1907-1961HISTORICALS
GEORGE MARSHALL. FERDINAND FOCH. MARSHALL TITO. WILLIAM H. TAFT. CHAING KAI-SHEK. GEORGE COHAN. RICHARD BYRD.
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GEORGE MARSHALL (#76) (1940s-1961)
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WWII. MARSHALL & MILITARY LEADERS AT STRATEGY MEETING. MILITARY MEN SIT AT LONG TABLE, PLANNING.
ALSO AT TABLE, GENERALS ARNOLD & KING. WWII |
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ADDRESSING THE ECA. LITTLE FLAGS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES LINED UP IN FRONT OF HIM. MAKES SPEECH ON MILITARY CAMPAIGN. POST-WAR SPEECH AFTER MARSHALL BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE.
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MAN PUTS MEDAL ON MARSHALL'S NECK. CU MEDAL. DECORATED
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE CADETS MARCH ACROSS FIELD.
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PORTRAIT OF MARSHALL WITH CLASS MATES. REUNION.
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PHOTO OF MARSHALL'S CLASS AT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. FINGER POINTS HIM OUT.
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LOW ANGLE SHOT OF MARSHALL LAUGHING AT HIMSELF AS YOUNG MAN. OTHERS JOIN IN.
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1951. PRESIDENT TRUMAN ACCEPTS MARSHALL'S RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. PAN MEN AT TABLE.
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PASSING THE REIGNS TO SUCCESSOR, ROBERT LOVETT.
HANDSHAKE. |
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IN RETIREMENT, WALKING WITH WIFE ON GROUNDS OF HOME IN VIRGINIA. WALK OVER TO BUSHES & LOOK AT FLOWERS.
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ON LAWN SITTING IN CHAIRS WITH WIFE, PLAYS WITH FAMILY DOG.
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WALKING WITH WIFE, STOP TO WAVE WHILE UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS SNAP. LIGHTS FROM CAMERA SEEN ON THEM. TURN & ENTER HOUSE.
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1953. PLANE ON GROUND TAXIS.
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ARRIVING IN EUROPE, TO RECEIVE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
WALKING DOWN STEPS OF PLANE. SHAKES HANDS WITH AWAITING MAN. |
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CU ELDER MARSHALL, SMILING.
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EXTERIOR OF BUILDING.
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INTERIOR OF BUILDING. FILLED WITH MEN IN DARK SUITS. MARSHALL RECEIVING PEACE PRIZE, MEN PLAY INSTRUMENTS. PEOPLE APPLAUD. STANDING OVATION
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CU MARSHALL.
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FERDINAND FOCH (#101) (1918-1930)
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1918, WWI. FOCH MADE COMMANDER OF ALLIED ARMIES.
MONTAGE OF BATTLE. |
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MARSHALLS FOCH, PETAIN, GEOFFERY ?SP. RECEIVE NATIONS HIGHEST HONOR FROM POINCARE.
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FOCH PINS HIS MEN.
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FOCH BIDS FAREWELL TO PERSHING.
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FOCH REVIEWING TROOPS. SALUTE. BIDDING FAREWELL.
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1921. DEDICATING A MONUMENT TO THE FRENCH HEROS OF THE WAR.
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CU TWO WOMEN MOURNING. WIPING TEARS AWAY.
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AMERICAN FLAGS BUNTING DRAPED TO THE FLOOR.
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FOCH IN AMERICA. CU IN BACK OF OPEN CAR.
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MEN MARCH THROUGH A PARK.
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TICKER TAPE PARADE. STREAMERS, PAPER DROPPING.
HUGE TURN OUT. |
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FOCH BEING LED THROUGH CROWD.
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FOCH ON BALCONY SALUTING WITH VICE PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE.
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THEIR POV LOOKING DOWN AT PASSING PARADE. MANY MARCHERS PASS HOLDING VARIOUS COUNTRY FLAGS.
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MARCH 20, 1929. FOCH DIES. CASKET.
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ARC DE TRIOMPHE. LAY IN STATE UNDER ARC.
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GENERAL PERSHING AT FUNERAL.
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HORSE-DRAWN CAISSON CARRYING BODY. FLANKED BY SOLDIERS. BEHIND FOLLOWS BAND, SOLDIERS CARRYING FLAGS
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PRINCE OF WALES WEARING A BUSBY
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MEN HOLD UP MANY CITATIONS GIVEN TO FOCH DURING HIS LIFETIME.
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FRENCH PRESIDENT DELIVERS EULOGY. MOS
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FOCH TWISTS UP THE POINTS OF HIS MUSTACHE.
