19541950s NEWSREELS
NEWSREELS FOR AUGUST 1 & AUGUST 26, 1954.
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| 03:40:20 2.9 |
HONG KONG: "BRITISH PLANE SURVIVORS"
EIGHT SURVIVORS OF BRITISH AIRLINER SHOT DOWN OFF COAST OF CHINA, ARRIVING IN HONG KONG BY SEAPLANE. |
| 03:40:22 4.9 |
BRITISH SOLDIERS CARRY SURVIVORS INTO AMBULANCE.
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| 03:40:29 11.9 |
NURSE ATTENDS TO MALE SURVIVOR IN BED.
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| 03:40:31 13.9 |
CU FACE SHOTS SURVIVORS INCLUDING ASIAN, AND SOME AMERICAN MEN. FACES BANDAGED.
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| 03:40:33 15.9 |
CHINESE COMMUNISTS APOLOGIZED SAYING THEY THOUGHT AIRLINE WAS CHINESE NATIONALIST.
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| 03:40:56 38.9 |
CHINESE NURSE BANDAGES ANKLE OF SURVIVOR.
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| 03:41:04 46.9 |
CU ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FRED STEVENS DESCRIBES INCIDENT.
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| 03:41:06 48.9 |
CU MAP OF SITE.
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| 03:42:02 104.9 |
SENATE COMPROMISE:
CAPITAL DOME BUILDING. |
| 03:42:04 106.9 |
CU HOARSE SENATOR MORSE OF OREGON SPEAKS ON COMPROMISE ATOMIC ENERGY BILL AFTER HIS FILIBUSTER.
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| 03:42:56 158.9 |
WASHINGTON: "RHEE ARRIVES FOR TALKS"
SOUTH KOREA'S SIGMUND RHEE EXITS WHITE HOUSE WITH AIDES AFTER TALKS WITH EISENHOWER. |
| 03:42:58 160.9 |
PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE PICTURES.
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| 03:43:00 162.9 |
CU FRONTAL VIEW OF 1954 CADDILAC LIMO WITH U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN FLAGS ON FENDERS.
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| 03:43:43 205.9 |
"CZECH CROSSES IRON CURTAIN AS A FROGMAN"
CZECH NATIONAL SHOWS HOW HE DONE IT. PUTS ON FACE MASK, ENTERS RIVER WITH MAKESHIFT SCUBA OUTFIT. |
| 03:43:45 207.9 |
BREATHING TUBE STICKS OUT OF BRANCHES FLOATING IN RIVER AS HE SWIMS ACROSS UNDERWATER.
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| 03:43:47 209.9 |
CZECH WALKS OUT OF RIVER, POSES.
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| 03:43:48 210.9 |
"LOST AND FOUND"
SIGN OUTSIDE BUILDING: "HOLLYWOOD STATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF" |
| 03:43:58 220.9 |
CU 18 MONTH CHILD POSES IN SHERIFF'S OFFICE AFTER BEING FOUND WALKING ON HOLLYWOOD STREET.
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| 03:44:00 222.9 |
WOMAN WHO RESCUED BOY HOLDS HIM IN HER ARMS.
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| 03:44:02 224.9 |
POLICEMAN HAND JOHNNY OVER TO FATHER WHO SAID HE MUST HAVE CLIMBED OUT OF CRIB.
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| 03:45:35 317.9 |
NEW YORK: "WELCOME GENEVIEVE!"
MAYOR WAGNER IN REVIEWING STAND ON CITY HALL STEPS WITH FRANCE'S HEROIC NURSE, "ANGEL OF DIENBIENPHU", GENEVIEVE DE GALARD PEROT, WHO IS HONORED WITH PARADE, PLAQUE. |
| 03:45:37 319.9 |
WAGNER SPEAKS, POSES WITH NURSE.
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| 03:46:29 371.9 |
POLITICS:
SIGN "ARKANSAS WELCOMES YOU". TILT UP TO ARKANSAS CAPITAL DOME BUILDING. |
| 03:46:31 373.9 |
LARGE JOHN L. MCCLENNAN SIGN ON MARQUEE OF "CAPITAL HOTEL"IN LITTLE ROCK WHICH IS SENATOR'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.
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| 03:46:33 375.9 |
PAN ACROSS STREET TO CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS OF MCCLENNAN'S OPPONENT, FORMER GOVERNOR SID MCMATH.
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| 03:46:55 397.9 |
MAYOR MCMATH SHAKES HANDS WITH YOUNG BOY AND MAN IN LITTLE ROCK'S STREET.
