Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-2211

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02:57:41 0	MARCH 7, 1955 LS ABOVE VIEW LEIPZIG WORLD'S FAIR IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY. POLICE CROSS FAIR GROUND STREET AS PEOPLE IN B/G CLIMB ONTO LONG LINE OF TROLLEY TRAMS IN B/G CU "USSR" ON PAVILION. LS TILT UP HUGE SOVIET PAVILION BUILDING WITH NEEDLE- LIKE STEEPLE, RED STAR AT TOP. MS SOVIET FLAGS WAVING IN WIND
02:58:00 18.83	MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS PAVILIONS INCLUDING, CHINA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA BUILDING WITH EGYPTIAN, ARGENTINA,
02:58:11 29.83	MS PEOPLE WATCH SMALL DERRICK IN ACTION BELGIUM, IRAN, LUXEMBURG COMBINED. CU DRIVER. WOMAN TAKES PHOTO OF MAN TURNING PROP ON PLANE. PEOPLE WATCH VARIETY FARM MACHINES INCLUDING REAPER .
02:58:33 51.83	MS TWO ICE CREAM VENDORS IN BAKER'S OUTFITS FROM SMALL CART. VENDOR CARRYING TRAY OF CANDIES. CU SAME.
02:58:43 61.83	MS TILT UP THEME PARK ORNATE METAL STRUCTURE WITH FLAGS.
02:58:53 71.83	VOLCANO ERUPTION, HAWAII (MAUNA LOA ?). MS MOLTEN LAVA EXPLODES INTO THE AIR FROM VOLCANO IN HAWAII. MS MOUNDS OF MOLTEN LAVA ROLLS OVER GRASS, BURNING ALL IN PATH. CU SAME. natural disaster.
02:59:06 84.83	NATIVE FAMILY EVACUATING HOME, CARRIES BELONGINGS TO PICK UP TRUCK. MS MAN CARRYING IRONING BOARD OUT OF THREATENED HOUSE. MS GENERAL STORE OWNER AND HELPER PILE GOODS ONTO TRUCK. MS PICK UP TRUCK PULLS AWAY CARRYING BEDDING, REFRIGERATOR AS RAIN FALLS...CU TRUCK WHEEL NARROWLY MISSES CRATER IN ROAD.
02:59:36 114.83	CU PAN CRATER IN ROAD WITH SMOKE RISING FROM IT. MORE OF MOVING HILL OF LAVA ROLLING OVER LANDSCAPE. MARCH 3, 1955
02:59:53 131.83	ART CARNEY - CU STREET SIGN, BRONX, NEW YORK, "E.58 ST. AND GRAND CONCOURSE" CU SIGN ON TRUCK CAB, :"PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF BRONX, BUREAU OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE".
02:59:59 137.83	MS CROWD PEOPLE, REPORTERS, GATHER AROUND ACTOR / COMEDIAN ART CARNEY WHO PLAYS SEWER WORKER IN POPULAR TV SHOW WITH JACKIE GLEASON "THE HONEYMOONERS" , DRESSED IN RUBBER RAIN GEAR AS HE IS ABOUT TO BE LOWERED INTO SEWER. movie stunt, television, movies, hollywood, theater.
03:00:07 145.83	CU WORKER'S HAND LIFTING MAN HOLE COVER WITH CROW BAR AS VOICE OVER CARNEY JOKES AROUND. MS BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF BRONX SWEARS IN ART CARNEY, AS HONORARY SUPERATTENDANT OF SEWERS. CU CARNEY TAKING OATH...
