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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 1949. CHINESE CIVIL WAR. JET FIGHTERS, BOMBERS. 88TH CONGRESS. FOREIGN MINISTERS. PYRAMID SCHEME. COMMUNIST HYSTERIA. HUAC. ALGER HISS. WHITTAKER CHAMBERS. JUDITH COPLON. LADY GODIVA STATUE. WINSTON CHURCHILL. FIRST ELECTION IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. END OF BERLIN BLOCKADE. BERLIN AIRLIFT. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SHANGHAI.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN ATTENDS "PROGRESS IN AIR POWER"
ANDREWS FIELD, MARYLAND. CU GENERAL HOIT VANDENBERG & TRUMAN WATCH BOMBER "THE FLYING WING" TAKE OFF. |
| 07:34:27 123 |
CU TRUMAN LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS. GENERAL IKE IN MUFTI BEHIND HIM.
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| 07:34:31 127 |
GIANT BOMBER XB-47 TAKES OFF
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| 07:34:49 145 |
AIR SHOW, FORMATION OF JET FIGHTERS, SQUADRONS OF HEAVY BOMBERS. PROGRESS IN AIR POWER
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| 07:35:03 159 |
HARRY TRUMAN ADDRESSES 81ST CONGRESS. STATE OF THE UNION. 1949. TALKS ABOUT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES. ECONOMY. NATIONAL DEBT. GOVERNMENT REVENUE. STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO CONGRESS.
FAIR DEAL LEGISLATION. |
| 07:38:14 350 |
BRITISH DESTROYER CONSORT IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
SCARS OF BATTLE, HOLES IN SIDE OF THE SHIP |
| 07:38:30 366 |
CROWDS OF PEOPLE ON PLATFORM AT SHANGHAI NORTH RAILWAY STATION. WOUNDED BRITISH SAILOR HELPED OFF TRAIN, PUT ON STRETCHER, INTO AMBULANCE.
WOUNDED BY COMMUNIST SNEAK ATTACK ON THE BRITISH SLOOP |
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CRUISER LONDON ALSO HIT, GAPING HOLES IN SIDE OF SHIP. CU COMMANDER OF THE CRUISER LONDON
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| 07:39:07 403 |
HS PORT OF SHANGHAI
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| 07:39:10 406 |
RAILROAD STATION IN SHANGHAI CROWDED WITH CITIZENS TRYING TO GET OUT, EVACUATE.
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| 07:39:17 413 |
SCENES OF LUCKLESS INHABITANTS, UNABLE TO GET OUT OF SHANGHAI PULLING CART FILLED WITH BELONGINGS. WAGON FULL OF WOMEN. CHINESE EXODUS BEFORE THE RUSSIANS ARRIVE
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| 07:39:39 435 |
PUBLIC EXECUTION IN SHANGHAI OF COMMUNIST CONSPIRATORS. MEN SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
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| 07:41:49 565 |
NEW YORK CITY, PARK AVENUE. U S AMBASSADOR AT LARGE PHILIP JESSUP ARRIVES AT SOVIET MISSION HEADQUARTERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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| 07:42:02 578 |
RUSSIAN ANDREI GROMYKO & JAKOB MALLEK
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| 07:42:17 593 |
BERLIN, 1949. SEVERED BY BARRICADES. WARNING SIGNS "BRITISH SECTOR"
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| 07:42:29 605 |
FORMER ALLIES MEET ON THE STREET IN THE BRITISH SECTOR. MP GUARDS
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| 07:42:36 612 |
EMPTY RAIL YARDS. NO RIVER ACTIVITY. RIVER BARGES HALTED.
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| 07:42:42 618 |
ALLIED AIR LIFT. BERLIN AIRLIFT. 1949
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| 07:43:00 636 |
WEST BERLINERS PACK STREET IN FRONT OF FOOD STORE. WOMEN EXIT BAKERY WITH LOAVES OF BREAD.