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| 03:46:57 399.9 |
SENATOR MCCLENNAN LANDS IN TOWN BY HELICOPTER.
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| 03:46:59 401.9 |
ADDRESSES PEOPLE OVER MICROPHONE.
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| 03:47:01 403.9 |
POSES IN COWBOY HAT
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| 03:47:03 405.9 |
SHAKES HANDS WITH CHILDREN AS HE BOARDS HELICOPTER.
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| 03:47:35 437.9 |
HANOI: "NON COMMUNIST EVACUATION"
VARIOUS SCENES OF VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN HANOI GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. STREET SCENES OF PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES, RICKSHAWS, SHOPPING IN OUTDOOR MARKET. |
| 03:48:10 472.9 |
LONG LINES OF VIETNAMESE CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS CROSS BRIDGE HEADING SOUTHWARD TO ESCAPE COMMUNIST TAKE-OVER IN NORTH.
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| 03:48:12 474.9 |
FRENCH TROOPS COVER UP ARTILLERY PIECE BEFORE PULL OUT DESCRIBED BY VIETNAMESE AS A "SELL OUT".
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| 03:48:38 500.9 |
PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA: "CRIME CRACKDOWN"
TRAFFIC IN PHENIX MAIN STREET. |
| 03:48:40 502.9 |
FRONT OF PAWN SHOP ADVERTISING ITS WARES.
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| 03:48:42 504.9 |
TWO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN PATROL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
CHECK LOCKED DOORS AS THEY PASS AFTER GOVERNOR SENT THEM IN TO COMBAT CRIME WAVE. |
| 03:49:12 534.9 |
GUARDSMEN CARRY BOXES OF EVIDENCE, LOAD THEM ONTO TRUCK.
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| 03:49:29 551.9 |
CAIRO: "CELEBRATE FAROUK'S OUSTER"
EGYPTIANS DRESSED IN COSTUMES OF THE ANCIENT PHAROAH'S EGYPT CELEBRATE KING'S OUSTER TWO YEARS EARLIER WITH LAVISH DISPLAY OF PAGEANTRY AND PATRIOTISM. |
| 03:49:45 567.9 |
PHAROAH SITS ON THRONE IN ANCIENT SOLAR BOAT (LONG FANCY CANOES). WARRIORS HOLDING SPEARS & SLAVES ROWING LINE DECKS OF SOLAR BOATS SAILING DOWN NILE, JUST AS THEY DID THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
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| 03:50:17 599.9 |
ADDING A MODERN TOUCH EGYPTIAN BOMBERS FLY OVERHEAD.
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| 03:50:19 601.9 |
MILITARY PARADE, INCLUDING SOLDIERS ON CAMELS &
HORSEBACK. |
| 03:50:21 603.9 |
BRIGADE OF SOLDIERS MARCH DOUBLE TIME DOWN AVENUE IN CAIRO.
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| 03:50:23 605.9 |
CU SMALL BOY JOINS IN.
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| 03:50:49 631.9 |
BEAUTY PAGEANT: "MISS UNIVERSE"
CONTESTANTS IN SWIM SUIT PARADE BEFORE JUDGES & CROWD IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA. |
| 03:50:51 633.9 |
SHOTS OF APPLAUDING AUDIENCE
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| 03:50:53 635.9 |
INDIVIDUAL BEAUTIES STRUTTING ON RAMP.
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| 03:50:55 637.9 |
MARIAM STEVENSEN, "MISS USA" WINS, POSES.
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| 03:52:10 712.9 |
"IKE GOES WEST"
SIGN ON BUILDING: "LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE", WHICH BECOMES NATION'S SUMMER WHITE HOUSE AS PRESIDENT IKE GOES ON VACATION. |
| 03:52:12 714.9 |
IKE ARRIVING BY LIMO.
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| 03:52:14 716.9 |
POSES ON ENTRANCE STEPS.
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| 03:52:16 718.9 |
CU IKE GIVES ADVISE TO NEW 84TH CONGRESS IN SPEECH.
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| 03:53:26 788.9 |
"BRAZIL"
BRAZIL LAWMEN APPLAUD BRAZIL PRESIDENT GETULIO VARGAS SEATED WITH OTHER LEADERS, SHORTLY BEFORE HE TOOK HIS LIFE FOLLOWING SCANDAL. |
| 03:53:59 821.9 |
LONDON:
WINSTON CHURCHILL MEETS FRANCE'S MENDES FRANCE ON ARRIVAL AT LONDON AIRPORT. |
| 03:54:01 823.9 |
THE TWO POSE, REVIEW HONOR GUARD AT AIRPORT.
