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CONFERENCE: DULLES REJECTS RED 'GREAT POWER' RULE.
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BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN AND U.S.JOHN FOSTER DULLES ARRIVE AT MEETING FOLLOWED BY ANDRE GROMYKO AND MOLOTOV OF RUSSIA. BIDEAUX OF FRANCE ARRIVES.
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| 00:02:31 101.5 |
MONTAGE SPANISH GENERAL VISITS SPANISH MOROCCO TO LISTEN TO ARAB GRIEVANCES CONCERNING APPOINTED SULTAN YOUSEEF. ARABS DANCE AND CHANT.
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| 00:03:08 138.5 |
SCIENTISTS OF THE DAVID SARNOFF RESEARCH CENTER ACTIVATE A SMALL TELEPHONE EARPIECE WITH A TINY ATOMIC BATTERY.THE EARPIECE IS PUT UP AGAINST A MICROPHONE CAUSING A HIGH PITCH SOUND.
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| 00:03:47 177.5 |
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON GREETS TURKISH PRESIDENT BAYAR AT D.C. AIRPORT. PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE GREET BAYAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS LIMO PULLS UP.
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| 00:04:34 224.5 |
MONTAGE GREAT NAMES IN SPORTS ARE HONORED AT PHILADELPHIA'S SPORTS WRITERS CELEBRATION
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| 00:04:38 228.5 |
PAN OF THOSE HONORED INCLUDE LOE LOUIS, AL ROSEN OF CLEVELAND INDIANS, GEORGE MIKEN OF LAKERS, JESSE OWENS AND MANY OTHER OLD TIMERS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS.
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| 00:05:11 261.5 |
10 OUTSTANDING 'MEN OF THE YEAR' LS- 3000 GUESTS ARE ON HAND AT SEATTLE AUDITORIUM. SCIENTIST, GOVERNOR, ALASKAN BISHOP, A PORTER AND CONGRESSMAN ARE INCLUDED.
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| 00:05:44 294.5 |
ACTOR JIMMY STEWART LOOKS ON AS GLEN MILLER'S WIFE PRESENTS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS BY HER LATE HUSBAND.
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| 00:06:11 321.5 |
HANDBAG FASHIONS OF A HULA HOLIDAY - GIRLS IN GRASS SKIRTS PLACE LEI'S ON MODELS AS THEY DEBARK AIRPLANE IN HAWAII.MS- MODELS WEAR HANDBAGS BY JOSEPH.
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| 00:06:56 366.5 |
MONTAGE MODELS SHOW HANDBAGS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS INCLUDING A SUGAR CANE FIELD, ATOP A BUILDING OVERLOOKING CITY, A PINEAPPLE FIELD AND BOTANICAL GARDEN.
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| 00:07:08 378.5 |
A QUARTETTE OF HULA DANCERS DANCE BENEATH THE PALMS EACH WEARING A HANDBAG
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| 00:08:03 433.5 |
BITTER WINTER: EUROPE LASHED BY GALES AND SNOW STORMS. 2 MEN SHOVEL SNOW IN THE BLINDING WIND.A SNOWPLOW CLEARS A ROAD. CU MAN'S FEET THRUDGING THROUGH DEEP SNOW.
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| 00:08:39 469.5 |
MONTAGE ADMIRAL NELSON'S ANCIENT FLAGSHIP IN PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND IS BLANKETED IN SNOW.
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| 00:08:52 482.5 |
CU ICICLES HANG FROM THE MOUTH OF A DOLPHIN SPEWING WATER FROM ITS MOUTH IN A FOUNTAIN IN LONDON. WEB FOOTED DUCK SLIDES AND FALLS AS IT TRIES TO NEGOTIATE AN ICY POND
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| 00:09:11 501.5 |
AERIAL THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE IN SPAIN SHOUTING FOR THE RETURN OF GIBRALTAR FROM THE ENGLISH.
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| 00:09:43 533.5 |
MONTAGE HUGE PILE OF RUBBER TIRES SPEW HEAVY BLACK SMOKE AS FIREMAN FIGHT FIRE AT RUBBER PLANT IN TORONTO,CANADA.
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| 00:10:15 565.5 |
LINER 'PRESIDENT CLEVELAND' HEADS INTO SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR BEARING A 5 YEAR OLD KOREAN ORPHAN. FORMER KOREAN WAR GI AND HIS WIFE MEET AND HUG THEIR NEW ADOPTED SON.
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| 00:10:53 603.5 |
CHAING KAI SHEK EXITS A NAVY HELICOPTER ON BOARD A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER OFF THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA (TAIWAN).
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| 00:11:22 632.5 |
BOXING: HEAVYWEIGHTS BATTLE IN GOLDEN GLOVES AT RIDGEWOOD GARDENS IN BROOKLYN.
