19531950s NEWSREELS
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THE ROAD HOME - EXCHANGED YANKS ON 1ST LAP HOME.
AERIAL- CONVOY OF AMBULANCES AND TRUCKS GO BOTH WAYS ON ROAD. ONE TAKING YANKS HOME, THE OTHER RETURNING RED POWS. |
| 00:01:19 47.8 |
MONTAGE- BARELY ALIVE, WOUNDED GIS ARE TAKEN OUT OF AMBULANCES ON STRETCHERS.MS- A SOUTH KOREAN POW, DRESSED IN A WHIT UNIFORM IS GIVEN A FRESH NEW OUTFIT AND HIS WHITE ONE DISCARDED.
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| 00:01:58 87.8 |
MS- PRIEST PRAYS WITH GI WEARING MEDICAL MASK AS OTHERS EAT THEIR 1ST HARDY MEAL.
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| 00:02:24 112.8 |
AIR STRIKES - AERIAL- U.S.PLANES STRAFE AND BOMB SUPPLY DUMPS AND ROADS. AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERA.
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| 00:03:37 185.8 |
MS- ERIC JOHNSTON,MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION CHIEF PLAYS HOST TO DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FROM BRAZIL AT THE STORK CLUB IN NEW YORK
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| 00:04:09 217.8 |
MS- CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE, NEW AMBASSADOR TO ITALY, ARRIVES IN NAPLES BY SHIP TO A CHEERING CROWD.
LS- WOMAN WAVES HER JACKET IN GRETING. |
| 00:04:28 236.8 |
MONTAGE- FRENCH SCIENTISTS BUILD A GIANT MIRROR MADE UP OF 500 PIECES ATOP PYRANEES MOUNTAIN IN FRANCE. IT COLLECTS SOLAR RAYS PRODUCING 5000 DEGREES.
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| 00:04:33 241.8 |
LS- SCIENTIST CLIMBS LADDER IN FRONT OF MIRROR; HE HOLDS A BOARD IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR WHOSE RAYS INTENESLY BURN THE BOARD.
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| 00:05:23 291.8 |
PIPE SMOKING CONTEST AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - MS TOBACCO IS WEIGHED IN PACKETS AND DISTRIBUTED TO CONTESTANTS.
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| 00:05:25 293.8 |
LS- CROWD OF STUDENTS LIGHT UP THEIR PIPES. THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THE PIPE LIT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
ONLY 2 MATCHES PER CONTESTANT. |
| 00:05:40 308.8 |
CU- PIPE SMOKING STUDENT POSES FOR CAMERA. MS-
A DOG ALSO SMOKES A PIPE. MS- STUDENT SMOKING A WATER PIPE WINS. |
| 00:06:01 329.8 |
'WOOD MEMORIAL'HORSE RACE AT JAMIACA - 'NATIVE DANCER WINS THE CLASSIC.
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| 00:07:26 414.8 |
TRUCE HOPES - INDIA MAY BE KEY TO PRISONER DISPUTE MS- GENERAL HARRISON,UN SENIOR DELEGATE, AND GENERAL NAM IL OF NORTH KOREA MEET AT PANMUNJON.
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| 00:08:10 458.8 |
MONTAGE- HUGE CROWD IN SEOUL IN NEAR RIOTOUS STATE PROTEST ANY TRUCE EXCEPT ON THEIR TERMS.
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| 00:08:32 480.8 |
OCEAN GRAVE - 81 TURKS PERISH AS U.S.SUB SINKS.
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| 00:08:43 491.8 |
MS- RESCUE SHIPS STAND BY MARKER BUOY WHERE SUB WAS RAMMED BY SWEDISH SHIP AND SUNK. 2 SURVIVORS, THROWN CLEAR, RECOUP IN HOSPITAL.
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| 00:09:07 515.8 |
MS- DEEP SEA DIVER IS HOISTED ABOARD RESCUE SHIP.
AFTER HIS HELMET IS REMOVED, THE DIVER REPORTS 'NO HOPE'.MS- TURKISH SEAMEN STAND AT ATTENTION AS A FLORAL BOQUET IS THROWN OVERBOARD TO MARK THE SPOT. |
| 00:10:11 579.8 |
CU- PROSPECTOR CHECKS STONE FOUND IN THE HILLS OF FEDERAL CITY COLORADO, WITH A GEIGER COUNTER.THE CITY WAS NOTED DURING THE GOLD RUSH DAYS. URANIUM IS FOUND IN LARGE QUANTITIES.
