| 01:47:51 5 |
SENATE REACTION (1/21/55)
CAPITOL HILL, CAPITOL BUILDING |
| 01:47:54 8 |
CU SENATOR SPARKMAN AT DESK SPEAKING ON OFFER TO LET
RELATIVES VISIT CAPTURED AMERICAN FLYERS |
| 01:48:38 52 |
SENATOR CAPEHART SPEAKING AT DESK.
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| 01:49:31 105 |
COSTA RICAN VOLUNTEERS (1/21/55)
NATIVE COSTA RICAN MEN GATHER AROUND MACHINE GUN. |
| 01:49:36 110 |
CU MEN'S FACES AS THEY POSE.
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| 01:49:39 113 |
VOLUNTEERS AROUND MACHINE GUN. STANDING AROUND
AIRPLANE. |
| 01:49:45 119 |
PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD ON WAY NORTH & FIGHT INSURGENTS
NEAR THE COSTA RICAN-NICARAGUAN BORDER. |
| 01:49:50 124 |
MAN POINTS TO BULLET HOLES IN HOSPTIAL IN LIBERIA.
|
| 01:49:56 130 |
FORTRESS, GUARDS POSTED ON ROOF
|
| 01:50:09 143 |
LADIES 100TH BIRTHDAY (2/1/55)
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WITH 100 YEAR OLD NETTIE ANGUS MOULDEN IN WASHINGTON, DC |
| 01:50:13 147 |
IKE AT DESK SIGNS AUTOGRAPH. PAN TO ELDERLY NETTIE
MOULDEN WATCHING |
| 01:50:19 153 |
CU PEN SIGNING
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| 01:50:31 165 |
CU NETTIE SPEAKS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE SAYS,"IT WAS
HAPPIEST TIME IN MY LIFE". SAYS SHE IS REPUBLICAN AND HOPES IKE WILL RUN AGAIN. |
| 01:51:29 223 |
RED PRISONER'S FAMILY (1/21/55)
MRS. ROLLAND CAMERON OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WHOSE SON HAS SPENT TWO YEARS IN CHINESE PRISON SAYS SHE WAS INVITED TO VISIT HER SON IN CHINA BY COMMUNIST LEADER CHOU EN LAI. SAYS SHE INTENDS TO REFUSE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HARD TO LEAVE HIM BEHIND. |
| 01:52:24 278 |
ROME FASHIONS (1/24/55)
ITALIAN MODELS SHOW THE LATEST FASHIONS FOR THE SPRING & SUMMER. |
| 01:52:25 279 |
MODEL WITH COAT, DISPLAYS COAT & DRESS
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| 01:52:37 291 |
MODEL DISPLAYS OFF-SHOULDER DRESS
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| 01:52:47 301 |
MODELS WITH CAPES, BAT-WINGED CAPE
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| 01:52:58 312 |
OFF-SHOULDER DRESS
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| 01:53:06 320 |
MODEL WITH SPLIT DRESS
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| 01:53:18 332 |
RED PRISONER TOURS (1/21/55)
CANADIAN AIRLINE FOUR ENGINE PROP AIRLINER TAXIS ON AIRFIELD IN CHICAGO |
| 01:53:22 336 |
MECHANIC WAVES PLANE IN
|
| 01:53:29 343 |
CU CAMERAMAN AIMS HAND-HELD FILM CAMERA.
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| 01:53:32 346 |
CANADIAN COMMANDER A.R. (ANDY) MACKENZIE & WIFE EXIT
PLANE ON WAY TO VISIT FAMILIES OF AMERICAN FLIERS IMPRISONED IN RED CHINA. |
| 01:53:42 356 |
CU FORMER PRISONER MACKENZIE TELLS OF MISSION.
