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00:00:55 1	RITES FOR SENATOR TAFT: NATION JOINS LEADERS IN FINAL TRIBUTE .
00:01:03 9	CAPITAL DOME (PAN) FROM TOP DOWN. FUNERAL CAR BEARING REMAINS OF TAFT PULLS UP TO BUILDING. HONOR GUARD CARRIES COFFIN UP CAPITAL STEPS.
00:01:42 48	PRESIDENT IKE & MAMIE ARRIVES AT ROTUNDA AS DOES SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON.
00:02:01 67	LONG LINE OF PEOPLE CLIMB THE HIGH STEPS AS 60,000 PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
00:02:12 78	KOREA GUNS STILL - SPEED FULFILLMENT OF TRUCE CONDITIONS. LAST ROUND IS FIRED BY AN ARTILLERY GROUP AS GUNS ARE DISMANTLED.
00:02:35 101	CU GRINNING SKULL WEARING GI HELMET IS GRIM REMINDER OF STRUGGLE. U.S. SOLDIERS RELAX AS THEY WATCH ENEMY SOLDIERS DO THE SAME. CU HUMAN SKULL WITH HELMET
00:02:57 123	COMMUNIST GUARD DANCES TO THE MUSIC OF U.S. SOLDIER STRUMMING A GUITAR ON ADJOINING HILL.
00:03:11 137	GIS RELAX, SMOKE AND SMILE AS THEY ENJOY TRUCE.
00:03:40 166	UN GENERAL SITS ACROSS TABLE FROM NORTH KOREAN GENERAL. THEY EXCHANGE PAPERS.
00:04:25 211	MONTAGE GENERAL MARK CLARK, UN COMMANDER, ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO TO A WAITING HONOR GUARD OF KOREAN WAR VETERANS.
00:04:52 238	GENERAL CLARK RIDES IN MOTORCADE WITH MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO AND IS GIVEN A HERO'S WELCOME.
00:05:07 253	MONTAGE DR. MILTON EISENHOWER REPORTS TO HIS BROTHER, PRESIDENT IKE, AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:05:49 295	"FLYING VENETIAN BLIND". ENGINEERS AT LANGLEY FIELD HANGAR. THE VEHICLE WITH SEVERAL MODEL AIRPLANE MOTORS ATTACHED IS TESTED IN HANGAR WHERE IT RISES VERTICALLY FROM THE GROUND.
00:06:22 328	"EGG BEATER" SQUARE DANCE. HELICOPTERS FLY IN CIRCLE, HOVER IN THE SKY LOOKING LIKE SQUARE DANCERS AS THEY MANEUVER.
00:06:58 364	TO SHOW IT'S VERSATILITY THE CHOPPER SWOOPS DOWN & TIPS OVER A BARREL ON THE GROUND, THEN ROLLS IT ALONG BY USING THE WIND CREATED BY ITS ROTORS.
00:07:52 418	GIS WELCOME. FIREBOAT GREETS THE TROOPSHIP WITH STREAMING HOSES. GOVERNORS OF 45 STATES ON CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE, WAVE TO THE RETURNING GIS FROM SHORE.
00:08:21 447	WOMAN IN CROWD OF WAVING ON-LOOKERS, LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS AND WAVES AT THE SAME TIME.
00:08:27 453	1ST GI OFF BOAT IS GREETED BY SEATTLE'S MAYOR & THE 'SEAFARERS' QUEEN WHO SHIES AWAY WHEN THE GI TRIES TO KISS HER. HE KEEPS TRYING, SHE KEEPS SHYING.
00:08:47 473	EACH GOVERNOR SITS IN AUTO WITH A GI FROM HIS STATE. DEWEY OF NEW YORK & BYRNES OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE THERE.
00:08:51 477	ONE GI IS MOBBED BY GIRLS TRYING TO MOB HIM. THE M MOTORCADE RECEIVES A SHOWER OF TICKER TAPE & CONFETTI ON SEATTLE AVENUE.
00:09:12 498	EAST GERMAN WORKERS CARRY CRATES OF FOOD DONATED BY THE U.S. DESPITE COMMUNIST THREATS OF OBSTRUCTION.
00:09:47 533	MONTAGE CROWDS SIT ON GROUND EARLY IN THE MORNING AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
00:10:02 548	WOMEN, CHILDREN AND OLD PEOPLE PLOW THE FIELDS IN KOREA AWAITING THE RETURN OF YOUNG KOREANS SERVING IN THE ARMY.