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| 00:10:24 592.8 |
MS- 60 NEW YORK BLIND CHILDREN, SPECIAL GUESTS OF WONDERLAND FARM ZOO, FEED GOATS AND SHEEP THROUGH FENCE.CU- SMALL BLIND BOY FEEDS CALF WITH A BABY BOTTLE.CU- BLIND BOY HUGS A LAMB.
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| 00:11:21 649.8 |
RELIGION - 1ST BAHIA HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN
WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS. CU- PHOTO OF ABDUL BAHA, GRANDSON OF FOUNDER. |
| 00:11:51 679.8 |
PASTA EATING CONTEST - CU- (PAN) WOMEN EAT SPAGHETTI WITH THEIR MOUTHS,IN CONTEST WHERE
HANDS CANNOT BE USED. MS- WOMAN STICKS HER FACE IN DISH AND COMES UP WITH A MOUTH FULL OF PASTA. WINNER IN SWIM SUIT HOLDS UP EMPTY PLATE. |
| 00:12:22 710.8 |
LS- AFTER BEING CROWNED QUEEN, ANOTHER CONTESTANT HITS HER OVER THE HEAD WITH A FRYING PAN AND THE TWO GET INTO A HAIR PULLING FIGHT.
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| 00:12:38 726.8 |
BACK HOME - FAMILIES WELCOME WAR PRISONERS AS THEY ARRIVE BY PLANE AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:13:26 774.8 |
LS- MOTHER OF BLACK POW HUGS HER SON AS HE EXITS PLANE IN NEW YORK. WIFE,MOTHER AND BABY HUG HIM.
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| 00:13:38 786.8 |
MS- CROWD OF CAMERMEN TAKE PICTURES OF A GI WITH CRUTCHES WHO IS MET BY MOM AND DAD.
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| 00:14:38 846.8 |
LOYALTY PARADE - EX-POWS WATCH PARADE ON 5TH AVENUE AS GUEST OF HONOR EDDIE RICKENBACKER RECEIVES AWARD.
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| 00:15:47 915.8 |
LS- RUINS OF 3 HOUSES BUILT OVER AN OLD RAILROAD TUNNEL WHICH COLLAPSED IN MANCHESTER,ENGLAND KILLING 5 RESIDENTS.
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| 00:16:11 939.8 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE POSES WITH 23 LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN REPRESENTING 14 NATIONS.IKE SIGNS
AUTOGRAPHS. |
| 00:16:58 986.8 |
MONTAGE- CROWD OF SUBJECTS LINE UP IN HOLLAND TO WISH QUEEN JULIANA A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
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| 00:17:19 1007.8 |
LS- HUGE CROWD GATHER IN PALACE GROUNDS TO WISH EMPEROR HIROHITO OF JAPAN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.LS- HE WAVES FROM BALCONY.
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| 00:17:46 1034.8 |
FASHIONS - SPRINH TOGS FOR JUNIOR SMART SET - MS-
YOUNG BOY AND GIRL MODELS WALK OUT ON PLATFORM IN AUSTRIA AND MODEL OUTFITS FOR TOTS. |
| 00:18:30 1078.8 |
MS- YOUNG BOY IN AUDIENCE GIVES A SIGH AS GIRL MODEL PASSES.
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| 00:18:56 1104.8 |
KENTUCKY DERBY - IN UPSET 'DARK STAR' NOSES OUT FAVORITE.
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| 00:19:05 1113.8 |
MS- MEN AND WOMEN FANS PASS THROUGH TURNSTILES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS. TWO ELDERLY WOMEN SIT IN SUN AND READ THEIR SCRATCH SHEETS, OTHER WOMEN SHOW THEIR FANCY HATS.
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| 00:19:43 1151.8 |
CU- STARTER PRESSES BUTTON, HELD BEHIND HIS BACK, TO START RACE.
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| 00:20:54 1223.8 |
LS- SLOW MOTION FILM SHOW 'NATIVE DANCER' FAILING TO CATCH UP WITH 'DARK STAR'IN CLOSE FINISH.
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| 00:21:16 1244.8 |
APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL - NEICE OF PRESIDENT IKE IS CROWNED 'MISS SHENANDOAH' BY GENERAL VAN FLEET IN WINCHESTER,VIRGINIA.
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| 00:21:49 1277.8 |
MS- THE APPLE BLOSSOM QUEEN AND HER ENTOURAGE OF PRETTY DEBS PARADE THROUGH APPLE BLOSSOM GROVE.