03:01:07 205.83	ART CARNEY COMMENTS AS HE PREPARES TO BE LOWERED INTO SEWER. SAYS "VA-VA-VAVOOM", AS HE IS LOWERED. MARCH 4, 1955
03:01:30 228.83	NAVAL CEREMONY - COMMAND CHANGE - VARIOUS VIEWS HIGH RANKING NAVAL OFFICERS INCLUDING UNIDENTIFIED ADMIRALS IN CEREMONY AT NAVAL ACADEMY (?). NAVY MEN FIRING 21 GUN SALUTE WITH CANNONS, ADMIRAL TAKING OFF IN NAVY HELICOPTER AFTER CEREMONIES. MARCH 8, 1955
03:02:34 292.83	BELGIAN PARADE - MS HUGE GROTESQUE ANIMAL FIGURES PARADERS, MARCHING BAND, IN GROTESQUE ANIMAL COSTUMES. FLOAT OF WITCH FLYING ON BROOM, OTHER HUGE GROTESQUE, MONSTER FIGURES PARADE DOWN BELGIAN BOULEVARD.
03:03:03 321.83	SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES SPEAKS OF TRIP TO ASIA. WALL MAP IN B/G.
03:03:47 365.83	CU DULLES WITH IKE IN OVAL OFFICE. MARCH 7. 1955
03:03:56 374.83	ICY TAKE-OFF - CU SIGN, "LAKE KEGONSA".- PEOPLE GATHER ON ICY LAKE TO WATCH SMALL PLANE TAKE OFF WITH HELP OF PYLON. PLANE WIRE FROM PYLON IS ATTACHED TO WING OF PLANE. PLANE RIDES IN CIRCLE UNTIL IT PICKS UP ENOUGH SPEED FOR TAKE OFF.
03:04:33 411.83	LS SMALL PLANE TAKES OFF. aviation
03:05:10 448.83	CHENNAULT INTERVIEW -MCU WWII GENERAL CLAIRE LEE CHENNAULT, GIVES VIEWS OF A TWO CHINA WORLD, SEES NO HOPE. ALSO SAYS WE CAN OVERTHROW THE COMMUNIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT. aviation. MARCH 9, 1955
03:06:38 536.83	GAS LINE EXPLOSION - CU POLICEMAN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES STANDS BY OPEN DOOR POLICE CAR FROM CHESTERTON, INDIANA, FACING CAMERA
03:06:41 539.83	HUGE CRATER CAUSED GAS LINE EXPLOSION. STATE POLICEMAN ON PHONE AT SITE. CU DAMAGED PICK UP TRUCK WITH RUBBER ON SPARE TIRE HALF BURNED THROUGH. MS DESTROYED CHEVY SEDAN, CIRCA 1950S.
03:07:00 558.83	TWO AMBULANCES PARKED ON ROAD, BACKS TO CAMERA. MS STATE POLICEMEN CARRY BODY OF VICTIM ON STRETCHER, PLACE IT IN AMBULANCE. CU MAN PICKS UP BURNED WALLET OF VICTIM. MARCH 7. 1955
03:07:34 592.83	PET LION - CU LION SEATED WITH SMALL KING'S CROWN ON HEAD FACING CAMERA. MLS TRAILER HOME PAN TO HOUSE WITH FENCE ENCLOSED SECTION..
03:07:55 613.83	4 PAN LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN, ADULTS SIT ON FLOOR OF LIVING ROOM, SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM LION LYING DOWN ON FLOOR BEHIND BARRED IN SECTION OF ROOM. CU LION LYING DOWN AGAINST BARS, PAWS OUTSIDE.
03:07:58 616.83	WOMAN SEATED OUTSIDE BARS, PETS MANE OF LION. MS WOMAN WALKS INTO CAGE WITH LION. PETS AND HUGS IT . MCU MAN WITH HAND-HELD FILM CAMERA TAKES SHOTS AS ANOTHER HOLDS BARRED GATE OPEN FOR HIM.
03:08:11 629.83	WOMAN GROOMS LION WITH COMB AND BRUSH AS LION LAYS DOWN ENJOYING IT. CU SAME. SHE PLACES CROWN ON LION'S HEAD 03 -8 30 STATION WAGON BACKS UP TO OUTDOOR CAGE, LION GETS IN WOMAN SITS ON TAILGATE NEXT TO LION.