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| 01:54:09 383 |
FOOD TO FORMOSA (1/24/55)
CU PILES OF FOOD BAGS DONATED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE CHINESE NATIONALIST ISLAND OF FORMOSA. |
| 01:54:12 386 |
CROWD OF CHINESE PEASANTS GATHER AROUND AS UNIFORMED
MAN HANDS OUT PACKAGES OF FOOD. |
| 01:54:20 394 |
OLD NATIVE WOMAN IS HANDED FOOD PACKAGE.
|
| 01:54:24 398 |
CU ANXIOUS FACES OF NATIVE MEN & WOMEN.
|
| 01:54:33 407 |
OLD WOMAN CARRYING FOOD BAG AWAY.
|
| 01:54:37 411 |
PEOPLE EMPTY OUT CONTENTS OF BAG
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| 01:54:49 423 |
PARIS FLOODS (1/24/55)
FLOOD WATERS OF SEINE UNDER BRIDGE CROWDED WITH PARISIENNES. |
| 01:54:53 427 |
VIEW PEOPLE ON BRIDGE, EIFFEL TOWER IN BKGD.
|
| 01:54:58 432 |
MEN IN ROWBOAT.
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| 01:55:02 436 |
MEN WORKING, RAISING THE HEIGHT OF BARRICADES ALONG
RIVER WHILE PEOPLE WATCH |
| 01:55:08 442 |
MAN SHOVELLING DIRT AT BARRICADE.
|
| 01:55:13 447 |
ABOVE VIEW ABANDONED CAR IN WATER.
|
| 01:55:17 451 |
LONG LINE OF MEN FISHING OFF BRIDGE, TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF HIGH WATER. |
| 01:55:26 460 |
MCCARTHY ON IKE'S FORMOSA DEFENSE PLAN (1/24/55)
SENATOR MCCARTHY SPEAKS TO REPORTERS. SAYS PLAN IS GOOD BUT WE SHOULD ADD THE ISLAND OF QUEMOY AS ONE WE WOULD DEFEND. |
| 01:56:33 527 |
ARAB LEAGUE MEETING (1/24/55)
CAIRO, EGYPT: PRIME MINISTER NASSER OFFERS VISITING ARAB LEAGUE STATE OFFICIALS CIGARETTES. LIGHTS ONE FOR GUEST AND HIS OWN. |
| 01:56:48 542 |
MEETING ROOM WITH DELEGATES SEATED. ASSEMBLED TO
REASSES ARAB DEFENSE POLICIES IN LIGHT OF RECENT ALLIANCE SIGNED BY IRAQ & TURKEY |
| 01:56:53 547 |
NASSER SPEAKING TO DELEGATE.
|
| 01:56:57 551 |
ARAB DELEGATE CHATTING
|
| 01:57:04 558 |
CONFERENCE MEETING
|
| 01:57:14 568 |
CHINESE NATIONALIST ON IKE'S PLAN (1/24/55)
CHINESE NATIONALIST DELEGATE TO UN (DR. TSIANG) COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT IKE'S FORMOSA MESSAGE. |
| 01:58:49 663 |
SKI TRAIN (1/24/55)
SKI TRAIN LEAVES CHICAGO FOR WEEKEND PARTY OF SKIING IN WISCONSIN |
| 01:58:49 663 |
CU SIGN: "CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY, MT.
TELEMARK SKI PAN TO TOUR" AT CHICAGO RAILROAD STATION |
| 01:58:59 673 |
PAN TO YOUNG PEOPLE BOARDING TRAIN.
|
| 01:59:01 675 |
TRAIN PULLING OUT.
|
| 01:59:02 676 |
BLACK STEWARD SERVING FROM TRAY IN DINING CAR.
