19531950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FROM DECEMBER 15-30, 1953
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AERIAL VIEW NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, CIRCA 1953. PAN 1950s CARS PARKED IN LOT.
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CU 1953 CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE ON CAR. CU BEAT-UP FEB. 1954 WISCONSIN PLATE; 1953 LOUISIANA PLATE;
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BUSY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN NEW YORK BUSINESS DISTRICT.
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VIEW UN BUILDING AS SEEN FROM STREET LOOKING UP. MEN, WOMEN ENTERING BUILDING.
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SAME, AS SEEN FROM INSIDE LOBBY, COMING TOWARDS CAMERA.
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TWO COUPLES POSE FOR MAN WHO SQUATS AS HE TAKES PHOTO.
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STREET SIGN ON LAMP POST: 34TH STREET. CROWD CROSSING IN ALL DIRECTIONS AT INTERSECTION. "NEDICK'S RESTAURANT IN BKGD.
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CU "42ND STREET", SIGN ON LAMP POST. PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG 42ND STREET TOWARDS CAMERA.
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AERIAL VIEW CROWD AT "ROCKEFELLER CENTER" LINED UP TO SEE CHRISTMAS TREE AND STORE DISPLAYS. PAN TO ICE SKATERS IN CENTER'S RINK BELOW.
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TILT DOWN FROM TOP TO ENTRANCE OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. PEOPLE ENTERING, EXITING.
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TWO ELDERLY WOMEN WALKING ARM IN ARM OUTSIDE CATHEDRAL, HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN WINTER WEAR, PASSING CATHEDRAL.
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CAR CRASH IN BROOKLYN:
POLICE, POLICE BARACADES SURROUND STORE WHOSE ROOF COLLAPSED. BUILDING COLLAPSE AFTER BEING HIT BY AUTO. SEDAN WITH SMASHED HOOD, FRONT STANDS IN FRONT OF PILE OF DEBRIS CAUSED BY ROOF COLLAPSE. WORKERS SEARCH THROUGH DEBRIS. |
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VIEW FROM INSIDE APPLIANCE STORE WITH COLLAPSED ROOF.
PAN OUTSIDE VIEW. |
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ON-LOOKERS, POLICE STAND ALONGSIDE BUS WRAPPED AROUND STEEL "EL" COLUMN. CU GROTESQUE SCENE BUS WRAPPED AROUND COLUMN.
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CU SMASHED BUS WINDSHIELD. CU VIEW INSIDE BUS.
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AMBULANCE AT EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL.
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EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR, NURSES TREAT HEAD WOUND OF FEMALE ACCIDENT VICTIM OF BUS CRASH. DOCTOR EXAMINES HEAD OF ANOTHER VICTIM LYING IN GURNEY.
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NORTH POLE, NEW YORK:
CHIMP (MUGGS?) DRESSED IN WINTER CLOTHING WALKING AROUND. PAN TO SIGN, "HOME OF SANTA'S WORKSHOP", "NORTH POLE" PAN TO A-FRAME CABINS WITH CHICKEN, GOAT, SHEEP GRAZING ON GROUNDS. PAN TO "NORTH POLE" SIGN AND CHIMP FROLICKING AROUND SHEEP. |
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CHIMP WALKS STEPS TO HOUSE. SIGN ABOVE DOOR: "WELCOME TO SANTA'S HOUSE".
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SANTA, INSIDE HOUSE, SLEEPS IN WELL PADDED SLEIGH AS CHIMP OUTSIDE, BANGS ON WINDOW TRYING TO WAKE SANTA TO LET HIM IN. CU VIEW CHIMP AT WINDOW.
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SANTA AWAKENS, RUBS EYES, GETS OUT OF BED, LETS CHIMP IN, SEATS CHIMP ON CHAIR AS HE DRESSES IN FAMOUS COSTUME.
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SANTA WALKS CHIMP TO HIS SLEIGH WITH EIGHT LIVE REINDEER STANDING BY. THEY GET IN.
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SANTA TAKES CHIMP INTO HIS TOY SHOP WHERE YOUNG "ELF" (TEENAGE GIRL) IS PAINTING TOYS. SANTA WORKS IN WOOD SHOP AS CHIMP WATCHES. SANTA CARRIES CHIMP TO WATCH.
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BOY, GIRL "ELFS" WORK ON TOYS. CHIMP ROCKING ON HOBBY HORSE. PLAYING PIANO, READING.
