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MS Shot of Tanker in Halong Bay / Halong Bay, Vietnam
MS Shot of Tanker in Halong Bay / Halong Bay, Vietnam
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Part of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's 1953 State of the Union speech re Chiang Kai-Shek
Congressmen clapping facing Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at podium / pan Congressmen / LS ordered groups, dignitaries under long canopy in fg / Taiwanese soldiers at attention / President of the Republic of China General Chiang Kai-Shek on...
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Film portrait of former Canadian Prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King compiled at his death in Canada
Title card: "W. L. Mackenzie King - Good neighbor, world statesman, champion of democracy" / CU King / King greeting British King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth as they get off ship / King sitting at table between George VI and...
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British freighter filled with cyanide gas burns in NY City harbor
Title card: 'Ship Fire - Gas Blaze Perils NY Waterfront' / two shots of tugboat anchored alongside freighter 'Silverash' next to pier, smoke coming from freighter / water from fire hoses shooting from pier at listing freighter next to it...
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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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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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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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A look back at President Franklin D Roosevelt's first year in office
LS-TILT UP elevated rear view of crowd in attendance in front of US Capitol bldg for the first inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt / MCU Roosevelt at desk, addresses camera / MCU Roosevelt at desk, signs the Cullen-Harrison...
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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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First test of the Hydrogen Bomb at Enewetak Atoll
Title: "And now - The World's First Hydrogen Explosion" / Islands undergoing construction equipment with a dark building in the front that contains the bombs with a jeep driving to it / Helium Atmosphere Box across a causeway leading to...
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Numerous construction workers help build the Panama Canal.
Numerous construction workers help build the Panama Canal.
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World War II: captured soldiers
World War II / French language / captured soldiers march with hands up / troops moving out, walking through civilian crowded streets of port city / wounded German soldiers boarding boat / soldiers boarding truck / Note: exact month/day...
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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...
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Vice Pres. Richard Nixon visits Corregidor with Pres. Magsaysay of Philippines
Title: "Corregidor - Nixon Visits Famed Fortress In Manila Bay" superimposed over pan shot of Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippine Islands, and Richard Nixon, US Vice President / Magsaysay and Nixon in prow of ship approaching...
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Ellis Island stands as a gateway for immigration to the United States.
Ellis Island stands as a gateway for immigration to the United States.
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Philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller III and his wife Blanchette getting off ship in NY City harbor after trip to Bermuda
John D. Rockefeller III and his wife Blanchette coming down gangway from ship upon arrival in New York from Bermuda; they stop and pose for photo opportunity, then continue down gangway / Note: exact month/day not known
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Polar explorers Richard Byrd, Lincoln Ellsworth, Bernt Balchen plan expeditions
Two-shot Adm. Richard Byrd with man / LS Byrd expedition flagship SS Jacob Ruppert at dock / high angle Byrd walks on board ship / man plays with sled dogs on board ship / WS Lincoln Ellsworth's parked airplane marked "…Transatlantic...
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Food supplies for sailors transferred from ship to carrier on the Mediterranean Sea
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 74" / title "Food Afloat - Supplies for Fleet Delivered in Rough Seas" superimposed over refrigerator ship in stormy seas / POV from back of aircraft carrier, looking at water splashing and ship /...
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Residents flee as French troops evacuate from Haiphong and Communist troops enter under terms of the Geneva Peace Settlement
Title: "Indo-China - Refugees Flee As Reds Enter Haiphong Port" superimposed over residents fleeing to Saigon (Dept. of Defense) / French Pictorial Services: VS CU French troops evacuating / PAN deserted street / another deserted street...
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During Korean War, US troops land on beach at Pohang, South Korea
Card: "Paramount News issue no 97" / title card: "Film communique from Dept. of Defense and newsreel cameramen" / title card: "Big push in Korea!" / sailor on US Navy ship talking on radio, troop transport in background / shot from ship...
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Marian Anderson christens SS Booker T. Washington in 1942
Three well-dressed African-American women (one with large corsage) / famed singer Marian Anderson stands on platform; photographers / Anderson swings a bottle and it crashes on side of Liberty ship SS Booker T. Washington / black...