1900-1959MILITARY
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"THE MACARTHUR STORY"
FILM BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AS TOLD BY NOTED JOURNALIST WALTER CRONKITE |
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MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR MAKES HIS HISTORIC SPEECH BEFORE THE JOINT HOUSES OF CONGRESS. "OLD SOLDIERS"
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MS-PHOTO OF YOUNG MACARTHUR WITH HIS PARENTS. HIS FATHER GENERAL ARTHUR MACARTHUR, COLONEL IN THE CIVIL WAR AND VETERAN OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
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MS- PHOTO OF 13 YEAR OLD DOUGLAS AND AS WEST POINT CADET WHERE HE HAD AN AVERAGE WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST IN A QUARTER CENTURY.
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MS- PHOTO WITH HIS CLASSMATES AT WEST POINT DRAWINGS OF THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN UNDER HIS FATHER'S LEADERSHIP.
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MS- DRAWINGS OF JAPANESE SCENES. MACARTHUR LEARNED MUCH ABOUT ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS OF FAR EASTERN PEOPLES HARDLY KNOWN BY THE WEST.
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AERIAL- HUNDREDS OF ARMY PUP TENTS DURING WWI FILL A FIELD (PAN). U.S. SOLDIERS CLEAR MUDDY SPOT FOR TENTS AS OTHERS DIG TRENCHES.
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MEN OF MACARTHUR'S 'RAINBOW DIVISION' EXERCISE IN AN OPEN FIELD AND MARCH NEAR THE CAMP.
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MS- PAN OF CROWDED DECK OF SOLDIERS ON WAY TO EUROPE ON A TROOPSHIP
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MONTAGE- RAINBOW DIVISION MARCHING TO THE FRONT.
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MS- COLONEL MACARTHUR PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE IN A CIGARETTE HOLDER AS HE PLOTS ON MAP WITH OTHERS
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MONTAGE- WWII BATTLE SCENES.
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MS- TWICE WOUNDED AND GASSED GENERAL MACARTHUR RECEIVES MEDAL FROM GENERAL PERSHING AT THE FRONT AND ACCLAIMED GREATEST FRONT LINE GENERAL OF WWI
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MONTAGE- WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY BUILDINGS
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LS- HUGE MESS HALL FILLED WITH CADETS WHO JUMP UP FROM THEIR SEATS AND GIVE A CHEER, THEN A SALUTE.
MACARTHUR WAS THE YOUNGEST SUPERINTENDENT THE ACADEMY EVER HAD |
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MS- MACARTHUR IS SWORN IN AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF THE ARMY AND FULL GENERAL (1930)
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MS- MACARTHUR SALUTES HIS TROOPS MARCHING IN REVIEW. MS- PUFFING ON A CIGARETTE AT END OF A LONG HOLDER, MACARTHUR REVIEWS A MAP WITH FRENCH GENERALS ON HIS TRIP TO EUROPE.
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MS- MACARTHUR IS GIVEN A MEDAL BY A FRENCH LEADER AND KISSED ON BOTH CHEEKS.
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MS- MACARTHUR REVIEWS GERMAN SOLDIERS ON HIS VISIT THERE. HE SAW THEIR READINESS FOR WAR.
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MS- MACARTHUR MAKES SPEECH TO A CROWD IN THE U.S.
WARNING OF DANGER. |
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MS- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RE-APPOINTS MACARTHUR CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND PINS A MEDAL ON HIM.
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LS- MACARTHUR'S PALATIAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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LS- MACARTHUR AT HIS DESK WITH A YOUNG OFFICER DWIGHT EISENHOWER AS HIS AIDE. IKE
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MS- YOUNG FILIPINO SOLDIERS IN GYM SHORTS DO CALISTENICS AND PRACTICE HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH MACHETES.
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LS- JAPANESE PLANES DROP BOMBS ON PEARL HARBOR LS- THICK SMOKE RISES FROM SINKING WARSHIPS.
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES IN THE JUNGLES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PACIFIC.
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LS- PAN OF THE ROCKY FORTRESS OF CORREGIDOR WHERE MACARTHUR WAS RESCUED BEFORE JAPANESE TOOK IT.
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LS- AMERICAN SOLDIERS UNCOVER THE CAMOUFLAGED LARGE CANNONS AND FIRE THEM AT JAPANESE
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MONTAGE- CROWDS OF AMERICAN DEFENSE WORKERS GOING TO WORK IN PLANTS.
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LS- A SPEEDING PT BOAT, ONE OF WHICH RESCUED MACARTHUR.
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MONTAGE- LONG COLUMN OF RAGGED AMERICAN PRISONERS ARE GUARDED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON INFAMOUS 'DEATH MARCH' IN PHILIPPINES.
