19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES: MAY 27-28, 1954.
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CU DOZENS STRETCHERS LAYED OUT ON PIER. TILT UP LONG LINE ARMY AMBULANCES ON PIER ALONGSIDE DOCKED USS "BENNINGTON" AIRCRAFT CARRIER AFTER EXPLOSION ON MAY 26, 1954 WHICH KILLED 91, HURT 200 NAVY MEN.
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SAILORS CARRY GURNEYS ABOARD CARRIER.
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SAILORS WITH BLACKENED FACES WALK OFF CARRIER TO
AMBULANCES. DISASTER |
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NAVY MAN IN HOSPITAL BED WITH BOTH HANDS AND ARMS COVERED WITH BANDAGES, IS SPOON FED BY COMRADE.
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| 02:27:01 54.97 |
REPORTER INTERVIEWS VICTIM IN HOSPITAL BED WHO TELLS OF DISASTER. OTHER VICTIMS IN BEDS IN BKGD.
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| 02:27:55 108.97 |
CAPTAIN FROM USS BENNINGTON TELLS BEVY OF REPORTERS ABOUT DISASTER. TELLS OF HEROISM.
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| 02:27:56 109.97 |
MONTAGE WIVES, FAMILIES OF SURVIVORS RUN TO & HUG THEM IN PARKING LOT OTHERS WALK AWAY CRYING.
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| 02:29:20 193.97 |
ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS:
ABOVE VIEW OF MEMBERS AT OVAL TABLE. MCCARTHY AND ATTORNEY COHN AT FAR END. |
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VIEW OF MCCARTHY AND COHN EXAMINING PAPERS.
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| 02:29:32 205.97 |
SENATOR MUNDT POLLS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON QUESTION.
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| 02:29:33 206.97 |
ATTORNEY ROY COHN TAKES OATH. IS QUESTIONED BY COMMITTEE.
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| 02:30:22 255.97 |
VICE-PRESIDENT NIXON SPEAKS AT BANQUET. CRITICIZES DEMOCRATS VOTING RECORD IN HOUSE AND SENATE. NIXON SAYS HE HAS NOT WATCHED ONE MINUTE OF ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS, SAYS MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES SHOULD BE ON LAWMAKERS' AGENDAS. POLITICS.
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| 02:32:12 365.97 |
CROWD OF PEOPLE ENTER MEETING HALL WITH MARQUEE ABOVE ENTRANCE, "NY CENTRAL SHARE OWNERS MEETING. WILLIAM WHITE, PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL. BRINGS MEETING TO ORDER WITH GAVEL. RAILROAD.
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| 02:33:19 432.97 |
LONG LINE SWISS SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION AS BRITAIN'S SIR ANTHONY EDEN WALKS OFF PLANE
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CU HELMETED GUARD.
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| 02:33:21 434.97 |
EDEN TAKES OFF IN LIMO. EDEN ARRIVES AT MEETING PLACE. CROWD, PHOTOGS IN BKGD. OTHER WORLD MINISTERS ARRIVE.
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| 02:34:13 486.97 |
LIMO PULLS UP IN FRONT OF NORTH VIETNAMESE DELEGATES, WHO CLIMB IN. OTHER DELEGATES AWAIT LIMOS.
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| 02:34:14 487.97 |
COMMUNIST CHINA'S CHOU EN LAI ARRIVES.
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| 02:34:45 518.97 |
PRISON BLOCK:
PRISON GUARDS DEMONSTRATE HOW ESCAPEES CLIMBED DOWN WALL ON ROPE. |
| 02:34:46 519.97 |
CU GUARD SHOW CRUDE KNIFE AND RUBBER GLOVES USED BY ESCAPEES. CRIMINAL JUSTICE PENAL SYSTEM.
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| 02:34:47 520.97 |
CU PAN MUG SHOTS OF SEVERAL ESCAPEES
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| 02:35:14 547.97 |
PRISON GUARDS WITH SHOTGUNS SEARCH THROUGH WOODS.
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| 02:35:15 548.97 |
POLICE IN PATROL CAR SPEAKS ON PHONE.
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| 02:35:16 549.97 |
SMALL SEARCH PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD.
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| 02:35:17 550.97 |
PAN THICK WOODED AREA ALONG ROAD. POV MOVING CAR.
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| 02:35:54 587.97 |
OIL FIRE:
FIRE HOSE POURS WATER ON OUT-OF-CONTROL FLAMES IN HUGE WAREHOUSE (COCA COLA PLANT?) AT NIGHT. FIRE FIGHTER HELPLESSLY WATCH FIRE BURN. |
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TIGHTROPE WEDDING:
BRIDE & GROOM WALK ARM IN ARM UNDER FLORAL ARCH HELD BY BRIDAL PARTY, TOWARDS CAMERA THEY KISS. |
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PREACHER CLIMBS AERIAL LADDER TO CIRCUS HIGH WIRE SET UP IN TOWN SQUARE.