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| 00:22:04 1292.8 |
MS- ARTHUR GODFREY, GRAND MARSHAL OF PARADE, RIDES IN MOTORCADE AS HOP-ALONG CASSIDY RIDES HIS HORSE ALONGSIDE THE 'QUEENS' FLOAT.
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| 00:22:57 1345.8 |
STATE VISIT - CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON,D.C. AIRPORT AND IS MET BY VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND JOHN FOSTER DULLES.
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| 00:23:40 1388.8 |
MS- PRESIDENT IKE SITS AND CHATS WITH PRIME MINISTER ST.LAURENT AT WHITE HOUSE.
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| 00:23:47 1395.8 |
AIR AND GROUND ACTION IN KOREA - MS- CAPTAIN MCCONNELL GETS INTO HIS F-86 JET. HE JOINS RANK OF U.S.ACES WITH 9 KILLS. AERIAL- PICTURES FROM HIS JET'S CAMERA SHOW HIM SHOOT DOWN A MIG FOR HIS 10TH KILL.
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| 00:24:56 1464.8 |
AERIAL- AS U.S. FIGHTERS LAY DOWN A PROTECTIVE BARRAGE A U.S. TANK RESCUES ANOTHER TANK DAMAGED BY REDS.
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| 00:25:26 1494.8 |
MONTAGE- 20,000 TONS OF TIRES GO UP IN BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE IN ONE OF FRANCE'S WORSE DISASTERS.
LS- SPECTATORS WATCH THE WALL OF ROLLING SMOKE AND THE FIREMEN FIGHTING THE BLAZE. |
| 00:26:20 1548.8 |
MONTAGE- PLASTIC IS USED TO KEEP POWDER DRY AS A TEAM OF ARMY GUNNERS DEMONSTRATE THE FIRING OF A RECOILESS RIFLE AT A PROVING GROUND IN NEW JERSEY.
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| 00:26:43 1571.8 |
LS- HELIUM GAS IS USED TO FILL PLASTIC BALLOONS WHICH ARE RELEASED AND DRIFT OVER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WITH LEAFLETS.
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| 00:26:55 1583.8 |
MS- A TRUCH RUNS OVER 5 GALLON BOTTLES TO DEMONSTRATE THE TOUGHNESS OF THE PLASTIC.
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| 00:27:11 1599.8 |
FASHIONS - MODELS WALK 2-BY-2 DOWN SPIRAL
STAIRCASE IN FORMAL GOWNS BY STEEL CHAPMAN. MS- BARTENDER POURS CHAMPAGNE AS MALE MODEL IN FORMAL TUX PICKS ONE UP FOR HIMSELF AND HIS GIRL. |
| 00:27:48 1636.8 |
CU- THE COUPLE CLICK GLASSES AND DRINK.
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| 00:28:12 1660.8 |
TWO KINGS CROWNED IN NEAR EAST.KING FAISAL II IN IRAQ AND KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN.MS- BEARDED ARAB SHEIKS ATTEND THE EVENT.
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| 00:28:26 1674.8 |
AERIAL- RUNNING CROWD JAMES THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD TO GET A GLIMPSE OF FAISAL.
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| 00:29:09 1717.8 |
LS- KING HUSSEIN STANDS BY HIS THRONE IN JORDAN AND READS HIS PROCLAMATION.
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| 00:29:57 1765.8 |
SEA IS CHEATED - 500 SAVED AS FERRY 'DUKE OF YORK IS SLICED IN TWO BY AN AMERICAN OIL TANKER WHICH SHOWS DAMAGE TO BOW.
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| 00:31:07 1835.8 |
RELIGIOUS CULT RIOTS IN CANADA - DOUKHOBORS PUT 16 HOMES TO TORCH LS- FLAMES RISE FROM ROOFS OF HOMES SET AFIRE BY CULT.
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| 00:31:18 1846.8 |
MS- SHIRTLESS SECT MEMBERS WATCH FIRE WHICH LEFT SCORES HOMELESS. 2 ELDERLY FAT WOMEN WATCH.
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| 00:31:47 1875.8 |
MS- CULT MEMBER SITS ON HIS PORCH WITH HIS RIFLE AND HIS DOG BY HIS SIDE.
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| 00:31:58 1887.8 |
LS- DOUKHOBORS CONDUCT OUTDOOR SERVICE. ALL FALL TO THEIR KNEES AND BOW TO THE GROUND.
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| 00:32:18 1906.8 |
MOM STOCH CAR RIDER - MRS. BARBARA COMACHE RIDES OFF IN HER STOCK CAR AFTER KISSING HER KIDS GOODBYE.
