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United Nations Supreme Commander of Korea visits neutral zone in Munsan
Title superimposed on UN Supreme Commander of Korea Gen John E. Hull: "Hull visits neutral zone as talks start" / Hull steps from a quonset hut door / Photographers and journalists following the General; numerous huts into the distance...
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Christmas is celebrated by US soldiers in Korea and people in the US
Title: "Korea" superimposed over priest saying mass in snow-covered field for troops in Korea / CU priest says Mass behind altar, soldiers in background / PAN over from stacked rifles to soldiers kneeling in the snow / CU soldiers...
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At Minneapolis Aquatennial outdoor event, parade and comic trick diving at swimming pool during Aqua Follies part of show
Title "Minneapolis, Minn." superimposed over singer Janette Davis riding on back seat of open car driving down street in parade / MPOV from moving car of crowd on sidewalk watching / singer Eddie Cantor riding on back seat of open car as...
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Sixty US sailors emerge from submarine after 60-day submersion study
Title card: "'Operation Hideout' -- 60 Days Locked Inside a Submarine!" / USS Haddock submarine on surface near Groton, CT / side view sailor at control panel with gauges and levers / from behind sailor at control panel / officer at...
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Korean War fighting rages on as North Korea offers compromise plan in peace talks
Title card: "Korea -- Peace Bids Amid Fierce Battle Action" / LS Old Baldy (Hill 266) in North Korea where fighting is going on / CU hill / United Nations Command soldiers carrying ammunition and equipment walk up hill / MS soldiers on...
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Daughters of the American Revolution to honor Yorktown heroes
Title card: "DAR Pilgrims! Delegates sail to France to honor heroes of Yorktown" / president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Edith Scott Magna, on board ship bound for Paris / DAR flag raising and flying in wind / Note:...
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President Franklin Roosevelt and family in Hyde Park, NY
MS Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the president's mother, pose with clergyman on steps of church; Roosevelt holds a cane in one hand and leans on the arm of an aide / PAN other...
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Deaths in underground mine fire in Belgium; rescuers carry bodies out; people waiting to hear news
Title card: "Mine Disaster in Belgium-Pit Fire Traps 260" / pan from people outside fence to smoke and buildings beyond / pan from pit tower to smoke rising behind roof / pan water hoses on bricked parking area to fire truck, car beside...
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Teenagers compete for safe driver Road-E-O; Pres. Dwight Eisenhower greets them
Title "Safe Driving - National Teen-age Road-E-O" superimposed over driver of car taking test, men to side / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower walks down White House steps to greet contestants wearing jackets with competition emblems for country's...
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NATO Chiefs visit Saclant Compound and tour the new carrier USS Forrestal under construction during their first visit to US
Title: "People and Events You're Reading about" superimposed over newspapers off press / Title: "NATO Chiefs On First Visit To The U.S." superimposed over NATO permanent representatives and other members: Andre De Staercke of Belgium;...
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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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Women model short-waist fashions designed by Hannah Troy at Belmont Park in New York
Title: "Proper Proportion - High Style Follows The Short Waist" superimposed over tilt up of models in outfits / INT view of noted fashion designer Hannah Troy seated at easel; she looks at dummy in bg / CU Troy at easel / drawings /...
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USAF bomber in flight over US carries and then releases USAF jet fighter which then returns to bomber
Title "Mid-air launching links atom and jet ages" superimposed over bomber in flight with jet fighter attached underneath / bomber taking off / aerial shot from another plane of bomber in flight / row of jet fighters parked on tarmac at...
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower reports on NATO's achievements
Title: "Ike Reports - 14 Nations Get Accounting of NATO Gains" superimposed over angle view of NATO flags against sky / Aerial of SHAPE HQ in France / VS NATO flags at HQ / CU SHAPE flag / CU Tilt down from flag to HQ entrance / CU...
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Full-scale model of man-made satellite on display at Hayden Planetarium in NY City
Title "Man-made satellite - Full-scale model displayed" superimposed over model of satellite on display / shot of exterior of Hayden Planetarium / animated display of satellites going around earth / clear model of satellite on top of...
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Color television is patented
Title: "Washington - The Story of a Patent (No 2,692,532)" / street scenes of Washington DC outside the Patent Office / engraving over Patent Office door / CU engraving / interiors of patent office, people at rows of long desks / man...
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Boats and planes search for debris from Linea Aeropostal Venezolana airplane crash in New Jersey which killed 74
Title cars: "74 Lives Lost…Venezuelan Airliner Crashes" / LS airplanes over Idlewild Airport (later known as John F. Kennedy Intl. Airport) / airplane flying overhead / CU plane propeller on plane in air / special effect explosion...
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Canada's Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and the US Army Corps of Engineers launch $17.5 million project to stop soil erosion on Niagara Falls
Title: "Niagara Falls Face Lifting - Canada-U.S. Launch Program" superimposed over Niagara Falls / High angle MS buses drive around curve to overlook / Goat Island on the American side, speaker on platform in front of falls, US and...
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Sewer excavation rescue
Title card: "Cave-In Drama - Men Risk Death in Rescue Try" / high angle VS view of large group, including priest, watching rescue attempt at sewer excavation cave-in / VS men dig as they try to rescue trapped me / Carl Springstead...
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Inventors demonstrate solar battery
Title card: "Battery Powered by the Sun" / miniature Ferris wheel powered by a lamp aimed at a solar battery / CU battery / inventors - physicist Gerald Pearson, engineer Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller, chemist / demonstration of how...
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Niagara Falls frozen solid
Title superimposed on a frigid winterscape, "Winter Hangs On - Big Ice Jam at Niagara" / VS mostly iced-over water falls with water flowing / Jagged ice and ice floes moving downriver / Lewiston Bridge, with frozen solid river ice // A...
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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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During Korean War, aftermath of riot by Communist Chinese and North Korean POWs in prison camp on Pongam Island in South Korea
Title "First pictures - Riot aftermath at Pongam prison camp" superimposed over wide shot of prison camp from across body of water / two wide shots of prison camp from across body of water / two closer shots of prisoners standing around...
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USAF transport plane crashes after taking off from Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, WA, killing 86 servicemen
Title card: "Grim Camera Record - History's worst plane crash" / different air transport plane taking off / explosion graphic / smoking wreckage of plane on ground / three shots of airfield personnel looking through wreckage / two shots...