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19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWSREEL FOR MARCH 14, 1954
NEWS STORIES FOR APRIL 2, 1954

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"ON THE POLITICAL FIRING LINE"
VARIOUS VIEWS SENATOR MCCARTHY, WITH COUNSEL ROY COHN, SENATOR JACKSON AND ROBERT KENNEDY OF HIS COMMITTEE SIT AT PODIUM DURING HEARINGS. MCCARTHY QUESTIONS SECRETARY OF ARMY STEVENS.
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FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND TWO OTHER MEN WALK BY NBC STUDIOS DURING TRUMAN'S VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY.
TRUMAN REFUSED TO APPEAR BEFORE MCCARTHY COMMITTEE, WHICH HE CLEVERLY CALLED REPUBLICAN "SQUABBLING".
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REPUBLICAN SENATOR FLANDERS OF VERMONT BLASTS MCCARTHY AS NOT REPRESENTING REPUBLICANS, COINS PHRASE "MCCARTHYISM".
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ANGRY PRESIDENT IKE ENTERS ROOM FOR PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING MCCARTHY.
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PAN NEWSMEN, NEWSWOMEN IN ROOM.
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SMILING PRESIDENT IKE IN RAIN COAT, WALKS WITH PRESS SECRETARY HAGGERTY TO LIMO.
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"TERRORIST ROUNDUP"
CROWDS GATHER AS KNOWN MEMBERS OF FANATICAL NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION ARE ROUNDED UP IN NEW YORK, PUERTO RICO. NATIONALIST PRESIDENT ALBIZU COMPOS WAS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED.
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PHOTO OF CAMPOS.
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CU DISPLAY SMALL ARMS TAKEN FROM NATIONALISTS WHO SHOT UP U.S. HOUSE OF CONGRESS, WOUNDING FIVE CONGRESSMEN.
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DOOR FILLED WITH BULLET HOLES SHOW RESULTS OF WILD GUN BATTLE WHICH TOOK PLACE BEFORE ASSAILANTS WERE CAPTURED.
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"U.S. BOMBERS FLY HOME"
BOY LEAPS INTO ARMS OF AIR FORCE PILOT. WIVES HUG, KISS OTHER PILOTS WHO FLEW 45 JET BOMBERS RETURNS HOME AFTER END OF NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO MARKS FIELD, CALIFORNIA
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CU WING COMMANDER COL. JOHN HENRY ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT FLIGHT.
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"WILSON MEETS THE PRESS"
WASHINGTON, DC. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILSON SPEAKS OF HIS NEW APPOINTMENT ROBERT ANDERSON TO SUCCEED ROGER KYES AS SECRETARY OF NAVY. CHARLES THOMAS WHO WILL REPLACE ANDERSON SPEAKS.
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LOS ANGELES: "CAR GETS BIG LIFT"
REAR END OF AUTO IS HELD IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION BY POWERFUL WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANT AFTER WOMEN KNOCKED IT DOWN TO AVOID ACCIDENT.
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CROWD WATCHES AS POLICEMAN QUESTIONS WOMAN DRIVER.
BIZARRE, ODDITY.
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INDO-CHINA: "GI'S IN DANGER ZONE"
AMERICAN MECHANICS WORK ON FRENCH CARGO PLANES SUPPLIED BY U.S. AT INDO-CHINA AIRPORT AFTER AIRFIELD CAME UNDER COMMUNIST ATTACK.
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VARIOUS VIEWS SUPPLIES BEING DROPPED BY PARACHUTE FROM FLYING BOX CARS.
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"FIRE WRECKS WAREHOUSE" IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK AERIAL LADDERS, FIRE HOSES BEING USED AS FIRE RAGES OUT-OF-CONTROL, IN 10-STORY WAREHOUSE.
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PAN THICK SMOKE, FLAMES, RUSH OUT OF THE MANY WINDOWS.
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HUGE CHUNKS OF BUILDING CRASH TO GROUND
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"WHITE HOUSE"
GROUP OF 4-H CLUB TEENAGE MEMBERS ENTER WHITE HOUSE FOR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT IKE. IKE SHAKES THEIR HANDS.
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TEEN GIRL MEMBER PRESENTS PRESIDENT WITH A BOOK.
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MOROCCO: "SULTAN SURVIVES ATTACK"
VARIOUS SCENES SULTAN OF MOROCCO BEN ARAFA, HAND-
PICKED BY FRENCH, AS HE VISITS MOSQUE IN SOUTHERN MARAKESH.
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VIEW MOUNTED LANCERS GUARDING SULTAN.
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VARIOUS VIEWS BLOODIED SULTAN BEING LED AWAY BY FOLLOWERS AFTER TWO HAND GRENADES EXPLODED NEARBY WHILE HE WAS IN PRAYER.
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"BILLY MARTIN JOINS ARMY"
BASEBALL PLAYER BILLY MARTIN SAYS FAREWELL TO HIS FAMILY OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS AS BILLY RIDES OFF IN 1954 CADILLAC.