00:10:05 551	NUN MINGLES WITH YOUNG BOYS SEATED ON THE GROUND CHOPPING ROOTS. YOUNG PEOPLE GATHER BUILDING BLOCKS FROM BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN SEOUL, KOREA.
00:10:27 573	LITTLE GIRLS FORM A HUMAN CHAIN & PASS THE BLOCKS TO WORKERS BUILDING HOMES.
00:10:48 594	MODELS MAKE MINKS MORBID. WORKERS ON LARGEST MINK FARM IN KERRY, ILLINOIS EXAMINE THOUSANDS OF MINK CAGES. FARMERS HOLD UP 2 MINKS WHO BITE AT EACH OTHER.
00:11:09 615	LONG LINE OF MODELS WALK BY SHOWING THEIR MINK STOLES & COATS. LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCH OUTDOOR MINK FASHION SHOW.
00:12:07 673	SPORTS: GOLF TRICK SHOT SPECIALIST PAUL HAHN PUTS ON SHOW FOR SPECTATORS AT COUNTRY CLUB. MONTAGE HAHN USES A HINGED CLUB TO HIT BALLS, THEN HE HITS BALLS WITH ONE CLUB IN EACH HAND.
00:12:55 721	HAHN HITS BALLS WITH A RUBBER SHAFTED CLUB
00:13:20 746	MONTAGE AQUA ZANIES DO CRAZY DIVING STUNTS OFF A HIGH PLATFORM OVER POOL.
00:14:56 842	KOREA-BIG SWITCH. PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGES SPEEDED AT PANMUNJOM.
00:15:40 886	MONTAGE DAZED & WOUNDED UN POWS ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS BY HELICOPTER. MONTAGE IN CONTRAST, WELL TREATED RED POWS DEFIANTLY SHED THEIR UN ISSUED CLOTHING WHEN THE REACH THE RED LINES.
00:17:10 976	RED GUARDS PUSH THE DISCARDED CLOTHING INTO THE GUTTER AFTER THE POW'S LEAVE.
00:17:28 994	GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES PERSONALLY GREET RETURNING U.S. POWS.
00:18:17 1043	FRENCH STRIKE PARALYSES WHOLE NATION. MONTAGE (PAN) SACKS OF MAIL LIE UNATTENDED ON SHIPPING PLATFORM AND ON GROUND NEAR TRACKS.
00:18:41 1067	MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS SIT STRANDED AT RAILWAY STATION. PEOPLE SIT ON BENCHES AND STAIRS
00:19:09 1095	STRIKING WINE WORKERS IN FRANCE BLOCK ROADS WITH CARTS TYING UP TRAFFIC FOR MILES.
00:19:24 1110	FASHIONS: THE BATTLE FOR HEMLINES 2 MODELS SHOW CHRISTIAN DIOR DRESSES WITH VARYING HEM LINES. NEW YORK STYLIST CEILE CHAPMAN MEASURES THE TWO HEMLINES WITH A YARDSTICK.
00:20:13 1159	SOAP BOX DERBY 14 YEAR OLD WINS 10TH ANNUAL RACE IN AKRON OHIO. SINGER DINAH SHORE & RACING CHAMPION WILBUR SHAW WATCH COLORFUL FLAG PARADE BEFORE RACE.
00:20:40 1186	ACTOR ANDY DEVINE RIDES A SOAP BOX CAR AND WINS BY VIRTUE OF HIS WEIGHT. HUGE CROWD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AVENUE WATCH THE KIDS RIDE DOWN THE STEEP STREET IN THEIR SOAP BOXES.
00:21:52 1258	POWS HOME 1ST PRISONERS SINCE TRUCE ARRIVE IN U.S. VETERAN NEWSMAN FRANK KNOWELL STEPS OUT OF ARMY TRENCH IN HAPPY SPIRITS AFTER BEING RELEASED BY REDS.
00:22:13 1279	SAILORS CARRY DISABLED POW OFF A PLANE ON A STRETCHER FOLLOWED BY 16 OTHERS SUFFERING FROM TB OR MENTAL AILMENTS.
00:22:44 1310	ST. LAURENT WINS AS LIBERALS SWEEP CANADA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS. MONTAGE CANADIAN VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT POLLING PLACES.
