19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM MAY 10-11, 1954
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U.S. DIPLOMAT SPEAKING AT GENEVA TELLS OF THREAT FROM RED CHINA IN KOREA AND INDO-CHINA. SAYS WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE RED CHINA AND THERE WILL WILL BE NONE.
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| 00:42:10 92.57 |
U.S. ADMIRAL LAUDS FRENCH FORCES DEFENSE AT DIENBIENPHU, INDO-CHINA (NORTH VIETNAM).
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| 00:42:55 137.57 |
HUGE MULTI-TIERED BIRTHDAY CAKE IN SHAPE OF BUILDING LABELLED "TRUMAN LIBRARY", FOR EX-PRESIDENT TRUMAN.
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| 00:42:56 138.57 |
TRUMAN AND BESS ARE ESCORTED TO PODIUM AS AUDIENCE SINGS, "HAIL, HAIL, THE GANGS ALL HERE".
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| 00:43:56 198.57 |
CADILLAC LIMO CIRCA 1950s PULLS UP TO AIRPORT, YOUNG GIRL IS ESCORTED BY WOMAN TO AIRSIDE WHERE THEY BOARD PLANE.
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| 00:44:45 247.57 |
TWA AIRLINER TAXIS TO STOP AS CAMERAMAN TAKES FILM OF ZSA ZSA GABOR AND FIANCEE RUBIROSA EXIT PLANE.
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| 00:45:03 265.57 |
CU PAN MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS LITTER AISLE WHERE ZSA ZSA AND RUBIROSA SAT. WORKERS CLEAN UP MESS.
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| 00:45:04 266.57 |
ZSA ZSA AND RUBIROSA, BACKS TO CAMERA AT CUSTOMS COUNTER WHERE BAGGAGE IS CHECKED.
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| 00:45:35 297.57 |
BOTH GO BEFORE MICROPHONES AT AIRPORT ARE ASKED IF THEY INTEND TO MARRY WHEN RUBIROSA'S DIVORCE IS FINAL. ZSA SAYS "WE DON'T KNOW.
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| 00:46:14 336.57 |
ISRAEL PREMIER DAVID BEN GURION REVIEWS ISRAELI MEN, WOMEN SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARCHING IN MILITARY PARADE.
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| 00:46:15 337.57 |
SOLDIERS RIDING CAMELS. K-9 CORP OF DOGS BEING PARADED.
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| 00:47:14 396.57 |
ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
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| 00:47:15 397.57 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS SOLDIERS, PALACE GUARD, VETERANS OF WWII RIDE IN TRUCKS, IN PARADE IN PARIS UNDER ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
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| 00:47:16 398.57 |
SOLEMN CROWD WATCH CEREMONIES.
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| 00:48:40 482.57 |
DIPLOMATS, INCLUDING CHOU EN-LAI OF CHINA, MOLOTOV OF SOVIET UNION, BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN BEEDLE SMITH FROM U.S. AND OTHERS AT CONFERENCE TABLE IN GENEVA.
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| 00:48:40 482.57 |
ABOVE PAN MINISTERS OF ALL COUNTRIES SITTING AT CONFERENCE TABLES.
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| 00:50:28 590.57 |
MONTAGE FRENCH PEOPLE STOP AT NEWSSTANDS TO BUY PAPERS SHOWING HEADLINES ABOUT FALL OF DIENBIENPHU TO COMMUNISTS IN INDO-CHINA.
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| 00:50:29 591.57 |
NEWSMAN ASKS WOMAN, MAN ON STREET CORNER IN PARIS ABOUT THEIR VIEW OF SITUATION IN INDO-CHINA AS CROWD LOOKS ON.
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| 00:52:05 687.57 |
CU JOHN L. LEWIS IS INTERVIEWED ON JOHN SPIVAK SHOW HAS HEATED EXCHANGE WITH WOMAN PANELIST. "WHO GAVE YOU THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO SAY THAT A MAN SHOULD WORK IN AN INDUSTRY OR NOT WORK IN IT?" "THAT ISN'T A GOD GIVEN RIGHT". SAYS LEWIS. "WHO GIVES THE CORPORATION THAT RIGHT TO SAY THAT STOCK HOLDERS ONLY SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN DIVIDENDS".
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| 00:54:00 802.57 |
MINE DISASTER:
WIVES OF MINERS TRAPPED IN MINE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT WORD OF FATE OF THEIR LOVED ONES. |
| 00:54:01 803.57 |
RESCUERS TAKE ELEVATOR INTO MINE.
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| 00:54:02 804.57 |
VIEW OF CABLE CAR TOWER, ELEVATOR, HIGH ABOVE MINE.