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MS- MACARTHUR WATCHES SOLDIERS TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA.
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LS- GIS ASSAULTING A BEACH UNDER FIRE. LS- A GI HOLDS A U.S. FLAG ON A LONG BRANCH AND GETS READY TO PLANT IT IN THE JUNGLE.
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MS- MACARTHUR AND ADMIRAL NIMITZ LOOK AT MAP ON WALL OF WARSHIP
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MONTAGE- BOMBERS DROP THEIR LOADS ON TARGETS TO SOFTEN OBJECTIVES. MONTAGE- CANNONS ON WARSHIPS MOVE INTO PLACE AND START BOMBARDMENT ON ISLAND BEACHES.
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MS- MACARTHUR STANDS BESIDES AIDE WHO LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS AT BOMBARDMENT RESULTS.
MONTAGE- LANDING SHIPS SPEED TO SHORE |
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MONTAGE- GIS HITTING THE BEACHES.
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CU- HATLESS MACARTHUR'S SMOKING HIS CORN COB PIPE
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LS- LANDING CRAFT RECEIVING DIRECT HITS.
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MONTAGE- GIS ROWING TO SHORE IN RUBBER RAFTS
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ELS- PARATROOPS FILL THE SKYS
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MS- A PLEASED MACARTHUR GIVES A HALF OF A HUG TO ONE OF HIS GENERALS ON THE BEACH.
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MS- JAPANESE PRISONERS IN UNDERSHORTS WALK UNDER GUARD. MS- MACARTHUR INSPECTS TROOPS IN JUNGLE CU- HIS FEET WALKING THROUGH THE JUNGLE MUCK
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MS- MAP SHOWS MACARTHUR'S ISLAND HOPPING UNTIL HE REACHED HIS OBJECTIVE, THE PHILIPPINES.
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MS- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MEETS WITH MACARTHUR AND NIMITZ TO PLAN STRATEGY.
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MONTAGE- THE NIGHT IS LIT UP WITH BOMBARDING WARSHIPS AS MACARTHUR HITS THE PHILIPPINES.
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CU- MACARTHUR'S FIGURE APPEARS THROUGH THE DARKNESS AFTER EACH BOMBARDMENT
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MS- MACARTHUR WITH COBB PIPE IN MOUTH WATCHES WITH OTHER GENERALS FROM BRIDGE OF WARSHIP.
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MONTAGE- GIS BATTLE SCENES IN JUNGLE.
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MS- MACARTHUR WADES ASHORE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
HE HAS RETURNED AS PROMISED |
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MONTAGE- BLOCK BY BLOCK FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF MANILA.
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MS- MACARTHUR LOOKS OUT AT ISLAND OF CORREGIDOR.
MONTAGE- PARATROOPS JUMP OVER CORREGIDOR. |
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MS- MACARTHUR ENTERS MANILA. VISITS POW CAMPS SPEAKS TO THE SMILING AMERICAN POWS
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LS- MACARTHUR AND OTHERS SALUTE AS THE U.S. FLAG IS RAISED ON CORREGIDOR
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LS- PAN OF THE MIGHTY BATTLESHIP MISSOURI. LS-
SAILORS FILL EVERY AVAILABLE SPOT TO WATCH THE JAPANESE SURRENDER TO MACARTHUR ON THE MISSOURI |
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MS- MACARTHUR MAKES A SPEECH AFTER THE SIGNING
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LS- THE IMPERIAL PALACE OF HIROHITO IN TOKYO
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MS- MACARTHUR ARRIVES AT HIS HEADQUARTERS IN TOKYO AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF PACIFIC THEATER.
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LS- HIROHITO CLIMBING INTO HIS LIMO AFTER VISITING MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS.
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MS- JAPANESE MEN AND WOMEN LINE UP TO VOTE AS THEY GET A DOSE OF DEMOCRACY UNDER MACARTHUR.
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LS- THE NATIONAL DIET BUILDING. MS- DELEGATES SIT IN THEIR SEATS DURING A SESSION
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LS- A FARMER HOLDS PLOW PULLED BY OX IN WATERY RICE PADDY. LS- ADMIRING CROWDS WATCH MACARTHUR LEAVE HIS HEADQUARTERS. CU- THEY WAVE U.S. FLAGS.
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CU- MACARTHUR MAKES A SNAPPY SALUTE. CU- HIS SON GIVES A BOYS COUT'S SALUTE AS HIS WIFE WATCHES.
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MONTAGE- GI BATTLE SCENES IN SOUTH KOREA AS THE NORTH INVADES.
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MONTAGE- MACARTHUR GETS A FIRST HAND VIEW OF THE KOREAN FRONT. MS- WEQRING A SCARF AND A FUR HAT HE PINS A MEDAL ON A BLACK GI.
