19531950s NEWSREELS
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SUBMARINE TEST - CREW SEALED 60 DAYS IN UNDERSEA CRAFT. MS- SUBMARINE 'HADDOCK' SITS TIED UP TO PIER WITH CREW SEALED UP INSIDE TO DETERMINE THE HUMAN FACTOR DURING LONG PERIODS SUBMERGED ON ATOMIC SUBS.
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| 00:01:09 20.4 |
MS- CREWMEN PLAY CARDS, WRITE LETTERS AND HANG PICTURES OF PIN-UPS. MS- NAVY DOCTORS EXAMINES AND TALKS TO THE MEN
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| 00:02:24 95.4 |
EXPLODING AMMUNITION TRAIN IN INDIANA - MONTAGE-
DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND SCATTERED DEBRIS IS ALL THAT REMAIN OF A VILLAGE. |
| 00:02:46 117.4 |
LS- MILITARY GUARDS PATROL THE AREA AS LIVE AMMUNITION LIES SCATTERED AROUND. LS- HARDLY A HOUSE REMAINS INHABITABLE. VILLAGERS WERE HAVING A TOWN MEETING ON THE OPPOSITE PART OF TOWN AND ONLY 8 WERE INJURED IN THE BLAST.
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| 00:03:25 156.4 |
MS- MR. AND MRS. HENRY COOK CELEBRATE THEIR 75TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEIR SON AND HIS WIFE CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH AT SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:03:57 188.4 |
MS- GUEST AT WEDDING IS GOVERNOR EARL WARREN WHO ENJOYS A PIECE OF CAKE WITH THE COOKS, THEIR CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN.
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| 00:04:00 191.4 |
LS- THE FOUR WAVE FROM THEIR CONVERTIBLE AS THEY GO OFF FOR THEIR 2ND HONEYMOON.'JUST MARRIED'
SIGN ON THE TRUNK OF THE CAR. |
| 00:04:18 209.4 |
SPRING FASHIONS ON PARIS MOVIE SET - MS- MODELS POSE FOR A MOVIE PRODUCTION CREW AND CAMERA. PROP MAN HOLDS FAN BLOWING TOWARD MODEL TO GET EFFECT.
MS- MODELS POSE IN PIERRE VALMAIN DESIGNS. |
| 00:05:43 294.4 |
GRAND NATIONAL RACE IN AIMSTREE,ENGLAND - 'EARLY MISS' WINS AS ONLY 5 FINISH.
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| 00:05:47 298.4 |
LS- 250,000 FANS WATCH THE RACE WHICH DETERMINES THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES.
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| 00:06:30 341.4 |
LS- THE FIELD OF 31 STARTERS BEGIN TO THIN OUT AS HORSES AND RIDERS TAKE SPECTACULAR FALLS AT THE HURDLES. LS- HORSE MAKES A SUDDEN STOP AND THE RIDER FLIES OVER THE OBSTACLE. 26 HORSES FAIL TO FINISH.
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| 00:07:54 425.4 |
KOREA - BATTLES RAGE ON KEY HILLS GUARDING SEOUL.
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| 00:08:08 439.4 |
MONTAGE- UN TROOPS POUND THE HILLS WITH MORTAR FIRE. MS- HEAVY VEHICLES GET MIRED IN DEEP MUD.
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| 00:08:50 481.4 |
MS- HEAVY AWKWARD UNIFORM MAKES A CHINESE PRISONER LOOK OBESE.
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| 00:09:13 504.4 |
NEW AIR FORCE RESEARCH - LS- THE BELL X1A IS DROPPED FROM HUGH BOMBER AT HIGH ALTITUDE. IT TRAILS A COLUMN OF VAPOR WHEN IT'S ENGINE IS TURNED ON.
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| 00:09:43 534.4 |
LS- FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH AN ATLANTIC CITY LANDMARK HOTEL. THE TURN OF THE CENTURY HOTEL IS LEFT IN SMOLDERING RUINS.
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| 00:10:12 563.4 |
CU- GENERAL JAMES VAN FLEET STANDS AT ATTENTION AS TROOPS MARCH BY HONORING HIS RETIREMENT.
