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THE ROYAL WEDDING. PRINCESS ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILIP MARRIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. (11/24/47)
21-YEAR-OLD HEIRESS TO BRITISH THRONE WEDS LT. MOUNTBATTEN, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. |
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MONTAGE YOUNG BOY IS PASSED OVERHEAD IN HUGE CROWD OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LINING THE STREETS IN LONDON TO SEE THE COLORFUL PAGEANT OF POMP.
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CU DUKE OF EDINBURGH & BEST MAN CHECK TIME BEFORE ENTERING CHAPEL. CHEERS GO UP AS BRIDEGROOM RIDES TO THE ABBEY
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MONTAGE HORSE BACKGUARD FOLLOW CARRIAGE BEARING PRINCESS MARGARET. QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCESS MARGARET ARE HAILED AS THEY DRIVE BY IN THE GLASS COACH, ESCORTED BY HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY IN FULL DRESS UNIFORM. THUNDEROUS ACCLAIM IS GIVEN KING GEORGE & THE BRIDE IN THE IRISH STATE COACH.
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AERIAL COUPLE BEFORE ALTAR AT ABBEY
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MONTAGE PRINCESS & DUKE EXIT ABBEY AMID POMP
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KING GEORGE & QUEEN ELIZABETH FOLLOW. TRIP BACK TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS MARKED BY A ROARING RECEPTION AS THE PEOPLE CHEER.
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MONTAGE ROYALTY OF ALL COUNTRIES FOLLOW INCLUDING CHURCHILL. ATTENDED BY KINGS & QUEENS OF EUROPE, PRINCES & PRINCESSES, THE LEADERS OF GOVERNMENTS, STATESMEN, AND A WHOLE GALAXY OF DIGNITARIES.
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00:06:27 349.67 |
ROYAL FAMILY WAVE TO PEOPLE FROM PALACE BALCONY
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MONTAGE PRINCESS & DUKE RIDE TO WATERLOO STATION, BOARD TRAIN FOR HONEYMOON.
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UN VOTES TO DIVIDE PALESTINE INTO ARAB & JEWISH STATES. (12/2/47)
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS MEETS TO MAKE FINAL DECISION IN THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE.
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CU MAP SHOWS ARAB & JEWISH ZONES
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DELEGATE FROM SAUDI ARABIA VOWS VIOLENCE IF JEWS GET STATE. THE PLAN FOR A JEWISH STATE IS BITTERLY OPPOSED BY ARAB COUNTRIES WHO THREATEN VIOLENT RESISTANCE.
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00:09:44 546.67 |
AFTER MUCH ANGRY DEBATE THE NATIONS ARE CALLED UPON TO VOTE BY PRESIDING OFFICER ARANHA OF BRAZIL
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UN LISTS NAMES OF COUNTRIES VOTING YES AND NO.
FINAL VOTE TO ADOPT PARTITION: 33 IN FAVOR, 13 AGAINST, 10 ABSTAINING. DECREEING A JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE. |
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FRENCH CRISIS POINTS EAST-WEST CONFLICT ON MARSHALL PLAN. (12/8/47)
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BIG 4 PARLEY IN DEADLOCK. THE LONDON CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS STALEMATED BY SOVIET DEMANDS MADE BY MOLOTOV. SECY OF STATE MARSHALL
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JOHN FOSTER DULLES & FRENCH PREMIER SHUMAN CONFER IN PARIS.
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FRENCH COMMUNISTS ASK CONTINUATION OF STRIKES.
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FRENCH COMMUNIST LEADER THOREZ RETURNS FROM MOSCOW. SPEAKS TO HUGE CROWD. CALLS FOR NATIONAL TIE-UP
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PARIS EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED BY COMMUNIST SABOTAGE.
20 ARE KILLED AS RAILS LOOSENED ON A CURVE CAUSE A RAILROAD DISASTER. |
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MONTAGE TRAIN WRECK SABOTAGED BY FRENCH COMMUNISTS
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U.S. FRIENDSHIP TRAIN FOOD FOR FRANCE. CARGO OF STAPLES GOES TO EUROPE, PLAN BITTERLY OPPOSED BY COMMUNISTS.