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SANTA WALKS HAND AND HAND WITH CHIMP, LETS HIM OUT OF COMPOUND, CHIMP BLOWS A KISS, WAVES GOODBYE TO SANTA.
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DAMAGED B-29 BOMBER MARKED, "U.S. AIR FORCE RESCUE"
IS ROLLED OUT ON FIELD. |
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VARIOUS CU VIEWS OF GAPING HOLES IN AIRCRAFT.
CREWMEN LOOK OVER DAMAGE |
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CARDINAL SPELLMAN OF NEW YORK IS ACCOMPANIED TO AIRPORT BY A NUMBER OF OTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST.
SPELLMAN WAVES FROM PLANE. |
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FRENCH ELECTIONS:
VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS OF FRENCH PARLIAMENT IN SESSION. |
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PLYMOUTH WHALE:
VARIOUS VIEWS BEACHED GIANT SPERM WHALE. CU VIEW BEACHED WHALE. MAN STANDS ATOP DEAD WHALE, HACKS AWAY AT ITS BLUBBER. MAN THROWS A NUMBER OF TRUCK TIRES ON TOP OF CARCUS, DOUSE CARCUS AND TIRES WITH GASOLINE, SET IT AFIRE. |
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HYDRO-HELICOPTER:
MAN ROLLS SMALL HELICOPTER-LIKE CONTRAPTION, MADE WITH PIPE TUBING, CONTAINING SEVERAL PROPELLERS OUT OF HANGAR. STARTS UP THE PROPELLERS. INVENTION. |
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PERTILLO:
FRENCH SOLDIERS ASSEMBLE TURRET ONTO ARMY TANK AT DEPOT IN INDO-CHINA. TANKS LINED UP INSIDE HANGAR OF DEPOT. |
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TWO FRENCH FARMERS WITH RIFLE, SUB-MACHINE GUN STRAPPED TO BACKS RIDE TRACTOR OUT TO FIELD. FRENCH FARM WOMAN WITH HAND ON TRIGGER OF SUB-MACHINE GUN WALKS HER TWO CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
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FRENCH PATROL WALKS THROUGH RICE PADDY.
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METAL SHUTTER IS CLOSED ON WINDOW OF FARM HOUSE. CU MUZZLE OF GUN PROTRUDES FROM SLIT IN SHUTTER,
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U.N. COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SETS UP HUGE SPEAKERS OUTSIDE BARBED WIRE FENCES OF COMPOUND HOLDING AMERICAN POWS WISHING NOT TO RETURN TO U.S.
ANNOUNCEMENT TELLS AMERICAN POWS, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR FAMILIES IN THE U.S. REGARDLESS OF THEIR DECISION TO REMAIN OR RETURN TO THE U.S. |
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PAN MICROPHONES AS VOICE SPEAKS TO POWS.
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17TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR BLIND MUSICIANS".
ELDERLY (MC) MASTER OF CEREMONIES, MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DAIS. |
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VARIOUS SCENES BLIND MUSICIANS SEATED AT TABLES WITH FAMILIES.
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MC, SANTA GIVES OUT GIFTS TO MUSICIAN'S CHILDREN.
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SPOKESMAN FOR INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMAN'S UNION MAKES VICTORY ANNOUNCEMENT. (PERILLO? BRADLEY?)
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SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE TO NATIVE VILLAGE COLONY:
"WELCOME QUEEN ELIZABETH TO TONGA". |
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BRITISH, TONGA FLAGS BLOWING IN WIND.
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CU HUGE ORNATE FLORAL SIGN, "WELCOME". VILLAGERS POUND ON DRUMS, ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN FLORAL HEADWEAR PARADE TOWARDS CAMERA. YOUNG MEN, WOMEN IN BOY SCOUT TYPE UNIFORMS
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QUEEN ELIZABETH AND LARGE NATIVE FEMALE CHIEFTAN EXIT LIMO.
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QUEEN, PRINCE PHILLIP AND CHIEFTAN SIT ON GROUND FOR LUAU-TYPE DINNER. ABOVE PAN VILLAGERS, GUESTS EATING AT LUAU.
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CU EXOTIC FOODS. CU NATIVE WOMAN CUTS UP WATERMELON.
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NATIVE MEN, WOMEN ISLANDERS PUT ON DANCE SHOW FOR QUEEN.
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