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New York Giants defeat Cleveland Browns 37-34 in football game
Title: "Pro Season Ends - Giants Beats Browns In Real Thriller!" superimposed over game in progress / WS game under way / 1st quarter - Cleveland Browns pass by #14 Otto Graham, Quarterback, intercepted by New York Giants #16 Frank...
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Aftermath of earthquake in Greek Islands
Title "Give a hand" superimposed over panning wide shot of damaged buildings on island / WS damaged buildings / men clearing wreckage, tilt up to wrecked upper floor of building / Greek soldiers clearing wreckage / nurses treating...
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Fashion models in Hollywood, FL, display sportswear
Title "Fashions for the outdoor girl" superimposed over male tennis pros and female models wearing tennis outfits standing at net on tennis court / female models wearing golf outfits putting on putting green / models wearing sportswear...
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Inventor Igor Bensen tests flying boat at Cypress Garden, FL
Title: "A Boat That Flies!" superimposed over boat being towed along water / MS boat on beach, people around boat / MS Igor B. Bensen, aviation inventor and President of the Bensen Aircraft Corp., Raleigh-Durham Airport, placing...
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UN Political Committee meeting in New York City votes on which nations will participate in UN Korea Peace Conference
Card: "Paramount News issue no 4" / title card: "US plan on Korean parley wins in UN" / UN delegates on Political Committee raising hands to vote / closer shot of US delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and British delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb...
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Lieutenant Commander James Verdin's Douglas F4D Skyray breaks speed record
Title card: "US Again Jet Leader! Navy Plane Sets Record" / Lt. Cmdr. James Verdin smiles and waves from the cockpit of the Skyray; its star insignia / Photographers working with striped tents, naval officers, and civilians / a shirtless...
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Boeing USAF B-52 Stratofortress range extended by in-air refueling
Title superimposed on a USAF B-52 landing, "H-Bombers Show Global Punch" / An elevated view of the Boeing USAF B-52 Stratofortress jet aircraft at an airport / Men walk along the jet's massive wing with 4 engines / the jet takes off /...
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Researchers use man-made lightning to test electrical utility equipment
CU sphere gap / ECU sphere gap, man-made lightning flashes / MS three men behind protective barrier cover their ears as lighting stroke generator buzzes and pops / MS same, with two men this time / VS fuse gap cutout; buzzes, pops,...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaks at campaign event at Chicago Stadium
President Franklin D. Roosevelt at podium, audience behind him applauding, maybe press people below stage; he waves; man pours glass of water at side of podium / same shot; people take their seats and Roosevelt begins speech saying he...
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Professor Francis E. Lloyd of McGill University films microbes in Montreal lab
Title card: "Canadian Scientist Films Microbe Life - Professor Francis Ernest Lloyd of McGill University in Montreal uses camera for important experiment in biological laboratory" / MS Lloyd works in lab, puts film in camera / Lloyd...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the Jackson Day dinner in Washington, DC
At the Mayflower Hotel during the Jackson Day dinner, Eleanor Roosevelt chats with Vice President John Nance Garner; Pres. Franklin Roosevelt motions for the attendees to sit / WS SOT Roosevelt, wearing pince nez: "in our nation today we...
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President Franklin Roosevelt and his family on beach at Roosevelt's summer retreat on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's mother Sara Delano Roosevelt sitting on beach with her grandson John and his wife Ann on her right, grandson James to her left, grandson Franklin, Jr., smoking behind his grandmother / two shots of Pres....
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US plans to launch man-made satellite to outer space
Title: "Conquest of Space - U.S. Plans to Launch Man-Made Satellites" / View of ground from rocket lifting off / WS aerial view of ground / CU New York Herald Tribune headlines "U.S. To Build Tiny Moon to Circle Earth - Russia Joins in...
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World champions New York Yankees open 1954 home stand against Philadelphia Athletics at Yankee Stadium
Title "Yankee Stadium" superimposed over WS baseball diamond and stands, players at attention / VS Yankees team manager Casey Stengel with head stuck in big flowery "6" at home plate poses for press photographers / Yankee team runs out...
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Mamie Eisenhower opens fundraising campaign for the Multiple Sclerosis Society
Title "Washington - First Lady Opens Multiple Sclerosis Drive" superimposed over Mamie Eisenhower and woman with multiple sclerosis in wheelchair / Mrs. E. L. Vaughn, her 6-year-old daughter Jeanette, Ralph Glock, president of Multiple...
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Lower house of West German Parliament meeting in Bonn approves European Defense Community Treaty, communist demonstrators in street
Card: "Paramount News issue no 63" / title "Bonn, Germany - Europe Army Pact ratified; Red mob routed" superimposed over session of Bundestag, lower house of Parliament / shot of exterior of Bundestag building / West German Chancellor...
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During Korean War, former Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson tours South Korea
Title "Adlai E. Stevenson - Five-day tour of Korea" superimposed over US General Maxwell Taylor, Commandeer of Eighth US Army, talking to Stevenson who is wearing military uniform / helicopter carrying Stevenson landing / Stevenson...
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1954 year-end retrospective from Paramount News
Title card, "An Editorial - Paramount News presents a Year Ends, A New Year Begins" & "In 1954, the guns were silenced..." / A pan of an arid area and paddies / Maps of the World, Malaya, Indonesia, Burma, Kenya, Morocco & Tunisia,...
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President-elect Dwight Eisenhower briefs the press on the troop conditions he saw in Korea
Title: "New York - Eisenhower Reports on Korea Mission" superimposed over CU Dwight Eisenhower, US President-elect, waving / MS Eisenhower waving from steps of plane / WS Eisenhower surrounded by members of news media / CU Eisenhower...
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Oil storage tanks burst into flame in Avonmouth, a large oil area in the UK
Title: "Oil Fire - $2,000,000 Blaze in England" superimposed over ZI fire and smoke / Aerial burning oil tanks, flame and smoke pouring from tank top / CU aerial flame and smoke pouring from tank top / CU fire and smoke / WS firemen...
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US swimmer Florence Chadwick breaks record for swimming English Channel from England and then attempts return swim from France
Title card: "Sports" / title "Florence Chadwick sets channel swim marks" / superimposed over Chadwick walking through shallow water / Chadwick swimming, two boats next to her / people on beach on French shore / three shots from boat of...
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Quare Times wins Grand National at Aintree Racecourse as royal family members look on
Title card, "Grand National 100-9 shot wins at Aintree" / The grandstands with scores of umbrellas; people's feet walking through puddles / An elevated shot of Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, and the Queen Mother arriving; the queen...
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British Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attend Bertram Mills circus in Olympia Hall in London
Title "London goes to the circus" superimposed over seals in ring in circus in balancing beach balls on their noses / Elizabeth and Philip entering lobby of hall with officials, crowd watching / clown hands Elizabeth bouquet of flowers /...
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Panning for gold during the Great Depression
Title cards: "Modern gold rush solves problem of jobless and benefits nation" and "Editor's note: Economic authorities estimate every dollar's worth of golds adds $10 to national wealth in banking credit. These pictures show many jobless...