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LS- MACARTHUR WATCHES THE BRILLIANT LANDING AT INCHON WHICH CAUGHT THE ENEMY BY SURPRISE.
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MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN PINS A MEDAL ON MACARTHUR
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LS- CHINESE ARTILLERY FIRE FROM ATOP A HILL AS THEY ENTER THE CONFLICT CREATING AS MACARTHUR SAYS, 'A NEW WAR'.
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LS- TREMENDOUS CROWD OF JAPANESE WAVE TO MACARTHUR'S MOTORCADE AS HE LEAVES JAPAN AND GOES HOME FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 14 YEARS.
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LS- A HUGE CROWD MEETS MACARTHUR AND WIFE AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT. AND A TREMENDOUS TICKER TAPE WELCOME IN THE CITY. MS- MRS. MACARTHUR AND SON ALSO ENJOY THE WELCOME.
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MS- MACARTHUR COMPLIMENTS HIS WIFE BEFORE CROWD
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MS- MACARTHUR, HIS WIFE AND SON RIDE IN MOTORCADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
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MS- MACARTHUR BEFORE CONGRESS FINISHES HIS SPEECH WITH HIS FAMOUS REFRAIN, "OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST FADE AWAY".
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"7 YEAR END REPORT"
AN EPISODE COMPRISED OF THE BEST STORIES ON THE 'BIG PICTURE' DURING A 7 YEAR PERIOD. |
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MS- 'BIG PICTURE' NARRATOR SERGEANT QUEEN ENDS A PROGRAM AND THE CAMERA AND STAGE CREWS GET BUSY AS DIRECTOR CALLS A 'WRAP-UP' ON 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOW WHICH WAS STARTED DURING THE KOREAN WAR
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MONTAGE- KOREAN WAR SCENES AND SUBSEQUENT 'BIG PICTURE' SUBJECTS PREVIOUSLY LOGGED.
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PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 33 THIS IS A 2 SUBJECT FILM COVERING THE BRUSSELS'
WORLD FAIR AND THE U.S. ARMY'S EXHIBIT UNIT. |
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ARMY'S EXHIBIT UNIT- MS- PAN OF THREE DEMENSIONAL FIGURES AND SCENES DEPICTING AMERIAN HISTORIC WARS AND EVENTS IN AMERICA'S GROWTH.
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LS- THE ARMY EXHIBIT UNIT BUILDING IN CAMERON STATION,VIRGINIA.
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CU- A SHETCH FOR AN EXHIBIT IS PAINTED BY A GI ARTIST AT HIS DRAWING TABLE. HE LOOKS AT ANOTHER ARTIST'S SKETCH AS THEY COLLABORATE.
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MONTAGE- GIS WORK ON A WOOD WORKING MACHINERY METAL LATHES AND WELDING TO BUILD THE EXHIBIT
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MS- A GI PULLS A FIGURE OUT OF A PLASTER MOLD AS OTHER GIS CARVE GLUE AND PAINT OBJECTS AT ARTS AND CRAFT TABLE.
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MS- GI WORKING AT A TABLE WITH MINIATURE ROCKETS AND MISSILES DUBS IN A REAL COUNTDOWN ON TAPE.
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MS- A TAIL PIECE OF A LIVE SIZE MISSILE MODEL IS ATTACHED TO THE NODY.
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LS- LARGE TRAILER TRUCKS OF THE ARMY EXHIBIT UNIT SIT IN PARKING LOT. ONE ROLLS OFF AND HITS THE ROAD. MS- IT ROLLS IN AT THE SHERATON PARK HOTEL
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MS- GIS UNLOAD HUGE CRATES OFF TRUCK AND INTO THE SHERATON WHERE A CONVENTION IS IN PROGRESS
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MS- AN GI SHOWS THE EXHIBIT OF MINIATURE WORKING HELICOPTERS AND MISSILES TO A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN
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LS- GIS LOAD THE TRUCK AFTER THE EXHIBIT ENDS AND MOVES ON TO DEPARTMENT STORE IN ANOTHER CITY.
MS- SCHOOL KIDS PERUSE EXHIBIT OF MISSILES AND LISTEN ON EARPHONES TO A COMMUNICATION NETWORK |
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MS- GIS OPEN REAR OF TRUCK AND UNLOAD A HUGE CRATE AT DANBURY'S STATE FAIR.
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LS- CROWDS OF FAMILIES ENTER THE FAIR GROUNDS.
WITH IT'S FERRIS WHEELS. MS- GROUND AS SEEN FROM A ROTATING FERRIS WHEEL. |
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MS- A GI ANSWERS QUESTIONS AT THE EXHIBIT.