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| 00:10:38 589.4 |
LS- THE SAMUEL GOMPERS MEMORIAL CLINIC IN ARIZONA IS DEDICATED TO THE GREAT LABOR LEADER. MS-
GOVERNOR PYLE OF ARIZONA GIVES A SPEECH. |
| 00:10:57 608.4 |
MS- ACTRESS LORRAINE DAY ASSISTS CEREBRAL PALSY YOUNGSTER AT NEW CLINIC. MS- YOUNG GIRL CEREBRAL PALSY VICTIM WALKS BRISKLY ON CRUTCHES AS NURSES CARRY SMALLER KIDS INTO CLINIC.
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| 00:11:32 643.4 |
CU- YOUNG GIRL PINS A POPPY ON PRESIDENT IKE'S LAPEL. IKE PAYS HER ONE DOLLAR FOR THE POPPY MADE BY DISABLED VETS.
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| 00:11:55 666.4 |
MS- OLD TIME ACTRESS MARY PICKFORD SIGNS UP PRESIDENT IKE IN THE BOND-A-MONTH CLUB AS MAMIE LOOKS ON. CU- PHOTO OF MARY PICKFORD SELLING BONDS DURING WWI.
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| 00:12:16 687.4 |
FISHING - FISHERMEN CAST THEIR LINES IN STREAM AT THE FINGER LAKES AREA OF NEW YORK. MS- ANGLER HOLDS UP 2 LARGE RAINBOW TROUT. MS- BIGGEST TROUT OF ALL ESCAPES NET OF ANGLER.
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| 00:12:58 729.4 |
RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS - MONTAGE- ELEPHANTS RIDDEN BY PERFORMERS, GROTESQUE CLOWNS AND TRAPEZE ARTISTS PERFORM.
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| 00:13:23 754.4 |
LS- TIGHTROPE ARTIST BALANCES HIMSELF ON WIRE WITH ONE FOOT AS HE THROWS CUPS AND SAUCERS ONTO HIS HEAD AND BALANCES THEM.
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| 00:13:41 772.4 |
MOTORCYCLES IN MUD - MS- AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY JOINS A 17 YEAR OLD AND 2 GIRLS AS DOZENS OF BIKERS TAKE-OFF.
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| 00:14:00 791.4 |
MONTAGE- CYCLES GET STUCK IN MUD AND WATER ON COURSE AND SEVERAL FALL;ALL GET MUDDIED.
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| 00:14:22 813.4 |
CU- GIRL WIPES MUDDY FACE AT END OF RACE.
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| 00:14:48 839.4 |
KOREA - UN HAMMERS REDS DESPITE TRUCE HOPE.
AERIAL- UN JET DROPS BOMBS ON ROADS AND ENEMY POSITIONS. ENEMY FIGHTER IS HIT.(AS SEEN FROM JET'S CAMERA). |
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CU- WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR ARRIVES IN NEW YORK ON SUPER LINER 'UNITED STATES'.
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| 00:16:10 921.4 |
MS- SIR MICHAEL BALCOMB,BRITAIN'S LEADING PRODUCER, POSES WITH HIS WIFE, AS HE ARRIVES ON LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH.HERE TO DISCUSS HIS PRODUCTION 'THE CRUEL SEA'.
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| 00:16:20 931.4 |
CU- RETURNING FROM HIS MOTHER'S(QUEEN MARY)
FUNERAL, THE DUKE OF WINDSOR IS ALSO ON THE LINER |
| 00:16:31 942.4 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE AND SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES APPOINT BOLIN AS AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA. IKE ALSO APPOINTS CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE AS AMBASSADOR TO ITALY
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| 00:17:13 984.4 |
MS- YOUNG TEEN GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTING SHOES FOR KOREAN REFUGEES. THE TEEN PULLS HIS SHOE LADEN WAGON UP TO A MOUNTAIN OF SHOES COLLECTED BY OTHERS.
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| 00:17:29 1000.4 |
MS- NAVY SAILORS EXAMINE SOME OF THE SHOES DEPOSITED AT THE NAVY YARD. MS- BOY IS AWARDED A BIKE FROM A BUSINESSMAN AS THE BOY'S NAVY FATHER LOOKS ON.
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| 00:17:47 1018.4 |
EGG ROLLING CONTEST ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN - 20,000 KIDS SHOW UP FOR THE TRADITIONAL EVENT SPONSORED BY PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE. MONTAGE- LITTLE KIDS SIT ON LAWN AND ROLL EGGS
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| 00:17:50 1021.4 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE'S GRAND CHILDREN JOIN IN THE EGG ROLLING. CU- A LITTLE GIRL EATS THE HARD BOILED EGGS WITH GUSTO.