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| 07:43:06 642 |
CU GENERAL LUCIUS CLAY
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| 07:43:11 647 |
BIG FOUR PARIS MEETING. DEAN ACHESON. HUGH MANTOUS, BEVAN. VYSHINSKI. COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS.
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| 07:43:46 682 |
POV FLYING AWAY FROM ARC DE TRIOMPHE
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| 07:43:50 686 |
MAP OF EUROPE, BERLIN
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AERIAL OVER BERLIN
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| 07:44:03 699 |
MAP OF EUROPE, EAST & WEST BERLIN. ARROW FROM BONN TO BERLIN
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| 07:44:09 705 |
BARRICADE BETWEEN EAST & WEST BERLIN, CITIZENS ON EITHER SIDE. CAR PULLS UP TO BARRICADE
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| 07:44:14 710 |
MEN LEAN OUT OF TRAIN WAVING. BERLINERS EXIT TRAIN STATION, 1949
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| 07:44:22 718 |
GERMAN RAILROAD MEN PICKET IN FRONT OF SOVIET BUILDING. LONG LINE OF MEN. COULD BE BREAD LINE.
MAN WALKS BY WITH PILE OF LOAVES OF BREAD. GERMAN MEN JEER AT SOVIET OFFICER |
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SOVIET OFFICER SHIELDS HIS FACE FROM CAMERA OBSCURING HIS IDENTITY. SOLDIER BEHIND HIM ANGRILY APPROACHES CAMERAMAN
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| 07:44:37 733 |
MONTAGE BERLIN, 1949. AFTER BLOCKADE ENDED.
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| 07:44:48 744 |
INTERIOR UNITED NATIONS MEETING, NEW YORK 1949
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| 07:44:55 751 |
GERMAN ELECTIONS. CU CAMPAIGN POSTERS. CITIZENS DROP PAPER BALLOTS INTO BALLOT BOXES.
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| 07:45:11 767 |
MAP OF GERMANY DOWN TO AUSTRIA
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| 07:45:16 772 |
AUSTRIA, SOLDIERS, FOREIGN TROOPS MARCH IN REVIEW
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| 07:45:25 781 |
MAP OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA. HAMMER & SICKLE APPEAR ON AUSTRIA
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| 07:45:33 789 |
PAN OIL DERRICK "CITY". OIL FIELD
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| 07:45:45 801 |
VIENNA STREET SCENES, TROLLEY STREET CARS. PEOPLE DANCE WITH JOYOUS ABANDONMENT IN THE STREETS.
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| 07:46:01 817 |
CHURCHILL ADDRESSES LARGE GROUP AT MIT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY "...IT IS BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE WEST MORE THAN IT'S HOSTILITY...". SAYS ONLY THE A-BOMB KEPT USSR FROM TAKING OVER EUROPE
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| 07:48:30 966 |
FIRST ELECTION IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. LONG LINES OF VOTERS WAITING TO CAST BALLOTS. VOTERS SHOW IDENTIFICATION, PLACE PAPER BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX.
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| 07:48:46 982 |
PAN ARAB CITIZENS LINED UP TO VOTE, PLACING THEIR PAPER BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX
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| 07:48:52 988 |
BEN GURION VOTING. PLACES HIS PAPER BALLOT IN BOX
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| 07:48:55 991 |
CHAIM WEIZMANN VOTING
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| 07:49:00 996 |
JEWISH REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM CYPRUS IN NEW STATE OF ISRAEL.
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| 07:49:30 1026 |
DELEGATES FROM ISRAEL & EGYPT ARRIVE FOR PEACE CONFERENCE. SIGN ARMISTICE IN RHODES. UNITED NATIONS MEETING. MEDIATOR RALPH BUNCHE.
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| 07:50:47 1103 |
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN ITALY DISHEVELED, TOO SMALL JACKET BURSTING AT THE BUTTONS. ECCENTRIC.
