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POV German fighter planes opening fire on Russian aerodromes AUDIO / Russia
POV German fighter planes opening fire on Russian aerodromes AUDIO / Russia
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President Dwight Eisenhower inspects new nuclear reactor at Penn State University in State College, PA, and gives speech
Title "At Penn State - President gives new plan for peaceful atom" superimposed over Eisenhower walking along with university officials / words on gateway pillar saying "The Pennsylvania State University" / shot of exterior of building...
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US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles talks about the amount he will ask Congress to appropriate for foreign aid
Title "To meet the Red challenge - Dulles asks for increased foreign aid" superimposed over State Department seal / US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sitting at desk getting ready to speak / cameraman shooting footage / Dulles...
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Pres. Eisenhower meets with Indian ambassadors about China and with West German chancellor and ambassador about Adenauer's Moscow visit
Title card: "Top-Level Diplomacy Visitors to Our Shores" / "In Washington" superimposed over White House exterior / CU Indian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chief Indian Foreign Affairs Representative V. K. Krishna Menon and Indian...
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Russia, Austria, United Kingdom and France at conference in Vienna reach agreement on terms of independence treaty for Austria
Card: "Paramount News issue no 78" / title card: "The peace offensive - Reports from Vienna, Washington and Paris" / shot of exterior of Belvedere Palace where conference is held / Soviet Union, Austrian, British, and French flags in...
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17-year-old Valery Lysikov defects to West Berlin
Title superimposed on a young Russian defector, "He chooses Freedom...Son of Soviet Flier Flees to West" / Seated teenaged defector Valery Lysikov with men in suit; he chats with an older man / Lysikov looks at vehicles while chewing gum...
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World War II: Caucasus
World War II / French language / part of propaganda film / European theater / Eastern Front / French map North Africa to Russia / map focus on Caucasus / Battle of the Caucasus / black smoke from bombing of railroad yard / flames and...
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Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin is dead
Title Card: "Bulletin - Joseph Stalin Is Dead" // Moscow: LS Kremlin Wall in snow / MS building / VS people walking in street, reading newspapers, woman with baby / CU Joseph Stalin in military uniform, smiling slightly / MS Vyacheslav...
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World War II: Caucasus Mountains
World War II / European theater / Eastern Front / part of propaganda film / POV from military plane (part of wing visible at one point) panoramic views of the Caucasus mountains / Note: exact day not known
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A look back at President Franklin D Roosevelt's first year in office
LS-TILT UP elevated rear view of crowd in attendance in front of US Capitol bldg for the first inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt / MCU Roosevelt at desk, addresses camera / MCU Roosevelt at desk, signs the Cullen-Harrison...
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World War II: soldiers and mountains
World War II / French language / European theater / Eastern Front / part of propaganda film / CU truck driving through dust / CU Russian Cossack / herd of cattle / German prisoners of war walking through mountains / mules being unloaded...
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World War II: German soldiers in Russia
Title card: "Le Monde En Guerre… (The World War)" / World War II / French language / Eastern Front / caption: Leningrad, Lac Ilmen (Lake Ilmen) and Moscou (Moscow) over face of German soldier / gunfire heard as soldiers advance /...
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Anthony Eden speaks at English Speaking Union in London as the Palace of Nations in Geneva prepares for the Big Four Summit
Title: "Big Four -- World Looks to Geneva" superimposed over Palace of Nations in Geneva as Geneva prepares for Summit talks between the United States, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain / high angle WS Geneva and Lake Geneva / CU...
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Russia boasts many landmarks of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Russia boasts many landmarks of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
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Soviet embassy in Washington, DC throws lavish party for 35th anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Title: "Washington -- Curtain Lifted for Party at Red Embassy" over black then superimposed over cake with hammer and sickle on it / MS EXT Soviet Embassy / MS Soviet flag flying on embassy / CU embassy plaque / high angle servers put...
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An animated globe reveals the German invasion of Europe.
An animated globe reveals the German invasion of Europe.
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Russian dictator Joseph Stalin smokes a pipe.
Russian dictator Joseph Stalin smokes a pipe.
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United Nations General Session, 1955
Title superimposed on the United Nations buildings in New York, "United Nations - New Session Under Way" / The Indonesian, French, and Yemeni delegates arrive / Delegates cluster around US Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot...
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May Day military parade in Red Square in Moscow in rain
Title card: "Moscow - Russia parades might - in the rain" / Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Georgy Zhukov standing in automobile driving past soldiers standing in formation as he reviews them / close shot of people in crowd applauding /...
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Film portrait of Anthony Eden compiled upon his resignation as Prime Minster of England
Card: "Paramount News issue no 44" / card: "Paramount News" / title card: "Britain gets new Prime Minister" / new Prime Minister Harold Macmillan walks up steps, photographers and cameramen take pictures / closer shot of Macmillan /...
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World War II: Gebirgsjaeger (German mountain soldiers)
World War II / European theater / Eastern Front /French language / part of propaganda film / WS Caucasus Mountains / German mountain soldiers, Gebirgsjaeger, at base of mountain / soldier and loaded mule going up mountain / sign / German...
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After his 1953 death, a look at Joseph Stalin's tenure as leader of the Soviet Union
[GHOC Episode 0-07] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "Stalin Dies" with photo of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin / [1930s, Moscow] VS Stalin / VS Soviet Army marches in Red Square; Stalin and officials on the Lenin...
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First Secretary General of the United Nations Trygve Lie resigns
US Secretary of State Dean Acheson and wife Alice arrive at United Nations and walk toward entrance / MS French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman arrives and tips hat / Schuman walking in lobby / Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei...