19551950s NEWSREELS
NEWS STORIES FOR FEBRUARY 7 - 17, 1955 - TACHEN MILITARY EVALUATION; RIDGWAY GETS MEDAL; DULLES BRIEFS COMMITTEE; GEN. PARTRIDGE; CARSON ICE; LITTLE, BIG LEAGUES; GERMAN DEMO.; TITO, NASSER; O'HARA HOUSING BILL; SENIORS SEE IKE; JET TRAINING, PATROLLING FORMOSA STRAITS; REACTION ON RUSSIA CHANGE; NIXON IN CUBA; COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS; RUSSIAN, INDIAN STEEL MILL; RUSSELL ON RUSSIAN MOVE; SOMERVELL FUNERAL; CRUISERS TO FORMOSA; WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL; UNDER WATER SHOW; TACHEN BRIEFING; AEC URGED TO RESIGN; TACHEN PULLBACK; STATEHOOD PROPOSAL, ALASKA, HAWAII; EGYPTIAN PRISONERS; FLORIDA FASHION SHOW; NIXON IN GUATEMALA.
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TACHEN MILITARY EVACUEES - MS CRANE UNLOADS PILE OF SUPPLIES OF SHIP TO PIER AT KEELUNG, FORMOSA.
NATIVE WORKERS IN STRAW HATS |
| 03:13:32 26 |
SOLDIER CARRYING LARGE ROLL OF BELONGINGS DOWN GANGPLANK. MS WOMAN IS SPRAYED WITH DDT POWDER.
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| 03:13:40 34 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES SOLDIERS DOWN GANGPLANK.
SOLDIERS GATHERED ON PIER TALKING, POSING. |
| 03:14:05 59 |
MS TWO SOLDIERS PEELING ORANGES. CU SAME. MORE OF SOLDIERS DEBARKING. SOLDIERS BOARD TRUCKS.
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| 03:14:29 83 |
RIDGWAY GETS MEDAL - PAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGWAY BEING READ CITATION BY VFW COMMANDER MERTON TICE, AS SECRETARY OF ARMY STEVENS, OTHERS LOOK ON. TICE PINS MEDAL.
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| 03:15:01 115 |
DULLES BRIEFS COMMITTEE - CU WOMAN HANGS SIGN ON DOOR: "ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE ONLY"
DULLES POINTS TO TAIWAN ON WALL MAP AS HE SPEAKS TO SENATOR GEORGE. MCU DULLES SPEAKS. |
| 03:16:23 197 |
GENERAL PARTRIDGE CONFERENCE - AIR FORCE CHIEF COMMENTS ON COMBAT READINESS OF AIR FORCE IN FAR EAST.
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| 03:17:34 268 |
4TH ANNUAL ST. PAUL WINTER CARNIVAL ICE RACES . LS CARS RACING ON ICE ARE FLAGGED BY OFFICIAL AT FINISH LINE. CU WOMEN DRIVERS POSE IN CARS.
LS OFFICIAL WAVES START OF WOMEN'S CAR RACE ON ICE. sports |
| 03:18:00 294 |
CU WOMAN WINNER, RUTH LEVY, DRINKS HOT COFFEE FROM CUP. LS BEGINNING OF FEATURE RACE, TOWARDS CAMERA. CAR SKIDS ON TURN, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER.
ANOTHER TOWARDS CAMERA. WINNER DON SKOGMO WAVES AS HE CROSSES FINISH LINE. |
| 03:18:44 338 |
SPORTS - LITTLE LEAGUERS, BIG LEAGUERS -
BASEBALL. MS KIDS RUNNING OUT ONTO FIELD, TOWARDS CAMERA sports personalities. |
| 03:19:03 357 |
MS YOUNGSTER FIELDS GROUNDER, FUMBLES, THEN THROWS IT IN. YOUNGSTER FIELDS FLY BALL AS HOOT EVERS OF BALTIMORE ORIOLES GIVES ADVISE. MS BILLY GOODMAN OF BOSTON RED SOCKS SHOWS HOW TO FIELD A GROUNDER.
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| 03:19:27 381 |
EARLY WYNN OF CLEAVELAND INDIANS GIVES POINTERS ON PITCHING. AS KIDS WATCH
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| 03:19:42 396 |
GERMAN RE-ARMAMENT DEMONSTRATION - MS STREET SCENE, FRANKFURT. ABOVE VIEW WOMAN DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE. CU MAN READS LEAFLET. WOMAN READING LEAFLET. BAND MARCHING. CU MARCHING FEET. MS MARCHERS CARRY POSTERS, FLAGS. TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 03:20:32 446 |
TITO / NASSER - YUGOSLAVIA'S PREMIER TITO ARRIVES IN SUEZ HARBOR ABOARD WARSHIP, IS VISITED ABOARD BY EGYPT'S PRIME MINISTER NASSER.
MS TITO'S WARSHIP. CU YUGO FLAG. foreign govt. |
| 03:20:44 458 |
MS NASSER BOARDS SHIP, SALUTES HONOR GUARD.
