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Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter visits Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of States John Foster Dulles in Washington, DC
Title "Ernst Reuter meets Eisenhower and Dulles" superimposed over close shot of West Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter, invited to US by International Rescue Committee / two shots of US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Reuter sitting...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, reports on hydrogen bomb tests
"Paramount News Issue No. 66" / Titles superimposed on a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud, "H-Bomb Special", "Paramount News Presents Operation Ivy, Pictures the World Waited to See", "Dawn of the Hydrogen Age" / VS photographs of different...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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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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
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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Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall visits Pres. Dwight Eisenhower in Gettysburg, PA
Title: "President 'Talks Politics' - Party Chairman Hall Gettysburg visitor" / Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall arrives at Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's Gettysburg office, waves as he approaches and passes as he enters building /...
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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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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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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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French Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France gets vote of confidence for West Germany to enter NATO
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 39" / title card: "France - the Zero Hour- Crucial Vote on Arms for Germany" / Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France in front of building, others behind him, photographers in fg / CU Mendes France /...
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Former President Harry Truman leaves San Francisco with wife Bess and their daughter Margaret for vacation in Hawaii
Title "People you're reading about" superimposed over newspapers coming off press / title "Harry S. Truman sails for Hawaii vacation " superimposed over ocean liner "President Cleveland" at dock in harbor / Bess Truman, daughter...
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Retired players at Old-Timers' Day baseball game in Yankee Stadium in New York City
Title card: "Baseball - Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium" / WS players on field and crowd in stands / crowd in stands / old-timers in dugout posing for photo opportunity / group of photographers and cameramen taking pictures / pan...
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Sophie Tucker's Golden Jubilee celebration in New York benefits charities which help theatrical performers
Title "Sophie Tucker Honored - 50 years in Show Business" superimposed on Tucker standing with theatre owner Harry Brandt with a sculpted bust of her between them / A large heart with a painting of Tucker in the middle, "Sophie Tucker,...
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr. arrives in Florida
News media and spectators awaiting arrival, by train, of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Rockefeller lifted, by chair, from train / Rockefeller inside car / car departs train station
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Korean War: Neutral Nations Command
Korean War / officers talking to civilian / photographers / officers of Indian custodial troops of the Neutral Nations Command arrive / handshakes / American helicopter lands / soldiers disembark helicopter / civilian boards helicopter /...
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The raft Lehi launches
Title: "Launch Raft for Strange Odyssey" superimposed over dock / large raft Lehi in dry dock with crew painting hull / photographers / CU DeVere Baker, captain / man with balloon used for desalinating water / raft being launched / map...
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1954 Year in Review
Paris: VS people in a long line / CU a newsstand worker inserts a folded newspaper into another / high angle view of the French National Assembly in session / members voting / quick shot of reporters taking notes // Washington, DC: US...
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Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace hold press conference on the SS United States upon arriving in New York City
Title: "Cameras on Prince Rainier and Princess Grace" superimposed over the Prince and Princess on ocean liner United States / LS ocean liner United States at dawn / Princess Grace and Rainier III walk through doorway, stairs in fgd and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight D. Eisenhower launches his re-election campaign from his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Title card: "At Gettysburg -- Campaign Kick-Off" / EXT Eisenhower home at farm / Pan over to Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower riding on golf cart / Eisenhower steps off cart / Eisenhower shakes hands with Leonard Hall, Republican National...
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Schenectady, NY beats Colton, CA for Little League championship
Title "Baseball - Little League World Series" superimposed over teams on field, color guard stands in center / marching band and teams parade before crowds in stands / Schenectady team marching, front player carries sign shaped like...
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Premier De Gasperi addresses peasant rally at Palatine Hill in Rome and Pope Pius blessing in Saint Peter's Square
Title: "Rome -- Peasants Hear De Gasperi, Get Pope's Blessing" superimposed over farmer symbol, three strands of wheat on spade, on large disc with people at either side with flags on Palatine Hill / high angle VS huge crowd at Palatine...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at baseball game between Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles in Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC
Title "Play ball!" superimposed over montage of shots: action shot from game, people in stands cheering and another action shot from game / players on field before game warming up / crowd in stands / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower walking to...