1947-19491940s NEWSREELS
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BRITISH-FRENCH TALK ON REBUILDING EUROPE (JUNE 1947). MR. BEVIN OF ENGLAND CONFERS WITH FRANCE'S RAMADIER & BIDAULT ON SECRETARY MARSHALL'S PLAN.
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MOLOTOV OF RUSSIA JOINS THEM IN PARIS
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A NATION IS BORN (AUGUST 1947)
STREET SCENES IN KARACHI, CAPITAL OF MOSLEM PAKISTAN, THE NEW BRITISH DOMINION, HEADED BY JINNAH. AS INDIA BECOMES TWO DOMINIONS & GAINS SELF-RULE. |
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CAMEL PULLS WAGON WITH AUTO TIRES ON IT
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CU HUGE STATUE OF GANDHI STANDING WITH BAR CHEST &
WALKING STICK |
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SACRED COW WALKS DOWN STREET WITH BICYCLISTS &
CARS |
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TRAIN CARS FILLED WITH MOSLEMS ARRIVES. MAN STANDS ON TOP OF TRAIN CAR HOLDING PAKISTAN FLAG
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| 00:01:38 62.9 |
HINDUS LEAVING AT TRAIN STATION
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| 00:01:47 71.9 |
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH ARRIVES BY PLANE IN KARACHI TO TAKE OFFICE AS HEAD OF PAKISTAN.
HOLDING BACK PEOPLE. |
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NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF THE PAKISTAN REGIME
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| 00:02:24 108.9 |
DEGAULLE URGES FRENCH TO RESIST COMMUNISM (OCTOBER 1947)
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| 00:02:34 118.9 |
CHARLES DEGAULLE SPEAKS TO HUGE FRENCH RALLY
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| 00:03:06 150.9 |
MARSHALL PLAN SIGNED (OCTOBER 1947)
IN PARIS 16 EUROPEAN NATIONS AGREE TO ECONOMIC PROGRAM OF CONCERTED ACTION & SELF-HELP, TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY U.S. AID. |
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IRISH PRIME MINISTER
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| 00:03:14 158.9 |
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ERNEST BEVIN SPEAKS
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| 00:03:36 180.9 |
MONTAGE REPRESENTATIVES OF 16 NATIONS MEET & SIGN
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| 00:03:57 201.9 |
US NAVY REVEALS REMARKABLE TEST ON ANNIVERSARY (OCTOBER 1947)
LATEST IN AMERICAN SEAPOWER, NAVY INVITES PUBLIC TO VISIT WARSHIPS ON NAVY DAY. |
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FORWARD PART OF SHIP IS POUNDED BY ROUGH SEAS. POV OF BRIDGE
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| 00:04:12 216.9 |
MONTAGE SPEEDING SUBMARINE SPLASHES THRU CHOPPY SEAS TO DISPLAY UNDERSEA TACTICS.
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| 00:04:18 222.9 |
CU TORPEDO LAUNCHED, DROPS INTO WATER
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AERIAL TARGET SHIP IS HIT BY TORPEDO & SINKS
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| 00:04:29 233.9 |
AERIAL GIANT AIRCRAFT CARRIER MIDWAY
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GIANT V-2 ROCKET BEING WORKED ON
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| 00:04:38 242.9 |
LIQUID OXYGEN BEING PREPARED FOR LAUNCH
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| 00:04:50 254.9 |
V-2 ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM SHIP. FIRST TIME EVER.
