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VOL 25/416
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NATO 'ASSAULT' FULL DRESS LANDING MANEUVERS BY MARINES OFF THE COAST OF TURKEY. AERIAL VIEW OF CARRIER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WITH DECK LOADED WITH PLANES CRUISES ON THE SEA. SAILORS RAISE THE BATTLE FLAGS AND THE PLANES TAKE OFF ONE BY ONE
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| 00:01:27 63.5 |
LS ASSAULT BOATS LOADED WITH MARINES HEAD FOR THE BEACH AT FULL SPEED. AERIAL MARINES CHARGE ONTO THE BEACH. ADMIRAL CARNEY WATCHES WITH BINOCULARS
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| 00:02:09 105.5 |
MS PRESIDENT-ELECT EISENHOWER ARRIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS AND IS MET BY SECRETARY GENERAL TRYGVE LIE OF THE UN.
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| 00:02:23 119.5 |
MS A BATTERY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE FALSH SHOTS.
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| 00:02:50 146.5 |
MONTAGE IKE IS GIVEN A TOUR OF THE NEW BUILDING BY PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON AND OTHERS.
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| 00:03:11 167.5 |
MS INTERNATIONAL VARIETY CUB CELEBRATES ITS SILVER ANNIVERSARY WITH A BANQUET AND THE ADOPTION OF AN ORPHAN BABY GIRL.
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| 00:03:34 190.5 |
LS ACTRESS RHONDA FLEMING HOLDS THE LITTLE BABY AS ACTORS VAN HEFLIN, TONY CURTIS, JANET LEIGH AND OTHERS LOOK ON.
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| 00:04:12 228.5 |
MS A CAMERA THAT OPERATES UNDER WATER WITH ITS OWN POWER IS LOWERED INTO THE WATER OFF COAST OF CANADA. THE OCEAN FLOOR IS CLEAQRLY SEEN ON A TELEVISION SCREEN ON BOARD THE SHIP.
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| 00:04:38 254.5 |
COLLEGE FOOTBALL - USC 14 - UCLA 12
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| 00:04:46 262.5 |
LS USC'S CARMICHAEL RUNS 10 YARDS AND LATERALS TO JIM FEARS WHO TAKES IT 60 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN
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| 00:05:20 296.5 |
LS USC'S ELMER WILLWRIGHT INTERCEPTS A UCLA PASS AND TAKES IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 8 YARD LINE AIDED BY A KEY BLOCK WHICH KNOCKS DOWN 3 TACKLERS AT ONE TIME.
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| 00:05:40 316.5 |
OHIO STATE 27 - MICHIGAN 7
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| 00:06:26 362.5 |
LS OHIO STATE'S MORTON THROWS A PASS TO JOSLYN IN THE END ZONE WHO MAKES A DIVING CATCH FOR A TD.
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VOL 25/417
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| 00:07:35 431.5 |
KOREA - PARATROOPS ACTIVE ON BATTLE FRONT.LS LONG LINES OF PARATROOPS BOARD GIANT TRANSPORT PLANES THAT TAKE OFF FOR THEIR MISSION. TROOPS BAIL OUT FROM NUMEROUS PLANES AS SEEN FROM PLANE.
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| 00:08:36 492.5 |
ELS THE SKY IS FILLED WITH PARACHUTERS WHO SLOWLY FLOAT TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
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| 00:09:00 516.5 |
MOVIE PIONEERS - N.J. BLUMBERG CHOSEN LEADER OF YEAR. JUBILEE DINER AT THE HOTEL ASTOR IN NEW YORK. JUDGE SWEARS IN 62 NEW MEMBERS ON THE STAGE OF THE BANQUET HALL.
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| 00:09:19 535.5 |
LS ACTOR DANNY KAYE LIGHTS THE CIGARETTE OF A VIP SEATED AT HIS DINNER TABLE.
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| 00:10:15 591.5 |
MS BLUMBERG MAKES A SPEECH ON DAIS.
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| 00:11:06 642.5 |
MONTAGE ARMY JEEP IS TAKEN THROUGH A ROUGH BUMPY OBSTACLE COURSE. A SNORKEL IS ATTACHED TO THE JEEP WHICH DRIVES THROUGH WATER 5 FEET DEEP WITHOUT STALLING.
