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Nursing home residents moved after virus outbreak
Residents of a New Jersey nursing home were transferred to a similar facility nearby after an outbreak of the coronavirus among residents.
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Pilot Amelia Earhart tests new safety parachute in Lahaway Plantation, New Jersey
MS boy standing on grass near metal tower / WIPE TO man helping pilot Amelia Earhart to sit in seat under parachute attached to a metal tower for "captive parachute" safety parachute test / CU man adjusts seat belt / CU Earhart sitting...
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Robbery-proof bags foil thieves
Re-enactment story of payroll robbery at the construction plant of George Peterson, Inc. which was frustrated by a device (in the paymaster's bag) that causes a series of shots to be fired from the bag when it was snatched. LS paymaster...
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Former New York mayor Jimmy Walker and wife Betty Compton attend the Morris and Essex Dog Show; English Setter is Best in show
Title: "Nation's Greatest Dog Show" superimposed over owners walking dogs by judges and others watching / WS people and dogs cover ground between pavilions / people lead dogs by spectators seated and standing / dogs on blocks in center...
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Mayor Meyer Ellenstein of Newark speaks to mayor of Newark-On-Trent, UK
Title card: "Newark speaks to Newark" / City hall in Newark, NJ; A group of Newark, NJ men waiting to speak with the mayor of Newark-On-Trent, UK, as a special event during the UK's Newark Pageant/ The group clustered around a radio...
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Women's track and field competition starts at A.A.U. meet in Trenton, NJ
Title card: "New Jersey" superimposed over female athletes at start line / VS runners from start to finish line of 100 meter dash at the Women's A.A.U. championships. Claire Isicson of Brooklyn breaks the tape first / MS high jump of...
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Golfer Ed Furgol wins US Open defeating Gene Littler, 1954
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Place commercial here" / MS Ed Furgol hits ball out of sand trap and onto green, camera follows ball / MS Furgol putts and makes hole, picks up ball and waves hat over head / MS gallery...
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New York and New Jersey are hit by catastrophic flood
Title Card: "Special Release - Floods - Hundreds Die" superimposed over rushing flood water / title "The greatest water-borne disaster to hit the Northeast. Dramatic, on-the-spot newsreel coverage" superimposed over factory buildings...
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Oregon housewife Cleo Maletis is crowned as Mrs. America of 1956
Title: "Oregon Housewife Is New Mrs. America" superimposed over Mrs. America of 1956, Mrs. Cleo Maletis of Portland, OR / WS contestants showing sewing skills / CU Mrs. Texas (Mildred Campbell) sewing / CU Mrs. California (Martha Lizak),...
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The preview of the 1957 Ice Capades, featuring ice champions, is held in Atlantic City, NJ
Title "Eyeful of Skates! Ice Capades of 1957" superimposed over Ice Capades / Ground shot Parisian skit / VS Cathie Machado skating / Follow of Rosemary Henderson and Bobby Specht skating / VS follow of Ronnie Robertson skating around /...
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Flying saucer shows up on radar system and is photographed by civil defense spotters
CU Clouds / another view of clouds with planes in foreground / Follow of plane taking off / newspaper reading: "Flying Whatzits Over D.C. Again!" / view of Capitol Building at night / Angle view of EXT of Capitol building / Blum: pan...
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On pier in Atlantic City, NJ, acrobats Bob and Laura Top perform roller skating stunts
Card: "Paramount News issue no 95" / title "A wife with faith in her mate" superimposed over Laura Top holding on to Bob Top with her legs as he spins around on skates / Laura holding on to rope being lifted up to platform on tower /...
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Easter Sunday services throughout the US and in Vatican City
Title "Day of faith . . . Voices raised to proclaim Resurrection" superimposed over church bells ringing / sunrise / WS service at Hollywood Bowl / VS people attending service // "New York" superimposed over high angle shot of crowd...
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Marian McKnight wins Miss America 1957
Title: "Beauty Champions" "Miss America" superimposed over Miss America pageant / LS and MS contestants in evening gowns walk with flags / audience, spotlights in bkgd / LS finalists in evening gowns / low angle Miss Alabama, Ariail...
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Dr. Selman Waksman wins 1952 Nobel Prize for medicine as co-discoverer of streptomycin
Title "American Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine" superimposed over Dr. Selman Waksman holding beaker / exterior lab building at Rutgers University / biochemist Dr Waksman in lab / CU headshot / lab workers in hazmat suits / VS they bottle...
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US aviator Amelia Earhart landing plane in Newark, NJ and deplaning
Plane flown by Amelia Earhart landing / Earhart climbing down from plane / Earhart standing in front of plane posing for photo opportunity / Note: exact day not known
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Hurricane-force winds and drenching rains from Irene battered the North Carolina coast early Saturday as the storm began its potentially catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Irene makes landfall in N.C.
CAPTION: Hurricane-force winds and drenching rains from Irene battered the North Carolina coast early Saturday as the storm began its potentially catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard....
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'Real Housewives' stars Joe and Teresa Giudice arrive for hearing in federal court
Husband-and-wife members of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast have pleaded guilty to fraud.
Teresa and Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice arrived at the federal courthouse in Newark on Tuesday without speaking to reporters. They each pleaded...
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Albert Einstein stands with other officials during a break in a meeting.
Albert Einstein stands with other officials during a break in a meeting.
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Reporter interviews witness of Howard Unruh killing spree in Camden, NJ
Reporter on left and witness on right standing in front of microphone / CU witness speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Men at Bruno Hauptmann's trial in Trenton
New Jersey attorney general David T. Wilentz exits Trenton courthouse protected by policemen / unid man on outdoor stairs / witness Ellis Parker pull coat over face and runs, gets into car as photographer shoots a photo / VS New Jersey...
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Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt in cap and gown
6/16/37: The Roosevelts stand outdoors, in caps, gowns, and hoods, with faculty of John Marshall Law School; FDR is at right and Eleanor stands with college dean Alexander Ormsby at center; she was awarded an honorary degree at...
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US Army recruits practice shooting rifles at Fort Dix, NJ, during Korean War
Recruits marching in formation towards camera / recruits marching in formation past camera / line of recruits at wide intervals walk with instructors onto assault range holding rifles / CU recruit holding rifle at ready position walks...
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Activity in rail freight yards in Chicago and Lincoln Park, NJ, in 1939
Close view of freight train moving past camera / CU wheels of freight cars rolling by on tracks / close view of freight train rolling past camera / freight cars rolling by themselves along tracks in freight yard / man standing beside...