19511950s NEWSREELS
TAPE ENDS WITH GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S FIRING, FAREWELL ADDRESS & TICKER TAPE PARADE.
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VOL 24/442
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CRIME HEARING COMMITTEE HEARS HOOVER & MCGRATH IN CAPITAL. ATTORNEY GENERAL MCGRATH IS WITNESS BEFORE THE KEFAUVER COMMITTEE.
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FBI DIRECTOR HOOVER MAKES PLEA FOR STRONGER LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
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HEROES HOME: LIVING AND DEAD BACK FROM KOREAN FRONT. MONTAGE MARINES GET HAPPY WELCOME FROM FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AS THEY LAND AT OAKLAND.
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BODIES OF MARINES ARE LOWERED FROM THE SHIP AT PIER IN SAN FRANCISCO. BEREAVED FAMILIES & AN HONOR GUARD HOLD A SERVICE AT THE PIER.
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EARL COTT, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION DISTRIBUTE TOYS TO THE CHILDREN OF EUROPE WHO HAVE BEEN ORPHANED BY PAST WARS.
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DISABLED CHILDREN, NANNY WITH CRUTCHES, LEAVE WITH THEIR TOYS.
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FAID ABDUL AHAD FROM AFGANISTAN, VISITS MINES OF ROSLIND, WASHINGTON AND IS INVITED IN.
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LOCAL MINERS RIDE INTO THE MINE ON SMALL TRAM &
INVITE AHAD INSIDE. AHAD WORKS IN THE MINE ALONGSIDE THE MINERS. |
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NAVY WAVES PACK THEIR OWN PARACHUTES AT AIRBASE IN NEW JERSEY.
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CU WAVE IN FULL PARATROOP GEAR IS READY FOR HER 1ST JUMP OUT OF A PLANE. THE GIRLS SIT IN TRANSPORT PLANE AND PREPARE FOR THE JUMP
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ONE BY ONE THE GIRLS JUMP OUT AND LAND LIKE PROS.
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SPORTS: SPEED CAR THAT RESEMBLES TWIN JET IS DRIVEN TO A NEW SPEED RECORD BY PIETRO TARUTTI NEAR ROME, ITALY.
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ICE SKATING CHAMP DICK BUTTON, GIVES CROWD OF KIDS HIS AUTOGRAPH, BEFORE PUTTING ON CLASS DEMONSTRATION IN VIENNA.
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SLOW MOTION SHOT OF BUTTON DOING A SPIN.
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VOL 24/443
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WELCOME: PRESIDENT AURIOL OF FRANCE, HAILED ON VISIT TO NEW YORK. FRENCH LINER "ILE DE FRANCE"
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR |
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AURIOL & HIS WIFE SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FROM THE DECK OF THE SHIP.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN GREETS AURIOL AT THE NATION CAPITAL. DRIVE IN AN OPEN LIMO TO BLAIR HOUSE.
THOUSANDS CHEER ALONG THE WAY. |
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IN A SPEECH, AURIOL THANKS THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S.
FOR THEIR HELP DURING THE WAR. |
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KOREA: MASS PARACHUTE DROP SPEEDS DRIVE TO THE 38TH PARALLEL. PARATROOPS STRAP ON THEIR CHUTES BEFORE ENTERING THE PLANES IN JAPAN.
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LONG COLUMNS OF PARATROOPERS MARCH TO THEIR PLANES. ELS TROOPS JUMP OUT OVER MUNSAN, KOREA.
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GENERAL MACARTHUR AND GENERAL RIDGEWAY WATCH THE OPERATION FROM THEIR JEEP.
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PAN OF HUNDREDS OF WARSHIPS TIED SIDE BY SIDE IN MOTHBALLS AT THE NAVAL BASE IN SAN DIEGO.
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BUSY NAVY YARD REFITTING THE MOTHBALL SHIPS FOR ACTIVE DUTY. SAILORS TAKE WRAPS OFF GUNS.
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INDO-CHINA: FRENCH FORCES GO ASHORE AT ROCKY BEACH TO ATTACK CAVE WITH AN ENEMY RADIO STATION INSIDE.
STASH OF ARMS AND SUPPLIES ARE CAPTURED. |
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DOZENS OF REFUGEES ARE TAKEN OFF THE ISLAND BELONGINGS AND TRANSPORTED TO A 'SAFE' AREA.
