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A look at who may be jockeying for a spot in Obama gvt
AP Television
Washington, DC - 6 November 2008
1. Wide of building
2. Close-up concrete barriers around building where members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team have new offices
3. Tilt up front of building
4. Close-up...
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A two-volume edition of Adolph Hitler's 'Mein Kampf,' personally signed by Hitler, is set to be auctioned online on Thursday. The auctioneer says the people likely to bid are collectors of historical artifacts. (Feb. 27)
LOS ANGELES _ Adolph Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is one of the most racist and heinous screeds in modern history, but two rare early editions signed by the Furer himself could go for more than $20,000 at an online auction on Thursday.
Nate...
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The Battle Of El Alamein, Eisenhower Lands In North Africa
The Battle Of El Alamein
On October 23, 1942, the British 8th Army led by General Montgomery, under the supreme command of General Alexander, launches an offensive against Rommel's Afrika Korps. Using a surprise reversal of the...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US CONGRESS
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The 107th U-S Congress convened on Wednesday with a noontime rap of gavels in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
For the first time ever the first lady was among the members and the Democrats and Republicans were...
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Seventy years after the D-Day invasion, World War II veteran Tom Blakey shares his experiences as a paratrooper with visitors at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. (May 30)
Seventy years after D-Day, veteran paratrooper Tom Blakey recounts his experiences during the historic invasion to guests at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English...
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Republican convention's oldest and youngest delegates meet
The Republican convention's oldest delegate, 93-year-old former Montana Governor Tim Babcock, was introduced to the convention's youngest delegate, 17-year-old Evan Draim from Virginia on Tuesday.
In a candid conversation prior to Ann...
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USA: NEW YORK: JOHN GLENN HONOURED AT PARADE (2)
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For the second time in 36 years, the oldest man in space, Senator John Glenn, was honoured by a 'ticker-tape' parade in New York on Monday.
Glenn's first parade was in 1962, after he became America's first man in orbit. ...
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Richard Crum is one of a dwindling number of World War II veterans who remembers first-hand what it was like to face enemy fire on the shores of Normandy on June 6, 1944. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the invasion. (May 29)
They are stories of D-Day -- June 6, 1944.
That stormy morning, 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and into the maw of Adolf Hitler's killing machine. The assault by 7,000 ships and landing craft along a 50-mile stretch of...
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USA: DOCUMENT REVEALS THAT US POWS MAY HAVE BEEN TORTURED IN KOREA
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Documents released to a U-S National Security subcommittee have raised the chilling possibility that hundreds of American P-O-W's were left behind after the Korean War in the 1950s - and gruesomely tortured.
The documents...
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UPITN 29 11 71 THE NEW EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTRE IS OPENED
Dwight D Eisenower medical center opening in Palm Desert, California
1. ls Eisenhower medical centre building
2. wide of crowd at opening ceremony
3. SOUNDBITE: US Comedien, Bob Hope, at podium, announces Mrs. Eisenhower
4. cutawy crowd...
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Americans honor the memory of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Americans honor the memory of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
General Eisenhower delivering testimony before Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, regarding unification of armed forces
VS CU Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, standing at microphone testifying before Senate Military Affairs Committee [LIP FLAP], reporters and audience behind him; he speaks about unification of the US armed forces, uses...
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General Eisenhower speaks in support of armed forces unification during Congressional testimony
Two shots of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, standing at microphones testifying at Senate Military Affairs Committee hearing; reporters and audience are behind him; he argues in favor of unification of the armed forces /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
General Eisenhower giving testimony before Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, regarding unification of armed forces
VS CU Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, standing at microphone testifying before Senate Military Affairs Committee [LIP FLAP]; audience and reporters are behind him as he speaks concerning unification of the US Armed Forces / Note:...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gen. Eisenhower reads prepared testimony before Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington, DC
Three shots of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, standing at microphones testifying, reporters and audience behind him as he reads prepared testimony at Congressional hearing; he speaks of unified command of the US military...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gen. Eisenhower answers questions at Senate Military Affairs Committee hearing in 1945
Three shots of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff, answering questions from Senate Military Affairs Committee members during his testimony at a hearing; at times he holds eyeglasses in his hand as he discusses unification of the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Senate committee hearing features testimony from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in 1945
CU side shot member of Senate Military Affairs Committee (possibly Edwin C. Johnson) listening to hearing testimony of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff / chairman speaking to Eisenhower / two stenographers recording hearing /...
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President Dwight Eisenhower tapes address Washington, DC, shortly after his Inauguration
SOT US Pres. Dwight Eisenhower stands at podium with microphones on it and speaks to camera, thanking viewers for their prayers and speaking about blessings or 'human rights' / Note: exact day not known; audio not synchronized
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Joseph Martin, Jr., presides over vote call during Republican National Convention of 1952
SOT Republican National Convention chairman Joseph Martin, Jr., calls on the Minnesota delegation to state its vote for POTUS nominee / SOT Martin recognizes the TX delegate / Martin listens as VO TX delegate mentions that H. L. Hunt is...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Thomas Dewey, Dwight Eisenhower at 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago
NY Gov. Thomas E. Dewey embraces man on the convention floor at the Republican National Convention at Chicago's International Amphitheatre / Dwight Eisenhower appears at photo opportunity, SOT says he has no statement to make now, as...
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D-Day still takes emotional toll on veterans
With the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings fast approaching, several veterans gathered at Southwick House in Portsmouth, the place from where the invasion, codenamed Operation Neptune, was planned and launched, to remember the day...
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Trump 'tremendous potential' in US-UK trade deal
President Donald Trump says the United States is committed to a "phenomenal" trade deal with Britain as it prepares to leave the European Union.
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94-year-old Bill Falcone, who served as a radio operator on D-Day, talks about surviving the massive invasion in 1944. (May 30)
Aboard the USS Chase on June 6, 1944 after a sleepless night, the men were given the opportunity to be received by a chaplain hours before the D-Day invasion began. Two lines formed.
"It was about four in the morning, and you could hear...
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USA: NEW YORK: 43RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DEBUTANTE BALL
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The crown Jewel of New York's end of year festivities, the International Debutante Ball, was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Saturday
Known as "Fun Ball", the "coming out" occasion of various debutantes from...