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North Korean, Chinese officials and US delegates leave conference venue where discussion of exchanging prisoners is held
MS EXT Conference venue / MS group of UN correspondents chatting while waiting outside / VS communist soldiers and correspondents outside, pan to group of UN correspondents, conference venue in background / MS group of communist...
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Korean War truce meeting with Communist Gen. Nam Il and UN negotiating team in Panmunjom, North Korea, April 1953
VS UN negotiating team member General William Harrison stands in front of tent and talks to reporters / cameramen up on ladders and crowd around Harrison who can't be seen / Harrison, a South Korean general, and another member of...
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New York students in polio vaccine trial
Title: "New York" superimposed over aerials of city skyline / elementary school classroom with teacher and students / children with sleeves rolled up to be vaccinated against polio / sign for polio vaccine trials / children in queue in...
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After end of Korean War, Commander of UN Command US General Mark Clark visits US troops in South Korea before his retirement
Two shots of plane carrying Gen. Mark Clark taxiing at airfield / plane taxing, group of people waiting on tarmac / Clark and his wife Maurine coming down steps from plane / VS Clark and Maurine greeted by officials and their wives on...
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Australian runner John Landy runs record-breaking 3:58 mile in Turku, Finland
Title: "3 Min. 58 Sec. -- Landy New King of Milers" superimposed over race / slo-mo John Landy running in race / Landy running ahead of other runners / spectators watching / Landy running, no other runners around him / VS Landy running...
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Little Miss Amvet sells "We Remember" stamps to President Eisenhower
Title superimposed on the White House and barren branches: "Holiday call ... Three Visitors to the White House" / Three small children in winter attire walk towards the West Wing; 5yo Terry Thompson, a boy with a too-large overcoat;...
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Professional golfer Sam Snead wins round-robin golf tournament at Meadow Brook Golf Course in Westbury, NY
Title card: "Sports" / title "Golf - Snead wins round robin" superimposed over crowd walking along fairway / gallery gathered around fairway and green / close shot of people in gallery / two shots of Sam Snead getting ready to hit tee...
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Stars and athletes at premiere of "The Country Girl," benefiting Olympic Fund
Title "Premiere Benefits Olympic Fund" superimposed over klieg lights / crowd in front of theatre at night, posters under marquee show stars of movie Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden / photographers / klieg lights / CU street...
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The Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie makes a five-day visit to New York City
Title: "Haile Selassie - Emperor In Manhattan" superimposed over Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, saluting / MS Selassie out of Harlem church, pan to crowd waving / WS policemen holding back crowds in Harlem / CU Selassie waving /...
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Senator Arthur Watkins chairs hearing on McCarthy censure; Secretary of Senate J. Mark Trice reads report on Army-McCarthy hearings
Title card: "New McCarthy Probe Gets Under Way" / Senate Office Building / people waiting to enter room for public hearings / closer shot / guards, people waiting behind / CU man smoking cigarette before guard standing by No Smoking...
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National League team wins 1953 All-Star Baseball game in Cincinnati, OH
A graphic: "1953 All-Star Game, American league versus National" / Players of the National League team in dugout / American League team in its dugout / Photographers on the field focusing on Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Charles...
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Shooting at the US House of Representatives
Title: "Special - Snipers Fire on Congressmen" / WS United States Capitol dome / crowds of onlookers and police watch as ambulances and United States Navy medics arrive at House of Representatives / victims of shooting inside the House...
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US Marine is the first American to marry at the Tower of London
Title: "US Marine Weds in Tower of London" superimposed over a heart / heavy fog and leafless trees at the Tower of London / bride Rosemary Recce, and her father, a Tower yeoman, walking past photographers and crowd / United States...
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Society of the Remagen Bridge created by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, who meets with its members
Ten year anniversary of the World War II crossing of the bridge at Remagen / President Dwight Eisenhower meeting with active and former soldiers, all have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross / each man was part of the bridge...
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Three former first ladies - Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman - meet to honor their former White House social secretary Edith Helm
Title: "First Meeting…Three Former First Ladies" superimposed over Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Wilson, Bess Truman, former social secretary Edith Helm who has written book of her experiences, and Harry S Truman / Exterior Woman's National...
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President Dwight Eisenhower tours New York City
Shot from moving car of building, low-rent housing project called George Washington Carver Project / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower walking along with officials towards building, tilt up building / Eisenhower leaving building with officials /...
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Pres. Dwight Eisenhower presents the Harmon Intl trophies to aviator Major Chuck Yeager and aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran at the While House
Title: "Top Awards in Aviation - Harmon Trophies Presented" superimposed over freeze frame - Jacqueline Cochran, noted flyer, and Maj. Charles E. Yeager, U.S. Air Force pilot, and trophies / President Dwight Eisenhower escorting...
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Sen. Robert Taft announces his run for the US presidency
Title superimposed on an eagle, "Politics - GOP Presidential Sweepstakes Under Way" / VS a cavernous convention hall packed with delegates // The Russell Senate Office Building / Sen. Robert A. Taft, R-OH, makes his way through a crowd...
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Mal Whitfield breaks two world records at Knights of Columbus track meet at Madison Square Garden
Paramount News mountain and stars logo / Title "Track -- Mal Whitfield Breaks Two World Records" superimposed over Whitfield running / Madison Square Garden track for Knights of Columbus Games / spectators in seats / high angle...
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First Lady Mamie Eisenhower celebrates her 60th birthday in Washington, DC
Title "'Happy Birthday to the First Lady'" superimposed over Mamie Eisenhower standing with her mother Elivera Doud on her left and her sister Frances Doud Moore on her right posing for photo opportunity in room in White House / shot of...
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At the UN, US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. accuses Soviets of aggression in Korea; Andrey Vyshinsky listens; Gladwyn Jebb and others present
Title "UN Reconvenes - Lodge Hurls Challenge at Vishinsky" superimposed over pan UN Headquarters / looking down on meeting in session / Soviet foreign minister Andrey Vyshinsky taking seat, others around him, photographers in front / CU...
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San Francisco hero's welcome parade for Gen. James Van Fleet, retiring UN commander; press conference
Title "Gen. Van Fleet - Hero's Welcome in San Francisco" superimposed over docked USS President Jackson / Gen. James Van Fleet and wife Helen walking down gangplank from ship / Van Fleets greeted by Lt. Gen. Joseph Swing; they shake...
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Andrey Vyshinsky dies
Title: "Vishinsky Dies - Dramatic Announcement Made at the UN" / overhead view United Nations General Assembly in session / WS Soviet delegation / SOT Pierre Mendes-France speaking, in French, in front of the assembly / headlines on...
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A stuntman flies a seaplane blindfolded
Title superimposed on blindfolded man (stunt man Alessandro di Cagliostro) and two policemen: "Unusual Stunt: He Flies a Plane Blindfolded" / Gauze is placed over his eyes followed by a sleep mask / A group of cameramen, photographers,...