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| 01:59:11 685 |
VIEW OF SNOW-COVERED LODGE AS SEEN THROUGH TRAIN
WINDOW. |
| 01:59:13 687 |
CU FRONT VIEW CHARTER BUS WITH "MT. TELEMARK SKI
TOUR" SIGN IN WINDOW, PULLING UP |
| 01:59:18 692 |
PEOPLE LEAVING BUS.
|
| 01:59:21 695 |
LONG LINE OF SKIERS HOLDING LINE ON SKI LIFT AS IT
PULLS THEM UP HILL. |
| 01:59:33 707 |
MALE SKIER WITH BACK TO CAMERA COMES DOWN HILL
JOINING OTHERS. MORE SKIERS IN BKGD |
| 01:59:47 721 |
SKIER COMES TOWARDS CAMERA & PAST.
|
| 01:59:52 726 |
SKIER SLALOMS DOWN HILL TO A STOP.
|
| 02:00:05 739 |
FRENCH FLOOD (1/25/55)
LONG BRIDGE OVER FLOOD WATERS. HUGE CROWD ON BRIDGE LOOKING DOWN AT FLOOD WATERS. |
| 02:00:08 742 |
LARGE STATUE OF OLD MAN (STATUE OF THE ZOUAVE) LOOKS
LIKE MAN IN WATER UP TO HIS WAIST LOOKING AT CAMERA. BIZARRE |
| 02:00:13 747 |
MENDES-FRANCE INSPECT FLOOD DAMAGE
|
| 02:00:20 754 |
BUS DRIVES THROUGH WATER.
|
| 02:00:34 768 |
MENDES-FRANCE LISTENS TO PEOPLE TELL OF FLOOD. CROWD
WATCHES IN BKDG. |
| 02:00:36 770 |
HIGH WATER SHOT BY PALACE OF JUSTICE
|
| 02:00:37 771 |
MEN PADDLE THROUGH STREETS OF TOWN IN ROW BOATS.
|
| 02:00:40 774 |
ARTIST PAINTING FLOOD SCENE.
|
| 02:00:43 777 |
AERIAL VIEWS FLOODED COUNTRYSIDE & VILLAGES AS
FLOODCREST MOVES OUT OF PARIS & INTO THE SUBURBS & FARMS. |
| 02:01:14 808 |
VIETNAM PARADE (1/25/55)
FROM SAIGON IN SOUTHERN INDO-CHINA: COLOR GUARD SOLDIERS OF THE NEW FREE VIETNAM ARMY OF THE SOUTH MILTARY PARADE. |
| 02:01:17 811 |
CROWDS WATCH PARADE
|
| 02:01:22 816 |
CU SOLDIERS' FEET
|
| 02:01:25 819 |
SOLDIER CONDUCTS MILITARY BAND AS IT PLAYS. CU DRUM
MAJOR. |
| 02:01:27 821 |
DRUMMER-CYMBALIST.
|
| 02:01:34 828 |
AMERICAN ADVISOR GENERAL MIKE O'DANIEL CHATS WITH
VIETNAM INSPECTOR-GENERAL VY AS THEY WATCH PARADE. |
| 02:01:39 833 |
SOLDIERS SALUTE COLORS
|
| 02:01:41 835 |
FRENCH COMMANDER-IN-CHEIF GENERAL PAUL ELY WITH
VIETNAM PREMIER DIEM WATCHING PARADE IN VIEWING STAND. |
| 02:01:46 840 |
ARMORED CARS, TRUCKS & PLANES PARADE PAST
|
| 02:02:06 860 |
HARTNETT-BASEBALL (1/26/55)
GABBY HARTNETT, RETIRED CHICAGO CUB CATCHER, BEHIND COUNTER IN HIS BOWLING ALLEY & SPORTING GOODS STORE ON CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE SERVING CUSTOMERS. |
| 02:02:12 866 |
GABBY SHOWS SHOTGUN TO CUSTOMER AND WIFE.
