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Helicopter surveys damage after the first hydrogen bomb blast
A helicopter slowly rises in the air seen behind a mast and cables / air-to-air helicopter moves in sky / Pilot VO as POV flying over the destroyed atoll which has been "swept clean" / waves crash on rocks
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Dedication of the Roselia Foundling and Maternity Hospital in Pittsburgh, 1956
Title card: "Pittsburgh Variety Club Hospital Dedicated" / EXT bldg with lettering "Roselia Foundling and Maternity Hospital" / Pan down to lettering on wall in front of bldg that reads "Variety Clubs Philip Murray Memorial" / Pan EXT...
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Supersonic research jet "Skyrocket" from Edwards Air Force Base in California flies at twice the speed of sound
Card: "Paramount News Issue No 31" / title "How it was done, flight at twice the speed of sound" superimposed over shot from plane of "Skyrocket" in flight / two shots of test pilot Scott Crossfield walking alongside Douglas D-588-2...
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Pilot Apollo Soucek flies Naval Aircraft Factory PN-12 seaplane
Person leans into cockpit of a PN-12 seaplane with propellers spinning / men standing around small barometer / men in suits watch man enter cockpit / CU Navy pilot Apollo Soucek dons leather helmet and enters cockpit / VS airplane takes...
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Chicago Tribune's printing press churns out newspaper editions
MS newspaper feeds thru rollers on printing press / MS completed newspapers are stacked by rollers / MS newspaper is fed vertically thru rollers / MS more completed newspaper loaded into stacks via rollers; back of worker's head enters...
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An early Wright Brothers airplane flight
VS Wright Brothers' plane takes off, flies over muddy field, possibly in Le Mans, France, in 1908 / 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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High voltage electric arcs in lab
Title card: "Chained Lightning - 10,000,000 volts shoot through space in experiment at Pittsfield, Mass" / interior lab, men stand on stairs / machines, quick arc of electricity / arc flashes across lab space / interior with men on...
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The first full-scale atomic power plant is dedicated by Queen Elizabeth
Title card: "Historic Hour... World's first full-scale atomic power plant" / WS the nuclear power complex, with several large transformers / several stacked platforms outside the plant / Elizabeth descends a staircase behind large...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Wheat flour and soybean production in Argentina
Argentina's government announces it has suspended exports of soyabean flour and oil amidst rumours it is planning to hike taxes due to soaring primary material costs blamed on Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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50th Anniversary of the Nickelodeon is celebrated in inventor's hometown of Pittsburgh
Title: "50 Years after the Nickelodeon" superimposed over man turning wheel on early motion picture projector / high angle Pan Pittsburgh skyscrapers and bridges / Banner hanging above street says "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : NASA rolls back lunar rocket as Hurricane Ian threatens Florida
NASA rolls back its Artemis 1 lunar rocket from the launchpad to its assembly site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after calling off the launch of the uncrewed mission as Hurricane Ian threatens Florida (Footage by AFPTV via...
British Movietone
KIRKSTALL FORGE
Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey in the twelfth century. Their primitive mining and smelting of Iron from the rich Yorkshire deposits was the start of an unbroken chain of industrial development - which has lasted eight hundred...
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Boulder Dam under construction
Title card: "Boulder Dam rising from River Bed! Greatest project in history 18 months ahead of schedule" / An aerial view of Boulder Dam (later renamed "Hoover Dam") under construction with sections of concrete in place / Men ride one of...
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Model prison in Concordville, PA, with no-contact visitor booths and light beam alarm system
EXT prison / MS visitors lined up in booths to talk to inmates / MCU man looks thru window of visiting booth / MS prisoners lined up in booths / MS prisoners wash hands in circular sink / MS two African-American prisoners iron clothes /...
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Gilbert Grosvenor of National Geographic Society presents Anne Lindbergh with Hubbard Medal
Group shot of National Geographic Society men and Anne Lindbergh holding medal / CU Society president Gilbert Grosvenor and Lindbergh holding Hubbard Gold Medal / CU text and design on medal side / Grosvenor presents medal, other members...
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Project Mercury control room and preparation for launch
NASA control room at Cape Canaveral for Project Mercury / various CU engineers /CU clocks and monitors / spotlights at night as final preparations are made at launch pad / truck of liquid oxygen loading contents onto missile / United...