03:08:59 677.83	CHILDREN, PARENTS, WAVE AS WAGON LEAVES
03:09:16 694.83	ROCKET MONKEYS - ,MONKEY CLIMBING UP CAGE, FACING CAMERA. CU MONKEY FACING CAMERA THROUGH BARS. MS SIGN ON CAGE "STRATOSPHERE MONKEYS.....". PAN TO SCIENTISTS IN CAGE EXAMINING MONKEY WITH STETHOSCOPE. ZOOM IN SAME. MONKEY NEAR MICROSCOPE. animal antics
03:10:40 778.83	FATHER BISSONETTE ARRIVES (FROM SOVIET UNION (?) - MS FATHER BISSONETTE EXITS AIRLINER, SPEAKS TO WAITING NEWSMEN, TELLS OF MEETING KHRUSCHEV, MALENKOV AND BULGANIN. MARCH 8. 1955
03:11:16 814.83	MS SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DULLES AFTER BANGKOK. MARCH 7, 1955
03:11:31 829.83	MARKET PROBE CONTINUES - CU SENATOR FULLBRIGHT HEAD OF SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE ASKS QUESTIONS OF WALL STREET DIGNITARY MR. FUNDSTEN.. business
03:12:49 907.83	LATE RETURNS - MLS PAN DOWN GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING ENTRANCE. PEOPLE ENTERING, EXITING. MS FEMALE WORKERS AT DESKS, CHECKING TAX PAYERS RETURNS (IRS ?) MS WORKER TAKES ARMS FULL OF RETURNS, PLACES THEM ON TABLES IN FRONT OF WORKERS. CU FEMALE WORKER CHECKING RETURN. MARCH 25, 1955
03:13:03 921.83	SPORTS - U. S. HANDBALL TOURNEY - MS SIGN ON DOOR, "LOS ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB" MS TWO HAND BALL PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS BEFORE START OF GAME..MS PLAYER WARMS UP. "USHA NAT'L TOURNEY" ON HIS SHIRT. MS ABOVE VIEW GALLERY WATCHING GAME.
03:13:26 944.83	MS PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AGAIN, VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS HAND BALL GAME IN PROGRESS. MS PAN AUDIENCE APPLAUD. MARCH 31, 1955
03:14:08 986.83	CORDELL HULL (1871 - 1955) - MS PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THEN SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL. POSE, SEATED FACING CAMERA . statesman, nobel prize, senator, politics. WWII.
03:14:13 991.83	LS VARIOUS VIEWS CORDELL HULL ADDRESSING CONGRESS, SIGNING PAPERS AT MEETING, CU POSING, MARCH 14, 1955
03:14:49 1027.83	MENZIES ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON - LS SIR ROBERT GORDON MENZIES, PRIME MINISTER, AUSTRALIA, EXITING AIRLINER, IS MET BY SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES AND OTHERS. MS MENZIES SPEAKS AS DULLES STANDS BY . ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AIRLINER IN B/G.
03:15:45 1083.83	SPORTS - WOMEN'S GOLF - MS SIGN: "16TH ANNUAL TITLE HOLDERS OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS". PAN WOMEN PRO GOLFERS POSE FOR CAMERA. INCLUDE BABE ZAHARIAS, PATTY BERG AND OTHERS.
03:16:05 1103.83	CU WOMAN GOLFER'S GRIP ON PUTTER. WOMAN (BABE ZAHARIAS ?) PUTTING. CU FACE SHOT ZAHARIAS.
03:16:21 1119.83	LS GALLERY APPLAUD AS WOMAN GOLFER HOLES LONG PUTT. MONTAGE WOMEN PUTTING.
03:16:36 1134.83	UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WINS CUP.
03:16:59 1157.83	SPORTS - SKIING - OLYMPIC SKI TRIALS - MCU SIGN WITH ARROW: "ZOOMER" "1955 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE COURSE". LS VARIOUS VIEWS LONE SKIER SPEEDING DOWN HILL, TOWARDS CAMERA AND R TO L CROWD, BACK TO CAMERA WATCHING EVENT. MS OFFICIAL MARKING HUGE CHALK TOTE BOARD.