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| 02:37:21 674.97 |
BRIDE IN WEDDING DRESS CLIMBS ROPE LADDER AS HUGE CROWD WATCHES.
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BRIDE WALKS TO MIDDLE OF HIGH WIRE USING BALANCING POLE.
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| 02:38:00 713.97 |
GROOM AND BRIDE MEET EACH OTHER IN CENTER OF HIGH WIRE. CROWDS PEER FROM BALCONY WINDOWS OF HOTEL IN BKGD.
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PRIEST ON AERIAL LADDER AWAITS AWAITS THEM AS THEY WALK TO CENTER.
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VIEW OF CEREMONY FROM GROUND.
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| 02:38:03 716.97 |
CU PRIEST BLESSES COUPLE WITH HOLY WATER. ODDITY
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| 02:38:37 750.97 |
EX-PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AT RALLY. SPEAKS OF UNCONTROLLED SPENDING, UNBALANCED BUDGETS, CRITICIZES SENATOR HUMPHREY AND OTHER DEMOCRATS.
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| 02:40:12 845.97 |
ADMIRAL SOLEMNLY SPEAKS ABOUT USS BENNINGTON DISASTER; HEROISM OF NAVY SHIPMATE RESCUERS. SPEAKS OF "FREAKISH" CAUSES.
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ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS:
PAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO WITNESS ROY COHN BEING QUESTIONED. |
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SENATOR MCCARTHY IS QUESTIONED BY SENATOR MCCLENNAN WHO GETS INTO HEATED ARGUMENT WITH MCCARTHY.
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WATERFRONT:
REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS SPEAKS ABOUT CHALLENGE TO ELECTION. BLACKBOARD IN BKGD GIVES INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS, "VOTER MUST HAVE, 1. VOTING CARD, 2. WATER IDENTIFICATION, 3. COAST GUARD PASS". |
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PILOTS SIT IN BRIEFING ROOM AS OFFICER PLOTS COURSE ON MAPS FOR PILOTS WHO WILL DELIVER BOMBERS TO (GUATAMALA? NICARAGUA?) TO FIGHT COMMUNISM.
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PILOTS BOARD WWII BOMBERS.
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LOVER'S INITIALS:
PAN GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING. |
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CU INITIALS OF LOVERS PAINTED HIGH UP ON CAPITAL DOME BUILDING OF UNIDENTIFIED STATE.
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VIEW DOMED BUILDING. TILT UP TO INITIALS. ODDITY.
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TRAIN ROLLS INTO STATION IN GENEVA. FRENCH MINISTER BIDAULT EXITS TRAIN.
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BIDAULT CLIMBS INTO LIMO WITH FRENCH FLAG ON FENDER.
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HOTEL ALONG WATERFRONT, "HOTEL DES BORUGES". FLAGS OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES FLY ABOVE SIGN.
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INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER V. K. KRISHNA MENON EXITS HOTEL WITH OTHERS, CLIMBS INTO BUICK LIMO.
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MENON HAVING CUP OF TEA IN HOTEL ROOM.
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MEN POSES ON BALCONY OF HOTEL.
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BIDAULT SHAKING HANDS WITH SOVIET'S MOLOTOV AT GENEVA.
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POPE CANNONIZED:
CROWD INCLUDE NUNS & ORTHODOX PRIESTS, JAM ST. PETER'S SQUARE TO VIEW CEREMONIES CANONIZING POPE PIUS X AS SAINT. |
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CU MONTAGE PEOPLE IN CROWD WEAR HATS MADE OF NEWSPAPERS TO PROTECT FROM HOT SUN.
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| 02:50:25 1458.97 |
LONG PROCESSION OF CARDINALS EXIT ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL. SWISS GUARDS IN PROCESSION. PRIEST CARRIES ANCIENT CROWN USED IN CANONIZATION.
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BANNER WITH PAINTING OF POPE PIUS X WITH HALO.
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PROCESSION OF PRIESTS, BISHOPS.
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VARIOUS VIEWS POPE PAUL XII BLESSES CROWD AS HE IS CARRIED ON THRONE.
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CROWD WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS.
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CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN AND WIFE ARE GREETED AS THEY ATTEND BANQUET.
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CU FANCY DISPLAY OF FOOD ON TABLE.
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GROUP OF VIOLINISTS CIRCLE AROUND TABLES AS THEY PLAY MUSIC.
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