|
| 02:02:15 869 |
CU HARTNETT COMMENTSON ELECTION TO BASEBALL'S HALL OF
FAME |
| 02:02:17 871 |
VANCE HALL OF FAME (1/27/55)
DAZZY VANCE COMMENTS ON HIS PLACEMENT INTO BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME. SEATED ON SOFA AT HOMOSPASSA SPRINGS, FLORIDA HOME |
| 02:05:09 1043 |
MISS MANN HONORED (1/27/55)
WALTER REED HOSPITAL |
| 02:05:13 1047 |
MISS SHELLEY MANN RECEIVES 1954 WOMAN'S INDIVIDUAL
HIGH-POINT AWARD FOR HER OUTDOOR SWIMMING ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD HEATON (COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE MEDICAL CENTER) |
| 02:05:21 1055 |
GENERAL SHAKES HANDS WITH MANN
|
| 02:05:25 1059 |
MEMBERS OF WALTER REED CHAMPIONSHIP SWIMMING TEAM
LOOK ON. |
| 02:05:30 1064 |
COACH SHAKES HANDS WITH MISS MANN
|
| 02:05:33 1067 |
MEDAL, PAN MISS MANN
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| 02:05:34 1068 |
SCHOOL BILL HEARING (1/28/55)
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. |
| 02:05:37 1071 |
SENATE COMMITTEE CONSIDERING FEDERAL AID BILL HEARS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TESTIFY ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION NEEDS. |
| 02:05:40 1074 |
SEATED HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR & PRESIDENT OF JR CLASS OF
PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY |
| 02:05:45 1079 |
REPORTERS
|
| 02:05:49 1083 |
18-YEAR OLD TIM BRANHAM DESCRIBES HIS SCHOOL.
|
| 02:06:17 1111 |
SENATORS MURRAY AND HILL & SMITH
|
| 02:06:21 1115 |
SENATE COMMITTE
|
| 02:06:34 1128 |
FORMER FORMOSA GOVERNOR (1/25/55)
PAN FROM ROAD TO SIGN |
| 02:06:39 1133 |
SNOW-BOUND SUBURBAN HOME IN EVASTON, ILLINOIS WHERE
FORMER MAYOR OF SHANGHAI & GOVERNOR OF FORMOSA, K.C. WU, LIVES IN EXILE. |
| 02:07:00 1154 |
DR. K.C. WU SEATED IN LIVING ROOM OF HOME RESPONDS TO
QUESTIONS FROM REPORTER ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF WAR WITH RED CHINA |
| 02:07:40 1194 |
SHEEHAN VOTES NO (1/25/55)
REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSMAN SHEEHAN WHO VOTED AGAINST FORMOSA DEFENSE RESOLUTION SAYS IT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH AND THAT WE SHOULD A-BOMB RUSSIA IF SHE HELPS IN FIGHTING AROUND PESCADORES. |
| 02:08:54 1268 |
OPERATION SNOWDROP (1/26/55)
AMERICAN GROUND AND AIRBORNE UNITS BEGIN EXERCISE "SNOWDROP" NEAR GALENA, ALASKA. |
| 02:08:58 1272 |
PAN BARREN SNOW COVERED DROP ZONE.
|
| 02:09:02 1276 |
AIR STRIP ON FROZEN ALASKAN PLATEAU. PAN WAR PLANES
LINED UP ON RUNWAYS IN SNOW COVERED AIRFIELD DURING SNOW STORM. FLEETS OF FLYING BOXCARS |
| 02:09:05 1279 |
PARATROOPS IN WHITE OUTFITS LINED UP STAND AT
ATTENTION BY CARGO PLANE. |
| 02:09:14 1288 |
CU EMBLEM ON PLANE.
|
| 02:09:17 1291 |
PLANE TAKING OFF.
|
| 02:09:31 1305 |
TROOPS OF THE 71ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN WHITE
CAMOUFLAGED OUTFITS RUN OUT OF TENTS INTO SNOWBOUND BRUSH. |
| 02:09:41 1315 |
SOLDIERS THROUGH GRASS
|
| 02:09:45 1319 |
RIFLEMAN LYING PRONE IN SNOW, AIMS RIFLE.
|
| 02:09:51 1325 |
TWO SOLDIERS LOAD MACHINE-GUN.
|
| 02:09:55 1329 |
CU MAN LOOKS THROUGH GUN'S SIGHT
|
| 02:09:58 1332 |
MESS HALL BUILDING BURNING
|
| 02:10:02 1336 |
MONTAGE SOLDIERS FIGHT FIRE IN MESS-HALL BUILDING.