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| 00:05:34 298.9 |
TRUMAN DOCTRINE BECOMES LAW. PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS BILL TO AID TO GREECE & TURKEY. (MAY 1947)
IN MOVE TO FIGHT RED AGGRESSION & DOMINATION IN EUROPE, TRUMAN AT HOME IN MISSOURI TO BE NEAR THE SICK BED OF HIS MOTHER, SIGNS LOAN GRANT IN KANSAS CITY HOTEL ROOM |
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NAVY PICTURES OF BYRD AT SOUTH POLE (MAY 1947)
4TH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 58-YEAR OLD BYRD |
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POLAR OCEAN WITH SEA SMOKE & ICE FLOES
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| 00:06:18 342.9 |
HUGE ANTARCTIC ICEBERG DISCOLORED BY MUD
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| 00:06:25 349.9 |
CAPTAIN DEFEK IN BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR BEING TRANSFERRED BY CABLE FROM ONE SHIP TO ANOTHER IS THROWN INTO ICY WATER
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| 00:06:39 363.9 |
FLOATING IN WATER & RESCUED FROM ICY WATER BY WHALE BOAT
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| 00:07:05 389.9 |
JET ASSISTED CARRIER PLANE WITH SKIS TAKES OFF FROM CARRIER
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| 00:07:13 397.9 |
AERIAL OF BASE CAMP
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PLANE LANDS
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| 00:07:19 403.9 |
ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD IN POLAR GEAR STEPS OFF AIRPLANE
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| 00:07:29 413.9 |
TWO SLED DOGS NECK DEEP IN SNOW NOT PHASED BY COLD
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CAMERAMAN TRIES TO SCARE AWAY SEALS LYING IN SNOW, TO NO AVAIL
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| 00:07:46 430.9 |
MEN IN SCUBA GEAR SLIP INTO ICE FILLED WATER &
SWIM AROUND. TESTING NEW NAVY SCUBA GEAR |
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SCUBA DIVER IN ICED WATER EATS ICE CREAM TO DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS OF SCUBA GEAR
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| 00:08:06 450.9 |
CU MAN PLACES VITAMIN LACED FISH IN PENGUIN'S MOUTH
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CU TWO PENGUINS
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (AUGUST 1949)
THREE-POWER CONFERENCE IS HELD AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON AS THE U.S., BRITAIN & CANADA SEEK TO SOLVE ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS BROUGHT ON BY A MONEY CRISIS. HEADED BY TREASURY SECREATRY SYNDER. |
| 00:08:35 479.9 |
SECRETARY OF STATE ACHESON SITS WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR FRANK
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| 00:08:42 486.9 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY BEVIN & CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER CRIPS
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| 00:08:45 489.9 |
MARSHALL PLAN HEAD HOFFMAN IS WITH THE CANADIANS
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NEW GERMAN PRESIDENT (SEPTEMBER 1949)
AT BONN FIRST FREE ELECTIONS IN 16 YEARS. |
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GERMANY'S FREELY ELECTED PARLIAMENT
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GERMAN FREELY ELECTED PARLIAMENT CAST BALLOTS
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DUMPING OUT BALLOTS & COUNTING VOTES
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DR. THEODOR HEUSS. ELECTED TO HEAD GOVERNMENT OF WEST GERMANY.
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| 00:09:25 529.9 |
CHANCELLOR KONRAD ADENAUER & NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT HEUSS
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| 00:09:30 534.9 |
NIGHTIME CELEBRATION IN THE STREETS. PARADE
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DOES RUSSIA POSSESS THE ATOM BOMB. PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANNOUNCES THAT AN "ATOMIC EXPLOSION"
OCCURRED IN SOVIET UNION. (SEPTEMBER 1949) |
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ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN NEW MEXICO JULY 16, 1945
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| 00:10:25 589.9 |
WHITE HOUSE EXTERIOR
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| 00:10:29 593.9 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
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SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON SPEAKS. SAYS THAT THIS MAKES IF ALL THE MORE IMPERATIVE TO ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGEY
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CHECKING TRUNKS OF CARS AT CHECK-POINT PLAZA OF RICHLAND, WASHINGTON ATOMIC PLANT. BEEFED UP SECURITY OF ATOMIC SECRETS. HEAVILY GUARDED
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LINE OF TANKS TRAVEL ON ROAD OF TEST PLANTS
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| 00:11:31 655.9 |
SILHOUETTE OF MAN IN CONTROL TOWER GIVING "OK"
SYMBOL FOR SMALL PLANE TO TAKE OFF |
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PLANE TAKES OFF & FLIES OVER TEST GROUND
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| 00:11:45 669.9 |
SMALL AIRPLANE LANDS ON HIGHWAY TO CUT OFF BY CAR TRAVELLING IN RESTRICTED AREA. STOPPED BY FEDS
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| 00:11:56 680.9 |
CHICAGO UNIVERISTY'S PROFESSOR HAROLD UREY, ATOMIC SCIENTIST, EXPLAINS SIGNIFICANCE OF RUSSIA'S A-BOMB. SAYS THAT THE NEWS FROM RUSSIA WAS NOT SURPRISE, SOONER OF LATER THE REDS WOULD HAVE GAINED THE "KNOW-HOW" OF ATOMIC WEAPONS.
