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Indianapolis 500 Pre Race
Billboards ('Indianapolis 500 Awards Over One Million Dollars') over electronic lap board at Indianapolis Motor Speedway / Joe Leonard driving Indy racer 1, David Hobbs driving Carling Indy race car 73, AJ Foyt driving Indy racer 14,...
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WS ZO PAN WWII B25 Mitchell Bomber plane slowly pulls out of air hangar through memorial day crowd of spectators as pilot waves to crowd / Palm Springs, California , United states
WS ZO PAN WWII B25 Mitchell Bomber plane slowly pulls out of air hangar through memorial day crowd of spectators as pilot waves to crowd / Palm Springs, California , United states
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Family Greets Soldier Returning Home from War
Family Greets Soldier Returning Home from War on March 21, 2012 in Baltimore, MD (Footage by Getty Images)
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Female Soldiers Returning Home from War
Female Soldiers Returning Home from War on March 21, 2012 in Baltimore, MD (Footage by Getty Images)
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Families Waiting Return of Soldiers from War
Families Waiting Return of Soldiers from War on March 21, 2012 in Baltimore, MD (Footage by Getty Images)
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MS Air Force personnel working on computer during flight, Colorado Rockies, Colorado, USA
MS Air Force personnel working on computer during flight, Colorado Rockies, Colorado, USA
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Washington DC leads the country in conducting "Operation Alert," a civil defense drill regarding an atomic bomb attack
Title: "Washington Leads Nation in "Operation Alert 1955" superimposed over aerial of Pentagon / LS Pentagon across pond / aerial Pan parking lot and Pentagon / CU clock hanging from ceiling at 12:00 time / Pan men in office working at...
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The first class of 306 Air Force cadets is sworn-in at a temporary site, Lowry Air Force Base in Denver
Title card: "Air Force Academy - First Class Reports" / PAN New Air Force cadets marching towards temporary academy gate / MS Air Force cadets being checked at gate / CU side view Air Force cadets start in / WS back view Air Force cadets...
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USAF bomber in flight over US carries and then releases USAF jet fighter which then returns to bomber
Title "Mid-air launching links atom and jet ages" superimposed over bomber in flight with jet fighter attached underneath / bomber taking off / aerial shot from another plane of bomber in flight / row of jet fighters parked on tarmac at...
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17-year-old Valery Lysikov defects to West Berlin
Title superimposed on a young Russian defector, "He chooses Freedom...Son of Soviet Flier Flees to West" / Seated teenaged defector Valery Lysikov with men in suit; he chats with an older man / Lysikov looks at vehicles while chewing gum...
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USAF transport plane crashes after taking off from Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, WA, killing 86 servicemen
Title card: "Grim Camera Record - History's worst plane crash" / different air transport plane taking off / explosion graphic / smoking wreckage of plane on ground / three shots of airfield personnel looking through wreckage / two shots...
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RADAR
Movietone explains how RADAR, secret until now, works. The use of radio waves reflected back from an object allows it's speed and course to be measured. Of great use in wartime RADAR now has many peace time roles. Disclaimer: British...
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RAF SURVEY
Hastings of RAF Transport Command were sent to Takoradi in the Gold Coast to help No 82 Squadron pack up and move away on their seasonal migration to Kenya. The Squadron is a Photographic Survey Unit and are only able to do their work in...
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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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National society of the Daughters of the American Revolution select Best Patriotic Film during DAR's 65th Continental Congress in Washington
Title "Best patriotic film - DAR makes annual award" superimposed over Mrs. F. Allen Burt (first name possibly Leila), National Chairman of Motion Picture Committee, presenting award to Maxwell Hamilton, executive assistant to movie...
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Paramount presents Strategic Air Command with an award
Title card: "Preview in Omaha - Salute to Strategic Air Command" / VS elevated night view of the Orpheum Theater with "Strategic Air Command" on marquee / a closer view of the marquee and stage draped in bunting / Scores of fans in...
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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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Iva Sprout sews on sewing machine at homestead in California
VS Iva Sprout, wife of USAAF veteran Dale Sprout, works at sewing machine in room of their homestead house; she sews a dress / VS Iva looks at the finished dress, smiles / Dale sits in armchair (with antimacassars in place) in living...
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Miss America parade; state contestants in cars with signs; floats
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 8" / title "Miss America - Beauty, Poise, Talent" superimposed over parade at night / high angle shot Miss America float pulled by jeep, crowd on side / closer shot float / women on swan floats / Miss...
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World premiere of movie "The Furies" in Tucson, AZ, proceeds from which will go to scholarship fund at University of Arizona
Title card: "Premiere in Tucson: Aids scholarship fund" / actress Barbara Stanwyck coming down steps from plane / actor Wendell Corey coming down steps from plane / actress Myrna Dell coming down steps from plane / Miss America of 1949...
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WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) graduate in December 1944
VS Jacqueline Cochran, director of Women Pilots Army Air Forces at podium with microphones, other military officers on stage / VS women receive their diplomas and wings from Cochran and General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, commander general of...
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US Department of Defense shows how the Nike anti-aircraft guided missile works
Title: "Spectacular First Films: Nike" superimposed over two men working on missile / Title card: "The Army's anti-aircraft guided missile…How the ground-to-air rocket knocks out a bomber!" / MS rocket towed by truck turns onto road,...
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In 1956, 21 iron lungs are loaded on a plane in Boston, Massachusetts, headed for Buenos Aires to assist with polio outbreak
Title: "Mercy Mission to Argentina" superimposed over iron lungs outside Air Force Globemaster airplane / forklift unloads iron lung from truck / forklift drives carrying iron lung / several iron lungs outside Globemaster airplane at...
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South Korean officer arrives at Seoul City Air Base and is greeted by dignitary and other soldiers
MS sign on airplane stairs "Seoul City Air Base 6167th Air Base GP" / South Korean officer walks down the stairs and salutes, shakes hands with South Korean dignitary / Korean officer shakes hands with two Korean soldiers, press...