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ARMY UNVEILS 1ST M-48 MEDIUM TANK AND PUTS IT THROUGH ITS PACES AT NEWARK PROVING GROUNDS.
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TO SHOW ITS MANEUVERABILITY IT SPINS IN ONE PLACE.
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VANCOUVER ZOO KEEPERS TRY TO SNARE FAST MONKEYS IN THEIR CAGES,WITH BUTTERFLY NETS.
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AFTER MUCH DIFFICULTY, THEY SUCCEED. THE MONKEYS ARE THEN PLACED IN LARGER QUARTERS.
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TWIN BRIDES WALK INTO CHURCH WITH TWIN FLOWER GIRLS TO MARRY TWIN GROOMS. TWIN FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWIN INFANTS ARE THERE. (ARKANSAS)
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VENEZUELA ROAD: $60,000,000 IS SPENT ON NEW ROAD.
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| 00:03:42 177.17 |
ENGINEER SHOWS MAP OF HIGHWAY WHICH CUTS ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES. AT $1,000 A FOOT IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE HIGHWAY EVER TO BE BUILT.
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| 00:03:54 189.17 |
TNT EXPLOSION CUTS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. HEAVY TRACTORS PUSH DIRT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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| 00:04:46 241.17 |
SHIPBOARD FASHIONS: MODELS SHOW FASHIONS BY U.S.
DESIGNERS, ON BOARD THE LINER'UNITED STATES' |
| 00:06:17 332.17 |
GERTRUDE EDERLE, ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIMMER RAISES OLYMPIC FLAG OVER POOL IN ASTORIA, NEW YORK
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| 00:06:32 347.17 |
OLYMPIC CHAMP SAMMY LEE DOES A DIVE, FOLLOWED BY OTHER OLYMPIC HOPEFULS.
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VOL 25/576
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ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER 'UNITED STATES', CLIPS 10 HOURS FROM RECORD.
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MRS. TRUMAN AND TREASURY SECRETARY SNYDER WISH,' BON VOYAGE', TO MARGARET TRUMAN AND MRS. SNYDER AS THEY TAKE THE MAIDEN VOYAGE.
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| 00:08:33 468.17 |
HUGE CROWD WAVES FAREWELL TO THE SHIP IN DISTANCE.
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| 00:08:44 479.17 |
KOREA: AIR FORCE CHAULKS UP HALF-MILLION SORTIES.
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| 00:08:58 493.17 |
THUNDERJETS TAKE-OFF FOR ROUTINE RAIDS ON RED SUPPLY LINES. AERIAL VIEW SHOWS TARGETS BEING HIT IN THE STRAFINGS, INCLUDING A RUSSIAN MIG BEING SHOT DOWN.
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| 00:10:00 555.17 |
GOP CONVENTION: MACARTHUR IS KEYNOTER AT REPUBLICAN MEET IN CHICAGO. HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE LINE UP OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL WITH BANNERS AND BUTTON ON THEIR LAPELS.
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| 00:10:26 581.17 |
LINE OF GIRLS WITH 'IKE' SCARFS AROUND THEIR REAR ENDS, SHAKE THEIR BOTTOMS IN UNISON.
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| 00:10:35 590.17 |
GENERAL IKE ARRIVES AND WAVES TO THE CROWD. ALSO ARRIVING IS HAROLD STASSEN AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
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| 00:11:01 616.17 |
CALIFORNIAS POPULAR GOVERNOR IS ANOTHER CONTENDER WHO ARRIVES, FOLLOWED BY 'MR.REPUBLICAN' HIMSELF SENATOR ROBERT TAFT.
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| 00:11:36 651.17 |
ONLY LIVING EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER ARRIVES.
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| 00:12:06 681.17 |
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DELIVERS THE KEYNOTE SPEECH IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
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VOL 25/577
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NEW RECORD: SPEEDBOAT SETS 178-MILE MARK. CU STANLEY SPEARS OF SEATTLE DONS HIS CRASH HELMET BEFORE RIDING HIS 'SLOW MOTION 4' SPEEDBOAT.