MS TITO, NASSER, OTHER MILITARY. |
| 03:21:04 478 |
TITO HANDS NASSER CIGARETTE CASE, NASSER EXAMINES IT.
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| 03:21:14 488 |
MLS ARMADA OF BOATS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE RIDING ALONGSIDE. NASSER LOOKING OVER RAIL. TITO, NASSER SALUTING.
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| 03:21:32 506 |
O'HARA HOUSING BILL - LS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING.
CU CONGRESSMAN O'HARA SPEAKS FROM DESK. BILL FOR AGED. politics; government |
| 03:23:07 601 |
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS SEE IKE - SENATORS KNOWLAND AND SMITH COMMENT ON LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN RUSSIA.
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| 03:24:02 656 |
JET TRAINING IN FORMOSA - AMERICAN AND CHINESE JET PILOTS TRAIN IN FORMOSA.
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| 03:24:06 660 |
GROUND CREWMAN GASSES JET PLANE. LS PILOT CLIMBS INTO COCKPIT OF F-86. MS CHINESE INSTRUCTOR GESTURES DOG FIGHT, WITH HANDS, TO CHINESE PILOTS. CHINESE EXAMINE F-86 ENGINES. TAIL.
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| 03:24:34 688 |
CHINESE PILOT INTO PLANE, TAKES OFF.
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| 03:24:47 701 |
REACTION ON RUSSIAN CHANGE - SENATORS MORSE, MANSFIELD AND KNOWLAND COMMENT ON RUSSIAN CHANGE CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, "MALENKOV RESIGN, BULGANIN GETS JOB", PAN TO SENATOR GEORGE HOLDING NEWSPAPER..
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| 03:24:56 710 |
CU SENATOR GEORGE COMMENTS. CU SENATOR MANSFIELD COMMENTS. SENATOR KNOWLAND COMMENTS. ALL FEAR RETURN TO STALINISM.
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| 03:26:33 807 |
NIXON IN CUBA - ZOOM IN NIXON AND PARTY IN PLANE. MRS. NIXON LOOKING AT CHART. CU PLANE'S ENGINES, ONE FEATHERED. THEY ARRIVE IN CUBA, ARE GREETED BY VICE PRESIDENT.
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| 03:27:01 835 |
LS NIXON AND WIFE DOWN EXIT PLANE. GREETED BY RAFAEL GUAS.
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| 03:27:19 853 |
COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PREMIERS MEETING IN LONDON. CU SIGN: "DOWNING STREET". MS CHURCHILL WITH TOP HAT WAVES WITH CANE AS MRS. CHURCHILL FOLLOWS INTO HOME.
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| 03:27:30 864 |
INDIA'S KRISHNA MENON ARRIVES. CANADA'S PEARSON ARRIVES. ANTHONY EDEN ARRIVES. AUSTRALIA'S MENZIES ARRIVES, FOLLOWED BY OTHER UNIDENTIFIED MINISTERS.
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| 03:28:14 908 |
RUSSIA - INDIA STEEL MILL - MS RUSSIANS AND INDIANS SIGN AGREEMENT. MCU INDIAN GROUP.
EXCHANGE OF COPIES. RUSSIAN GROUP. RUSSIANS AND INDIANS SHAKE HANDS. GANDHI PORTRAIT ON WALL B/G. |
| 03:28:53 947 |
RUSSELL ON RUSSIA MOVE - CU SENATOR RUSSELL SAYS RUSSIAN PROMISE TO CHINESE REDS IN FORMOSA SITUATION IS OMINOUS.
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| 03:29:50 1004 |
SOMERVELL FUNERAL - FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR GENERAL BREHON SOMERVELL WHO DIRECTED TREMENDOUS ARMY SUPPLY SERVICE DURING WWII. VARIOUS SCENES TROOPS LINED UP, CHAPEL;
CASKET OUT; OFFICER SALUTING; GEORGE C. MARSHALL ARRIVES; CASKET ON CAISSON; TROOPS MARCHING; RIDERLESS HORSE; PROCESSION. |
| 03:30:29 1043 |
CRUISERS TO FORMOSA - SHOTS OF WARSHIPS LOADING SUPPLIES; THEN GOODBYE SCENES AND ACTUAL SAILING FOR FAR EASTERN WATERS.
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| 03:30:38 1052 |
OFFICER COUNTS DRUMS. SAILORS CARRY CARTONS ONTO SHIP.
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| 03:30:47 1061 |
CU OFFICER KISSING WIFE. CU SAILOR WITH BABY IN ARMS; CU SAILOR WITH CHILD IN ARMS KISSES WIFE. CRYING MOM
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| 03:31:09 1083 |
OFFICER ON PHONE TO ENGINE ROOM. CU ENGINE ROOM OFFICER ON PHONE. WARSHIP PULLS AWAY. WIVES WAVE GOODBYE. SHIP AT SEA.
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| 03:31:51 1125 |
WHEEL-CHAIR BASKETBALL - PARAPLEGIC WAR VETERANS PLAY BASKETBALL FROM WHEELCHAIRS. MS NEON SIGN : "UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ENTRANCE".
