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16th Annual Tyler, TX Rose Parade
Title superimposed on thousands of roses, "Tyler, Texas 16th Annual Rose Festival" / At a KTBB ABC radio mike, Tyler Mayor Claude Holley and Miss Sally Kay, Queen of the Texas Rose Festival / Pan of cameramen and photographers / Gov....
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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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Danny Kaye appears in 1955 New York Thanksgiving Parade
Title superimposed on a parade, "Everyone Loves a Parade, especially when it Heralds Xmas!" / A wide view of the parade and men wearing Roman helmets with banners, "For the joy of Children everywhere" / (Quick shots of the spectators...
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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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Players for Brooklyn Dodgers major league baseball team model casual clothes during spring training in Miami Beach
Title card: "Spring and baseball - anything can happen" / player Duke Snider on left and pitcher Carl Erskine modeling hats they are wearing / two shots of players coming down steps from airplane at airport and walking across tarmac /...
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Jackie Robinson hits home run in first game of the 1952 World Series at Ebbets Field
Title card: "World Series Special - Yankees Do It Again" over graphic of baseball / title "And Here's How it Happened - The Dodgers Miss Again" superimposed over player running to base / Ebbets Field stadium on street corner, crowd and...
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Williams beats out Murchison in dash at the International Military Track Meet at Berlin Olympic Stadium
Title "Track - 100-Meter Record Broken" superimposed over race of sprinters / MS spectators / runners on track preparing for dash, crowd in stands in bg / CU judges lined up dressed alike in striped shirts, crowd in stands in bg / dash...
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Two American records are set in discus and javelin at women's Olympic track and field trials
Title "U.S. Women's Track and Field Trials" superimposed over hurdles / Earlene Brown, shotput and discus thrower from Los Angeles, hurling discus / CU Brown and her baby / CU Brown playing piano / CU Brown balancing 8 lb. shot / Low...
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A look at some of the midterm election winners in the 1954 US elections
Title: "South Carolina" superimposed over high angle shot Democratic convention in SC, with banner "States Rights Democrats" hanging above stage / CU victorious Senate candidate Strom Thurmond speaking at microphones / side angle MS...
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Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles prepare to fight
Title: "Walcott, Charles set for Title Bout" superimposed over boxers in ring sparring / Jersey Joe Walcott and entourage running / CU Walcott; tilt down to CU Walcott's running feet / Walcott being fitted into sparring headgear / WS...
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Parade for wounded Korean War veterans down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes, December 1953
Title "Operation Homecoming - 114 Wounded Korean Vets Get N.Y. Welcome" superimposed over parade / jeeps parade down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes, crowds line streets / camera follows merchant and official NYC host Grover Whalen; General...
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1956 Penn Relays feature new records set in broad jump and javelin throwing
Title: "Penn Relays" superimposed over men running / LS crowd in Franklin Field stadium at relay race / aerials men running / Gregory Bell sets broad jump record / CU Bell / CU Reinaldo Oliver with javelin / Oliver throws javelin and...
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American Legion National Convention parade; marching, floats
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 6" / title "Day into Night - The Legion Marches in Washington" superimposed over soldiers marching, US Capitol in bg, crowds along street sides / soldiers marching / MS soldiers / Legionnaires...
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Voters in different places; Eisenhowers, Trumans, Deweys, Stevenson voting
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 24" / title card: "Paramount News Election Special" over map of US / title card: "Again-Victory for Eisenhower Day" / title: "Swept into office by the largest vote ever received in US history, Dwight...
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High school basketball center Wilt Chamberlain playing in resort basketball league in Monticello, NY
Title "7-feet, 1-inch . . . Young giant is basketball sensation" superimposed over Wilt Chamberlain dribbling on outdoor court and making layup / Paramount News sports commentator Marty Glickman pulling up in convertible to Chamberlain...
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Runaway lawn mower is part of entertainment at St. Louis Browns' major league baseball stadium Sportsman's Park in St Louis
Title: "Baseball" superimposed over player running back and sliding into second base / player sliding into home plate / shot of exterior of Sportsman's Park / park attendant walking behind lawn mower onto field / two shots of attendant...
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New Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin takes oath of office
Title: "Griffin Takes Oath of Office" superimposed over Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin at desk / MS outgoing Gov. Herman Talmadge shakes hands with Griffin in office / CU Talmadge grinning / Pan to Griffin standing in front of closed blinds...
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Top US athletes compete in women's Olympic track and field trials
MS Athlete running toward camera, jumping hurdles / CU Earlene Brown, shot put and discus thrower from Los Angeles, hurling discus / CU Brown and her baby / CU Brown playing piano / CU Brown balancing 8 lb. shot / Low angle shot Brown...
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Brooklyn Dodgers play first home game of 1954 against Pittsburgh Pirates, win 7-4
Title "Ebbets Field" superimposed over WS baseball diamond and stands / game in action / Walter Emmons Alston, Manager Brooklyn Dodgers, signals from dugout / Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson, infielder, spits on hands / Robinson at bat...
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Pres. Dwight Eisenhower hosts Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, December 1956
Title: "Good Neighbor Golf--President Host to Prime Minister" superimposed over President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent on golf cart at Augusta National Golf Club / Eisenhower drives cart toward...
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Mal Whitfield wins, breaks records at Knights of Columbus track meet in New York City
Title "Track" superimposed over Knights of Columbus track meet at Madison Square Garden / spectators in stands / VS Mal Whitfield races and wins two events / QS photographers with cameras / MS Whitfield
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United Nations prisoners of war are freed and arrive at Panmunjom receiving station in August 1953
MA truck full of United Nations POWS in canvas covered truck drives up road toward camera / Pan to another truck full of POWs in front of them pulling into camp past tents and sign that reads "Welcome Gate to Freedom" / soldiers on...
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President Dwight Eisenhower on vacation in Fraser, CO
Title "Work and play . . . Camera on the President in Colorado" superimposed over Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower standing at barbecue grill cooking, people around him / [Pine, CO} cars parked along road, tilt down to Eisenhower standing in...
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Assembly of World Council of Churches meets in Illinois
The title superimposed on a silhouetted cross, "Festival of Faith" / A group of people gather around the front of the First Methodist Church in Evanston / A procession of clergy in assorted robes walk right / Black men enter; a man with...