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| 00:15:32 887.17 |
'SLOW MOTION 4' RACES ACROSS LAKE WASHINGTON AT BREAKNECK SPEED STIRRING UP THE WATER BEHIND. RIGHT ABOVE HIM IS A SEAPLANE TRYING TO KEEP UP.
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MAN WALKS NEXT TO A REALISTIC TOWN OF MAGRADAM, HOLLAND WHICH INCLUDES A HARBOR WITH BOATS. PRINCESS BEATRIX IS THERE AT THE OPENING OF THE MINIATURE VILLAGE.
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TINY TRAFFIC RIDES ON MINIATURE ROADS,A TRAIN RIDES BY AND MINIATURE WINDMILLS TURN.
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MILLION DOLLAR FIRE ROARS THROUGH THE WARNER BROTHERS LOT IN BURBANK,CALIFORNIA A WALL OF FLAME QUICKLY CONSUMES THE BUILDINGS IN THE LOT.
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GOP CONVENTION: TOP NEWSMEN WORK FEVERISHLY AT THEIR TYPEWRITERS IN THE HALL. TOM DEWEY IS TOM DEWEY IS THERE AS IS MANY OTHER REPUBLICANS.
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AN ARGUMENT ENSUES AT THE DIAS BETWEEN GOVERNOR FINE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CHAIRMAN.
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MONTAGE NAMES OF STATES ON PLACARDS FLASH ON SCREEN.
MONTAGE HUGE SECTIONS OF CROWDS CHEER 'FOR IKE'. |
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IKE NOMINATED: MONTAGE FACES OF CONCERNED DELEGATES FLASH ON THE SCREEN AS BALLOT DRAWS NEAR
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MONTAGE DELEGATES CHEER AS IKE IS NOMINATED. IKE AND MAMIE WAVE TO THE CROWD.
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VOL 25/578
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IKE ACCEPTS: IKE AND RIVAL TAFT SHAKES HANDS AS A SYMBOL OF PARTY UNITY. SENATOR KNOWLAND INTRODUCES THE VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SENATOR RICHARD NIXON OF CALIFORNIA.
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TO THE CHANT OF 'WE WANT IKE', EISENHOWER ADDRESSES THE DELEGATES AND ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE IN A SPEECH.
NIXON RAISES IKE'S HAND. |
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TANKER BLASTS: 2 OIL SHIPS AFIRE KILLS ONE AND INJURES 30.
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AERIAL BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE RISS FROM 2 OIL TANKERS AFIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. FIRE BOATS POUR WATER ON THE BLAZE.
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GOLD CUP RACE: 'TWO LEE' WINS CLASSIC, SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. 50,000 FANS ARE OUT FOR THE 13TH RUNNING OF THE HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP RACE.
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VOL 25/579
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DEMOCRATS: CURTAIN RISES ON CHICAGO CONVENTION.
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LARGE PHOTOS OF JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, WILSON AND TRUMAN ARE CARRIED OUT FOR DISPLAY.
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ARRIVING BY DIFFERENT PLANES ARE CANDIDATES KEFAUVER, DICK RUSSELAND HARRIMAN. LARGE PHOTO OF STEVENSON IS OUT FOR DISPLAY.
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ATLANTIC QUEEN: OCEAN LINER UNITED STATES SAILS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER BREAKING TRANS-ATLANTIC SPEED RECORD OM IT'S MAIDEN VOYAGE.
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PASSENGERS LOOK OVER THE RAILS AND WAVE BACK TO CROWDS ON SHORE. FIRE BOATS GIVE THEIR TRADITIONAL SALUTE WITH STREAMS OF WATER.
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AIR STRIKE: 500 PLANES HIT RED KOREAN POWER PLANTS.
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CU MARINES PLOT ON A MAP UNDER THE SHADE OF A TANK BEFORE A BARRAGE OF ARTILERY FROM LARGE GUNS START BLASTING RED POSITIONS.
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TROOPS WITH FLAME THROWERS FOLLOW A TANK ADVANCE.
FLAME THROWERS RAKE THE HILLSIDE. |
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AERIAL FILM SHOW ATTACKS ON SUPPLY LINES. A BRIDGE IS HIT AND BLOWS UP.
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| 00:32:35 1910.17 |
OLYMPICS: HELSINKI MAKES READY FOR ATHLETES OF THE WORLD.