03:17:32 1190.83	CU OFFICIAL TALKS OVER WALKIE TALKIE AS SNOW FALLS. LS ABOVE VIEW SKIER DODGING FLAGS ON SLALOM RUN IN BLINDING SNOW STORM. MS CROWD WATCHES AS SNOW FALLS. SKIER FALLS, SKIDS DOWN HILL ON SLALOM.
03:18:11 1229.83	MS SKIERS SHAKE HANDS AFTER SUCCESSFUL RUN. MARCH 18, 1955
03:18:17 1235.83	GENERAL MOTORS (GM) CHIEF TESTIFIES - MS VARIOUS VIEWS GM CHIEF TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE SENATOR FULLBRIGHT ASKS TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS "BECOMING A MONOPOLY".
03:19:10 1288.83	CU STENOTYPER'S HAND TYPING, TAKING MINUTES. MARCH 15, 1955
03:19:44 1322.83	HEAVYWEIGHT EATING CHAMP - CU SIGN "SOON AT PEDICONE'S", "WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT EATING CHAMPIONSHIPS" MS MEN, WOMEN COMPETE FOR EATING CHAMPIONSHIP.
03:19:49 1327.83	WAITER CARRIES TRAY FULL OF FRENCH BREAD TOWARDS CAMERA IN RESTAURANT. PEOPLE AT DINNER TABLES IN F/G.
03:20:00 1338.83	CU MAN WITH HUGE NAPKIN WRAPPED AROUND NECK, PRACTICES STROKES WITH KNIFE AND SPOON AS FEMALE COMPETITOR, ALSO WRAPPED WITH NAPKIN (BIB) , WATCHES. WAITER HOLDS UP HAND AS HE WATCHES WATCH, GIVES "GO" SIGNAL. COMPETITORS START EATING. PEOPLE AT OTHER TABLES WATCH.
03:20:08 1346.83	MCU FEMALE COMPETITOR EATS SPARE RIBS. IS SERVED ANOTHER DISH FULL. CU WOMAN SPECTATOR WATCHES IN AWE.
03:20:16 1354.83	MALE COMPETITOR BREAKS LONG FRENCH BREAD LOAF IN HALF. BITES INTO ONE HALF. WAITER SERVES THREE COMPETITORS (2 MALE, 1 FEMALE) SOUP. MS MALE COMPETITOR, WITH BIB AROUND NECK, DOES KNEE BEND EXERCISE. CU WAITER FILLS DISH WITH STEW.
03:20:35 1373.83	WOMAN IS HELPED OUT OF HER SEAT, WAITER HOLDS UP MALE WINNER'S HAND MARCH 17, 1955
03:20:46 1384.83	ST, PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW YORK - VARIOUS VIEWS SANITATION DEPT. MARCHING BAND, CU CARDINAL SPELLMAN APPLAUDS. MORE MARCHING BAND. PAN CROWD ON SIDELINES, HUGE CROWD MARCHERS. MORE MARCHING BAND.
03:21:19 1417.83	MS CHILDREN SEATED ON CURB WATCHING PARADE. ARMY TROOPS MARCHING WITH RIFLES. GROUP CHILDREN MAJORETTES, BATON TWIRLERS, FOLLOWED BY MARCHING BAND. SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER BAGPIPE BAND, PLAT "WEARING OF THE GREEN" MARCH 18, 1955
03:21:59 1457.83	CONGRESSIONAL CHAPEL - LS CAPITOL BUILDING.
03:22:03 1461.83	ENTRANCE TO CHAPEL. MS TILT DOWN STAINED GLASS WINDOW. WITH ORGAN AT BASE. VARIOUS VIEWS OF ROOM WITH VARIETY STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. MARCH 13, 1955
03:22:37 1495.83	EMPEROR PENGUINS - MS AIRLINER ON TARMACK. CU PENGUIN WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA, ANOTHER 2 IN CAGE MS BEVY OF PHOTOGS TAKING FLASH SHOTS. animal antics
03:22:52 1510.83	MS MAN SITS ON PLANE STAIRS WITH PENGUIN ALONGSIDE HIM. PENGUINS IN CAGE BEING LOADED ON PLANE. CU PENGUIN SHAKES HIMSELF TOWARDS CAMERA.