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| 00:18:40 1071.4 |
EARRING FASHIONS - A FEMALE ARTISAN USES TORCH TO SOLDER EARRINGS. CU- MOBILE EARRINGS HANG FROM MODELS EARS.
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| 00:19:42 1133.4 |
VETS GET BIG TOWN WELCOME - TROOPSHIP STEAMS UP NEW YORK HARBOR AS GIS ABOARD WAVE TO STATUE OF LIBERTY.
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| 00:20:09 1160.4 |
LS- FIRE FIGHTING TUG BOATS SHOOT STREAMS OF WATER SKYWARD AS CROWD AT DOCKSIDE LOOK OUT FOR LOVED ONES.
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| 00:20:31 1182.4 |
MONTAGE- GIS ARE MET WITH HUGS AND KISSES BY OVERJOYED FAMILIES. LS- THE VETS ARE PARADED TO NEW YORK'S CITY HALL.
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| 00:21:50 1261.4 |
AERIAL TENTS AND PRE-FABRICATED BUILDINGS RISE TO ACCEPT WOUNDED POWS RELEASED BY REDS. NURSES AMBULANCES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AWAIT EVENT.
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| 00:22:58 1329.4 |
UN CARES FOR WORLD'S CHILDREN - MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF) MEETS AT UN BUILDING IN NEW YORK.
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| 00:23:19 1350.4 |
MS- HUNDREDS OF NURSES SIT IN FOREIGN COUNTRY'S CLASSROOM SPONSORED BY UNICEF. THEY ARE TRAINED TO WORK WITH CHILDREN IN DEPRESSED AREAS.
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| 00:23:49 1380.4 |
MS- DOCTORS EXAMINE CHILDREN IN LATIN COUNTRY.
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| 00:24:15 1406.4 |
MS- NEPTUNE BOMBERS RETURN HOME AFTER 6 MONTHS TOUR IN KOREA. WIVES AND KIDS AWAIT THEIR LANDING FLYER HUGS AND KISSES HIS WIFE AND KID..
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| 00:24:45 1436.4 |
LS- OCEAN LINER CARRYING 4000 JAPANESE INTERRED IN CHINA AFTER WWII, RETURN HOME TO EMOTIONAL FAMILIES.
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| 00:25:30 1481.4 |
MS- SEAGULL WITH AN ARROW PROTRUDING THROUGH HIS BODY LANDS ON CALIFORNIA SHORE. THE BIRD SHOWS NO ADVERSE EFFECTS.
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| 00:25:58 1509.4 |
HAIR STYLISTS COMPETE IN PARIS - MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF THE MANY STYLES ARE MODELED.
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| 00:26:45 1556.4 |
BASEBALL - NEW MILWAUKEE BRAVES, FORMERLY THE BOSTON BRAVES, ARE MET AT TRAIN BY HUGE CROWD IN MILWAUKEE.
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| 00:26:54 1565.4 |
MS- CLUB OWNER LOU PERINI IS MET BY MILWAUKEE MAYOR AS A RED CARPET IS ROLLED OUT FOR THE TEAM MANAGER CHARLIE GRIMM LEADS THE PLAYERS OFF TRAIN
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| 00:27:15 1586.4 |
200,000 FANS LINE WISCONSIN AVENUE TO GREET THE MOTORCADE OF PLAYERS.
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| 00:27:40 1611.4 |
MONTAGE- MOTORCYCLE COPS IN CALIFORNIA PUT ON A PRECISION DISPLAY OF CYCLE RIDING AND DRILL.
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| 00:28:19 1650.4 |
CU- ACTOR TYRONE POWER GIVES A PITCH FOR CANCER.
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| 00:30:16 1767.4 |
POW EXCHANGE - AGREEMENT SIGNED TO RETURN WOUNDED MONTAGE COMMUNIST KOREANS AND UN LEADERS MEET AT PANMONJUN TO SIGN AGREEMENT.
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| 00:31:25 1836.4 |
MS- 9 AMERICAN NEWSMEN TALK AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN IN EUROPE.
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| 00:32:21 1892.4 |
ORDINANCE EXPERT EXAMINES AND TESTS A NAVY SHELL CU- EXPERT HOLDS SHELL IN HANDS AND EXAMINES IT CLOSELY. THE SHELL IS PLACED IN A SEALED BIN AND COVERED WITH SAWDUST THEN DETONATED.
