19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR 2/23/54 AND 2/25/54
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2/23/54 - HETRBERT HOOVER ON DEPRESSION; SENATOR KNOWLAND; SENATOR MCCARTHY; FERMBERGER; SENATOR WILEY; BACARDI RUM; DROUGHT
14TH STREET SALE; PIE CONTEST; NORTH KOREA POW'S; 2/25/ 54 - 04 19 19 - MCCARTHY, STEVENS; DULLES; BILLY GRAHAM; VARGAS; EARTHQUAKE; MARDI GRAS; A. F. VISITS ARGENTINA;MEN, MULES; ROCKET SLED' FEBRUARY 23, 1954 |
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HERBERT HOOVER - CU HOOVER SPEAKS OF GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN HE WAS IN POWER, MAKES HUMOROUS REMARKS OF THINGS SAID IN THAT TIME PLACING BLAME FOR THE DEPRESSION ON HIM, INCLUDING "THEY EVEN NAMED IT (THE DEPRESSION) AFTER ME". CALLED IT "ORDEAL BY FIRE".
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| 04:06:22 69.77 |
CU SENATOR KNOWLAND SPEAKS ABOUT KOREAN PEACE, VIETNAM AND THE FRENCH.
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SENATOR MCCARTHY - MCCARTHY SPEAKS TO FOLLOWERS AT BANQUET. SAYS IT'S GOOD FEELING TO GET OUT OF WASHINGTON ONCE IN AWHILE, AND BACK IN THE UNITED STATES.....". SPEAKS OF WITNESSES WHO SPEAK A DIFFERENT TUNE UNDER OATH AND SOMETHING ELSE TO THE PRESS.
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FERMBERGER - SAMUEL FERMBERGER, ONCE SECRETARY OF PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF "SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION" (PATRIOTIC GROUP) SAYS HE RESIGNED BECAUSE OF METHODS EMPLOYED BY SENATOR MCCARTHY.
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| 04:10:02 289.77 |
SENATOR WILEY - SPEAKS OF DULLES AND FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN BERLIN. SAYS HE AGREES "YOU CAN'T TRUST THE RUSSIANS". foreign affairs
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BICARDI - MLS FACTORY BUILDING WITH "BACARDI"
WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS ON ROOF. MS BACARDI (?) WALKS OUT OF ESTATE WITH WIFE, SMALL SON, TOWARDS CAMERA. LS BACARDI ESTATE. MS BACARDI AND WIFE WATCH SON SLIDE DOWN SLIDING POND. OTHER SCENES OF FAMILY ON ESTATE GROUNDS. MS SON POSES WITH TWO POLICEMEN, GUARDS.(CUBA ?) |
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DROUGHT - SIGN: "OLAINE, KANSAS", PAN TO "COFFEE SHOP" SIGN ABOVE STORE FRONT, TILT DOWN TO SIGN IN WINDOW, "WATER SERVED ON REQUEST ONLY".
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CU PARCH, CRACKED RESERVOIR BED. LS VIEW ALMOST EMPTY RESERVOIR. ABOVE VIEW LOCOMOTIVE PULLING LONG STRING OF TANK CARS CONTAINING WATER FOR RESERVOIR..
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WORKERS CLIMB ONTO TANK CARS, OPEN VALVES RELEASING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS INTO GROUND WHICH FLOWS TO RESERVOIR. SERIOUS FACES OF PEOPLE WATCHING.
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14TH STREET SALE - LS ABOVE VIEW CRUSHING CROWD OF TENS OF THOUSANDS SHOPPERS OUTSIDE HERN;S DEPARTMENT STORE IN NEW YORK ARRIVE FOR SALE BEFORE DOORS OPEN. MS LARGE BANNER SIGN:
"HEARNS, BIG BUYERS BARGAIN WEEL". CU PEOPLE HOLD UP SALE ADVERTISEMENT. |
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TWO NY POLICEMEN HOLD CRYING WOMAN, LOOKING FAINT FROM CRUSHING CROWD. VARIOUS SCENES POLICE TRYING TO HOLD BACK HUGE CROWD.
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MS CROWD, BACKS TO CAMERA, MERGE TO HEARN'S STORE ENTRANCE AS DOORS OPEN, PEOPLE ENTERING STORE POV INSIDE. MEN, WOMEN RUMMAGING THROUGH ITEMS ON SALE TABLES, SUIT RACKS. CU RADIO, PAN TO SMILING MALE CUSTOMER.
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ABOVE PAN CROWD CHECKING SALE ITEMS.
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PIE CONTEST VARIOUS SCENES FEMALE CONTESTANTS MAKING PIES, MIXING INGREDIENTS, PLACING PIES IN OVENS. VARIOUS SCENES FEMALE JUDGES CHECKING OUT FINISHED PRODUCT. YOUNG FEMALE WINNER BEVERLY JONES OF UTAH GETS EXCITED, HOLDS UP WINNING PIE.
