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A.A.U. Track Championship upsets at Berkeley, California
Title: "Upsets Mark A.A.U. Track Championships" superimposed over sprinters running / low angle tilted up spectators in stadium / high angle starting gun fires and runners take off for high hurdles with cutaway to spectators / winner...
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The Libby Bridge, spanning the Imjin River in Korea, is dedicated
Title superimposed on a portion of the bridge, "Korea - Dedicate Rebuilt Bridge Close to Front Lines" / aerial pan of the reconstructed bridge over the Imjin River / a few people on a road / A plaque, "Libby Bridge" in English and Korean...
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Former American POWs wait by buses and board ship homeward bound in Incheon, South Korea
VS freed US prisoners of war stand in group with suitcases next to line of buses / Pan down line of buses with former POWs standing beside them and MPs managing situation / MS black soldier gets off bus / Pan over to rear view soldiers...
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Display of North Korean weapons
A soldier with a turban topped a with piece of stiff fabric / Jeeps approaching, one with the turbaned men; pan to follow / Two men, one an MP, stand in a small, crude checkpoint post with signs: "Demilitarized Zone, Do not Enter"; they...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Leisurely American soldiers before moving to a new truce line
A structure with a door and tumbled lumber beside it / A neat stack of sandbags with a pan down to a dusty country road / A sleeping man with foliage and a pan to men sitting by the road, reading, and smoking cigarettes / Two helmets in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Texas Gov. Allan Shivers speaks at Air Force graduation; Major Generals Eugene Eubank and John McCormick present
Title "Preflight Graduation at Lackland Air Force Base" superimposed over Governor Shivers at podium, Texas flag in fg / CU sign with top reading Welcome to Lackland Air Force Base; pan over to base entrance / Major Generals Eubank and...
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Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Robert S. Robertson returns from truce talks in Korea
Title: "Korea - The Hours of Near-Truce" / A large group of men, civilian and military, tents, and a black sedan / A car comes to a stop and a communist officer gets out / A UN representative enters a doorway / Pan view of jumbled...
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Queen Mother visits New York; Queen Elizabeth attends London film premiere
Title superimposed over the Queen Mother and Dr. Philip Jessup, "The Queen Mother, Busy Days in New York" / Dignitaries seated on daises during a banquet at Columbia University / The Queen Mother seated next to Dag Hammarskjold / high...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
GA Tech beats Pitt Panthers at Tulane Stadium in the 1956 Sugar Bowl
Title card: "Sugar Bowl - Pitt vs Georgia Tech" over sugar bowl filled with sugar cubes / WS field at Tulane Stadium, crowds in stands all around / crowd, can see sailors in fg / play on field / crowd standing looking at situation on...
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Boxers Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott sign for return bout
Title card: "Marciano, Walcott Sign For Return Bout" over boxing gloves / Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott (a/k/a Arnold Cream) at table surrounded by others, movie camera and man in fg / closer shot boxers at table handed paper for...
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U.S. soldiers give Christmas party in Berlin to refugee children in McNair Barracks
Title: "Holiday News" superimposed over Christmas wreath / Title Card: "G.I.s Bring Cheer To Refugees superimposed over U.S. soldiers playing Santa to German refugee children / MS refugee children getting off army buses / CU refugee...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Korean War, US soldiers returning home from Korea and other places in Far East arrive in New York City
Title "'Hello! We're home from Korea . . . '" superimposed over three smiling US soldiers looking though porthole of troop transport / transport steaming into NY City harbor, tugboats in foreground / airship flying above transport /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at the science behind Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine
Title card: "Paramount News Presents A Public Service Report" / title card: "Salk Polio Vaccine" superimposed over a doctor administering a vaccine to a young girl, then ZI to ECU a bottle of the vaccine / ECU a pile of dimes / VS male...
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Shirley Fry beats Althea Gibson and Kenneth Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad in US National Tennis Championships in Forest Hills, NY
Title: "Tennis Dramatic Play in U.S. Singles" superimposed over tennis match / Shirley Fry and Althea Gibson (first black woman to reach the finals) both of the US walk onto tennis court at the US National Championships / CU Gibson / Pan...
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USS Columbus warship arrives at Kuala Lumpur
Title card: "Friendly Visit ... US Warships in Malaya" / The Cruiser USS Columbus at Port Swettenham; another ship fires a salute to the new arrival / A motor launch carrying an admiral all in white and a man in a suit / Unidentified US...
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African-American auditorium dedicated in Jackson, Mississippi
Title superimposed on the exterior of the College Park Auditorium, "Negro Auditorium Dedicated at Jackson, Miss." / Cars driving past the auditorium / African-American people walking past and entering the building / Mayor Allen Thompson...
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U.S. featherweight champion Percy Bassett defeats French lightweight champion Seraphin Ferrer in Paris
QS card: "Paramount News Issue No. 74" / Title card: "Boxing - Bassett Wins Paris Bout By TKO" / Boxing gloves / In open air ring, African-American boxer Percy Bassett, U.S. interim featherweight champion of the world, fighting French...
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Mississippi tornado destruction scenes; workers going through debris
Title "Tornado - Vicksburg, Miss., Ripped by Twister" superimposed over man standing amid wreckage, crane to side / MPOVs residents among wrecked buildings / CU damaged clock on corner of building / people looking at wreckage, torn...
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Soldiers box, competing for a spot in the Olympics; La Cross against Ellington, Graham against Hawkins
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 82" / title card: "All-Army Boxing Championship" / wipe, then title "Fort Monmouth, NJ - Olympic Hopefuls in Action" superimposed over bout in ring / looking down on ongoing fight in ring surrounded...
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New York Giants beat the New York Yankees 5-1 in game one of the 1951 World Series
Pan Yankee Stadium / high angle fans in stands on their feet / high angle Yankees, Allie Reynolds pitching, Giants' Monte Irvin hits a single, Henry Thompson runs to third base / fans cheering / LS Reynolds, Pan to Giants' Carroll...
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British boxer Randolph Turpin becomes the new middleweight champion after defeating Sugar Ray Robinson in London
Title: "First Englishman To Hold Title In 60 Years" superimposed over Randy Turpin in action in a previous boxing match / CU victor and new World Middleweight boxing champ Turpin with towel around head / CU Turpin surrounded by...
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Boxer Sam Langford, known as "Boston Tar Baby," speaking in New York City after regaining sight after five years of blindness
Title card: "Boston Tar Baby sees again!" / Boxer Sam Langford in hospital gown sitting in chair outside hospital / VS Langford talking to doctor, telling doctor he was blind for five years / Note: exact day not known
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Heavyweights Ezzard Charles and Jimmy Bivens fight in Washington
A darkened arena with the boxing ring in the distance / Jimmy Bivens (smaller man) and Ezzard Charles fighting / bout continues, with numerous flash cameras resting on the side of the ring / A long segment of the men fighting with a view...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Devastating tornado hits McDonald's Chapel near Birmingham, Alabama, reducing houses to rubble
Title: "Vicious Storm Rips Alabama Community" superimposed over National Guardsman climbing through debris / POV drive by severely damaged neighborhood / VS two black women walk through remains of house with one wall standing / MS...