19521950s NEWSREELS
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ISSUE# 99
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| 07:08:42 0.7 |
IT'S STEVENSON.
HUGE RAUCOUS CROWD AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION BEGINS IT'S NOMINATION. RUSSELL, KEFAUVER, HARRIMAN AND STEVENSON ARE CANDIDATES, STEVENSON WINS. |
| 07:09:46 64.7 |
FIRE IN MIDST OF CROWD INTERRUPTS CONVENTION.
ATTENDANTS STOMP ON THE PAPER FIRE WITH THEIR FEET AS EXCITED VOICE SHOUTS, "THE FIREMEN ARE HERE, THE FIREMEN ARE HERE, LET'S NOT HAVE ANY PANIC". |
| 07:10:25 103.7 |
STEVENSON WATCHES CONVENTION ON TV FROM HIS HOTEL ROOM. AFTER CONCESSIONS FROM OTHER CANDIDATES, SAM RAYBURN ANNOUNCES STEVENSON'S NOMINATION.
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| 07:11:49 187.7 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ACCOMPANIES STEVENSON TO ROSTRUM FOR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
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| 07:12:05 203.7 |
STEEL STRIKE SETTLED CIO PRESIDENT PHILIP MURRAY AND BENJAMIN FEERLESS ARRIVE AT WHITE HOUSE STEPS AND POSE FOR CAMERAMEN. MURRAY AND FEERLESS MEET WITH TRUMAN IN OVAL OFFICE.
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| 07:12:37 235.7 |
OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD WALT DAVIS CLEAR HIGH BAR IN SLO-MOTION, SETTING NEW OLYMPIC RECORD AND AMERICA'S 1ST GOLD MEDAL.
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| 07:13:08 266.7 |
RUSSIA'S POWERFULLY BUILT NINA ROMOSKOVA HURLS DISCUS FOR RECORD THROW BY WOMAN.
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| 07:13:28 286.7 |
CROWDED FIELD TAKES OFF FOR 10,000 METER RACE CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S EMIL SZODAFEC SMASHES HIS OWN RECORD TO WIN.
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| 07:13:55 313.7 |
CROWDED FIELD TAKE OFF AND EXIT THE STADIUM IN THE COMICAL LOOKING 50,000 METER WALK.
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| 07:14:11 329.7 |
U.S. JERRY BISSLE WINS GOLD IN BROAD JUMP.
REAR VIEW OF CONTESTANTS DOING THE 50,000 METER WALK DOWN AN AVENUE. 3 WALKERS SHAKE THEIR BEHINDS IN DRAMATIC FASHION. |
| 07:14:28 346.7 |
U. S. CHARLIE MOORE WINS THE 400 METER HURDLES AS CAMERA SWINGS OVER TO COMICAL WALKING RACE.
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| 07:15:10 388.7 |
U. S. A.'S REMIGINO TAKE GOLD IN 100 METER DASH IN A PHOTO FINISH. BACK TO THE WALKERS. CU WALKER'S REAR END SHAKING AS HE WALKS.
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| 07:15:39 417.7 |
GIUSEPPI GORGONI OF ITALY WALKS BACK INTO STADIUM AND TO FINISH LINE FOR A GOLD MEDAL
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| 07:15:59 437.7 |
ISSUE# 99
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| 07:16:14 452.7 |
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CROWDS CARRYING PLACARDS ARRIVE BY TRAIN AND FILL STATIONS & HOTEL LOBBIES. SPEAKER RAYBURN ARRIVES.
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| 07:17:05 503.7 |
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ADLAI STEVENSON ARRIVES ON PRIVATE PLANE. CU HANDS HOLDS NEWSPAPER WITH CONVENTION HEADLINES ON FRONT PAGE. POSTMASTER GENERAL JIM FARLEY LOWERS IS BEHIND PAPER.
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| 07:17:26 524.7 |
DONKEY WEARING A COONSKIN HAT. CANDIDATES SENATORS KEFAUVER AND RUSSELL ARE THERE.
CANDIDATE AVERELL HARRIMAN CHATS WITH HIS ADVISOR FDR, JR. |
| 07:18:03 561.7 |
INDIA EDWARDS, CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND AIMING TO BE 1ST WOMAN IN THAT POST, WAVES FOR CAMERA.
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| 07:18:15 573.7 |
CONVENTION CHAIRMAN MCKINNEY BANGS GAVEL FOR ORDER. STEVENSON MAKES BRIEF SPEECH.
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| 07:19:57 675.7 |
45 RESCUED FROM BLAZING FREIGHTER AERIAL THE NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER "BLACK GULL" BURNS AT SEA 65 MILES FROM MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
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| 07:20:30 708.7 |
SHOCKED AND DAZED SURVIVORS ARE HELPED ASHORE OFF THE RESCUE SHIP.
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| 07:20:44 722.7 |
OLYMPIC GAMES OPEN RAIN SOAKED CROWD OF 70,000 WATCH FINNISH PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY OPEN GAMES IN HELSINKI.
