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Police officer demonstrates disarming assailants
MWS police officer S. J. Jorgensen grabs and tosses man "attacking" him with stick in demonstration, large crowd watching from background / officer grabs and disarms man "attacking" him with a gun / Note: exact day not known
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Cincinnati Reds play Pittsburgh Pirates in their home opener baseball game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Title card: "Play ball!" / players on field warming up / overhead shot of crowd / Reds manager Chuck Dressen standing next to large bouquet of flowers, man walks up to him and hands him suitcase / Dressen shakes hands with Pirates...
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Kids and magician at White House Easter egg hunt hosted by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "News Flashes" / people crowd south lawn, many children, fountain in fg, White House In bg / people on lawn, kids hunt Easter eggs, branches in fg, White House In bg / MS group shot children, girl in center holds basket; they...
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Brooklyn Dodgers beat New York Yankees, winning the World Series for the first time in 55 years
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Place commercial here" / # 23 Yankee Tommy Byrne pitches / # 14 Dodgers Gil Hodges bats and runs as one player runs home / MS crowds in stand cheering / # 8 Yankee Yogi Berra bats and runs /...
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Indochina riots over partition of Vietnam
Title superimposed on the trashing of the Hotel Majestic: "First Pictures - Riot in Saigon" / A view of thousands of marchers, some with banners; little boys ride together on a very small bicycle with the marchers beyond / VS men on the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : CES tech fair opens under pandemic shadow
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) throws open its doors to thousands in Las Vegas despite surging Covid-19 cases in the United States, as one of the world's largest trade fairs tries to get back to business (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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Parade for wounded Korean War veterans down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes, December 1953
Title "Operation Homecoming - 114 Wounded Korean Vets Get N.Y. Welcome" superimposed over parade / jeeps parade down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes, crowds line streets / camera follows merchant and official NYC host Grover Whalen; General...
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Audience enjoys preview of Ice Capades show of 1954 at Atlantic City
Title: "Ice's Cream Performers in Skate Fantasy" superimposed over skaters performing on ice in an indoor ice rink / WS skaters skating hand in hand in circle / WS audience / VS snowmen on ice, snowmen make room for a snowman to join the...
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1956 Penn Relays feature new records set in broad jump and javelin throwing
Title: "Penn Relays" superimposed over men running / LS crowd in Franklin Field stadium at relay race / aerials men running / Gregory Bell sets broad jump record / CU Bell / CU Reinaldo Oliver with javelin / Oliver throws javelin and...
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Grace Kelly boards SS Constitution for trip to wed Prince Rainier and Monaco celebrates upcoming nuptials
Title: "Monaco Awaits Princess from the U.S." superimposed over Princess Grace press conference / high angle VS Monaco coast / troops parade / flags hang from balconies on street / high angle boarding the ocean liner SS Constitution with...
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Public Service Announcement features Marlon and Jocelyn Brando on behalf of United States saving bonds
Title card: "Looking Ahead to Christmas" / CU actor Marlon Brando and his sister Jocelyn standing in front of Christmas tree reading script / CU Marlon taking script away from his sister and throws script away / Marlon and Jocelyn...
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New Orleans Mardi Gras Finale with theme of Festivals of the Old World
Title: "Mardi Gras Finale in New Orleans" superimposed over parade / float passes by with sign on side "Festivals Around the World" / parade / people in rodeo type clown costumes / VS Rex float with King of Rex New Orleans businessman...
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US Navy battleship USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor on way to reserve or "mothball" fleet in Bremerton, WA
Title "'Mighty Mo' joins the mothball fleet" superimposed over shot from boat of USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor / three shots from boat of USS Missouri sailing into San Francisco harbor / two shots from boat of fireboat...
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Humorous clip of German firemen rushing to fire only to find men puffing away on pipes and women smoking cigars
MS smoke coming from window / man breaks glass on box labeled "Feuermelder" ("fire box" in German) and presses button / words pop up on screen Feuermeldung--Schleife 3--15 / CU machine labeled Schleife 2, Schleife 3 and Schleife 4 with...
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Cleveland Indians baseball team in spring training in Tucson, AZ
Title card: "Baseball - With the Indians at Tucson" / men holding up sign on practice field that says "Tucson welcomes Cleveland Indians back for Spring Training 1952," players break and run through sign / manager Al Lopez on left...
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Track and Field events in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland
Title card: "Olympics -- Action-Packed Competition" / Intertitle: "Helsinki -- Records Fall in Track & Field" superimposed over high angle of men running track / LS crowds in stadium and 100 meter dash athletes on their marks / MS man...
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World War II drag show on board US transport ship
VS rotund man in drag wears a grass skirt then runs 'off-stage' as others applaud / another in housecoat and bandana at microphone does a striptease, shows bra and girdle / the fat man returns, throws mop, and bounces belly as he struts...
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Sgt. S. J. Jorgensen demonstrates self-defense and martial arts tactics to US military policemen
Two lines of military policemen and other military personnel march on field, stop, turn / policeman who is probably Sgt. S. J. Jorgensen uses Jiu Jitsu to bring a man to the ground as others look on / man pokes gun in Jorgensen's back;...
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Army marksmen train with machine guns at Fort Dix, NJ
Title card: "Army Machine Gun Experts Train To Repel Air Attack - Infantry marksmen demonstrate accuracy of modern rapid fire at Camp Dix., N.J." / soldiers set up machine guns on embankment / soldier straddles machine gun stand, anther...
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Boston Braves Manager Bill McKechnie welcomes you to the dugout
Title card: "SIT ON THE BENCH WITH BOSTON BRAVES DURING BALL GAME - First pictures made in dugout give you players' view of big league contest" / MLS Boston Braves baseball players sit on bench in dugout, listening to Manager Bill...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Diversion en India en medio de espuma toxica
Decenas de ninos se lanzaron entusiasmados a jugar en medio de la espuma que cubrio en los ultimos dias una de las playas mas famosas de India en Chennai en el sureste del pais (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Pathe News newsreels being transported in US
Men taking packages out of truck and handing them to man on ladder who puts them into plane / man opens back doors of truck to reveal packages inside and starts tossing packages to someone out of frame / man carries packages out of...
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Mills Circus acts; clowns, Lipizzaners, lions, tigers, trapeze act with one falling, chimpanzee band
Clowns run out into circus ring / CU little girl watching / Lipizzaner stallions circle the ring, trainer in center / CU partnered horses turn around in circles / audience / performer on unicycle balancing tea cups on head, crowd in bg /...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Sewer workers gather in front of French Finance Ministry over pension reform
Scores of sewer workers gather in front of France's 1O5538 in Paris to demonstrate against pension reform throwing their work overalls into a pile on the ground in protest (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)