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| 00:32:47 1918.4 |
CU- AFTER DETONATION THE PARTICLES ARE SIFTED AND EACH PARTICLE IS PLACED ON A TABLE. LS- THE SHELLS ARE TESTED ON A FIRING RANGE ALONG WITH MISSILES.
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| 00:33:30 1961.4 |
LS- 8 DESTROYERS RETURN FROM KOREAN WATERS VIA EUROPE. ARE MET TO TUMULTUOUS WELCOME BY FAMILIES IN RHODE ISLAND.
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| 00:33:44 1975.4 |
CU- SAILOR RUNS TO HIS WIFE'S ARMS AND THEY KISS SENSUOUSLY. MS- WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE, A SAILOR CARRIES HIS INFANT BABY.
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| 00:34:18 2009.4 |
ROYAL NUPTIALS - LUXEMBOURG PRINCE AND BELGIUM PRINCESS WED IN A 17TH CENTURY CATHEDRAL IN LUXEMBOURG. FORMER KING LEOPOLD IS IN BRIDAL PARTY AS IS QUEEN JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS.
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| 00:35:15 2066.4 |
MS- POLICE HOLD BACK CROWD AS THEY TRY TO GET A GLIMPSE AT THE ROYAL MOTORCADE. MS- HAPPY FACES WAVE TO THE COUPLE ON A BALCONY.
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| 00:35:30 2081.4 |
BOXING TOTS - NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. MS-
SMALL SONS OF NAVY MIDSHIPMEN LINE UP FOR WEIGH-IN FOR ANNUAL BOXING TOURNAMENT. |
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MS- LITTLE BOYS WITH OVERSIZED GLOVES SWING AT EACH OTHER AFTER BELL RINGS. BOXER KEEPS HITTING HIS OPPONENT UNTIL HE FALLS.
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| 00:36:46 2157.4 |
CU- BOY BOXER RETURNS TO HIS CORNER CRYING.
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| 00:37:15 2186.4 |
PEACE CHALLENGE - PRESIDENT IKE AIMS HIS SPEECH AT NEW MOSCOW REGIME. IKE SPEAKS AT DINNER FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS.
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| 00:39:12 2303.4 |
MONTAGE- FARMERS ON DUTCH ISLAND CLEAN THEIR EQUIPMENT WITH PRESSURE HOSES AFTER WINTER STORMS CLAIMED HUNDREDS OF LIVES.
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| 00:39:20 2311.4 |
ROUGH WATERS BATTER THE SHORES OF THE ISLAND AND BREAK THROUGH DIKE OPENING A WIDE BREECH. MS-
PEOPLE TRY TO STOP THE BREECH WITH SANDBAGS. |
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MIAMI AIRLINES PLANE CRASH - AERIAL- HELICOPTER FLY OVER SITE OF CRASH IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS. MS-
(PAN) TAIL SECTION AND HALF TO THE PLANE LIES AMID THE SNOW COVERED PINES. |
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MONTAGE- SURVIVORS LIE AMID THE RUINS AS RESCUE WORKERS CARRY THEM OUT AND TREAT THEM AT THE SCENE CU- SURVIVOR WITH SWOLLEN EYE PEERS INTO CAMERA.
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| 00:40:31 2382.4 |
MS- WORLD'S VETERAN ASSOCIATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO TRYGVE LIE, THE 1ST SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN.
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| 00:40:54 2405.4 |
BLOOD DRIVE - RED CROSS SETS UP BUNKS AT SANFORD UNIVERSITY'S BASKETBALL COURT. LS- HUNDREDS LIE ON THE BUNKS AND GIVE BLOOD.
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| 00:41:20 2431.4 |
ANIMAL ANTICS - MONKEYS AT MIAMI ZOO ENTERTAIN KIDS FOR CHARITY. MONKEYS RIDE ON MERRY-GO-ROUND AND FERRIS WHEEL.
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| 00:41:43 2454.4 |
HARNESS RACING AT YONKERS RACEWAY - 30,000 WATCH 'WILMINGTON STAR' WIN IN PHOTO MS- ACTRESS/SINGER MAGGIE MCNELLIS MARKS HER SCRATCH SHEET.
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| 00:42:27 2498.4 |
MS- VETERAN ACTOR CHARLES COBURN PRESENTS TROPHY TO WINNING HORSE'S OWNER.
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MOTORCYCLE RACE - FRANCE VS ENGLAND OVER GRUELING MOUNTAIN COURSE. MONTAGE- CYCLISTS BECOME AIRBOURNE AT THE HILLTOPS. FRANCE NOSES OUT ENGLAND.