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LS- THE ARMY EXHIBIT TRUCK PASSES THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON AS THE TRIP ENDS
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BRUSSEL'S INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION - MS- A GI BOARDS A CABLE CAR TO EXPLORE THE EXPOSITION FROM ABOVE. AERIAL- PAN OF FAIR BELOW AS CAR MOVES
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LS- THE HUGE ETONIUM, THE LANDMARK OF THE FAIR EXPRESSING 'A MORE HUMAN WORLD IN AGE OF THE ATOM'
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AERIAL- CROWDS BELOW ENJOYING THE EXPOSITION.
PAN OF THE MANY PAVILIONS. |
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MS- 2 PAINTERS PAINT A RAILING. A WORKER DELIVERS A BOX OF BOTTLED WATER ON HIS SHOULDER. A CEMENT WORKER PUSHES A WHEEL BARROW AS MEN AND WOMEN SWEEP AND PREPARE FOR THE FAIR OPENING.
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LS- PAN OF RUSSIAN PAVILION NEXT TO THE U.S. PAVILION.
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MS- A BELGIUM ARMY BAND PARADES ON OPENING DAY AS WOMEN OF THE 48 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED, HOLD UP THEIR COUNTRY'S FLAG.
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MS- PRECEEDED BY COLORFUL MOUNTED TROOPS, KING BOUDOIN OF BELGIUM RIDES IN A CONVERTIBLE LIMO
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LS- AT A TOUCH OF A SWITCH BY THE KING, GEYSERS OF WATER SPRAYS FROM FOUNTAINS IN THE LARGE POOL
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MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP OF LICENSE PLATES ON CARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING NEW YORK
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MS- COUPLE RIDE IN THE FRONT CART OF A 3 WHEEL MOTORCYCLE POWERED VEHICLE.
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MS- THE TOURING GI MEETS AND SHAKES WITH 2 SAILORS. THE 3 WALK AND TOUR TOGETHER.
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LS- CROWD ON BALCONY ABOVE WATCH THE AIR FORCE BAND PLAY BELOW. LS- PAN OF THE HUGE CROWD ALONG A LARGE POOL
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LS- AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WELCOMES THE CROWD AT THE U.S. PAVILION. HE CUTS RIBBON TO OPEN PAVILION.
LS- A SCULPTURE OF TURNING WHEELS OVER A POOL |
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MS- PEOPLE LOOK AT A CROSS SECTION OF A GIANT REDWOOD TREE.
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MS- GIRL DEMONSTRATES AMERICAN TOYS AND AN AMERICAN VOTING BOOTH. VISITORS WERE ALLOWED TO CAST A BALLOT FOR THEIR FAVORITE AMERICAN. WINNERS WERE LINCOLN, KIM NOVACK AND LOUIE ARMSTRONG
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MS- A GIRL SHOWS AND EXPLAINS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH, A TICKER TAPE MACHINE FROM WALL STREET.
MS- 3 SAILORS WATCH ATTENTIVELY |
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LS- MECHANICAL HANDS DEMONSTRATE HOW RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ARE HANDLED IN A LAB
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MS- A MODEL OF SPUTNIK SATELLITE IS SHOWN AT THE SOVIET PAVILION ALONG WITH A 2 STORY HIGH STATUE OF LENIN.
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MONTAGE-BUILDINGS OF THAILAND, VENEZUELA, MONACO, JAPAN, THE VATICAN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, ISRAEL, BRITAIN AND SWITZERLAND,
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MS- AN AUTHENTIC BELGIAN VILLAGE AND BRIDGE OF THE 19TH CENTURY COMPLETE WITH 2 GOSSIPING WOMEN EATING SNAILS AT A VENDORS CART.
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LS- THE LIT UP FAIR AT NIGHT AND A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
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MS- EX-PRESIDENT 83 YEAR OLD HERBERT HOOVER MAKES A SPEECH AND TOURS WITH ENTOURAGE
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MS- A BATON TWIRLING GI SHOWS HIS STUFF TO THE MUSIC OF THE AIR FORCE BAND
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MS- POSTCARDS ARE STAMPED BY POSTAL WORKERS WITH THE DATES COMMEMORATING THE 4TH OF JULY WITH THE EXPOSITION DATES. PAN TO 5 GIRLS POSING IN POSTAL WORKERS UNIFORMS.
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AERIAL- A LARGE GROUP OF AMERICANS PUT ON AN EXHIBITIAN OF SQUARE DANCING BY THE POOL. A GI IN COWBOY OUTFIT MAKES THE CALLS FROM A STAGE.
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LS- COWBOYS RIDE HORSES DOWN FAIRWAY, AS A GROUP OF INDIANS LOOK ON.
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