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| 00:11:55 692.5 |
SEATTLE'S ANNUAL SANTA CLAUS PARADE FEATURES LARGE BALLOONS OF COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS. LARGE CROWD OF CHILDREN WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES.
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| 00:12:21 717.5 |
AERIAL LONG TRAIN BALLOON COMPLETE WITH COMIC CHARACTERS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOWS.
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| 00:12:33 729.5 |
OBSERVATORY EXAMINES COSMIC RAYS. CABLE CAR TRAM RIDES UP FRENCH ALPS SHOWS SNOWY LANDSCAPE AS IT RISES.THE MISSION OF THE TRAM IS TO SUPPLY THE OBSERVATORY HIGH IN THE ALPS.LS THE FAMOUS BUILDING IS SEEN FROM THE TRAM AS IT APPROACHES.
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MS A SCIENTIST PEERS THROUGH THE HUGE TELESCOPE
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VOL 25/418
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KOREA AWAITS IKE. DIGNITARIES GATHERFOR HIS INSPECTION.
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| 00:14:38 854.5 |
MS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER MARK CLARK ARRIVES BY PLANE IN KOREA AND IS MET BY GENERAL VAN FLEET ALSO AMONG THE GROUP IS PRESIDENT RHEE OF SOUTH KOREA AND HIS WIFE.
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LS KOREAN WORKERS PAINT HUGE BANNERS OF WELCOME FOR IKE IN SEOUL. THE BANNERS ARE STRETCHED ALONG THE GROUND FOR THE PAINTERS. ARTISTS PAINT HUGE FACES OF IKE ON OTHER POSTERS.
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| 00:15:59 935.5 |
MS ATROLLEY CAR ROLLS BY WITH A WELCOME SIGN ON IT.
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| 00:16:09 945.5 |
WRECKAGE OF A BIG TRANSPORT PLANE CARRYING SERVICE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES LIS SMOLDERING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TACOMA WASHINGTON AFTER CRASHING INTO A HILL. A WORKER LIFTS A SMALL DOLL FROM THE WRECKAGE. 37 PERISHED.
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| 00:16:50 986.5 |
MS A GI'S BOOT LIES AMID THE SMOKING DEBRIS.
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| 00:16:58 994.5 |
MS MRS. MAMIE EISENHOWER ARRIVES AT HER NEW HOME AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR AN INSPECTION TRIP.
WOMEN'S PRESS CORP IS THERE TO GREET HER. MRS TRUMAN GRACIOUSLY ESCORTS MAMIE THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE AS PHOTOGS HAVE A FIELD DAY. |
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MS A MONSTROUS SIZE AMPHIBIOUS SIZE CARGO LANDING CRAFT CALLED THE 'BARGE' IS TESTED
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LS A GI HOLDS UP A REGULAR SIZED TIRE T COMPARE IT WITH BARGE'S VEHICLE, WHICH DWAFTS BOTH THE THE TIRE AND THE GI HIMSELF. THE HUGE VEHICLE IS GENTLY ROLLED INTO THE WATER.
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| 00:18:34 1090.5 |
MS INCOMING DEFENSE SECRETARY WILSON AND OUTGOING ONE LOVETT HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE.
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| 00:19:07 1123.5 |
MS ARMY DEMONSTRATES 'RAYWIND' NEWEST METEORLOGICAL WARFARE DEVICE. THE DEVICE MEASURES WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY. A BALLOON WITH A RADIO TRANSMITTER ATTACHED IS RELEASED INTO THE AIR AND THE RADAR LOOKING DEVICE FOLLOWS IT AS IT RACES ALONG THE SKY.
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| 00:19:34 1150.5 |
COLLEGE FOOTBALL - ARMY - NAVY MIDDIES SINK CADETS BY SCORE OF 7 TO 0
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| 00:19:42 1158.5 |
ARMY THEN NAVY CADETS MARCH ONTO FIELD IN TRADITIONAL FASHION BEFORE THE GAME.
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MS PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND DAUGHTER MARGARET SIT ON THE NAVY SIDE AS ARMY SECRETARY TATE AND GENERAL IRVING WEST POINT SUPERINTENDANT WITH BRITISH AIR MARSHAL TETTER SIT ON ARMY SIDE.
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| 00:20:23 1199.5 |
MS ARMY MASCOT MULE AND NAVY'S GOAT ARE BROUGHT OUT ONTO THE FIELD.