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CU COFFIN WITH FLAG DRAPED OVER IT.
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1930. PRINCE OF WALES IN BUSBY WELCOMES WIDOW FOCH. GROVENER GARDENS. PRINCE OF WALES DEDICATES STATUE. UNVEILING OF STATUE. CU STATUE.
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MARSHAL JOSIP TITO (#126) (1924-1956)
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CROATIA. DOLLY PAN OF TOWN. HUGE CROWD.
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TITO WALKS WITH LEADERS. UNIFORMS & SUITS.
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PAN OF MASSIVE CROWD. SOLDIERS, FLAGS. SEA OF PEOPLE. YUGOSLAVIA.
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TITO AT PODIUM.
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TOWN BUILT INTO MOUNTAIN SIDE. PAN DOWN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.
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CRUISE SHIP ON WAY TO ENGLAND. ON SHIP MEETING ENGLISH LEADERS. SHAKING HANDS WITH CHURCHILL.
SEEN FROM BACK. MEN IN UNIFORMS. |
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TITO GIVING SPEECH.
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ENGLAND. RECEPTION FOR TITO. UNIFORMED MAN CARRIES SWORD BEHIND TITO. LINE OF UNIFORMED POLICE WITH MOTORCYCLES. PASSES SAILORS. WITH CHURCHILL.
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GETS IN CAR. MOTORCADE. POLICE ESCORT.
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DOOR WITH NUMBER 10 ON IT. #10 DOWLING STREET
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INSIDE WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL. MEETING. BRUSHES OFF SOMETHING ON CHURCHILL'S JACKET.
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CRUISE LINER RETURNS TO YUGOSLAVIA. TITO ON SHIP.
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CROWD MOSTLY MEN AWAIT AT DOCK FOR BOAT. COMES DOWN GANGPLANK WITH ENTOURAGE.
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LINE OF SOLDIERS RESPECTFULLY RECEIVE TITO. TITO SALUTES. WALKS THROUGH CROWD.
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1956. MOTORCADE IN FRANCE.
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MEETS WITH FRENCH LEADER & WIFE. RENE COTY. FRENCH SOLDIERS RECEPTION FOR TITO. SHAKES HANDS.
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NIGHT. HUGE CASTLE LIKE BUILDING. BALLROOM TYPE PLACE. FRENCH PARTY. BAND. ORCHESTRA.
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SOLDIERS LINED UP WITH GUNS.
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TITO ARRIVES BY TRAIN IN MOSCOW. MET BY BULGANIN, SHEPOLOV ?SP., & KHRUSHCHEV.
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LINE OF GIRLS HOLDING FLOWERS.
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GRAND RECEPTION. PEOPLE ALL OVER A TRAIN, ON TOP OF TRAIN SHOW SUPPORT. MAN WITH OLD CAMERA TAKES PHOTOS.
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TITO & LEADERS GET IN CAR & DRIVE OFF.
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LAYING A WREATH AT LENIN'S TOMB.
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TITO WALKS UP OUTDOOR STAIRWAY, SALUTES.
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WILLIAM H. TAFT (#47) (1907-1930)
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CU TAFT. OUTDOORS IN SUIT. TAKES OFF HAT.
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SEA OF PEOPLE WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS IN UNISON.
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PANS GROUP OF UNIFORMED SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
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ROOSEVELT ON BALCONY WITH TAFT. WAVING AT ADORING PUBLIC. PEOPLE PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN FRONT OF THEM. EXCITEMENT. MEN ON HORSEBACK LEAD THE WAY.
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CONVERTIBLE CAR CARRYING TAFT ET AL. AWAY FROM CROWD. CROWD SPLITS AS CAR EXITS. TONS OF PEOPLE CROWD STREET. MASS CROWD DISPERSES.
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TAFT IN HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE DRIVES DOWN CITY STREET. MEN ON HORSES KIND OF GOING SIDEWAYS FLANK CARRIAGE.
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ROOSEVELT INSPECTS GUN. MEN WEAR HUNTING HATS.
LOOK LIKE SAFARI HATS. |
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PEOPLE CARRYING SUPPLIES THROUGH THE WATER BOXES OVER THEIR HEADS.
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ROOSEVELT AGAIN INSPECTING GUN HELD UP.
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ROOSEVELT AT THE START OF SECOND TERM IN 1912.
MEN IN CAPS & GOWNS, MEN IN UNIFORM, MEN DRESSED UP IN FORMAL WEAR. |
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EXTERIOR HOUSE.