MONTAGE ATHLETES OF ALL COUNTRIES PARADE ONTO FIELD IN RAIN. |
| 07:21:08 746.7 |
JAPANESE ONTO THE OLYMPIC STADIUM PARADE FOR 1ST TIME SINCE WAR
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| 07:21:21 759.7 |
400 RUSSIAN ATHLETES MARCH ONTO FIELD FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 1912
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| 07:21:40 778.7 |
"FLYING FINN" PAAVO NURMI CARRIES THE TORCH AND LIGHTS THE OLYMPIC FLAME. 7 THOUSAND PIGEONS ARE RELEASED
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| 07:22:28 826.7 |
ISSUE# 101
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| 07:22:42 840.7 |
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE STEVENSON AND SPARKMAN ARE NOMINATED AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
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| 07:23:21 879.7 |
EISENHOWER AND NIXON CASUALLY DRESSED IKE GREETS RUNNING MATE NIXON AT BRAZER, COLORADO AND 2 SIT OUTSIDE LOG CABIN TO PLOT STRATEGY.
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| 07:23:42 900.7 |
IKE SHOWS NIXON HOW TO HANDLE A FISHING ROD.
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| 07:23:49 907.7 |
NEWS HEADLINES. UN PLANES BLAST KOREA RED CAPITAL BOMBS DROP FROM BOMB BAYS OF B-29'S OVER PYONGYANG. AERIAL BOMBS BLASTING ON TARGETS.
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| 07:24:38 956.7 |
HUGE CROWD OF GIS WATCH ENTERTAINERS PUT ON USO SHOW ON OUTDOOR STAGE. ACTRESS PATRICIA NEAL AND ACTOR PAT MORAN PUT ON SLOW MOTION ACT WHICH BRINGS ON LAUGHTER AND CHEERS.
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| 07:25:00 978.7 |
ENTERTAINERS SING AND DO COMEDY ACTS IN POURING RAIN.
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| 07:25:23 1001.7 |
PUERTO RICO BECOMES FREE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNOR MUNOS MARIN AND CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR JOHN LODGE WATCH MILITARY PARADE AND FLORAL FLOATS WITH GIRLS
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| 07:26:02 1040.7 |
PUERTO RICO'S FLAG IS RAISED NEXT TO U. S.
FLAG AT HISTORIC EL MORO FORTRESS. |
| 07:26:05 1043.7 |
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS CONFERENCE 18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE BRINGS DELEGATES FROM 68 NATIONS AND BOTH SIDES OF IRON CURTAIN TO TORONTO, CANADA.
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| 07:26:33 1071.7 |
PETS ON LOAN SIGN OVER DOOR, "ANIMAL LENDING LIBRARY" AS KIDS ENTER PET LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA JUNIOR MUSEUM IN SACRAMENTO
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| 07:26:52 1090.7 |
MONTAGE KIDS PET SKUNKS, PORCUPINES AND OTHER RODENTS. KIDS CARRY ANIMALS IN THEIR ARMS AND TAKE THEM HOME FOR A WEEK.
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| 07:27:09 1107.7 |
PORCUPINE AND YOUNG BOY LOOK OUT WINDOW OF CAR AS THEY PREPARE TO RIDE HOME.
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| 07:27:14 1112.7 |
CU OWL PEERS INTO CAMERA.
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| 07:27:16 1114.7 |
LATEST OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS MAL WHITFIELD STANDS FOR GOLD MEDAL AS HE WINS 800 METER RUN.
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| 07:27:40 1138.7 |
REVEREND ROBERT RICHARDS RUNS TOWARD THE CAMERA AS HE POLE VAULTS TO A GOLD MEDAL. RICHARDS JUMPS WITH JOY AFTER THE WIN.
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| 07:28:08 1166.7 |
U. S. TY YOUNG HURLS JAVELIN FOR 1ST EVER U. S. WIN IN JAVELIN. HUNGARY'S JOSEPH THURMAC HURLS HAMMER FOR RECORD THROW.
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| 07:28:18 1176.7 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S EMIL SOLOFEC WINS 5000 AND 10,000 METER RUNS. AMERICA'S ANDY SANFIELD WINS 200 METER.
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| 07:28:52 1210.7 |
HARRISON DILLARD WINS IN 110 METER HURDLES.
DILLARD AND 2 OTHER AMERICANS STAND FOR GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS. |
| 07:28:59 1217.7 |
ISSUE# 102
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| 07:29:15 1233.7 |
FOREIGN NEWS. BRITISH TANK IS ALWAYS ON TARGET BRITISH CENTURION TANK GOES THROUGH IT'S PACES
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| 07:30:00 1278.7 |
MISS TRUMAN VISITS PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, VINCENT AURIOL AND HIS WIFE.
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| 07:30:23 1301.7 |
THOUSANDS SEE EVA PERON EVITA IN STATE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ARGENTINIANS LINE UP TO SEE EVA PERON LIE IN STATE IN BUENOS AIRES. HUGE PILE OF FLORAL BOUQUETS PILED HIGH AGAINST BUILDING.