00:23:00 1326	PRIME MINISTER ST. LAURENT CASTS HIS BALLOT.
00:23:04 1330	AN ELDERLY COUPLE WALK ARM-IN-ARM UNDER AN UMBRELLA TO THE VOTING PLACE.
00:23:25 1351	CAMERAMAN CATCHES A NAVY PLANE, IN DISTRESS, TRYING TO LAND ON CARRIER DECK, BUT FLIPS OVER & INTO THE SEA. LONG BOAT MAKES RESCUE OF PILOT, BUT PLANE SINKS.
00:23:56 1382	PRESIDENT IKE SIGNS A SERIES OF BILLS PASSED AFTER LAST DAYS OF 83RD CONGRESS. AMONG THEM IS BILL THAT SETS UP A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE RACKETS AT NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WATERFRONTS.
00:24:19 1405	MONTAGE LONGSHOREMEN LOAD 18,000 TONS OF RICE ON SHIP DESTINED FOR KOREAN PEOPLE. RICE IS LOADED IN HOLD OF SHIP.
00:24:44 1430	FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER READS TELEGRAMS BY WELL-WISHERS ON HIS 79TH BIRTHDAY.
00:25:00 1446	BLAZE GUTS GENERAL MOTORS TRANSMISSION PLANT ONLY A CHARRED METAL SKELETON REMAINS. (PAN)
00:25:22 1468	FASHIONS: STYLES FOR LITTLE GIRLS LITTLE MODELS SHOW DESIGNS BY CELESTE BROCK.
00:26:22 1528	SPORTS: SPEEDBOAT "SLO MO" WINS GOLD CUP REGATTA ON LAKE WASHINGTON, AVERAGING 92 PLUS MILES PER HOUR.
00:27:07 1573	BEN HOGAN TEES OFF AT LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. IN EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST JUNIOR CHAMP KEN BEEMAN.
00:27:42 1608	HARNESS RACING. THE 'KENTUCKY DERBY OF TROTTERS "THE HAMILTONIAN", IS WON BY "HELICOPTER" AT GOSHEN, NEW YORK.
00:28:59 1685	EARTHQUAKE. 1000 DEAD AS TEMBLOR DEVASTATE GREEK ISLES. PAN DESTROYED HOMES ALONG THE IONIAN SEA. INJURED WOMAN AND BOY ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS.
00:29:39 1725	MONTAGE PEOPLE RUN THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS AS NEW TREMORS STRIKE. AN INJURED MAN IS CARRIED PIGGY-BACK OUT OF DEBRIS. NURSES BANDAGE CHILDREN WOUNDS IN OUTDOOR HOSPITAL.
00:30:11 1757	CREWS OF MEN WITH SHOVELS DO THE SIGN OF THE CROSS BEFORE THEY COVER THE DEAD IN A MASS GRAVE.
00:30:20 1766	KNEELING WOMAN CRIES HYSTERICALLY, MOUTHING THE WORD "WHY"? OTHERS KNEEL AND CRY AND PRAY.
00:30:53 1799	CRANE LOWERS "BATHYSPHERE" INTO THE WATERS OFF TOULON, FRANCE IN DEEP WATER TEST. IT REACHES THE DEPTH OF 6000 FEET, THE DEEPEST MAN HAS EVER ATTAINED.
00:31:44 1850	ADMIRAL ROBERT CARNEY IS SWORN IN, AT TH PENTAGON, AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
00:32:00 1866	GENERAL MATHEW RIDGEWAY IS ALSO SWORN IN AS ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF. GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY SWEARS IN HIS OWN SUCCESSOR, ADMIRAL RADFORD, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT-CHIEFS-OF STAFF.
00:32:23 1889	PRESIDENT IKE TEES OFF AT COLORADO GOLF COURSE. DESPITE GESTURES WITH HIS BODY, IKE MISSES A LONG PUTT.
00:32:46 1912	RARE TRIPLET CALVES ARE SHOWN BY FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE 3 CALVES SUCKLE THEIR MOTHER.
00:33:17 1943	AERIAL WHIRLING CYLINDRICAL RIDE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN MONTREAL LEAVES RIDERS PLASTERED AGAINST IT'S WALLS AS IT SPINS AT HIGH SPEED. TO ADD TO THE EXCITEMENT, THE FLOOR DROPS OUT. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
00:33:27 1953	TIED TO THE CENTER POST A CAMERAMAN TAKES PICTURES OF THE RIDERS GLUED TO THE WALL.
