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CRUISE SHIP DOCKED AT PIER BURNS IN AN OVERNIGHT FIRE. BERLIN BLOCKADE ENDS, CIRCLING THE GLOBE BY MILITARY PLANE, CHINA EXECUTES COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS, RED ARMY OVERTAKES CHINA, CHINA'S "OPEN DOOR" IS SHUT; AMERICAN LEGION PARADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO HONOR WWI AND WWII VETS; POPE PIUS CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PRIESTHOOD; SEC. OF STATE DEAN ACHESON; TRUMAN SIGNING ATLANTIC PACT; EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR. 1949 INDY 500.

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CRUISE SHIP S. S. NORONIC DESTROYED BY FIRE AT PIER WITH PASSENGERS SLEEPING ABOARD. GUTTED SMOKING MESS. EMERGENCY WORKERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS, TAKING CASUALTIES, DEAD AWAY
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MS SURVIVOR & HER DAUGHTER. SURVIVOR OF DISASTER SPEAKS. GRABS HER DAUGHTER & KISSES HER WITH ABANDONED JOY
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BERLIN BLOCKADE ENDS. CU BORDER "INTERZONENZUG BERLIN" BLOCKADE RISING,
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MS BORDER PATROL GUARD SENTRY LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH, GIVES SIGNAL, GESTURES WITH ARM TO "COME ALONG"
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CAMERAMAN WITH CAMERA OUT TRAIN'S WINDOW FILMING CROWDS, PEOPLE AT HELMSTEDT TRAIN STATION. PASSENGERS ON PLATFORM, EAST GERMANY
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TRUCK CONVOY, TRUCKS CARRYING SUPPLIES ENTERING BERLIN
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HAPPY GERMAN CROWDS AROUND FIRST BUS FROM BERLIN INTO HANOVER. SIGN READS: "HURRA VIR LEBEN NOCH"
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PEOPLE UNLOADING SACKS, SUPPLIES FROM TRUCKS
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POV INSIDE TRUCK LOOKING AT SEA OF HAPPY GERMAN FACES AS SUPPLIES ARE UNLOADED
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LUCKY LADY, B-50 BOMBER TAKING OFF FROM FORT WORTH, TEXAS TO MAKE THE FIRST NON STOP AROUND THE WORLD.
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ANIMATED GLOBE SHOWING PLANE'S PATH AROUND THE WORLD, CUTS TO PLANE IN FLIGHT
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MS TRIO OF MEN, PILOT & BUSINESSMAN LOOK AT THEIR WRIST WATCHES AT SAME TIME
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B-50 LUCKY LADY II LANDING BACK IN FORT WORTH AFTER NON-STOP FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
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CU PILOT COMMANDER JAMES GALLAGHER
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SHANGHAI, CHINA. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS OF SUSPECTED COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZERS. HORDES CROWDS OF 100,000 BEING PUSHED BACK BY POLICEMEN WITH BILLY CLUBS
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BRITISH CRUISER LONDON, BLOOD SPLATTERED, NOW DOCKED IN SHANGHAI
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BRITISH & AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAVING SHANGHAI
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INJURED FOREIGN NATIONALS CARRIED ONTO SHIP.
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MAN BOARDING SHIP CARRYING SUITCASE OVER HIS SHOULDER. MAN BEHIND HIM CARRIES BABY CARRIAGE NUNS CRYING, WIPING THEIR EYES & NOSES WITH HANDKERCHIEF
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. BIG PARADE FOR 31ST NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION. LED IN PARADE BY ROWS OF ARMY MEN. HONORING WAR VETERANS, WWI, WWII
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CU CUTE LITTLE GIRL PLAYING MAJORETTE
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SANTA CLAUS IN SUMMER PARADE LED BY FAKE REINDEER
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MARCHING BAND IN NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN COSTUME
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CU SEA OF AMERICAN FLAGS BLOWING IN THE WIND
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POPE'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. 50,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN ASSEMBLED, SAN PIETRO, VATICAN CITY
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CU POPE PIUS XII BLESSING YOUNG CHILD ON THE HEAD
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HS MASSIVE CROWD OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING
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CANADIAN MINISTER, LESTER PIERSON, ROBERT SCHUMAN, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, ERNEST BEVAN OF ENGLAND, DEAN ACHESON, SECRETARY OF STATE, ALL SIGNING THE ATLANTIC TREATY
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HARRY TRUMAN SPEAKING ON ATLANTIC PACT
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CU PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNING BILL
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AERIAL OVER ECUADOR WHERE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NATURAL DISASTERS.
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EARTH SHOCKS BRINGING DOWN BUILDINGS. PEOPLE WATCHING HELPLESS
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CU DEAD, CASUALTIES OF EARTHQUAKE TRAPPED CRUSHED UNDER BUILDINGS
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CU EMERGENCY WORKERS CARING FOR INJURED WOMAN
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MONTAGE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE, ANCIENT CHURCH IN RUINS, EMERGENCY WORKERS TAKING AWAY DEAD ON STRETCHER. PEOPLE LOOKING AT CRUSHED CAR. MEN DIGGING, SEARCHING FOR DEAD & INJURED UNDER RUBBLE
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SWOLLEN RIVER RUSHING VIOLENTLY, MAN SAVED BY BEING PULLED ON CABLE ACROSS SWOLLEN RIVER
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MONTAGE SHOCKED ECUADORANS HELPING INJURED, PEOPLE IN SHOCK STANDING AROUND HELPLESS
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LS VOLCANO IN MEXICO, MOUNT PARICUTIN ERUPTING BRAVE SOUL CLIMBS ACTIVE VOLCANO TO GET PHOTOGRAPHS. HEAT DRIVES HIM BACK.
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LS ACTIVE VOLCANO
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LOW ANGLE FLAG STARTING AUTOMOBILE RACE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. INDY 500
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MONTAGE INDY 500, 1949. ACCIDENTS, RACE CAR CRASHES INTO WALL, BURSTS INTO FLAMES, STILL MOVING DOWN MOTOR SPEEDWAY,
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MS SPECTATORS CRANING THEIR NECKS FOR A LOOK
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RACE CAR DRIVERS GOING OFF COURSE TO GET AROUND BURNING RACE CAR
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BILL HOLLAND COMES ACROSS FINISH LINE, WINNER OF 1949 INDY 500.
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