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| 00:43:33 2564.4 |
MONTAGE- RAFTS, ROWBOATS AND KAYAKS RUN THE RAPIDS OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER OF OREGON.
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| 00:44:25 2616.4 |
YANK POWS FREED - AMERICANS REJOICE AT FIRST EXCHANGE.
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| 00:44:55 2646.4 |
MS- RED PRISONERS, SOME WITH CRUTCHES, EXIT LST'S AND CLIMB INTO BUSES FOR THEIR TRIP TO EXCHANGE POINT. CU- GRIM FACED REDS ARE CAMERA SKY.
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| 00:46:00 2711.4 |
TWISTERS - STORM KILLS 11 AND INJURE HUNDREDS AS TORNADOES HIT SOUTH; ARKANSAS, GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ARE HIT. MONTAGE- TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION(PAN)
IS LEFT BY 100 MPH WINDS. |
| 00:46:14 2725.4 |
LS- SCHOOL WHICH CLOSED EARLY IS ROOFLESS WITH DEBRIS LYING ON CHILDREN'S DESKS. MS- CAR TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN. MS- LITTLE GIRL PICKS UP DOLL FROM DEBRIS.
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| 00:47:08 2779.4 |
CU- LESTER PEARSON, PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ATTENDS CELEBRATION OF ISRAEL'S 5TH BIRTHDAY. |
| 00:48:16 2847.4 |
MS- U.S. AIRMAN REESE LEEMING RECEIVES A MEDAL
FROM BRITISH HOME SECRETARY FOR HIS HEROIC RESCUE WORK DURING NORTH SEA STORM. |
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MONTAGE- HUGE PILE OF EMPTY SHELL CASINGS ARE LIFTED BY DERRICK AT REPROCESSING PLANT. MS- LIVE AMMO IS CAREFULLY PICKED OUT OF PILE BY WORKERS BEFORE EMPTIES ARE PLACED IN THE FURNACE.
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| 00:49:10 2901.4 |
MONTAGE- THE METAL IS MELTED AND MADE INTO SLABS AND RETOOLED INTO NEW AMMO.
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| 00:49:31 2922.4 |
MS- CROWN PRINCESS OF HOLLAND RIDES HORSE IN COMPETITION.
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| 00:50:08 2959.4 |
AUTO SPEED RECORD SET - MS- EIERO TURUFFI OF ITALY IN HIS CAR RESEMBLING TWIN TORPEDOES SPEEDS DOWN APIAN WAY AT A RECORD SPEED OF 102 MPH.
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| 00:51:25 3036.4 |
PRISONERS EXCHANGED - GENERAL MARK CLARK IS THERE TO SUPERVISE THE EXCHANGE. LS- U.S. POWS WEARING HEAVY CLOTHING ARE HELPED OUT OF AMBULANCES; ONE IS HUGGED BY A GI.
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| 00:53:13 3144.4 |
MONTAGE- 3 AMERICANS AND ONE TURK ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS OTHERS HAVE A SHOCKED LOOK ON THEIR FACES. HELICOPTERS MOVE THE MORE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
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| 00:54:56 3247.4 |
LS- GENERAL CLARK PERSONALLY GREETS THE POWS AS THEY EXIT AMBULANCES AT 'FREEDOM VILLAGE'.
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| 00:55:33 3284.4 |
MS- ANIMATED MODEL OF 1ST PASSENGER CONVEYOR SUBWAY DESIGNED TO MOVE PASSENGERS FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION TO TIMES SQUARE ON SHUTTLE SYSTEM.
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| 00:56:09 3320.4 |
MONTAGE- DAREDEVIL MOTORCYCLISTS TACKLE A 425 FOOT STEEP HILL IN SEATTLE. LS- MANY DON'T MAKE IT WITH THEIR CYCLE TURNING UPSIDE-DOWN..
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| 00:56:54 3365.4 |
PRESIDENTIAL YACHT TAKES VETS ON A CRUISE ON THE PATOMAC. MS- WOUNDED VETS, SOME WITH MISSING LEGS BOARD THE YACHT, INCLUDING RED CROSS NURSES.
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| 00:57:54 3425.4 |
CU- A PAMPERED GI PUFFS ON HIS CIGARETTE AND LIES DOWN IN AN EASY CHAIR ON THE DECK.
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