00:33:54 1980	FOOTBALL: PRO LIONS TOPPLE COLLEGE ALL-STARS 24-10.
00:35:29 2075	CONGRESSMAN DAN REED FIGHTS FOR LOWER TAXES, HE GIVES HIS VIEWS TO NEWSMEN.
00:36:45 2151	ADLAI STEVENSON IS BACK AFTER 6 MONTH WORLD TOUR. HE SEES THE U.S. AS THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE FREE WORLD. HE SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN.
00:37:40 2206	BRITISH BUSINESSMAN, EDGAR SANDERS IS RELEASED FROM RED PRISON IN HUNGARY. HE GIVES HIS ACCOUNT TO NEWSMEN.
00:38:28 2254	PRESIDENT IKE AND BERNARD BARUCH SPEAK AT OUTDOOR DEDICATION OF A HOUSING PROJECT ON LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK.
00:38:44 2270	BUST OF THE FATHER OF BERNARD BARUCH IS UNVEILED. PAN OF THE HIGH RISE HOUSING PROJECT.
00:38:53 2279	BASEBALL STAR TED WILLIAMS SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR KIDS AT BANQUET TO WELCOME HIM HOME FROM THE WAR CONNIE MACK SITS AT ONE OF THE TABLES.
00:39:34 2320	MONTAGE FARMER BRUSHES MILLIONS OF LADY BUGS OFF A LOG & INTO A PAN. THE BUG IS HARVESTED TO RID THE THE FARMER OF THE DEADLY BOLL WEEVIL, RAVAGING THE TEXAS COTTON CROP.
00:39:41 2327	FARMER FILLS A CANVAS BAG WITH THOUSANDS OF LADY BUGS AS THEY CRAWL ALL OVER HIS CLOTHING. CU THE FARMER SCOOPS HANDS FULL OF LADYBUGS INTO A PAIL AND POURS THEM INTO BOX FOR SHIPMENT
00:40:02 2348	RODEO AND AXE THROWING CONTEST HUGE REDWOOD TIMBER IS CARRIED ON A FLATBED TRUCK IN PARADE PRIOR TO RODEO IN QUINCY, CALIFORNIA.
00:40:21 2367	MONTAGE COWBOYS RIDE BUCKING BULLS AND HORSES, AND EVEN A BUFFALO. MONTAGE LUMBERMEN THROW AXES AT TARGETS IN AX THROWING CONTEST.
00:40:58 2404	SYNCHRONIZED WATER DANCING IN AN UPCOMING SPORT, GIRLS DO WATER DANCE IN POOL.
00:41:40 2446	FISHING. WORLD'S LARGEST SALMON DERBY GETS UNDER WAY IN WASHINGTON. 500 SMALL BOATS RACE OUT TO THE FISHING GROUNDS.
00:41:50 2456	FISHERMAN STRUGGLES TO LIFT NET LADEN WITH HUGE SALMON. LADY IN A BOAT WITH 2 MEN HOOKS ONE WHICH IS SCOOPED UP WITH A NET.
00:42:17 2483	CU FISHERMAN LIFTS HIS WINNING 49 POUNDER ONTO A SCALE. 7 MEN AND A WOMAN STRUGGLE TO HOLD UP THEIR HUGE CATCHES TO CAMERAMAN.
00:42:45 2511	WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIP GUY AND GAL SKIERS SHOW THEIR STUFF IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONTEST AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
00:43:09 2535	CU CONGRESS ALLEN LAUDS GOP CONGRESS, SAYS NON-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR IKE'S POLICIES IS REASON.
00:46:06 2712	PRISON RIOT: 2 DIE, 1 MILLION DAMAGE IN RIOT. BURNED OUT BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON STATE PRISON. LIMPING PRISONER WALKS TO A GATE TO SURRENDER. HE IS STRIPPED AND SEARCHED.
00:47:06 2772	PRESIDENT IKE MEETS WITH HAROLD STASSEN AT THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE IN DENVER. STASSEN REPORTS ON THE MILITARY AID TO ALLIES.