BUILDING BURNING FIERCELY AS MEN POUR WATER ON UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE. |
| 02:10:16 1350 |
MONTAGE WRECKAGE OF SMOLDERING DEBRIS IN AFTERMATH OF
FIRE |
| 02:10:31 1365 |
WILSON ON HILL(1/26/55)
CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, DC. |
| 02:10:34 1368 |
SIGN: "ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE"
|
| 02:10:47 1381 |
DEFENSE SECRETARY WILSON TELLS CONGRESS OUR DEFENSE
FORCES ARE VERY LARGE, RELATIVELY STABLE AND COST PLENTY TO MAINTAIN. |
| 02:11:51 1445 |
BOBSLEDDING (1/26/55)
FROM ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOBSLED COMPETITION FOR TWO-MAN TEAMS WON BY THE SWISS |
| 02:11:51 1445 |
CU FLAG RAISED
|
| 02:11:56 1450 |
AS CROWD WATCHES FROM SIDELINES TWO-MAN U.S. BOBSLED
TEAM COMES DOWN RUNWAY. (DRIVER DICK SEVERINO OF SARATOGA SPRING, NEW YORK & BRAKEMAN BILL WILLIAMS OF RICKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA). |
| 02:12:08 1462 |
SPECTATORS MOVE HEADS RAPIDLY AS TEAM PASSES.
|
| 02:12:17 1471 |
CROWD AT FINISH AS U.S. TEAM CROSSES FINISH LINE
|
| 02:12:22 1476 |
CU TWO-MAN U.S. TEAM POSES.
|
| 02:12:24 1478 |
SWISS TEAM TAKES OFF FOR RUN WITH FRITZ FEIERABEND
STEERING & HARRY WARBOURTON BEHIND. |
| 02:12:31 1485 |
KIDS WATCH SWISS TEAM ROUND CORNER OF TRACK
|
| 02:12:35 1489 |
CU SLED SPEEDS PAST CAMERA.
|
| 02:12:39 1493 |
SWISS TEAM CROSSES FINISH
|
| 02:12:46 1500 |
CU WINNING SWISS TEAM.
|
| 02:12:55 1509 |
NATIONALIST POW'S CELEBRATE (1/26/55)
CHINESE KOREAN WAR VETS ON FORMOSA CELEBRATE RELEASE FROM RED POW CAMPS. |
| 02:12:55 1509 |
POWs PARADE. MILITARY BAND WITH MANY TUBAS MARCH AS
PEOPLE WATCH FROM STREET & OUT WINDOWS. |
| 02:13:03 1517 |
CHINESE WOMEN & CHILDREN WATCH PARADE
|
| 02:13:10 1524 |
HUGE PORTRAIT OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK CARRIED IN PARADE.
|
| 02:13:16 1530 |
MAN ON STILTS IN CLEVER COSTUME WHICH LOOKS LIKE HE
IS SITTING ON HORSE, WALKS IN PARADE. BIZARRE |
| 02:13:21 1535 |
CROWD ENJOYS CELEBRATION.
|
| 02:13:23 1537 |
SMALL CHILDREN WATCH MEN IN DRAGON COSTUME DANCE IN
STREET. MAN FIGHTS DRAGON |
| 02:13:31 1545 |
FLOAT WITH CHINESE STATUE OF LIBERTY, GODDESS OF
FREEDOM |
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Year: 1955
Color: Black & White
Genre: 1950s NEWSREELS
Description: NEWS STORIES: JANUARY 21-FEBRUARY 1, 1955
Keywords: NEWS EVENTS