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| 03:54:29 851.9 |
REPORTERS GATHER FRONT GATE AT CHARTWELL, SIR WINSTON'S COUNTRY HOME.
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| 03:54:31 853.9 |
PAN TO MANSION.
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| 03:54:33 855.9 |
CHURCHILL, EDEN, MENDES FRANCE. FRENCH MINISTER POSE OUTSIDE CHARTWELL.
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| 03:54:45 867.9 |
INDO-CHINA:
LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN WITH PASSENGER CARS CARRYING THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FLEEING COMMUNISTS PULLS INTO HAIPHONG TRAIN STATION. |
| 03:54:47 869.9 |
MEN & WOMEN WITH STRAW SUN HATS CARRYING INFANTS, DEBARK TRAIN.
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| 03:54:49 871.9 |
VIETNAMESE NATIVES WITH BELONGINGS CLIMB ONTO AMERICAN LANDING CRAFT SHIPS AT WATERFRONT.
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| 03:55:32 914.9 |
GREECE:
HOSPITAL SHIP FLYING RED CROSS BANNERS PULLS INTO GREECE HARBOR WITH FAMILIES TAKEN THROUGH IRON CURTAIN BY RETREATING COMMUNISTS RAISING IRON CURTAIN SIX YEARS LATER, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. |
| 03:55:49 931.9 |
MOSTLY VERY YOUNG AND VERY OLD CAPTIVES CROWDED TOGETHER ON DECK OF SHIP.
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| 03:55:51 933.9 |
OLD MAN AND WOMAN PEER OVER RAILING TO FREEDOM.
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| 03:56:05 947.9 |
ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD SEATED ON GROUND WAITING ON DOCK.
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| 03:56:07 949.9 |
SAILORS HELP ELDERLY INFIRM DOWN SHIP CATWALK.
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| 03:56:09 951.9 |
MAN EMBRACES ELDERLY WOMAN.
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| 03:56:24 966.9 |
HUGE CROWD IN GREEK SQUARE DURING POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION DEMANDING UNITY WITH CYPRUS. PEOPLE JAM BALCONIES IN APARTMENT HOUSES OVERLOOKING CROWDED SQUARE.
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| 03:56:26 968.9 |
PEOPLE CARRYING BANNERS.
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| 03:56:46 988.9 |
LONG LINE OF MEN VOLUNTEERS, EACH WITH ARM OUTSTRETCHED IN GESTURE FOR GIVING BLOOD FOR THE CAUSE IN TOWN OF VARGAS.
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| 03:56:48 990.9 |
ORTHODOX PRIESTS STAND BEFORE HUGE CROWD BEARING SIGNS IN GREEK.
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| 03:57:02 1004.9 |
STREAMLINER WRECKED:
ABOVE VIEW WRECKED SANTE FE LUXURY TRAIN "THE CHIEF" NEAR TOWN OF LOMAX, ILLINOIS. |
| 03:57:04 1006.9 |
CROWDS GATHER AROUND WATCHING RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH MANGLED WRECK.
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| 03:57:06 1008.9 |
VIEWS OF DERAILED PASSENGER CARS. DISASTER; TRAIN WRECK
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| 03:57:20 1022.9 |
CU RESCUE WORKER PEERS THROUGH BROKEN WINDOW OF PASSENGER CAR FOR SURVIVORS.
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| 03:57:22 1024.9 |
CU STUFFED ANIMAL INSIDE CAR.
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| 03:57:24 1026.9 |
MANGLED INSIDE OF CAR WHERE MOST OF DEAD AND INJURED WERE SEATED.
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| 03:57:26 1028.9 |
MORE OF WRECKED PASSENGER AND FREIGHT CARS.
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| 03:57:49 1051.9 |
PLANE CRASHES IN STORM:
AERIAL VIEW OF AIRFIELD AS SEEN BY PLANE LANDING ON RUNWAY. |
| 03:57:51 1053.9 |
SIGN ON AIRPORT BUILDING, "MASON CITY", WHERE BRANIFF AIRLINER NEVER ARRIVED.
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| 03:58:01 1063.9 |
WRECKED AIRLINER IN COW PASTURE JUST 20 MILES FROM AIRPORT.
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| 03:58:03 1065.9 |
CU PAN OF WRECK WHERE 11 OF 18 DIED.