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BASKETBALL: KENTUCKY WINS NCAA COLLEGIATE CROWN.
BEAT KANSAS STATE 68-58. |
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VOL 24/444
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CHIEF-OF-STATE: AURIOL VISIT STRESSES PEACE, FREEDOM, UNITY. AURIOL REVIEWS MIDSHIPMEN AT ANNAPOLIS IN THE RAIN.
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AURIOL OLACES WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
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FRENCH PRESIDENT AURIOL ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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HAPPY ENDING: EX-GI WEDS INVASION SWEETHEART IN ITALY. EX-GI GEORGE WARTON WALKS DOWN A NARROW STREET IN SALERNO, ITALY WITH HIS BRIDE.
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THE COUPLE ARE FOLLOWED BY CROWD OF TOWNS PEOPLE.
SHE CRIES AS THEY KNEEL IN CHURCH. |
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OSCARS: ACADEMY PRESENTS ANNUAL FILM AWARDS.
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JIMMY STEWART AND JANE WYMAN CHAT AT THEATER.
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DR.BUNCHE OF THE U.N. IS THERE WITH WOMAN.
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MARTHA TOREN AND BILL THOMAS OF UNIVERSAL ARRIVE.
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JEFF CHANDLER AND WIFE POSE FOR CAMERA.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE RECEIVES OSCAR FROM BRODERICK CRAWFORD, FOR JUDY HOLLIDAY AS 'BEST ACTRESS'.
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HELEN HAYES STANDS IN FOR JOSE FERER AS 'BEST ACTOR'. JOSEPHINE HOWELL RECEIVES BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN 'HARVEY'.
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SPORTS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PLAYS HOST TO THE 9TH INTER-COLLEGIATE GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.
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LEO MINOTTI, DEFENDING CHAMP IN THE 20FT. ROPE CLIMB DOES HIS CLIMB AND WINS. JOHN BECKNER OF SO.
CAL. WINS ON THE PARALLEL BARS. |
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ED BUCHANAN TUMBLES ON THE TRAMPOLINE TO WIN.
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BILL ROADSIME SHOWS HIS STUFF ON THE HIGH BAR THANKS TO HIS PERFORMANCE, FLORIDA STATE WINS
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AFTER WAITING FOR RAIN TO MAKE THE FIELD 'IDEAL'
MOTORCYCLISTS TAKE OFF TO A MUDDY COURSE IN WASHINGTON. MONTAGE- CYCLISTS DRIVE THROUGH A ROUGH MUDDY COURSE WHICH IS BARELY PASSIBLE. |
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THE MUDDY FACED WINNER GETS BIG KISS FROM A BEAUTY.
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SERIOUS MESSAGE FROM JIMMY DURANTE. SEATED AT PIANO, JIMMY MAKES A PITCH FOR THE CANCER FUND.
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VOL 24/445
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DEATH FOR A-SPIES: ROSENBERGS GET TOP PENALTY IN ATOM TRIAL. FEDERAL COURT BUILDING IN NEW YORK
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JULIUS ROSENBERG AND MARTIN SOBEL EXIT VAN IN HANDCUFFS AT COURT BUILDING.
CU MRS. ETHEL ROSENBERG ALSO ARRIVES UNDER GUARD. |
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MRS. ROSENBERG'S BROTHER DAVID GREENBLATT, IS ESCORTED BY FEDERAL MARSHALS.
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JUDGE IRVING KAUFFMAN WHO SENTENCED THE ROSENBERGS TO DEATH, POSES FOR PHOTOGS AT DESK.
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ATLANTIC PACT: GENERAL IKE OPENS PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS AT THE HOTEL ASTORIA IN PARIS.
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GENERAL IKE SIGNS AN ORDER AT HIS DESK THEN EXPLAINS IT.
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PRESIDENT AURIOL RIDES UP FIFTH AVENUE AND IS GREETED BY A CROWD OF 75,000. MAYOR OF NEW YORK, VINCENT IMPELLITERI IS GIVEN THE LEGION OF HONOR BY AURIOL.
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FAMILIES OF 4 SOLDIERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES IN KOREA, RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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PUERTO RICAN SOLDIERS ARE TAUGHT ENGLISH AT OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IN PUERTO RICO.
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SOLDIERS GO THROUGH TRAINING WITH LIVE AMMUNITION, AS THEY CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE.