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BILLY SIGNS IN, SHAKES HANDS WITH ARMY OFFICER.
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"THE WILD WEST GOES TO LONDON"
VARIOUS SCENES TWO DOUBLE DECKER BUSES RIDE INTO U.S.
AIR BASE TO ATTEND TEXAS STYLE BARBECUE. SIGN ON BUS "TO TEXAS FROM PICCADILLY CIRCUS. LONDONERS DRESSED IN COWBOY OUTFITS AND LONDON STREET ENTERTAINERS ENTER AIR BASE.
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"COWBOY" CHECKS HIS "GUN" AT GUARD GATE.
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ARMY COOKS STIR HUGE PILE OF BEEF IN GROUND BARBECUE AS GUESTS WATCH.
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CROWD WATCH DEMONSTRATION OF SQUARE DANCE.
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APRIL 2, 1954 NEWSTORIES:
IKE HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE.
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CU REPORTER TAKING NOTES.
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TELEVISED H-BOMB TEST:
REPORTERS ARE HANDED PROGRAMS AS THEY ENTER THEATER TO WATCH H-TEST ON SCREEN.
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NAVY OFFICERS AND ANNOUNCER IN FATIGUES, LEAN ON WARSHIP'S RAIL, ANNOUNCES, "IN LESS THAN A MINUTE YOU WILL SEE THE MOST POWERFUL EXPLOSION". "THIS IS THE FIRST FULL SCALE TEST OF A HYDROGEN DEVICE". VOICE ON P/A SYSTEM, "IT IS NOW THIRTY SECONDS TO TO ZERO TIME".
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CU OFFICER WATCHING SCREEN WITH EARPHONE SHOUTS, "MINUS 15 SECONDS".
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GAUGES ON CONTROL PANES AS VOICE OVER COUNTS DOWN
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ZOOM IN ON HUGE GROTESQUE BLAST. SHOCK WAVES COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. HORIZON IS AFLAME AS MUSHROOM CLOUD DEVELOPS, DAY TURNS TO NIGHT.
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ANNOUNCER SHOWS ANIMATED VIEW OF GROUND ZERO SHOWING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE FROM THREE MILES WITH COMPLETE DESTRUCTION, SEVEN MILES WITH MODERATE AND 10 MILES WITH SOME DESTRUCTION.
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CU USING MAP OF WASHINGTON D.C. VOICE OVER SHOWS EXTENT OF DESTRUCTION ON CAPITAL.
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TROOP SHIP FIRE:
AERIAL PAN SHOWS SMOKE BELLOWING OUT OF SHIP AT SEA.
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CU PAN SHIP BLAZE AS CAMERA PLANE FLIES LOW OVER LINER.
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MONTAGE BRITISH SAILORS ASSISTING SURVIVORS. SOME WITH CHILDREN ONTO ANOTHER VESSEL.
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ACTOR & ACTRESS WITH CRUTCHES, APPLY FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES AT WINDOW OF LICENSE BUREAU AS BEVY OF PHOTOGS TAKE FLASH SHOTS. HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES. SUSAN BALL
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"ROSARITO BEACH HOTEL" ENTRANCE ARCH. PALM TREES LINE ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY.
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ACTRESS JEAN TIERNEY ON SWING IN FRONT OF HOTEL.
GUESTS LOUNGE IN BKGD.
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FUTURE HUSBAND AGA KAHN SITS IN BEACH CHAIR, TALKS TO NEWSMEN.
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ACTRESS TIERNEY SITS BY POOL WITH FRIEND, ZOOM TO HUGE DIAMOND RING ON HER FINGER. HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES.
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CU NBC CAMERA FACING CAMERA, TURNS TO MICROPHONES ON LAWN. SEVERAL MOVIE CAMERAS ON TRIPODS SET UP ON LAWN. ZOOM IN AGA KAHN AND TIERNEY STROLLING HAND IN HAND ON LAWN.
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SENATOR ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL SEARS AS ATTORNEY FOR INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING ARMY-MCCARTHY FIASCO.
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CU SEARS SPEAKS.
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CU HAROLD STASSEN SPEAKS ABOUT TRADE IN "PEACEFUL GOODS" WITH SOVIET UNION.
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MAMIE LOOKS ON AS PRESIDENT IKE ACCEPTS SWORD TO FIGHT CANCER AS HE TOUCHES OFF CANCER DRIVE IN U.S.
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SIGN IN DEPARTMENT STORE TELLS OF FEDERAL EXCISE TAX BEING LOWERED.
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PAN TO LADIES HANDBAGS WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE CUTS. WOMEN LINE UP AT COUNTER TO PURCHASE HANDBAGS.
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CU MODEL PUTS ON LIPSTICK WHICH IS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE TAX.
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WOMEN PERUSE FINE AND COSTUME JEWELRY DISPLAYS.
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SALESGIRL HELPS WOMAN ON WITH FUR STOLE.
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CROWDED SIDEWALKS AROUND THEATRE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CITY. VIEW OF RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL FROM ACROSS STREET. THEATER TICKETS ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY LOWER TAXES.
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