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Red China's delegation to the United Nations Security Council
MWS delegates from People's Republic of China to United Nations sitting / MCU-PAN Chinese delegates conversing / MS-PAN Chinese delegates / MS-PAN Korean delegates / MCU Korean delegate / PAN to MCU Korean delegate / CU-TILT empty seat...
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Naval officers on boat look through binoculars to scan ocean during World War II
Naval officers wearing helmets on boat or ship watching ocean; one looks through binoculars / ocean / ship on ocean / officers, one looking through binoculars / soldiers on boat / officer on moving boat seen against sky and ocean /...
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US troops camouflage their tanks and vehicles on the Western Front during World War II
VS CU soldier holds rifle / rear shot two soldiers with heads sticking out of foxhole look at snowy field beyond / soldiers dig with shovel and pickaxe / soldier sits atop tank camouflaged with hay / VS soldiers place tree branches on...
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Celebration in Vienna of anniversary of composer Franz Schubert's death
Title card: 'Honor Memory of Franz Schubert, Vienna - World gathers to pay tribute on 100th anniversary of his death' / pan across people marching in parade across square in Vienna, crowd watching / closer view of people marching, some...
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Traders on the floor of the New York Produce Exchange, 1929
Title card: 'New Ring for Big Bull Market, New York - Securities Market Opens Giving Third Exchange for Busy Traders' / pedestrians on city street outside New York Produce Exchange / CU printing on window: 'New York Produce Exchange' /...
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Rama IX crowned King of Siam in 1950
Title card: 'Rare Films: Siam Crowns Young King' superimposed over Phumiphon Adunyadet - named Rama IX after crowning - riding atop a palanquin with umbrellas shading him from the sun / WS Buddhist temples behind a low wall / tilt-up...
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President Franklin Roosevelt and the US in 1936
Title: 'America' superimposed over US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing for photo opportunity on night of his reelection with group of people on porch of house at his Springwood estate at Hyde Park, NY / CU Roosevelt / two shots from...
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Gymnasts perform in Italian arena, probably during 1950's
Pan from man with words 'Sapeurs Pompiers Nice' ('firefighters of Nice') on shirt to flag he is holding with French flag background, can read 'Section Gymnique' on flag / gymnasts performing on field, spectators in stands, can see signs...
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Two men in hospital suffering frostbite from major snowstorm in US
Two men lying in beds in hospital with bandaged hands looking at camera / CU man on right / CU man on left / Note: exact day not known
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Students at Lenoir-Rhyne College put letters into bottles to be dropped along Chinese coast
MLS students put letters into bottles bearing Chinese writing, student writes at desk in background / VS hands putting letters in bottles / MLS students at desks set up outside stuff letters into bottles / MS-PAN RIGHT students in desks...
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Retired US General George Marshall is given Four Freedoms Award in NY City
Four shots of Marshall on left standing with Secretary of Defense at banquet table talking and posing for photo opportunity, other men sitting at table; film cameras shoot film in foreground / Pace holding award / CU two men sitting at...
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Cargo ship being built in dry dock in shipyard n Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CU man's feet in boots as sparks fly around them from his welding torch / tilt up to torch cutting through metal plate / CU welder using torch / close view of welding torch cutting through metal plate / close view of welder with...
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Ship builders making wooden boat on beach in spare time in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Partially built wooden boat on snowy beach / three shots of ship builders sawing planks for boat / two shots of men using planes to smooth plank / two shots of men hammering nails into plank to attach it to hull / shot from below of two...
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Dignitaries on oil tanker in maybe Persian Gulf by Kuwait in 1940s
Dignitaries stepping from crane platform in maybe Kuwait Bay in Persian Gulf onto deck of probably an oil tanker where others are gathered / top part of tanker with gathering below, water and shoreline in bg, pan down to deck / CU oil...
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US troops discover bodies of dead prisoners in Nazi concentration camp liberated at end of World War II
Title card: 'Official US Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures' / Title: 'ETO Nazi Atrocities' superimposed over map of Western Europe / US soldiers looking at bodies of dead prisoners lying on ground in liberated concentration camp /...
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Early biplanes on airfield and taking off in 1910s
Men wheel an airplane fuselage out of hangar / propeller whirls as technician examines the engine / line of biplanes on the ground, with men examining them / military men, possibly French, stand near planes / CU man pulls on the...
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Winston Churchill talks with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at Cairo Conference photo shoot with Franklin Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek
CU British Prime Minister Winston Churchill chats with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek during photo op, US President Franklin Roosevelt sits beside him, behind them are military officers from left to right: Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell,...
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Sailors hang on the sides of their yachts to change direction and prevent capsizing during Chicago race
VS tight shots of Star-class yachts racing toward camera with two man crew leaning over side to prevent capsizing / MS two boats in race as crew member of boat closest to camera climbs over while his partner hangs over the opposite side,...
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Michigan State v. UCLA at 1954 Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, CA
WS, pan INT Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, CA, with packed stands as the Michigan State Spartans play the UCLA Bruins / bank of film cameramen take shots from upper level of stadium / UCLA's quarterback #34 Paul Cameron starts to pass,...
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USAAF crews prepare bombs for loading onto WWII bomber planes
Ground crews with bombs as they prepare to load bombers / VS jeep passes by, pulling trailers bearing bombs; one crewman rides atop a bomb / view from underneath plane as bomb bay doors open / ground crew with trailers bearing bombs / MS...
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Female students model bathing suits at Success School at Richard Hudnut Beauty Salon in NY City
People on sidewalk walking by window in Richard Hudnut building / instructor Anne Delafield weighing woman in bathing suit on scale and measuring her height, other women standing around / CU woman after being weighed / group of women...
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'Josephine Ford' hits a snowbank during a test run in Norway
'Josephine Ford' airplane rocks on struts as ground crew affixes its skis; the Byrd Arctic Expedition will test the runway prepared out of packed ice and snow / plane moves away on its skis / plane approaches, skis past / plane moves...
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Richard E. Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' return to Spitsbergen after crossing the North Pole
INT 'Josephine Ford' airplane as (probably) pilot Floyd Bennett opens window, looks out / POV from plane of the expedition's camp below, on Kings Bay in Spitsbergen, Norway / VS 'Josephine' flies above / CU a steam whistle, possibly...
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Workers monitor conditions in the Maastunnel
EXT ventilation center for Maastunnel, which runs underneath the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam / worker walks past large tanks / instruments in the ventilation center / small steel drum marked 'Oost' with water bubbling as it flows in glass...