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| 00:54:34 836.57 |
CU GRIM FACE SHOT OF HARDENED MINER AFTER RETURNING FROM MINE.
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| 00:54:35 837.57 |
CU FACE SHOT OF MINER'S WIFE SHOWING FEAR AND ANXIETY.
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| 00:54:36 838.57 |
BODY OF MINER, WRAPPED IN BLANKET, IS CARRIED ON STRETCHER TO AMBULANCE.
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| 00:55:11 873.57 |
VICK-ROCKET:
BALLISTIC MISSILE ON LAUNCH PAD. WORKERS IN PROTECTIVE SUITS PREPARE MISSILE FOR LIFT-OFF. |
| 00:55:51 913.57 |
MISSILE BLASTS OFF FROM LAUNCH PAD.
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| 00:56:27 949.57 |
HOLSON MONUMENT:
NAVYMEN STAND AT ATTENTION AS MONUMENT IS UNVEILED BY WOMAN. SECRETARY OF NAVY FORRESTAL, GENERAL MARK CLARK AND OTHERS ARE PRESENT ALONG WITH HIGH RANKING NAVAL OFFICERS ON REVIEWING PLATFORM. |
| 00:57:41 1023.57 |
HUGE CROWD FILL CHAMPS D'ELLYSE IN PARIS AS GENERAL DEGAULLE HONORS DEAD AT ETERNAL LIGHT GRAVE OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
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| 00:57:42 1024.57 |
FRENCH FLAG DRAPES DOWN FROM ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
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| 00:57:43 1025.57 |
CU ETERNAL LIGHT IN FRGD, CHARLES DEGAULLE SALUTING IN BKGD.
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| 00:58:21 1063.57 |
ADORING FRENCH CROWD WAVE FROM BEHIND BARRICADES AS LIMO WITH DEGAULLE STANDING SPEEDS BY.
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| 00:58:22 1064.57 |
MONTAGE POLICE TRY TO CONTROL CROWDS AS THEY SURGE THROUGH THE STREETS.
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| 00:58:23 1065.57 |
INJURED MAN IS CARRIED TO CAR.
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| 00:59:15 1117.57 |
BUS STRIKE:
PAN IDLE ELECTRIC TROLLEYS CARS, BUSES IN RAILROAD YARD. |
| 00:59:16 1118.57 |
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF LARGE CITY.
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| 00:59:30 1132.57 |
PEOPLE LINE UP AT TRAIN STATION FOR TICKETS.
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| 00:59:31 1133.57 |
CROWD WAIT FOR TRAIN AT STATION. TRAIN PULLS UP, TOWARDS CAMERA, CROWD CLIMB IN.
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| 00:59:32 1134.57 |
HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC ON CITY HIGHWAY
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| 00:59:59 1161.57 |
ABOVE VIEW HUGE TRAFFIC JAM.
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| 01:00:05 1167.57 |
SENATOR MCCLENNAN OF SENATE COMMITTEE BLASTS BOTH SIDES DURING ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS AS SENATORS DIRKSON, MUNDT, SYMINGTON, JACKSON, AND OTHERS WATCH.
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| 01:00:06 1168.57 |
PAN TO ARMY SECRETARY STEVENS WITH ATTORNEY ROBERT WELSH AS MCCLENNAN BLASTS HIM.
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| 01:01:52 1274.57 |
MCCARTHY AND HIS ATTORNEY ROY COHN LISTEN AS MCCLENNAN BLASTS HIM. "IF WE CANNOT HAVE INTEGRITY IN HIGH PLACES, YOU CAN EXPECT CONTINUED COMMUNIST INFILTRATION FASTER THAN ANY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CAN EXPOSE AND ELIMINATE".
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| 01:03:12 1354.57 |
ABOVE VIEW HUGE BANQUET FOR BENEFIT OF EX-PRESIDENT TRUMAN, WITH HUNDREDS EATING AT LONG TABLES.
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| 01:03:20 1362.57 |
TRUMAN IS ASKED WHAT HE WOULD DO ABOUT SENATOR MCCARTHY IF HE WERE PRESIDENT. TRUMAN SAYS HE CANNOT ANSWER HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. "BUT IF I "WERE THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WE HAD A DEMAGOG IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY I'D TAKE CARE OF HIM". DRAWS
ROARING LAUGHTER. DEAN ACHESON IN BKGD |
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TRUMAN IS ASKED, "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, "BRING THE RASCALS BACK" (LAUGHTER). TRUMAN RESPONDS HE IS IN FAVOR OF IT AND PROBABLY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO IT THIS FALL.
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