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MONTAGE FOOD FOR FRANCE LOADED ON US FRIENDSHIP CARGO SHIP. SACKS & BOXES LOADED INTO SHIP'S HULL
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MICHAEL OF RUMANIA FORCED TO ABDICATE THRONE BY REDS. (1/8/48)
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MONTAGE YOUNG MICHAEL, BOY MONARCH, IN SMALL CARRIAGE BEARING PRINCESS MARGARET
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YOUNG MICHAEL IN BERET BEHIND WHEEL OF MOVIETONE TRUCK IN 1932
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YOUNG MICHAEL BEHIND DESK IN SCHOOLROOM
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PRINCE MICHAEL & KING CAROL AT DINNER
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KING MICHAEL & QUEEN MOTHER HELEN WALK THRU MARKETPLACE
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CU PHOTO OF PRINCESS ANNE OF BOURBON-PARMA, WHOM MICHAEL ABDICATED FOR LOVE. GIVING UP THRONE TO MARRY, PERMISSION FOR WHICH WAS REFUSED BY COMMUNIST OVERLORDS IN PUPPET-STATE OF RUMANIA.
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BURMESE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE. (1/16/48)
BURMA CELEBRATES NEW INDEPENDENCE IN RANGOON |
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BRITISH FLAG LOWER & BURMESE FLAG RAISED AS GREAT BRITAIN GIVES UP ANOTHER OF ITS POSSESSIONS & ONE MORE REPUBLIC IS BORN IN THE ORIENT.
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MAN WITH UMBRELLA CARRIES NUDE BABY IN RANGOON
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MONTAGE NEW PRESIDENT SAILS ON ORNATE GOLDEN BARGE ON RIVER
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THE WORLD MOURNS MAHATMA GANDHI, SLAIN BY ASSASSIN (3/3/48). MONTAGE OF GANDHI'S LIFE& HIS LIFE-LONG FIGHT FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE.
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CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS IN 1931, AFTER GANDHI'S RELEASE FROM JAIL FOR AGITATING RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RULE IN INDIA.
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AERIAL GANDHI CLIMBS ONTO SEAT UNDER LARGE UMBRELLA IN DELHI SQUARE
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AERIAL VAST MASSES OF FOLLOWERS RALLY
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GANDHI DEBARKS SHIP IN FRANCE
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LEANING OUT OF WINDOW OF TRAIN
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MONTAGE OF SCENES OF GENTLE MAN
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BEING LEAD THROUGH CROWD IN ENGLAND
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GANDHI GIVES MESSAGE FOR BRITISH CHILDREN "I LOVE YOU ALL AS MY OWN CHILDREN"
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TREATY MAKING SESSION
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MONTAGE GANDHI ON PILGRIMAGE
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THE FUNERAL OF GANDHI AT DELHI (2/10/48)
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MORE THAN ONE MILLION MOURNERS, AMONG THEM THOUSANDS OF MOSLEMS, SWARM TO SEE THE FINAL RITUALS FOR GANDHI, THE LEADER OF INDIA WHO WAS REVERED AS SAINT.
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MONTAGE BODY OF GANDHI SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS IS DRIVEN THRU HUGE CROWD.
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FUNERAL PROCESSION STARTS FROM BIRLA HOUSE WHERE THE MAHATMA WAS ASSASSINATED & PASSES SOLEMLY TO THE CREMATION GROUND.
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EARL & LADY MOUNTBATTEN SIT ON GROUND WITH OTHER VIPS
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MINISTERS OF HINDU GOVERNMENT
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CU GANDHI STREWN WITH FLOWERS (ROSE PETALS) AT THE BURNING GHAT
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HINDU DEVOTEES SURGE FORWARD, ALMOST THREATING DISORDER
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SANDALWOOD FUNERAL PYRE IS LIGHTED AS BODY IS RITUALISTICALLY CREMATED, A FIRE OF WOOD, FRAGRANT OILS & INCENSE.