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LS FRED FRANCO THE NAVY'S WORKHORSE BREAKS THROUGH 45 YARDS FOLLOWED BY NAVY'S PHIL MONAHAN WHO SCORES ON TWO PLAYS AND THE ONLY SCORE OF THE GAME.
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VOL 25/419
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SAAR ELECTIONS - FRENCH FACTION WINS PLEBISCITE
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| 00:21:36 1272.5 |
LS SMOKE RISES FROM STACKS IN FACTORIES IN THE RICH INDUSTRIAL SAAR VALLEY DISPUTED BY FRANCE AND GERMANY. THOUGH POPULATED BY GERMANS IT IS ECONOMICALLY LINKED TO FRANCE.
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| 00:22:17 1313.5 |
MS BALLOTS ARE COUNTED TO DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE VALLEY. MS COAL MINERS READ THE DISPUTE IN THE PAPERS.
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| 00:22:54 1351.5 |
LS THE 14TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE C.I.O. MEET IN ATLANTIC CITY. DEFEATED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ADLAI STEVENSON SPEAKS TO THE DELEGATES
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| 00:23:51 1407.5 |
MS NEW C.I.O. CHIEF WALTER REUTER ALSO SPEAKS.
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| 00:24:01 1417.5 |
LS IN FRONT OF 2000 MEXICAN OFFICIALS, LUIS CORTINEZ TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE AS MEXICAN PRESIDENT.
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| 00:24:50 1466.5 |
MONTAGE FRENCH AND VIETNAMESE FORCES BATTLE RED FORCES THAT HAVE REACHED THE FRENCH LINES IN INDO CHINA. TROOPS FIRE MACHINE GUNS AND MORTORS AT THE ENEMY.
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| 00:25:16 1492.5 |
MONTAGE MACHINERY IN ENGLAND'S MINT GOES INTO HIGH GEAR STAMPING OUT NEW COINS FOR THE COMING CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II. COINS POUR OUT OF MACHINERY. CU OF THE NEW COINS ARE SHOWN.
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| 00:25:36 1512.5 |
MS THE NEW THUNDERSTREAK FIGHTER-BOMBER IS ROLLED OUT OF THE REPUBLIC PLANT ON LONG ISLAND. THE PLANE IS FLIGHT TESTED.
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| 00:26:20 1556.5 |
MS TO PROTECT THE LIVING ROOM FROM BEING MUDDIED BY A DOZEN PUPPY DOGS, A WOMAN HANGS THEM UP TO DRY IN CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS OVER THE FIREPLACE.
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| 00:26:50 1586.5 |
MS SANTA VISITS AMERICAN AND GERMAN CHILDREN OF GIS IN HEIDLEBERG AND LISTENS TO THEIR REQUESTS ON HIS LAP.
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| 00:27:29 1625.5 |
BILLY VESSELS GETS HEISMAN GRID TROPHY. FILM OF HIS EXPLOITS PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR OKLAHOMA ARE SHOWN.
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VOL 25/420
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EISENHOWER IN KOREA - AERIAL VIEW OF KOREAN TERRAIN AS SEEN BY IKE FROM PLANE. IKE TRAVELS FROM UNIT TO UNIT IN A LIGHT PLANE. VAPOR COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH INDICATING THE COLD AS HE SPEAKS TO THE MEN. GENERAL MARK CLARK ACCOMPANIES IKE ON HIS TOUR. GENERAL VAN FLEET IS THERE AS IS GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, CAHIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. MAJOR JOHN EISENHOWER POSES WITH HIS FATHER.
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| 00:31:12 1848.5 |
MS IKE REVIEWS TROOPS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.
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| 00:31:22 1858.5 |
MS IKE SITS DOWN AND EATS CHOW FROM A TRAY WITH THE COMMON GI.
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| 00:31:54 1891.5 |
MS IKE IS GREETED BY SOUTH KOREA'S SIGMON RHEE AS HE VISITS SOUTH KOREAN CRACK FORCES.
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| 00:32:53 1949.5 |
MONTAGE HALF MILLION SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS AND CHEERING IKE'S VISIT CROWD THE STREETE OF SEOUL. IKE HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE IN KOREA. PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE KOREANS.
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| 00:35:03 2079.5 |
VOL 25/421
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| 00:35:22 2098.5 |
INDO-CHINA FRENCH STRIKE BACK IN SAVAGE ATTACK.