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| 00:12:35 705.5 |
MONTAGE TOP SKIERS FROM EUROPE,USA AND CANADA COMPETE IN AUSTRIAN ALPS.
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| 00:13:36 766.5 |
NATIONAL OUTDOOR ICE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MINNESOTA. MONTAGE ALL GIRLS COMPETE FOLLOWED BY ALL MEN. GIRL SPILLS AND SLIDES ALONG THE ICE. PAT GIBSON WINS FOR THE GIRLS, KEN BARTHOLEMEW FOR THE MEN.
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| 00:15:04 854.5 |
PARLEY DEADLOCK: SHOWDOWN ON GERMANY IS DEMANDED BY THE WEST.
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| 00:16:23 933.5 |
MONTAGE: A SNOWSTORM HAMPERS RESCUE WORKERS IN WORSE RAIL DISASTER IN KOREAN HISTORY.
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| 00:17:37 1007.5 |
HUGE CROWD OF OVER EXCITED JAPANESE FANS GREET JOE DIMAGGIO AND MARILYN MONROE AT AIRPORT FORCING THE COUPLE TO RETURN TO THE PLANE UNTIL ORDER IS RESTORED.
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| 00:17:46 1016.5 |
CROWD OF NEWSMEN AND CAMERAMEN MEET WITH MARILYN THE NEXT DAY, BUT JOE LOSES PATIENCE AND TAKES MARILYN OUT BY THE ARM
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| 00:18:04 1034.5 |
MONTAGE IN A 600 YEAR OLD TRADITION, CHILDREN JOIN HANDS AND DANCE AROUND AN ANCIENT FOUNTAIN IN A FRENCH VILLAGE. PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE JUMP UP AND DOWN IN A CONTINUOUS DANCE INCLUDING CHEFS WHO JUST FINISHED ROASTING AN OX.
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DAREDEVILS: A 52 YEAR OLD IRON WORKER AND BRIDE TO BE, CLIMB THE TOP OF A 62 STORY UNFINISHED SKYSCRAPER, WHERE THEY ARE WED.
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FASHION ON PARADE FOR POLIO TOTS:
SMALL 'POSTER BOY' WITH CRUTCHES WALKS THE MODELS PLATFORM FOLLOWED BY YOUNG MODELS TO OPEN ANNUAL'MARCH OF DIMES' SHOW IN NEW YORK. |
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ACTRESS HELEN HAYES SITS AT DINNER TABLE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION, BASIL O'CONNOR.
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| 00:20:17 1167.5 |
SKI CHAMPS BURN SLOPES IN CANADA
SKIERS RIDE CHAIR LIFT UP MOUNTAIN. |
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BACK TO FREEDOM: JOHN HOVASTA IS HOME FROM IRON CURTAIN CAPTIVITY.
JOHN'S PARENTS GREET HIM WITH OPEN ARMS AT NEW YORK AIRPORT. |
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600 REPUBLICANS GATHER IN WASHINGTON FOR TRADITIONAL 'LINCOLN'S DAY BOX DINNER. CU VICE PRESIDENT NIXON AND HOUSE SPEAKER MARTIN ARE THERE. PRESIDENT IKE AND MAMIE ARRIVE AS DOES HERBERT HOOVER.
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| 00:23:34 1364.5 |
CHEF'S PILE UP HUNDREDS OF PIZZA STYLE BOXES OF FOOD. DEFENSE SECRETARY WILSON AND SENATOR KNOWLAND EAT CHICKEN WITH THEIR HANDS.
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| 00:23:56 1386.5 |
MONTAGE CHINESE BEAUTIES POSE FOR CAMERAS AS THEY CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR IN SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN.
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| 00:24:00 1390.5 |
TRADITIONAL DRAGON DANCE AND PARADE IS ENJOYED BY CROWD. FRIGHTENED CHINESE CHILD CRIES AT SOUND OF THE FIRECRACKERS.
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| 00:24:38 1428.5 |
MOTOR LAUNCH TAKES QUEEN ELIZABETH TO AUSTRALIAN SHORE AND IS MET THERE BY PRIM MINISTER MENDES.
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| 00:25:16 1466.5 |
THOUSANDS CHEER QUEEN'S MOTORCADE IN SYDNEY.
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| 00:25:35 1485.5 |
SPORTS: THE MILROSE GAMES. TRACK AND FIELD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDENS IN NEW YORK.
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| 00:25:51 1501.5 |
BOB RICHARDS WINS FOR THE 8TH TIME IN POLE VAULT. MEL WHITFIELD, 2 TIME OLYMPIC CHAMP, WINS THE 880.
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| 00:26:44 1554.5 |
HERMAN WYATT, TIED FOR THE HIGH JUMP, TRIES FOR 6FT. 9IN. MAKES IT, BUT THE POLE FALLS AFTER HE CLEARS IT.