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THE NEXT MORNING FAMILY & FRIENDS WALK AROUND ASHES 3 TIMES ACCORDING TO ANCIENT RITUAL CUSTOM
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THE ASHES ARE GATHERED BY HINDU PRIESTS TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE HOLY JUMNA RIVER, TO DRIFT DOWN TO THE SACRED GANGES.
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00:21:07 1229.67 |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA TAKE OVER BY COMMUNISTS (2/27/48)
EUROPEAN STRONGHOLD OF DEMOCRACY FALLS TO SOVIET UNION. |
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AERIAL CITY OF PRAGUE
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PRESIDENT BENES & WIFE FORCED TO YIELD POWER AS COMMUNISTS SEIZE VITAL GOVERNMENT POSTS
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BENES SIGNS TREATY IN MOSCOW AS STALIN LOOKS ON ACCEPTING THE NEW CABINET DEMANDED BY RED PREMIER GOTTWALD
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CU MAP OF EUROPE SHOWS RED DOMINATION OF AREA
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CU PHOTO OF RED PREMIER GOTTWALD WHO TOOK OVER
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MILITARY TROOPS MARCH PAST IN FORMATION AS CZECHOSLOVAKIA BECOMES A POLICE STATE
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FIVE EUROPEAN NATIONS SIGN DEFENSE PACT (3/15/48)
AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE, BRITAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG FORM 50-YEAR ALLIANCE AGAINST THE SOVIETS. TREATY |
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ITALY FACES CHOICE OF DICTATORSHIP OR DEMOCRACY (4/2/48)
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PREMIER DE GASPERI SPEAKS TO HUGE CROWD IN ROME ADDRESSING THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AT RALLY SUPPORTS AMERICAN MARSHALL PLAN, CALLS FOR VOTERS TO DEFEND FREEDOM & BEAT COMMUNISTS DURING ITALIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
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COMMUNIST LEADER TOGLIATTI SPEAKS TO RALLY OF ITALIAN REDS IN ROME. HURLS PRO-RUSSIAN, ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA.
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AERIAL HUGE MULTITUDES JAM ST. PETERS SQUARE TO HEAR POPE PIUS XII
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POPE BEFORE MIKES SPEAKS TO THRONG FROM BALCONY AND WARNS OF THE RED PERIL. WHOLE WORD WATCHES AS ITALY PREPARES FOR THE CRUCIAL ELECTION
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DRAMATIC SCENES OF REVOLUTION IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (4/15/48)
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AERIAL MOB DRAGS BODY OF MURDERER OF LIBERAL RURAL LEADER GAITAN AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION. RIOTS
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AERIAL WILD INSURRECTION IN BOGOTA STREETS.
DEVASTATION |
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AERIAL VEHICLE SET ABLAZE IN STREET. CARS WRECKED & BURNED
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AERIAL PAPERS FLY OUT OF NEWSPAPER OFFICE WINDOWS WRECKED BY DEMONSTRATORS AS DEBRIS LITTERS STREET
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MONTAGE BUILDINGS LOOTED & DESTROYED BY FIRES SET BY MOB
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RUINS OF BUILDINGS & CITY AFTER RIOTS ARE OVER.
SAID TO BE COMMUNIST-INSPIRED, RIOT INTERRUPTS INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE WHICH RESUMES ITS SESSION IN ANOTHER BUILDING. BOMBED-OUT BUILDINGS |
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ITALIAN PEOPLE VOTE AGAINST COMMUNISM (4/20/48)
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MONTAGE VOTING PLACES GUARDED BY ARMY TROOPS &
POLICE TO INSURE AN ORDERLY & PEACEFUL ELECTION |
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PEOPLE LINE UP TO VOTE. UNIFORMED MEN IN LINE
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ANCIENT CATHEDRAL AT MILAN
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CARDINAL SHUSTER VOTES AS DOES THE AGED & SICK, LAYMEN & CLERGY, NUN VOTES.
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BALLOT BOX
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DE GASPERI CAST BALLOT
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