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