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| 00:26:57 1567.5 |
BASEBALL COMMISSIONER FORD FRICK AND GIANT OWNER HORASE STONHAM PRESENT PRESIDENT IKE WITH A 700 YEAR OLD MUSEUM PIECE SAMURAI SUIT OF ARMOR ON BEHALF OF JAPANESE BASEBALL FANS.
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| 00:27:20 1590.5 |
14TH ANNUAL RODEO AT PALM SPRINGS.
WOMAN COWBOY ATTEMPTS TO JUMP HURDLES STANDING ON THE BACK OF TWO WHITE HORSES. ONE HORSE STOPS AND THE OTHER JUMPS CAUSING THE GIRL TO BE THROWN. |
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GIRL TRIES AGAIN WITH 4 HORSES AND MAKES IT OVER.
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BRONCO HORSE FALLS ON ITS FACE THROWING THE COWBOY ON HIS FACE.
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| 00:28:49 1679.5 |
INDO-CHINA PERIL: REDS AT GATES OF LAOS CAPITAL.
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| 00:29:00 1690.5 |
AERIAL PAN OF LONG BRIDGE DESTROYED BY RETREATING FRENCH SOLDIERS.
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| 00:29:41 1731.5 |
MONTAGE U.S. LST'S LAND FRENCH FORCES ON BEACH.
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| 00:30:08 1758.5 |
CU DEFENSE SECRETSRY WILSON SPEAKS TO NATION. SAYS,'WE ARE SENDING SUPPLIES, NOT TROOPS AND INDO-CHINA WILL NOT BECOME ANOTHER KOREA'.
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| 00:30:37 1787.5 |
DEPARTURE OF INDIAN TROOPS FROM KOREA IS REVIEWED BY INDIAN GENERAL DEMAYA AND GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR.
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| 00:31:16 1826.5 |
LONG LINE OF AIR FORCE 'STRATO FREIGHTERS' IN HANGAR. 500TH PLANE IS DELIVERED.
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| 00:31:54 1864.5 |
ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN WORK ON PAPER MACHE FIGURES AS THEY GET READY FOR CARNIVAL TIME IN FLORENCE. CU ANIMATED GROTESQUE FIGURES ARE ASSEMBLED BY ARTISANS.
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| 00:32:39 1909.5 |
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF 'GASPARILLA DAY' IN TAMPA HAVE COLORFUL 'PIRATES' INVADE TAMPA BAY.
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| 00:32:56 1926.5 |
MODELS DRESSED AS PIRATES RIDE FLOATS WITH PIRATES THROWING FAKE COINS INTO THE CROWD.
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| 00:33:15 1945.5 |
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: 106 DIFFERENT BREEDS OF DOGS ARE REPRESENTED.
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| 00:33:55 1985.5 |
COCKER SPANIEL NAMED 'RISE AND SHINE' WINS 'BEST OF SHOW' BLUE RIBBON.
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| 00:34:06 1996.5 |
MONTAGE FANCY DIVING DIVING BY MALE AND FEMALE DIVERS AT BILTMORE POOL IN PALM SPRINGS. CLOWNS DO COMICAL ANTICS AND SPLASHING DIVES.
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STROM BOUND: EUROPE SHIVERS UNDER SNOW, SLEET AND ICE. CARS SKID ON FROZEN CANAL AS THEY TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS. A FEW SUCCEED.
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ICE BREAKERS FORM WEIRD PATTERNS IN ICE AS THEY CRASH THEIR WAY THROUGH AMSTERDAM-RHINE CANAL IN HOLLAND.
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MONTAGE HIGH SNOW COVERS SUNNY SPAIN. CARS COMPLETELY INUNDATED BY DRIFTS WHICH REACH A CHURCH BELFRY. MAN SHOVELS SNOW OFF THE ROOF.
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FLAMES SHOOT OUT OF WINDOWS OF A BREWERY AS FIREMEN POUR WATER INTO IT.
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| 00:37:53 2223.5 |
MISS PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER CONTEST AT WALDORF-ASTORIA IN NEW YORK. SWIMSUIT BEAUTIES PARADE IN FRONT OF JUDGES.
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AUSSIES PUT ON SURF SHOW FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH.
THOUSANDS OF FLAG WAVING SUBJECTS CHEER THE QUEEN STANDING IN HER LIMO. AUSTRALIA |
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QUEEN WATCHES AS ROW BOATERS CRASH THROUGH THE HEAVY SURF IN RACE.
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SPORTS: 4 MAN NATIONAL AAU BOBSLED CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LAKE PLACID,NEW YORK. MONTAGE- YOUNG KIDS USE SLEDS ON COURSE BUILT BY THE TOWN TO TEACH THEM BOBSLEDDING.