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| 00:12:29 713.9 |
ARRIVING IN NEW YORK BY LIMO AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RUSSIAN DELEGATE VISHINSKY
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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ROOM
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| 00:12:54 738.9 |
U.S. UNITED NATIONS DELEGATION
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| 00:12:59 743.9 |
VISHINSKY ADDRESSES UN BUT DECLINES TO COMMENT ON LATEST SOVIET DEVELOPMENT. SAYS NOTHING OF A-TEST, BUT MAKES ROUTINE ATTACK ON THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES. RETURNS TO HIS SEAT
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| 00:13:23 767.9 |
U.N. PRESIDENT ROMULO SAYS THAT STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO BREAK THE PRESENT IMPASSE. AND CALLS FOR CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY, BEFORE MANKIND USES IT FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION.
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| 00:13:40 784.9 |
AERIAL NUCLEAR A-BOMB EXPLOSION IN BIKINI
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| 00:14:15 819.9 |
TRUMAN SIGNS TRADE BILL (SEPTEMBER 1949)
PRESIDENT APPROVES EXTENDING RECIPROCAL TRADE ACT TO 1951 AS CORDELL HULL, WHO APPEARS IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS LENGTHY ILLNESS, SEES HIS GREAT WORK CARRIED ON. |
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CU TRUMAN GIVES PEN TO FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL. SIGNING BILL.
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| 00:14:55 859.9 |
TRUMAN ASKS FOR WORLD-WIDE END OF PREJUDICE (NOVEMBER 1949).
PRESIDENT ATTENDS A WASHINGTON LUNCHEON OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS. PAYS TRIBUTE TO FIGHT AGAINST INTOLERANCE. SAYS THAT THE DEFENSE OF MANKIND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & INJUSTICE, PREJUDICE & HATE, TYRANNY & OPPRESSION, LIES IN THE FAITH WE PROFESS - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN & FATHERHOOD OF GOD. |
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INDIA PASSES NEW CONSTITUTION (DECEMBER 1949)
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| 00:16:15 939.9 |
COUNCIL HOUSE AT NEW DELHI
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THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, MEETING AT NEW DELHI.
NEHRU PRESENT |
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PAINTING OF GANDHI
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| 00:16:31 955.9 |
PRESIDENT DR. PRASAD SIGN THE FORMAL DOCUMENT.
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DELEGATES POUND TABLES IN APPROVAL
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PRIME MINISTER PANDIT NEHRU HEADS LONG LINE OF CONGRATULATORS TO PRESIDENT. MOSLEMS
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| 00:16:52 976.9 |
NEHRU ARGUES WITH DELEGATES
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| 00:18:42 1086.9 |
DEAN ACHESON SPEAKS TO DELGATES OF UN ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES SIGNING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
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| 00:23:56 1400.9 |
??? MAKES SPEECH ABOUT HISTORY BEING MADE TODAY BY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
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VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIABLE FOOTAGE OF INDIA, NEHRU, WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE, PROTESTING INDIANS, COUNCIL MEETING.
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| 00:28:53 1697.9 |
INDONESIA GETS SOVEREIGNTY (1949)
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| 00:28:55 1699.9 |
THE HALL OF CITIZENS IN THE ROYAL PALACE IN AMSTERDAM
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QUEEN JULIANA SITS WITH DR. HADA PREMIERE OF THE NEWLY FORMED UNITES STATES OF INDONESIA.
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HUGE CROWD OF CITIZENS OUTSIDE IN SQUARE
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QUEEN SIGNS DOCUMENT GIVING UP DUTCH RULE OF INDONESIA
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