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| 00:32:24 1912.8 |
LS- OFFICIAL WAVES CHECKERED FLAG TO START RACE INCLUDING BARBARA.
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| 00:32:59 1947.8 |
CU- MARY BROWN 72, IS THE ONLY LADY IN A CLASS OF 600 LEARNING AUTO MECHANICS AT THE GREER SCHOOL, CHICAGO.
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| 00:33:27 1975.8 |
MONTAGE- FRENCH GALS MODEL SWIM SITS AT A CABARET SPONSORED BY SINGER GABRIELLO.
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| 00:34:19 2027.8 |
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF TRIPLETS AT PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY - CU- CRYING FACES OF YOUNG TRIPLETS.
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| 00:34:53 2061.8 |
MS- THIRSTY THEODORE THINKS HE IS SEEING TRIPLE WHEN HE TAKES A DRINK OF BOOZE AND SEES A PARADE OF TRIPLETS PASS BY.
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| 00:35:40 2108.8 |
OLD AIRCRAFT END SERVICE IN FIRE TEST - SLOW MOTION FILM RECORD HOW FIRES ARE STARTED ON PLANES. LS- OBSOLETE PLANE SKIDS ALONG THE GROU ND CAUSING THE FEUL TANK TO RIP OPEN AND BURST INTO FLAMES.
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| 00:36:15 2143.8 |
LS- WITH FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED, THE SAME PLANE DOES NOT BURST INTO FLAMES.
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| 00:36:55 2183.8 |
WIND OF DEATH - 118 DIE AS TORNADOES LEVEL CITIES IN TEXAS.
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| 00:37:16 2204.8 |
MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF WORKERS SIFT THROUGH THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY TORNADOES IN WACO, TEXAS.
MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND CARS ARE FLATTENED AS THOUGH BY A GIANT FIST. |
| 00:38:14 2262.8 |
MS- (PAN) THOUSANDS OF BEETLES LIE DEAD AND DYING AS FARMERS IN BRITANNY,FRANCE USE CHEMICALS TO FIGHT THE ONSLAUGHT
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| 00:38:24 2272.8 |
MS- FARMER PLOWS HIS FIELD WITH AN OXEN THEN LOOKS UP AT AHELICOPTER SPEWING CHEMICALS OVER TREES AND SWAMPY AREAS.
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| 00:38:58 2306.8 |
MS- AN AMERICAN BUSSINESSMAN AND 6 MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN NEW YORK AFTER BEING IMPRISONED BY NORTH KOREA.
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| 00:39:22 2330.8 |
MS- HELICOPTER WITH TWIN MESHING ROTORS MAKES ITS DEBUT
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| 00:40:20 2388.8 |
MONTAGE- SNOWPLOW SHOOTS SNOW INTO THE AIR AS IT CLEARS A PATH IN 18 FOOT DRIFTS FOR AUTO TRAFFIC AT SHANOOK PASS IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS.
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| 00:40:31 2399.8 |
MS- FRENCH SCIENTIST LOOKS THROUGH MICROSCOPE TO ANALYSE COAL AS FRANCE LOOKS TO COAL FOR OIL PRODUCTION.MS- AN EXPLOSION OCCURS AT TESTING GROUNDS AS COAL DUST IS DETONATED SEVERAL TIMES.
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| 00:41:12 2440.8 |
FASHIONS PARADE - MAGGIE MCNELLIS ANNOUNCES LATEST STYLES. LS- MODELS POSE WITH JOCKIES AT BELMONT PARK SHOWING SHOES BY GELLMAN.
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| 00:41:52 2480.8 |
MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP LOOK AT SHOES AS MODELS WALK DOWN STEPS AT RACE TRACK.
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| 00:42:26 2514.8 |
CELEBRITIES TEE OFF FOR SWEET CHARITY - LS-
YANKEE OWNER DAN TOPPING TEES OFF AT GOLF COURSE AT PRO CELEBRITY TOURNAMENT IN WESTBURY,N.Y. |
| 00:42:38 2526.8 |
MONTAGE- ALSO TEEING OFF ARE INDUSTRIALIST ROBERT R. YOUNG,COMEDIAN BOB HOPE AND THE DUKE OF WINDSOR. MS- BOB HOPE CLOWNS AROUND GETTING A WIDE GRIN GROM THE DUKE. BOB IS AWARDED A PLAQUE WHICH HE KISSES AND RUBS HIS FACE ON IT.
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