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CU GENERAL MARK CLARK SPEAKS ABOUT BROTHERHOOD.
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INDO-CHINA: FRENCH FACE CRUCIAL TEST IN 8 YEAR WAR. FRENCH MINISTER ARRIVES IN SAIGON AND VISITS WOUNDED FRENCH SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL AS FIGHTING GETS INTENSE.
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MONTAGE FRENCH TRAIN HAND TO HAND COMBAT IN A SWIMMING POOL.
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MONTAGE DELEGATES FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA SEE U.S.JETS ON DISPLAY IN PANAMA. CROWDS EXAMINE THE PLANES.
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MONTAGE MULTI-NATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT A FIRE AT AN OIL DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN SEOUL, KOREA.
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MARINE COLONEL FRED SHWABBLE AND WIFE ARRIVE IN VIRGINIA TO FACE A COURT OF INQUIRY INTO HIS CONFESSING TO THE REDS TO GERM WARFARE WHEN HE WAS A POW IN KOREA.
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| 00:46:27 2737.5 |
MONTAGE 2000 BALLOONS CARRYING A MESSAGE OF APPEAL FOR 'TRUTH DOLLARS' ARE INFLATED AND SENT IN THE SKY.
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| 00:46:58 2768.5 |
MONTAGE LIFE SIZE DUMMIES ARE PLACED IN TEST JALOPIES AND CRASHED INTO A WALL TO SHOW EFFECTS OF SAFETY BELTS.
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| 00:47:25 2795.5 |
SPORT: ICE SKATING MARATHON IN HOLLAND. 138 CONTESTANTS RUSH TO STARTING GATE, AT NIGHT, TO COMPETE IN THE 124 MILE LONG RACE.
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SKATED SKIM ALONG FROZEN CANAL, STOP AT CENTRAL POINTS TO HAVE THEIR CARDS STAMPED AND DRINK HOT TEA.
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CONTESTANTS RUN UP AND ACROSS THE BANK TO ANOTHER CANAL AND MORE ICE.
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| 00:48:50 2880.5 |
MONTAGE EUROPE'S BEST SKIERS CHALLENGE GRUELING DOWNHILL COURSE IN FRENCH ALPS. MANY SKIERS FALL COMING DOWN.
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FILM EXCHANGE: UNIVERSAL'S NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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| 00:49:39 2929.5 |
WORKER STORES FILM ON SHELVES IN VAULT. OFFICIALS AND SECRETARIES SIT AT DESKS.
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| 00:50:11 2961.5 |
FILM DISTRIBUTORS HAVE DINNER MEETING AT NEW HEADQUARTERS.
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| 00:50:48 2998.5 |
ATOMIC CENTER: FRANCE UNVEILS HUGE NEW NUCLEAR PROJECT NEAR PARIS. SCIENTISTS USE LONG POLE WITH GRASPING CLAMPS TO STORE NUCLEAR MATERIALS.
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82 REFUGEES WITH SMALL KIDS WHO ESCAPED FROM RED COUNTRIES ARRIVE BY PLANE IN NEW YORK..
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| 00:52:31 3101.5 |
PILOT AND TRAINEE CLIMB INTO A NEW LOCKHEED JET TRAINER FOR TEST.
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| 00:53:04 3134.5 |
ACTRESS EVA GABOR AND MOTHER ARRIVE AT NEW YORK THEATER IN VINTAGE CAR TO PREMIERE OF'GENEVIEVE' .
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| 00:53:26 3156.5 |
CONRAD NAGEL, MIMI BENZEL, GLORIA SWANSON AND MAGGIE MCNELLIS ARRIVE AT THEATER.
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| 00:53:43 3173.5 |
ADMIRAL CHESTER NINITZ IS HONORED BY BOY SCOUTS ON CARRIER 'KEARSAGE' IN CALIFORNIA.
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| 00:54:03 3193.5 |
FASHIONS: ALOHA TOGS FOR SUNNY ISLAND - STYLES BY HAWAIIAN DESIGNERS ARE MODELED AT A TROPICAL SETTING.
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| 00:55:11 3261.5 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT LAKE PLACID SCULPT NURSERY RHYME FIGURES IN ICE AND SNOW IN MINUS 12 DEGREE WEATHER. LITTLE BOY BLUE, HUMPTY DUMPTY AND LITTLE JACK HORNER ARE SOME OF THE SCULPTURES.
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| 00:55:58 3308.5 |
MONTAGE 3RD INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPORTS SHOW OPENS IN NEW YORK. HIGH STYLES OF THE FUTURE ARE SHOWN.
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ICE BOATING ON LAKE ST.CLAIRE IN MICHIGAN. SAIL BOATS SKIM ALONG THE ICE AT HIGH SPEEDS
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