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| 00:35:32 2108.5 |
CU VIETNAMESE NATIVE WITH LARGE STRAW HAT LOOKS SKYWOOD AT FRENCH TRANSPORT PLANE DROPPING SUPPLIES OVER SURROUNDED FRENCH FORCES.
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MONTAGE FRENCH SOLDIERS BUILD BARBED WIRE BARRICADES AROUND THEIR PERIMETER. MS TROOPS USE PICK AXES AND SHOVELS TO BUILD TRENCHES.LS PLANES DROP NAPALM BOMBS ON ENEMY NEARBY.
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| 00:36:45 2181.5 |
LS HEAVY CRUISER 'HELENA' SPEEDS ALONG ON ITS WAY TO HAWAII WITH PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ABOARD. IKE AND DEFENSE SECRETARY WILSON CHAT ON DECK OF CRUISER.
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| 00:37:10 2206.5 |
LS FREIGHTER S.S.YORKMAR DRIVEN AGROUND BY HEAVY WINDS OFF THE COAST OF SEATTLE.
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| 00:37:47 2243.5 |
LS PREDIDENT JUAN PERON ARRIVES TO OPEN A SPECIAL OF THE ARGENTINIAN CONGRESS IN BUENAS AIRES. HE MAKES SPEECH OUTLINING REFORMS.
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MS NAVAL BASE MAKES FILM OF FAMILIES OF GI'S AWAY FROM HOME TO BOOST THEIR MORALE. GIGI THE CLOWN GETS THE KIDS TO SMILE FOR THEIR DADDIES.
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| 00:38:50 2306.5 |
CU GRAND NATIONAL NEEDLEWORK CHAMPIONS DO SOME OF THEIR HANDIWORK FOR THE CAMERA. MISS MARGARET OKAHARA SHOWS SOME OF HER PRIZE WINNERS INCLUDING A CROCHETED U.S. FLAG. CU OF WOMAN CROCHETING.
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| 00:39:18 2334.5 |
MS PRIZE WINNING MAN SITS AND CROCHETS.
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| 00:39:29 2345.5 |
LS ROYAL MARINES GO THROUGH THEIR PACES ON THE ISLE OF MALTA. THEY CLIMB DOWN ROCKY CLIFTS ALONG THE COASTLINE USING MOUNTAINEER GEAR, THEY CROSS RAVINES ON ROPE BRIDGES AND THEY ACTUALLY RUN DOWN THE SIDE OF A CLIFF, USING ROPE GEAR.
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| 00:39:53 2369.5 |
MS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WATCHES THE EXERCISES THROUGH BINOCULARS.
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| 00:40:07 2383.5 |
BRITAIN EXPLODES ITS A-BOMB OFF AUSTRALIA. OLD WARSHIPS ARE MOORED AT THE BLAST SITE. AERIAL VIEW OF BARREN ISLAND WHERE BLAST WILL BE SET OFF
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| 00:41:14 2450.5 |
CU TECHNICIAN WATCHES TIME TICK OFF TO ZERO. LS THE BOMB BLASTS SENDING UP A HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE.
DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL MUSHROOM CLOUD. |
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VOL 25/422
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| 00:42:14 2510.5 |
IKE COMES HOME HOPEFUL ON OUTLOOK IN KOREA. HE SPEAKS AT THE AIRPORT ABOUT HIS TRIP AND HIS HOPES.
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| 00:43:16 2572.5 |
VIOLENCE FLARES IN NORTH AFRICA AS FRENCH BURY THEIR DEAD AFTER MASS RIOTING BY ARABS.
MS VEILED WIVES OF SLAIN FRENCHMEN ARE ASSISTED BY FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY FOLLOW FUNERAL CARS. |
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MS FRENCH TROOPS PATROL STREETS AND SEARCH ARAB MEN. A DESTROYED CAR AND TRUCK WITH SMASHED WINDOWS LIES IN STREET. CAPTURED RING LEADERS STAND SOLEMNLY BEFORE CACHE OF KNIVES AND AXES THEY WERE CAUGHT WITH.
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| 00:44:35 2651.5 |
AMERICA'S HERITAGE ENSHRINED - THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S ARE TRANSFERRED UNDER HEAVY GUARD TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING BY ARMED SOLDIERS..