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NORTH KOREA POWS' VARIOUS SCENES U. N. TROOPS FROM INDIA LEAD LONG COLUMNS OF NORTH KOREAN TROOPS, CARRY SOUTH KOREAN FLAGS ACROSS BORDER TO SOUTH. AFTER REFUSING TO GO BACK TO NORTH
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REINDEER - REINDEER COME TO EAT, DRINK AT FARM IN GERMANY(?). MAN PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM HIS BARN, SEES HERD DEER APPROACH FROM SNOW BOUND FIELD, FARMER WHO HOLDS CAN OF FEED.
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FARMER PITCHES PITCH FORK OF HAY INTO FEEDING BIN. REINDEER EAT LIKE CATTLE, SHOW NO FEAR OF MAN WHO STAYS IN THEIR MIDST, CU REINDEER EATING HAY FROM GROUND. MCU DEER LOOKS AT CAMERA. TWO DEER CROSS HORNS IN COMBAT. animal antics; oddity FEBRUARY 25, 1954
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MCCARTHY. STEVENS - CU SECRETARY OF ARMY SITS ALONGSIDE ADVERSARY SENATOR MCCARTHY AS SENATOR MUNDT (?) READS FROM PREPARED TEXT, SPEAKS OF QUESTIONING GENERAL SZWICKER AT LATER DATE..
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CU DULLES - SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES SPEAKS OF SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN BERLIN. politics, foreign affairs
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BILLY GRAHAM - LS BRITISH LINER QUEEN MARY (?)
IN BRITISH HARBOR. EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM AND WIFE POSE ON DECK. CROWD ON ROOF, MOVIE CAMERAS GRIND AS GRAHAM SPEAKS OUTSIDE PIER. CU BILLY SPEAKS TO REPORTER. SAYS HE " DID NOT COME TO AVE BRITAIN, BUT SIMPLY TO PREACH THE LOVE OF CHRIST" |
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VARGAS - PRESIDENT GETULIO VARGAS OF BRAZIL IS MOBBED BY ADORING CITIZENS AS HE VISITS IN MOTORCADE. CU YOUNG WOMEN WAVING FLAGS. CU VARGAS WAVING TO CROWD. CU FACE SHOT BRAZILIAN MEN. LS VARGAS WAVING FROM BALCONY.
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ELECTRIC TRAIN - VARIOUS SCENES DIGNITARIES RIDING NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS. TRAIN GOING AT FULL SPEED TRACKS AS SEEN BY SPEEDING TRAIN. SCENERY AS SEEN FROM TRAIN TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED.
LS CROWD WATCH FROM BRIDGE AS HIGH SPEED TRAIN PASSES UNDER THEM. |
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JET PLANE - VARIOUS CU VIEWS NEW JET FIGHTER ON RUNWAY. PILOT PUTTING ON HELMET BY PLANE, CLIMBING INTO COCKPIT, TAKING OFF FOR TEST FLIGHT AS GROUP OF MEN WATCH. JET SPEEDING LOW ACROSS FIELD.
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EARTHQUAKE - CROWDS GATHER IN STREETS TO SEE CRACK IN STREET, DEBRIS CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE.
PAN WINDOW WITH BROKEN GLASS. MS PHOTOG STAND BY STREET RAISED BY EARTHQUAKE. WORKER WITH GAS MASK FIXING GAS MAIN(?). |
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MARDI GRAS - CU QUEEN BEING CROWNED BY OFFICIAL IN TUX.. LS ABOVE VIEW MOTORCYCLE POLICE LEADING PARADE DOWN AVENUE. VARIOUS SCENES MEN ON COLORFUL OUTFITS DANCING, PARADING, MARCHING BANDS, COLORFUL FLOATS, DIGNITARIES ON REVIEWING STAND DRINKING CHAMPAIGN TOAST, MONTAGE MORE GREAT FLOATS. NEW ORLEANS.
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AIR FORCE VISITS ARGENTINA - AERIAL VIEW SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS OF ARGENTINA. VARIOUS SCENES U. S. PLANES PUT ON AIR SHOW IN ARGENTINA AS PEOPLE, MILITARY LEADERS WATCH
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U. S. MOUNTAIN TROOPS VARIOUS SCENES TROOPS BEING DISTRIBUTED SKIS, POLISHING THEM, TRAINING HOW TO SKI. VARIOUS METHODS OF SKIING DOWN HILLS, JUMPING OVER OBSTACLES.
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SWISH PAN LS LONG COLUMN OF MOUNTAIN TROOPS CLIMBING UP HILLS WITH PACK MULES. MS RIDING MULES.
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TROOPS RUN OUT OF TENTS, PICK UP SNOW SHOES, PUT THEM ON, TREK THROUGH DEEP SNOW.
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ROCKET SLED - * Note: (See VM-2185)
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