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| 00:32:47 1922.17 |
VIEW OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN FINLAND. MEMBERS OF THE USA TEAM WALK IN GROUPS AS DO OTHER GROUPS.
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| 00:33:09 1944.17 |
MEMBERS OF TEAMS GET ON LINE FOR CHOW WHICH IS SERVED CAFETERIA STYLE.
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PICTURES OF STALIN ADORN THE WALL OF THE SOVIET SECTOR, WHICH IS ISOLATED FROM OTHERS.
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KIDDIE KORNER: KIDS RIDE SMALL CARS AROUND A MINIATURE COURSE IN VANCOUVER. THE COURSE IS COMPLETE WITH STOP, ONE WAY AND NO RIGHT TURN SIGNS
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| 00:34:10 2005.17 |
REAL POLICEMAN STOPS A LITTLE GIRL AND BENDS DOWN TO SEE HER LICENSE. SHE LOOKS THROUGH ALL HER BELONGINGS IN HER BAG TO NO AVAIL.
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CU MUSCLE MAN DAD GIVES HIS MUSCULAR 7 MONTH OLD INFANT A RUBDOWN BEFORE PUTTING HIM THROUGH HIS PACES. THE BABY RUNS ON HIS TOES AS DAD HOLDS HIS HANDS.
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DAD PLACES THE TOT ON A SET OF RINGS AND THE BABY HOLDS HIS OWN WEIGHT WHILE HE SWINGS.
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THE TOT STANDS ERECT ON DADDY'S HAND.
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VOL 25/580
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OLYMPIC OPENING: CROWDS FILE INTO HELSINKI STADIUM FOR OPENING CEREMONIES.
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RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN THE 70,000 FANS MOST USING UMBRELLAS.
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FINNISH PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY OPENS THE GAMES.
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THE RAIN DRENCHED ATHLETES, LED BY THE GREEKS MARCH INTO THE STADIUM. CROWDS CHEER.
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350 AMERICAN ATHLETES ENTER WITH APPLAUSE.
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THOUSANDS OF PIDGEONS ARE RELEASED AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE. FINLANDS GREAT OLYMPIC STAR OF THE 1920s, EVASTAVO NEARNY, RUNS OUT CARRYING THE OLYMPIC TORCH AND LITES THE FLAME.
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SEA TRAGEDY: FOUR DIE AS FREIGHTER BECOMES A FLAMING TORCH.
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AERIAL VIEW OF THE NORWEGIAN VESSLE BLACK GULL STILL IN FLAMES AFTER HER HIGHLY FLAMABLE CARGO EXPLODED AT NIGHT.
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DEMOCRATS: CHOICES WIDE OPEN AS CONVENTION STARTS CROWDS OUTSIDE CONVENTION HALL IN CHICAGO AS DEMOCRATS GET THEIR TURN.
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GUARDS CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DELEGATES, AND NEWSMEN POUND ON THEIR TYPEWRITERS. CU BEVY OF POSTERS WITH VARIOUS STATE SIGNS.
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VETERAN CAMPAIGNER JAMES FARLEY WAVES. GOVERNOR JIMMY BYRNES OF SOUTH CAROLINA IS THERE.
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CONGRESSMAN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT,JR. IS THERE.
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FRANK MCKINNEY BANGS THE GAVEL AND CALLS THE CONVENTION TO ORDER. GOVERNOR DEVER OF MASSACHEUTTES MAKES THE KEYNOTE SPEECH.
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VOL 25/581
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OLYMPICS: RECORDS BROKEN IN WORLD GAME EVENTS.
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CAPACITY CROWD FILLS HELSINKI STADIUM
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DOZENS OF RUNNERS TAKE OFF ON THE 10,000 METER RUN WHICH IS WON BY CZHECK EMILE SATAFEK BEATING HIS FORMER WORLD MARK BY 42 SECONDS.
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CHARLIE MOORE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM WINS THE 400 METER HURDLES SETTING A NEW OLYMPIC RECORD.
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USA'S LINDY RIBITINO WINS THE 100 YARDS DASH IN A PHOTO FINISH, AND GETS THE GOLD.