SELECTING A SITE WHERE FOR PAINTING |
| 07:51:04 1120 |
MS PLEASURE MOTOR BOAT PASSING. ROW BOATS PASS
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| 07:51:10 1126 |
WINSTON CHURCHILL PAINTING ON EASEL AT SHORELINE SECURITY MEN IN SUITS LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE ON THE BEACH
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| 07:51:15 1131 |
PAPARAZZI SNAP PHOTOGRAPHS. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ON BOAT TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
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| 07:51:18 1134 |
MS WINSTON CHURCHILL PAINTING. CAMERA BOBS UP & DOWN WITH WATER MOVEMENT
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| 07:51:29 1145 |
MRS. LOUIS DOUGLAS, WIFE OF AMBASSADOR IN COVENTRY ENGLAND TO UNVEIL A STATUE. GIVES SPEECH. HUGE BRITISH FLAG TAKEN OFF STATUE OF LADY GODIVA
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| 07:52:06 1182 |
CU LADY GODIVA STATUE
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| 07:52:09 1185 |
CU BRITISH SCHOOL BOYS. "PEEPING TOM" POPS UP FROM HIDING BEHIND BOYS, LOOKS AT NAKED STATUE OF LADY GODIVA THROUGH BINOCULARS.
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| 07:52:14 1190 |
PYRAMID SCHEME. CU BLACKBOARD SHOWING HOW PYRAMID SCHEME WORKS. MS PYRAMID CLUB
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| 07:52:36 1212 |
MAN IN PYRAMID CLUB WHO WAS FIRST BIG WINNER IN NEW ENGLAND SPEAKS.
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| 07:52:51 1227 |
HIGH PAN 100.00 PLATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DINNER
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| 07:52:55 1231 |
VICE PRESIDENT, ALBEN BARKLEY? BRIDE & QUARTET SING "MY HOME IN DONEGAL".
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| 07:54:36 1332 |
NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT BUILDING. MS ALGER HISS WALKS UP STEPS. CU JUDGE SAMEUL KAUFFMAN. LLOYD PAUL STRIKER. SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL DONEGAN, ASSISTANT U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MURPHY
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| 07:54:57 1353 |
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS SWORN IN, TESTIFYING BEFORE THE HUAC. HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITY COMMITTEE
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| 07:55:30 1386 |
ALGER HISS TESTIFIES BEFORE THE HUAC
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| 07:56:02 1418 |
CU HISS PULLING MICROFILM FROM PUMPKIN. THE FAMOUS MICROFILM CONTAINER
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| 07:56:11 1427 |
CU RICHARD NIXON & INVESTIGATOR STRIPLING LOOK AT MICROFILM. CU LETTER MARKED TOP SECRET
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| 07:56:30 1446 |
CU JUDITH COPLON, ARCHIBALD PALMER. COMMUNIST HYSTERIA. COPLON ACCUSED OF BEING COMMUNIST SPY.
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| 07:56:42 1458 |
CU JOHN KELLY & RAYMOND WEARDY ?SP. CU FEDERAL JUDGE ALBERT L. REEDS. CU COPLON
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| 07:56:55 1471 |
JURY EXITS COURT HOUSE FOLLOWED BY RUSHING PHOTOGRAPHERS.
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| 07:57:01 1477 |
JUDITH COPLON EXITS COURT HOUSE
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| 07:57:17 1493 |
NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT. GROUP OF 11 COMMUNISTS CHARGED WITH TEACHING & ADVOCATING THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT BY VIOLENCE ENTERING COURT.
CU JUDGE MEDINA. CU PAN DEFENDANTS LINED AGAINST A WALL. |
| 07:57:47 1523 |
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS BESIEGED BY REPORTERS
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| 07:57:57 1533 |
MS, JURY. CU FOREMAN THELMA DIAL
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| 07:58:07 1543 |
CU PROSECUTORS ON THE CASE
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| 07:58:11 1547 |
EUGENE DENNIS LEADS HANDCUFFED CONVICTED CONSPIRATORS INTO US MARSHALL PRISONER VAN
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TAPE ENDS
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