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| 07:30:45 1323.7 |
HUGE PHOTO OF EVA PERON ON WALL OF BUILDING
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| 07:30:55 1333.7 |
FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY MAN IN FRANCE POINTS LONG BRANCH SKYWARD WHERE HE SAW AND PHOTOGRAPHED A FLYING SAUCER. CU PHOTOS OF OBJECT SEEN IN SKY.
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| 07:31:13 1351.7 |
MILITARY OFFICIAL LETS LOOSE A WEATHER BALLOON AND COMPARES PHOTOS OF IT WITH OBJECT SIGHTED BY FRENCHMAN. THERE IS A STRIKING CONTRAST.
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| 07:31:43 1381.7 |
GENERAL SANFORD, AIR FORCE'S INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR, HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE AND EXPLAINS PHENOMENA.
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| 07:32:52 1450.7 |
VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATES IN NEWS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE NIXON & FAMILY POSE FOR CAMERA.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE SPARKMAN POSES WITH FAMILY |
| 07:33:33 1491.7 |
OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD FINALE A FIELD OF 61 RUNNERS EXIT STADIUM FOR THE MARATHON. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN STREET APPLAUD RUNNERS.
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| 07:33:55 1513.7 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S EMIS SOLOFEC WINS IT.
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| 07:34:07 1525.7 |
U. S. BOB MATHIAS GETS OFF TO A STRONG START ON THE DECATHALON BY WINNING THE 100 METER DASH.
FOLLOWED BY A WIN IN THE 110 METER HIGH HURDLES WHERE HE BREAKS RECORD. |
| 07:34:20 1538.7 |
JOSEPH BARTHEL OF LUXEMBOURG UPSETS BOB MCMILLAN IN 1500 METER RACE. BARTHEL IS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AS HE WINS 1ST GOLD MEDAL EVER FOR LUXEMBOURG.
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| 07:34:53 1571.7 |
FBI MAN ORIN HASHINFELDER IS SURPRISE WINNER OF 3000 METER STEEPLECHASE, A HURDLES AND WATER JUMP RACE, RARELY RUN IN AMERICA.
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| 07:35:09 1587.7 |
AMERICAN GIRLS RUN THE WOMEN'S 400 METER RELAY AND ARE SURPRISE WINNERS. THEY SHOW THEIR JOY AFTER THE RACE WITH AN EMBRACE AND JUMPING.
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| 07:35:23 1601.7 |
ISSUE# 103
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| 07:35:39 1617.7 |
WORLD NEWS. U. S. COPTERS MAKE 1ST ATLANTIC HOP.
IN OPERATION "HOP-ALONG" 2 HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF FROM GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR FOR AND LAND IN SCOTLAND FOR THEIR FINAL LEG. |
| 07:36:44 1682.7 |
EGYPT'S FAROUK IN EXILE ROYAL YACHT ENTERS BAY OF NAPLES, THEN TO CAPRI, WITH FAROUK AND FAMILY ABOARD.
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| 07:37:14 1712.7 |
NEW U.S. HIGH COMMISSIONER IN GERMANY WALTER J. DONNELLY ARRIVES IN BONN, GERMANY WITH WIFE AND KIDS AND DACHSHUND.
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| 07:37:39 1737.7 |
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. TRUMAN SIGNS WEST GERMAN PEACE PACT TRUMAN PLACES SIGNATURE ON DOCUMENT.
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| 07:38:00 1758.7 |
15 MILLION MILE AIR VETS ARE HONORED 25 YEAR SERVICE PINS ARE PRESENTED TO CAPTAINS RALPH JOHNSON AND RUBIN WAGNER BY W. A. PATTERSON, PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN AIRLINES.
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| 07:38:27 1785.7 |
H. M. WARNER DEDICATES NEW LEGION CENTER IN WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA HE GAVE AS GIFT.
CAPTAIN RAYMOND HARVEY, MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER, LEADS GROUP INCLUDING RONALD REAGAN, DANNY THOMAS RANDOLPH SCOTT AND WILL ROGERS, JR., IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MS- WARNER MAKES SPEECH. |
| 07:39:38 1856.7 |
BLIND MARINE GENERAL GETS 2ND STAR GENERAL MAAS GETS 2ND STAR AND RETIRES AS MAJOR GENERAL. MARINE CORP COMMANDANT GENERAL LEMUEL SHEPPARD DOES THE PRESENTATION. MRS. MAAS PINS ON STAR AND A KISS.
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| 07:40:10 1888.7 |
OLYMPIC SWIMMING AND DIVING U. S. CLARK SHOLES WINS 100 METER FREE STYLE.
STANDS FOR GOLD |
| 07:40:34 1912.7 |
17 YEAR OLD HUNGARIAN GIRL KATALEEN SOPHIE, WINS WOMEN'S 100 METER RACE
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| 07:40:47 1925.7 |
FRENCHMAN WINS MEN'S 400 METER FREE STYLE BY A TOUCH AND HIS FATHER JUMPS INTO POOL WITH CLOTHES ON AND HUGS HIM
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| 07:41:41 1979.7 |
AMERICA'S SAMMY LEE PUTS ON A DAZZLING SHOW FROM THE HIGH PLATFORM TO WIN GOLD. HE STANDS TO RECEIVE HIS MEDAL.
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