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LOTS OF MEN IN BLACK SUITS WALK UP TO DOORWAY OF BUILDING, MEET MEN COMING OUT, ALL WALK AWAY FROM BUILDING.
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ROOSEVELT OUTDOORS GIVING SPEECH, MOS.
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ROOSEVELT LEANS OVER & SHAKES HANDS WITH LINE OF MEN AS THEY FILE PAST.
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PRESIDENT WILSON IN OPEN CAR WAVES HAT AFTER BEING ELECTED.
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PEOPLE AROUND TRAIN AT STATION. STEAM RISES.
WILSON AT BACK OF TRAIN, TALKING, MOS. |
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MONTAGE OF TAFT. WALKING WITH OTHER MEN, SPEAKING
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TAFT RESIDES AT HERBERT HOOVER INAUGURATION, 1929
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EXTERIOR CAPITOL BUILDING.
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MEN ON HORSES PULL CAISSON WITH CASKET ON IT THROUGH STREET. AMERICAN FLAG COVERS CASKET.
MEN CARRY CASKET UP STAIRS. SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES OF STEPS HOLD GUNS AT SIDES. |
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PEOPLE WALKING IN RAIN WITH UMBRELLAS. SOMBERLY.
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PEOPLE WALKING SLOWLY
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RAINY DAY FUNERAL CORTEGE, CAISSON CARRIES CASKET TAFT'S BODY IS BROUGHT TO FINAL RESTING PLACE. MILITARY BAND PLAYS. RAINY STREET. PEOPLE UNDER COVER OF UMBRELLAS.
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PEOPLE PROBABLY TAFT'S WIFE AMONG ARRIVE & GET OUT OF CAR. WALK INSIDE.
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TAFT WITH FAMILY ENJOYING QUIET TIME. PICKS UP SMALL CHILD, PUTS ON LAP.
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CU TAFT.
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CHAING KAI-SHEK (#16) (1911-1961)
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1911. WAR TORN CHINA. KAI-SHEK & SOLDIERS ON HORSES RIDE PAST THE GREAT WALL.
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KAI-SHEK HOLDS BINOCULARS. POINTS AT SOMETHING THROUGH A HOLE IN THE WALL.
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IN COMMAND OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY, THE KUOMINTANG. SOLDIERS & FLAGS. MONTAGE OF HIS ARMY.
PASSING PEOPLE ON STREETS. |
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1927 MARRIAGE TO A CHRISTIAN. SOONG MEI-LING MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
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1931. JAPAN SEIZES MANCHURIA. PUPPET STATE.
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CU KAI-SHEK'S OLDER SON IN UNIFORM. WITH OTHER SOLDIERS. (YOUNG TEEN) SOLDIERS WEAR BANDOLEERS
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JAPANESE ARMY WALKS THROUGH TOWN. MEN PULL RICKSHAWS
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MONTAGE OF BATTLE SCENES. JAPANESE INVASION. 1937.
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CU SMALL CHILDREN RUNNING. SHADOWS SEEN ON GROUND.
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TOWN ON FIRE. SMOKE RISES & FILLS THE SKY.
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PEOPLE SCURRYING IN WAR TIME.
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SOLDIERS CAMOUFLAGED IN REEDS. WALKING THROUGH BAMBOO. CU HAT.
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CAMOUFLAGED TRUCK CROSSES A BRIDGE.
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MONTAGE OF MAO TSE-TUNG'S COMMUNIST ARMY IN COMBAT.
MAO SHAKES HANDS WITH FELLOW COMMUNISTS. |
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CU TSE-TUNG WITH ARM UP OVER HEAD IN SOME KIND OF SALUTE.
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MAP OF CHINA, MILAGE TO KOREA, PHILIPPINES.
ARROWS POINT. |
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AERIAL OF FORMOSA, WHERE KAI-SHEK WAS FORCED TO RETREAT.
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THE GENERALISSIMO IN CAPE WALKS UP STAIRS INTO BUILDING. ON WALL, FLAG & PORTRAIT OF KAI-SHEK.
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CU KAI-SHEK & WIFE.
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PAN SOLDIERS ON ISLAND. CU SOLDIER HOLDING FLAG.
PANS SOLDIERS IN HARD HELMETS. |
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JEEP LEADS LINE OF SOLDIERS IN WHITE AS THEY MARCH. SERVICE ACADEMY. SOLDIERS IN GREEN UNIFORMS MARCH IN FORMATION. MONTAGE OF TANKS ROLLING DOWN A STREET. LEADERS SIT & WATCH.