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| 03:31:56 1130 |
PLAYERS IN CHAIRS WARM UP. TIP-OFF FOR START OF GAME. PLAYER PASSES TO MOVING PLAYER WHO SCORES.
GAME IN PROGRESS, PASSES FROM CHAIR TO CHAIR WHILE ON MOVE. CROWD APPLAUD. |
| 03:32:28 1162 |
PLAYER AND CHAIR TIP OVER, REF HELPS.
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| 03:32:36 1170 |
SPORTS - UNDER-WATER SHOW - NATIONAL SPORTING GOODS ASSN. SHOWS LATEST SPORTING GOODS EQUIPMENT IN CHICAGO. LS "MORRISON HOTEL"
MARQUEE SIGN IN LOBBY. |
| 03:32:41 1175 |
GIRL DEMONSTRATES TRAMPOLINE. MAN SHOWS TELESCOPING GOLF CLUB. 2 MEN THROW DARTS AT TARGET
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| 03:33:01 1195 |
MAN, GIRL IN SWIM SUITS PUT ON WEIGHT BELTS FOR UNDERWATER DEMO. MS THE TWO HAVE LUNCH UNDERWATER. CU WOMAN WITH FACE MASK EATS BANANA.
MAN EATS APPLE UNDERWATER. TWO EXIT, WAVE. |
| 03:36:06 1380 |
TACHEN BRIEFING - VICE-ADMIRAL ROBERT BRISCOE REVIEWS DEVELOPMENTS IN TACHEN EVACUATION, CU BRISCOE SPEAKS.
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| 03:37:00 1434 |
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) URGED TO RESIGN -
LS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. CONGRESSMAN HOLIFIELD SAYS AEC SHOULD RESIGN BECAUSE OF LACK OF HARMONY. CU HOLIFIELD. |
| 03:38:28 1522 |
TACHEN PULLBACK - U. S. LANDING CRAFT APPROACH TACHEN; FROGMEN CLEAR WAY; CIVILIANS LEAVE THEIR DEMOLISHED HOMES; TROOPS LEAVE; CIVILIANS BOARD LANDING CRAFT, SEVENTH FLET STANDS GUARD.
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| 03:38:52 1546 |
CU SAD OLD CHINESE MAN WITH GOATEE, WRINKLED BROW SITS ON SHORE AWAITING EVACUATION. SAD OLD CHINESE WOMAN STANDS BY DEMOLISHED HOUSE.
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| 03:39:11 1565 |
CU CHINESE CHILD WITH BASEBALL CAP. MEN CARRYING HEAVY CRATES ON BACKS. CROWD OF REFUGEES ON BEACH. GIRL WITH BABY IN PAPOOSE POSE.
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| 03:39:54 1608 |
WOMAN WITH BABY ON BACK HELPED THROUGH MUD.
REFUGEES, BELONGS PILE INTO LANDING CRAFT. OLD MAN CARRIES NATIONALIST FLAG. |
| 03:40:14 1628 |
MS MS CHINESE WOMAN SITS IN LANDING CRAFT FLOOR, BREAST FEEDING BABY. GIS HELP LIFT BABIES ONTO TROOPSHIP FROM LANDING CRAFT.
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| 03:40:56 1670 |
STATEHOOD PROPOSAL (ALASKA, HAWAII) - LS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. CU REPRESENTATIVE HOSMER OF CALIFORNIA, OFFERS UNIQUE STATEHOOD BILL.
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| 03:41:54 1728 |
EGYPTIAN PRISONERS - AT PRISON OUTSIDE CAIRO OFFICIALS TAKE CHAINS OF PRISONERS, WHO NO LONGER WILL BE CHAINED BY THEIR LEGS AND WAIST.
MS EGYPTIAN FLAG. PRISONERS IN UNIFORM MARCH BY FOUR ABREAST. |
| 03:42:12 1746 |
GENERAL AMAR BREAKS FIRST CHAINS OFF PRISONER WRIST. MS PRISONERS APPLAUD. PRISONER CASTS CHAINS AWAY,. SOLDIERS PARADE, PRISONERS WATCH.
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| 03:42:33 1767 |
FASHION SHOW, (CIRCA 1955). FASHION SHOW IN WINDY, COLD DESERTED MIAMI BEACH. MODELS WALK UP, DEMONSTRATE, APPEAR COLD, WINNER GETS PRIZE FOR HEART FUND. MS PAN EMPTY POOL. MODELS SHOW DRESSES BY POOL.
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| 03:43:28 1822 |
MCU MODEL REFUSES TO REMOVE OVERCOAT UNTIL SHE IS OFFERED BOX OF CANDY BY MAN.
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| 03:43:44 1838 |
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS GUATEMALA - MEETS PRESIDENT ARMAS. MS NIXON OFF PLANE, BACK TO CAMERA. CROWD, HONOR GUARD IN B/G. NIXON AND WIFE ARE GREETED BY HUGE CROWDS.
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| 03:44:12 1866 |
MS PAT NIXON GOLDS NATIVE BOY IN ARMS. CHILDREN WAVING FROM TREE. NIXON PRESENTS PICTURE OF IKE TO ARMAS.
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| 03:44:39 1893 |
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