00:47:25 2791	CROWD OF PRETEEN BOYS DEBARK FROM PLANE FROM WEST BERLIN TO ATTEND CAMP IN WEST GERMANY FOR VACATION. THE BERLIN LINE UP WITH TRAYS AT CHOW HALL RUN BY U.S. ARMY CHEFS. THE BOYS SIT & EAT WITH GUSTO.
00:48:04 2830	ANIMAL ANTICS: SEEING-EYE DOG SCHOOL IN DENMARK BLIND MEN AND WOMEN WALK STREETS WITH SEEING-EYE DOG IN THEIR GRADUATE COURSE.
00:48:18 2844	DOG SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDS OBSTACLES STREWN ON THE SIDEWALK. DOG CARRIES HIS FEMALE MASTER'S HANDBAG AS HE WAITS FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS SO HE CAN WALK HER ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.
00:48:47 2873	WOMAN WALKS HER PET SKUNK ON A LEASH OUTDOORS SHE UNLEASHES IT WHEN SHE GETS HOME. HAND-FEEDS THE SKUNK & THE BABY SKUNKS. CU HUGS & KISSES THE DE-ODORIZED SKUNKS.
00:49:16 2902	MONTAGE BEAUTIES MOUNT AND RIDE OSTRICHES AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIR IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. GIRLS RACE WITH THEIR BIRDS WHOSE FACES ARE COVERED WITH A BAG SO NOT TO EXCITE THEM.
00:49:33 2919	GIRL POURS SALT ON THE BIRDS TAIL SO SHE CAN MOUNT IT; IT WORKS.
00:49:51 2937	HORSE RACING: AMERICAN DERBY AT WASHINGTON PARK CHICAGO. EDDIE ARCARO RIDES "NATIVE DANCER" TO VICTORY.
00:50:43 2989	SHERIFF'S RODEO IN LOS ANGELES. 100,000 ATTEND
00:51:49 3055	NEW SULTAN, BEN ARAFA, INSTALLED IN MORROCO SOLDIERS SEARCH FANATIC FOLLOWERS OF OLD SULTAN AS CEREMONY FOR NEW SULTAN GO FORWARD.
00:52:23 3089	MONTAGE MORE THAN 2000 HORSEBACK BERBER TRIBESMEN CONVERGE FOR THE EVENT IN RABAT. NEW SULTAN SALUTES THE TRIBESMEN.
00:52:53 3119	FRENCH GOVERNOR GENERAL GUILLARME GREETS THE SULTAN.
00:53:07 3133	SHAH RETURNS: MILITARY COUP OUSTS PREMIER MOSSADEGH. MONTAGE VIEWS OF RUINED MOSSADEGH'S HOUSE AFTER COUP.
00:53:31 3157	GENERAL ZAHEDI EXITS BUILDING. OFFICERS WITH GUNS SALUTE
00:53:40 3166	GENERAL ZAHEDI WHO ORCHESTRATED THE COUP POSES WITH SHAH PAVLEVI.
00:53:50 3176	SIDELIGHTS AT THE UN. SOVIET UN AMBASSADOR VISHINSHY MAKES JOKES AT UN CAUSING MUCH LAUGHTER.
00:54:49 3235	INDO CHINA, FRENCH TROOPS FIGHT IN DESERT.
00:55:31 3277	BLOOD DONORS SAILORS ON THE CARRIER "ANTIETAM" LINE UP TO GIVE BLOOD TO RED CROSS. THEY LIE ON COTS ON THE FLIGHT DECK AS NURSES DRAW BLOOD.
00:55:53 3299	COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAVY PLAYERS HOLD GOAT MASCOT BY THE HORN DURING A WORKOUT PERIOD. TEAM DOES CALISTHENICS ON THE FIELD. TACKLE DUMMY STRUNG FROM A ROPE.
00:56:19 3325	FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN UNDER A SIGN THAT SAYS "HERE COMES THE NAVY".
00:56:23 3329	FRENCH FASHION PREVIEW MODELS SHOW DESIGNS UNDER THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE AND OTHER PARIS LOCALES. MODELS SHOW GOWNS, DRESSES & FUR COATS.
00:57:42 3408	FLYING CARRIER B-36 BOMBER DROPS F-84 JET FIGHTER "THUNDERSTREAK" ATTACHED TO IT'S BELLY. THE F-84, CAPABLE OF DROPPING AN A-BOMB, IS THEN RECOVERED IN MID-AIR.