03:23:06 1524.83	MS PENGUIN WALKING AWAY AS THOUGH DEJECTEDLY. GOOD SHOT. MARCH 14, 1955
03:23:22 1540.83	NEW YORK CENTRAL RIDERS - SIGN ABOVE DOCK, "FERRY", "NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM" - LS PASSENGER TRAIN PULLING AWAY FROM STATION, BACK VIEW. MS ABOVE VIEW PASSENGERS SEATED, STANDING, READING NEWSPAPERS, ALL WEARING GROTESQUE PIG FACE MASKS. CU SAME, WITH GLASSES.
03:23:50 1568.83	MS MEN WITH PIG MASKS DEBARK TRAIN, TOWARDS CAMERA. transportation, oddity MARCH 15, 1955
03:24:10 1588.83	BOSTON FIRE - MS FIREMEN CLIMBING AERIAL LADDER TO UPPER FLOORS OF BUILDING, IN BUSY BUSINESS AREA, WITH HEAVY SMOKE POURING OUT OF WINDOWS., SIGN IN F/G "GERRY'S FURNITURE" LS FIREMEN ON LADDER HACK AWAY WITH AXES.
03:24:24 1602.83	ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD IN HEART OF DOWNTOWN SURROUND FIRE TRUCKS TO WATCH FIRE. LS FIERCE FIRE POURS OUT OF WINDOWS WITH FIREMEN DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO IT. POV LOOKING UP. daredevils.
03:24:51 1629.83	VARIOUS VIEWS FIREMEN CLIMBING AERIAL LADDER CLIMB INTO WINDOWS AS SMOKE POURS OUT MARCH 17, 1955
03:25:06 1644.83	MATUSON ON TRIAL - TILT DOWN UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE TO ENTRANCE. PHOTOGS TAKE SHOTS OF MATUSON AND ATTORNEY, ENTERING COURT HOUSE WITH BRIEFCASES, BOOKS.
03:25:24 1662.83	MS MATUSON IN CUFFS WALKS BETWEEN TWO DEPUTIES. L TO R AND TOWARDS CAMERA, TURN CORNER, ENTER JAIL HOUSE, CU SIGN "SHERIFF DEPARTMENT", "COUNTY JAIL". MARCH 30, 1955
03:25:47 1685.83	PRISON STRIKE - LS ABOVE VIEW PRISON AND YARD OF UNIDENTIFIED PRISON. MS VARIOUS VIEWS OF DAMAGED CELL BLOCKS. CU CUT BARS IN CELL BLOCK. CU PRISON GUARD BITES INTO FOOD MAKING SPITEFUL GESTURE.
03:26:20 1718.83	MCCORMICK OBIT - MCU VIEW ROBERT MCCORMICK, OWNER CHICAGO TRIBUNE. AND OTHER NEWSPAPERS. POLITICAL ACTIVIST.
03:26:24 1722.83	CU PRESSES ROLLING OUT NEWSPAPERS.
03:26:26 1724.83	HUGE TREES BEING DOWNED BY LUMBERMEN. THOUSANDS OF LOGS BEING THROWN INTO RIVER RAPIDS FOR TRANSPORTATION DOWN STREAM.
03:26:34 1732.83	LS SIGN "MANICOUAGAN POWER COMPANY", MCCORMICK DAM CONSTRUCTION". MS VARIOUS VIEWS MCCORMICK, OTHERS AT DAM SITE, TOWARDS CAMERA.
03:26:48 1746.83	LS WATER POURING OUT OF MCCORMICK DAM .
03:26:50 1748.83	CU DEDICATION PLAQUE MCCORMICK DAM. UNVEILED MAY 27, 1951
03:26:59 1757.83	MCCORMICK, WIFE POSE BY PLANE. MORE OF NEWSPAPER PRESSES. CU MCCORMICK DESK ITEMS. PAN HIS OFFICE.
03:27:46 1804.83	END