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SOLDIERS MARCHING WITH HUGE FLAGS. FLOW OVER MOST OF THE SOLDIERS.
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GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON PODIUM, SALUTING.
IN FRONT OF MICROPHONES. |
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GEORGE M. COHAN (#94) (1914-1937)
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1937. TIMES SQUARE. MARQUEE FOR THE ALVIN ANNOUNCES SAM H. HARRIS PRESENTS GEORGE COHAN IN "I'D RATHER BE RIGHT".
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GEORGE SITS WITH FRIENDS, TALKING.
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MARQUEE FOR THE CRYSTAL THEATRE, MILWAUKEE'S FAMOUS FAMILY VAUDEVILLE. HISTORICAL REENACTMENT OF THE COHAN'S VAUDEVILLE ACT AT TURN OF CENTURY.
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STILL OF COHAN'S FAMILY.
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SPINNING NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. MONTAGE OF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES BOASTING COHAN'S BROADWAY SUCCESSES.
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FOOTAGE OF WWI. TRENCH WARFARE.
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POSTER FOR "OVER THERE".
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SPINNING NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. MORE NEWS HEADLINES.
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BROADWAY AT NIGHT, THE ALVIN THEATRE. CU MARQUEE.
CARS PASS ON STREET. NIGHT TIME. LIGHTS. PLAYS FDR IN "I'D RATHER BE RIGHT". |
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PEOPLE FILE INTO THEATER. DRESSED UP. FORMAL.
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GEORGE M. COHAN GIVES SPEECH. USES CLENCHED FIST TO MAKE A POINT. AMERICAN FLAG HANGS BESIDE HIM.
POINTS WITH FINGER. CLUTCHES HEART. |
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RICHARD E. BYRD (#15) (1926-1947)
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BYRD IN UNIFORM, STAR ON SLEEVES. TALKS INTO MICROPHONE.
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AERIALS OF NORTH POLE WITH BYRD'S VOICE OVER.
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MEN IN WINTER CLOTHING COME OUT OF BYRD'S PLANE.
1926. MET BY OTHER MEN DRESSED IN SIMILAR FASHION. |
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CU BYRD & PARTNER, FLOYD BENNETT. FURRY HOODS &
GOGGLES. |
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1927. POSING WITH LINDBERGH & CHAMBERLAIN.
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1928 EXPEDITION. SHIP IN ICY WATERS.
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BYRD'S PLANE IN HISTORIC FLIGHT OVER THE ANTARCTIC.
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BYRD & PARTNER DRESSED IN HUGE FURRY COATS LOOK OUT WINDOW OF PLANE. PREPARING TO DROP AMERICAN FLAG OVER SOUTH POLE.
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CU AMERICAN FLAG & ROCK TIED TO IT. DROPS, WATCH IT FALL.
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BYRD'S PLANE ON GROUND AFTER POLAR RETURN. MEN STORM PLANE, OPEN DOOR GRAB BYRD. PUT ON SHOULDERS. MEN GO NUTS WITH AFFECTION FOR THE EXPLORER. EXCITEMENT. JOY.
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RECEPTION FOR NEWLY APPOINTED REAR ADMIRAL BYRD.
ALL KINDS OF BOATS FILL WATER. FLEET. ALMOST LOOKS LIKE BATTLE SCENE. 1930 EXPEDITION. |
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CU BYRD IN UNIFORM.
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CANYONS OF NEW YORK CITY. CAMERA PANS DOWN TO STREET. TICKER TAPE PARADE. STREETS FILLED WITH STREAMERS, PAPER, FLAGS, PEOPLE. CARS DRIVE DOWN MIDDLE.
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LOW ANGLE SHOT OF MEN ON BALCONY. STREAMERS FILL THE SCREEN.
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CAR CARRYING BYRD MOVES THROUGH STREET. IN WHITE UNIFORM STANDS IN BACK SEAT, SALUTING. MEN WALK NEXT TO CAR. BYRD IN CAR, STANDING PROUDLY.
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BYRD WITH ADMIRAL NIMITZ DURING WWII. LEANING OVER TABLE LOOKING AT PLANS.
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1946-1947. BYRD LED OPERATION HIGH JUMP. WEARS ROUGH HEWN REINDEER SUIT HE WORE IN 1926 & 1928 FLIGHTS.
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BYRD & COMPANY POSING WITH AMERICAN FLAG. THEY SALUTE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PORTRAIT.
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CU BYRD WITH FACE COVERED WITH FURRY HOOD.
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