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| 00:44:53 2669.5 |
CROWD GATHERS TO HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAK BEFORE THE UNVEILING OF THE DOCUMENTS ON A SPECIAL PLATFORM. A CROWD LINES UP TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTS.
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| 00:45:40 2716.5 |
MS BACK STREETS AND SLUMS OF SEOUL, KOREA WHERE A KOREAN STIRS A LARGE POT OF BOILING WATER IN WHICH HE PLACED U.S. ARMY CLOTHING GOTTEN ON THE BLACK MARKET AND HE DYES IT A DIFFERENT COLOR.
THE BOILED CLOTHING IS REMOVED FROM THE POT AND PLACED ON A CLOTHES LINE TO COOL OFF AND DRY. |
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MS THE CLOTHING IS SOLD IN A CROWDED MARKET.WHEN WOMEN SELLERS SPOT THE CAMERA THEY SCOOP UP THE CLOTHING AND HIDE THEM.
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| 00:47:00 2796.5 |
MS GIANT NEW FAIRLESS STEEL PLANT OPENS IN MORRISVILLE, PA.AS MRS BENJAMIN FAIRLESS
CHRISTENS THE BLAST FURNACE WITH A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE. MS 7 YEAR OLD NANCY FAIRLESS LITES A FUSE WHICH STARTS UP THE FURNACE. |
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FINGER-TIP FANTASIES - WORLD FAMED JOANNIE FAMILY MASTERS OF ANCIENT ART OF SHADOW PLAY USE THEIR FINGERS TO CAST SHADOWS OF ANIMALS AND PEOPLE ON A SCREEN.
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| 00:47:47 2843.5 |
MS THE JOANNIES DO A REMARKABLE SCENE OF A BULL FIGHT WITH THEIR FINGERS, AND MUCH MORE.
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VOL 25/423
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IKE AND MACARTHUR MEET AND CONFER ON SOLUTION OF KOREAN CRISIS. MS IKE AND MACARTHUR SPEAK TO NEWSMEN OUTSIDE HOME OF JOHN FOSTER DULLES IN NEW YORK.
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| 00:49:45 2961.5 |
NATO OPENS NEW SESSION FOR PLANNING. MS DIPLOMATS FROM ALL NATO NATIONS ARRIVE AT FRANCE'S PALACE DE CHIOLE IN PARIS.
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| 00:50:50 3027.5 |
MS NEW BODY ARMOR IS SHOWN BY THE ARMY'S QUARTER MASTER CORP AS GI MODELS THE NEW EQUIPMENT.
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| 00:51:40 3076.5 |
MS PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESIDES AT DINNER FOR THE AERO CLUB IN CELEBRATION OF THE 49TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK.
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| 00:51:48 3085.5 |
MS TRUMAN GIVES AWARDS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AERONICAL PROGRESS TO JIMMY DOLITTLE AND OTHERS.
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| 00:52:10 3106.5 |
MS A CARGO OF FOOD AND CLOTHING IS LOADED ON A FREIGHTER IN NEW YORK FOR SHIPMENT TO KOREA.
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN IS THERE TO BLESS THE SHIPMENT CONTRIBUTED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES. |
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MS PACKAGES AND TRUCKS TO DELIVER THE GOODS ARE LOADED ABOARD BY WINCH.
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| 00:52:34 3130.5 |
MS WORKS OF ART ARE ON DISPLAY IN ITALY INCLUDING DIFFERENT KINDS OF HAND CRAFT SUCH AS A MASK MADE OF STRAW AND CERAMICS.
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| 00:53:30 3186.5 |
MONTAGE ARCHETIC SHOWS PLANNING MODELS OF NEW MODERN CITY WHICH WAS BUILT IN CARACAS USING 300 MILLION A YEAR OF OIL MONEY.
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| 00:53:55 3211.5 |
AERIAL VIEW OF NEW MODERN CITY
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| 00:54:08 3224.5 |
SEASON'S WISHES - MS EMBASSY CHILDREN GIVE THEM IN MANY TONGUES
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| 00:54:23 3239.5 |
MS CHILDREN FROM 53 EMBASSIES IN WASHINGTON AND WEARING THEIR NATIVE DRESS WISH SEASONS GREETINGS TO AMERICA. MS A LITTLE CHILD WEARING A DIAPER WITH 1953 ON THE BACK WALKS ONTO THE STAGE.
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