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MONTAGE HUGE TURTLES KEPT, KEPT UPSIDE DOWN SO THEY CAN'T MOVE, FILL A BOAT AFTER THEY WERE HARVESTED IN FLORIDA FOR THEIR FOOD VALUE.
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THE HUGE CRITTERS ARE DRAGGED, UPSIDE DOWN, BY WORKERS WITH ROPES AND LINED ON THE PIER.
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BIG TOP: CELEBRITIES JOIN IN HEART FUND BENEFIT.
MRS. IMPELLITERI EMCEES THE DRIVE AT THE CIRCUS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. |
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LAURENCE MELCIOR LEADS, THE BAND IN COSTUME.
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JACK DEMPSEY AND OTHER ACTORS DRESSED AS CLOWNS.
CU EMMETT KELLY THE FAMOUS CLOWN SHOWS HIS SAD FACE. JIMMY DURANTE ENTERTAINS, & ED WYNN IS DRESSED LIKE A CLOWN IN A BARBER CHAIR. |
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CELESTE HOLME IS CARRIED BY AN ELEPHANT AS IS DOROTHY KILGALLEN.
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TRAPEZE ARTIST SWING, MISSES THE CATCH & FALLS INTO THE NET.
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VOL 24/446
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KOREA: UN FORCES BRACE FOR RED SPRING OFFENSIVE.
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AERIAL SMOKE RISES FROM THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE HILLS OF KOREA.
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SHIRTLESS RED PRISONERS MARCH WITH THEIR HANDS ON HEADS. GIS SIT AROUND, READ NEWSPAPERS & RELAX &
PLAY AROUND DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING. |
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TWO GIS, ONE WEARING A MOP HEAD AS A WIG, DO AN APACHE DANCE FOR THE TROOPS. THEY GO INTO LINDY DANCE TO THE AMUSEMENT OF THEIR COMRADES.
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AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, IT'S DECKS LOADED WITH GRUMMAN BEAR-CATS ARRIVE IN INDO-CHINA FOR USE BY THE FRENCH FORCES, FIGHTING THE VIET REDS.
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| 00:33:32 1971.5 |
PLANES ARE TOWED THROUGH SAIGON BY TRUCKS FOR MORAL BOOSTING MERIT FOR THE POPULACE.
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PLATOON OF ORPHAN CHILDREN, OF ITALIAN FIREMEN PARADE IN A VILLA NEAR ROME.
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THE CHILDREN PRACTICE WITH FIRE HOSES LEARN TO BE FIREMEN LIKE THEIR FATHERS. THE CHILDREN PARADE, CARRYING SMALL LADDERS
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AS TWO HOLD THE LADDER UPRIGHT, THIRD KID CLIMBS TO THE TOP AND JUMPS INTO A NET HELD BY ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS.
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MONTAGE FLOOD WATERS WRECK HOUSES IN CANADA BETWEEN MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. RAIN AND MELTING SNOW SWELL TH RIVERS.
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ICE CARRIED BY THE RIVERS CRUSH THE HOUSES IN ITS'
PATH. |
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GRAND NATIONAL: "NICKLE COIN" TOPS FIELD AS ONLY THREE FINISH RACE. AERIAL HUGE CROWD IN STADIUM IN AIMTREE, ENGLAND.
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37 HORSES TAKE OFF FOR THE RACE. ON THE 1ST JUMP, SEEN IN SLOW MOTION, 11 HORSES FALL.
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AS THE RACE PROCEEDS, MORE HORSES FALL LEAVING ONLY THREE TO FINISH.
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VOL 24/447
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MACARTHUR RELIEVED OF COMMAND: CROWDS OF NEWSMEN RUSH OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NEWSROOM TO REPORT THEIR STORIES.
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PAN OF NEWS HEADLINES 'TRUMAN FIRES MACARTHUR'
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MACARTHUR SHOWN LEAVING HIS TOKYO OFFICE & BEING SHOWN BODIES OF DEAD REDS ON THE FRONT.
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MACARTHUR MEETING TRUMAN AT THE AIRPORT, PRIOR TO THE FIRING.
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CU GENERAL RIDGEWAY, WHO TAKES OVER AS SUPREME COMMANDER, IS SEEN AT THE FRONT IN KOREA.
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REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS DIFFER IN THEIR OPINIONS OF THE FIRING.