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| 03:58:05 1067.9 |
WRECKED REMAINS OF TAIL SECTION WITH "BRANIFF"
WRITTEN ON IT. |
| 03:58:29 1091.9 |
"PEOPLE AND PLACES"
LARGE CROWD TURNS OUT FOR FUNERAL OF ITALY'S FORMER PREMIER ALCIDE DE GASPERI |
| 03:58:31 1093.9 |
WIDOW AND OTHER WOMEN ENTER CHURCH IN BLACK DRESSES AND VEILS AS PREMIER SHELBA AND OTHER DIGNITARIES LOOK ON.
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| 03:58:54 1116.9 |
PALL BEARERS CARRY COFFIN INTO CATHEDRAL.
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| 03:58:56 1118.9 |
HORSE DRIVEN BLACK CARRIAGE HEARSE PASSES IN PROCESSION.
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| 03:59:10 1132.9 |
BATTLESHIP MISSOURI ("BIG MO") IS READIED FOR MOTH BALLS. MISSOURI AT PIER AT NAVAL BASE IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
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| 03:59:12 1134.9 |
PAN FROM BOW TO STERN. DECK CROWDED WITH SAILORS.
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| 03:59:37 1159.9 |
LINE OF SAILORS ON DECK TUG ON LINE AFTER IT IS RELEASED FROM MOORING ON SHORE.
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| 03:59:39 1161.9 |
TUGBOAT PULLS BIG MO OUT TO HARBOR.
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| 03:59:54 1176.9 |
"INDONESIA CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE"
INDONESIAN TROOPS MARCHING IN PARADE IN FRONT OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. |
| 03:59:56 1178.9 |
NATIVE SOLDIERS LOWER NATIONAL FLAG DURING CEREMONY.
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| 03:59:58 1180.9 |
INDONESIANS IN HOLLAND DEMONSTRATE WITH HUGE BANNERS ASK FOR FOR SEPARATE REPUBLIC.
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| 04:00:00 1182.9 |
CROWDS PARADE WITH BANNERS.
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| 04:00:33 1215.9 |
PARADERS DO DRAGON DANCE WITH HUGE DRAGON HEAD ON POLE.
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| 04:00:42 1224.9 |
PARIS:
BEMEDALLED FRENCH VETERANS OF WWII MARCH WITH FLAGS AS THEY CELEBRATE LIBERATION OF PARIS 10 YEARS AGO. |
| 04:00:44 1226.9 |
ACTRESS MARLENE DIETRICH ATTENDS CEREMONIES AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
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| 04:00:46 1228.9 |
CU ETERNAL FLAME & WREATH AT TOMB.
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| 04:00:48 1230.9 |
DIETRICH SIGNS GOLDEN BOOK AT TOMB.
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| 04:01:32 1274.9 |
NEW YORK:
DRAMATIC RESCUE OF MOTORMAN PINNED AT CONTROLS OF SUBWAY TRAIN IN TUNNEL AFTER CRASH INTO WALL AT TUNNELS END. |
| 04:01:34 1276.9 |
CU GRAPHIC VIEW MOTORMAN PINNED IN CAB. HE IS GIVEN PLASMA & DRUGS AS FIREMEN STRUGGLE FOR SEVEN AGONIZING HOURS TO RESCUE HIM.
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| 04:02:23 1325.9 |
RESCUE WORKERS FINALLY PULL 52 YEAR OLD MOTORMAN DAVID MCCLAIR OUT OF WRECK ALIVE.
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| 04:02:39 1341.9 |
FLORIDA LAND RUSH:
BILLBOARD ALONG HIGHWAY ADVERTISING "NEW CORAL CITY". |
| 04:02:41 1343.9 |
CARS FILL PARKING LOT AS CROWDS OF FAMILIES EXAMINE NEW HOME DESPITE RAINFALL.
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| 04:02:43 1345.9 |
MODELS ADVERTISED BY BUILDERS.
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| 04:03:05 1367.9 |
WOMAN CHECKS REFRIGERATOR & STOVE IN KITCHEN OF HOME ADVERTISED FOR $8000.
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| 04:03:07 1369.9 |
PEOPLE PEERING THROUGH SLIDING GLASS DOORS INTO LIVING ROOM
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| 04:03:09 1371.9 |
POV INSIDE LIVING ROOM.
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| 04:03:11 1373.9 |
WOMAN SPRUCES UP BED IN BEDROOM.
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| 04:03:25 1387.9 |
CROWD WITH UMBRELLAS & NEWSPAPERS ON HEADS LINE UP OUTSIDE SALES OFFICE. CROWD WAIT TO SEE SALESMEN INSIDE SALES OFFICE.
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