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EARTHQUAKE: 11 PERISH IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA TEMBLER.
HARD HATS PULL SECTIONS OF A WALL LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS IN DEVASTATED TOWN. |
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BRICKS AND MORTAR LAY ATOP A CAR IN PAHATCHOPE PAHATCHOPEE, WHICH WAS HIT THE HARDEST.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: GROUPS CAUCUS AMID THE CROWD OF DELEGATES AT CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO.
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DELEGATES GIVE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A 15 MINUTE OVATION PRIOR TO HER SPEECH.
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BUY BONDS: ACTOR HUMPHREY BOGART MAKES A PITCH FOR U.S. 'E' SAVINGS BONDS.
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STEVENSON NOMINATED: CHEERS GO UP AS RUSSEL THEN
KEFAUVER ARE PUT UP FOR NOMINATION. EACH ONE HAVING LARGE VOCAL CONSTITUENTS. |
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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, JR. SUBMITS AVERELL HARRIMAN'S NAME FOLLOWED BY WAVING BANNERS.
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THE CONVENTION REALLY GOES WILD AS GOVERNOR STRICKER OF INDIANA SUBMITS STEVENSON'S NAME.
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VOL 25/582
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CAMPAIGN NEWS: DEMOCRATS NAME TICKET AS IKE PLANS STRATEGY.
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ATTENDANTS TRY TO STAMP OUT A FLASH FIRE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR AMID A CROWD OF DELEGATES.
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CU DUMBFOUNDED LOOK OF CONCERN ON A DELEGATES FACE AS THE FIRE IS PUT OUT.
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CHAIRMAN SAM RAYBURN ANNOUNCES THE SELECTION OF ADLAI STEVENSON AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN ESCORTS STEVENSON TO THE PLATFORM.
VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE SPARKMAN IS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE PLATFORM. |
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EISENHOWER DONS RUBBER BOOTS FOR FISHING IN A STREAM AT A MOUNTAIN RETEAT IN COLORADO
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IKE IS JOINED BY RICHARD NIXON WHO ALSO WEARS A RUBBER OUTFIT FOR FISHING.
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NIXON SHYS AWAY AS IKE RAISES HIS ROD TO CAST.
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NIXON LOOKS OUT OF HIS ELEMENT WADING IN A STREAM WITH A FISHING ROD. IKE LOOKS LIKE A PRO.
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IKE AND NIXON SIT OUTSIDE A LOG CABIN AND CHAT INFORMALLY ON CAMERA.
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KOREAN FRONT: B-29 SUPER BOMBERS TAKE OFF FOR RAIDS ON RED BRIDGE AND MILITARY TARGETS.
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AERIAL BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON TARGETS.
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| 00:55:06 3261.17 |
GIS RELAX AND ENJOY A HOLLYWOOD TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS GIVE THEM LAUGHS.
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| 00:55:26 3281.17 |
ONE MARINE SINGS A DUET WITH JOY WINDSOR AND RECEIVES AN OVATION AS HE GIVES HER A SEXY KISS.
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COMIC TAKES A FEW ACROBATIC FALLS.
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OLYMPICS: U.S. DOMINATE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.
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| 00:56:13 3328.17 |
AUSTRALIA'S SHIRLEY STRICKLAND BREAKS RECORD IN THE WOMAN'S 80 METER HURDLES.
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| 00:56:42 3357.17 |
AMERICA'S HARRISON DILLARD BREAKS RECORD ON THE 110 METER HURDLES. U.S. ALSO TAKES 2ND AND 3RD
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| 00:56:47 3362.17 |
USA'S CY YOUNG WINS JAVELIN FOR THE 1ST TIME IN USA'S HISTORY, IN AN OLYMPIC.
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USA'S ANDY SANFIELD WINS 200 METER DASH,WITH HIS TWO TEAMMATES COMING IN 2ND AND 3RD.
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AMERICA'S BOB RICHARD SETS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN THE POLE VAULT. HE JUMPS WITH JOY.
IKE & NIXON WIN AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HELSINKI OLYMPIC GAMES GET UNDER WAY HUMPHREY BOGART PITCHES TREASURY BONDS STEVENSON & SPARKMAN WIN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION |
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