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| 00:42:20 2499.5 |
TRUMAN SPEAKS TO THE CITIZENS ABOUT HIS ACTION.
SAYS IT WAS TO PREVENT A POSSIBILITY OF A THIRD WORLD WAR. |
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SPORTS: THE ANNUAL WHITE WATER BOAT PARADE DOWN THE MACKENZIE RIVER GETS UNDER WAY, WITH 100 SKILLED ROWBOATERS BRAVING THE RAPIDS.
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| 00:44:56 2655.5 |
PLANE PROPELLER DRIVEN AIRBOAT RACE IN THE EVERGLADES, FLORIDA.
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AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE BOAT, THE CRAFT SKIMS ACROSS THE TALL GRASS AT 60 MILES PER HOUR.
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VOL 24 /448
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MACARTHUR'S FAREWELL TO JAPAN: MP'S HOLD BACK HUGE ADMIRING CROWD WHO WANT TO GET GLIMPSE OF THE GENERAL AS HE ARRIVES AT HIS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE LAST TIME.
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MACARTHUR'S SUCCESSOR GENERAL M. RIDGEWAY ARRIVES AT TOKYO AIRPORT FOR A CONFERENCE WITH MACARTHUR AT HIS HEADQUARTERS.
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COURTESY WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN JAPANESE HISTORY, THE CAR CARRYING EMPEROR HIRIHOTO RIDES TO MACARTHUR'S HOME WHERE THE EMPEROR VISITS THE GENERAL.
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THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE GATHER TO WISH MAC FAREWELL.
CU JAPANESE WOMAN HOLDS A BLONDE BABY IN HER ARMS. |
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19-GUN SALUTE IS GIVEN MACARTHUR AS HE ARRIVES AT THE TOKYO AIRPORT. INSPECTS THE TROOPS FOR THE LAST TIME.
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THE PRESIDENT: WARNS KREMLIN IN FOREIGN POLICY TALKS. TRUMAN MAKES LONG SPEECH.
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THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS SIT AT DINNER TABLES AT THEIR TRADITIONAL JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH. |
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KOREA: DRIVE CONTINUES UNDER NEW ALLIED COMMANDER.
ARMY VEHICLES CROSS SHALLOW RIVER. GIS RIDE ATOP TANK. PATROL CLIMBS A STEEP HILL. ARTILLERY CREWS LOAD & FIRE HUGE CANNONS. |
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CU BEARDED FACES OF OLD PEASANTS. CROWDS OF PEOPLE WAIT FOR A RATION OF RICE WHICH IS POURED INTO SACKS.
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FIELD OF CROSSES AT A PUSAN CEMETERY WHICH IS DEDICATED FOR ALLIED WAR DEAD.
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BOXING: 33RD ANNUAL TOURNAMENT AT ANNAPOLIS FOR SONS OF MIDSHIPMEN. DOZENS OF LITTLE BOYS WITH LARGE BOXING GLOVES LIMBER UP BEFORE THE MATCHES
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THE OFFICIAL RINGS A BELL & TWO BOY COME RUNNING OUT SWINGING AND BOTH FALLING TO THE CANVAS.
MONTAGE THE BOYS PUT ON A FEARLESS FREE SWINGING TOURNAMENT. |
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VOL 24/449
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MACARTHUR RETURNS AFTER 14 YEARS: ADDRESSES CONGRESS AND RECEIVES OVATION FROM MILLIONS.
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| 00:53:50 3189.5 |
THRONG CHEER AND MOB GENERAL MACARTHUR, WIFE & SON AT AIRPORT. GOVERNOR EARL WARREN OF CALIFORNIA MEETS HIM.
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MACARTHUR MAKES HIS FAMOUS "OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE... " SPEECH BEFORE CONGRESS AS SPEAKER RAYBURN & VICE-PRESIDENT BARKLEY LOOK ON.
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| 00:58:38 3477.5 |
BLINDING BLIZZARD OF TICKERTAPE SHOWERS MACARTHUR'S MOTORCADE ON NEW YORKS 5TH AVENUE.
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| 00:59:00 3499.5 |
CARELESSLY TOSSED MATCH ON THE TICKERTAPE CAUSES FIRE IN THE STREET.
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AS TREMENDOUS CROWD OF A MILLION WATCHES, MAYOR IMPELLITIERI GIVES MACARTHUR A MEDAL.
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