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Dock worker stands dangerously on shipping containers as crane lifts another container above him, Hong Kong
Dock worker stands dangerously on shipping containers as crane lifts another container above him, Hong Kong
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Dock worker walks on top of large shipping containers as cranes move nearby, Hong Kong
Dock worker walks on top of large shipping containers as cranes move nearby, Hong Kong
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2004 Jeep Rescue concept truck montage
CU Rescue Concept sign; ZO to WS passenger side profile of front end / WS front end; ZI to CU of winch hook / WS front quarter driver side view / CU in-dash removable canteen; ZO to WS of interior / WS rear end 2004 Jeep Rescue concept...
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Container being lifted from ship, Container Terminal, Southampton, UK
Container being lifted from ship, Container Terminal, Southampton, UK
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Woman taking out water from well, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Woman taking out water from well, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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Mussolini Obelisk erected in Rome
Title card: "Shaft to Duce! World's biggest marble block set up as monument to Mussolini" / marble on a large hydraulic pulley and wooden scaffolding system / CU pulley / men working on pulley / obelisk monument in the Foro Mussolini...
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Water tanks on rails and containers hauled by pulley mechanism are used to transport spawning salmon around Baker River Dam in Washington
Title card: "Government runs odd railway for commuting fish - Specially-constructed road along Baker River, Wash, carries spawning salmon from lower rapids to Lake above high dam" / shot of dam and Baker River below it / two shots of...
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Food supplies for sailors transferred from ship to carrier on the Mediterranean Sea
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 74" / title "Food Afloat - Supplies for Fleet Delivered in Rough Seas" superimposed over refrigerator ship in stormy seas / POV from back of aircraft carrier, looking at water splashing and ship /...
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Peary Monument being constructed at Cape York, Greenland, by members of Arctic explorer Robert Bartlett's expedition and Eskimos
Two shots of men riding dogsleds pulled by dogs a cross snowy landscape / close shot of dogs pulling sled / two men carrying metal tub filled with water on wooden boards and pouring water into wood barrel / two shots of men making...
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Construction of Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in Boulder Canyon in Nevada
Two overhead shots of wooden footings of foundation of dam on canyon floor / dump truck backed up to concrete mixing plant / large bucket carrying concrete being lowered by pulley system to foundation on canyon floor / pulley system...
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Escape artist James Todd locked in trunk, sunk, and surfaces safe
Pan crowd gathered around men by trunk for escape artist James Todd / CU Todd smiling and waving to crowd, people around him / men carry trunk past crowd / CU Todd being strapped into straitjacket, men in bg / man placing steel vest on...
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Construction workers build catwalk during construction of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Shot from moving boat of San Francisco Bay; sun reflects on water / WS the Golden Gate Bridge under construction / VS workers building catwalk with a crane moving sections of the catwalk to them / high angle shot men working on catwalk /...
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Canadian smokestack rescue
Title card: "Spectacular Rescue - Chimney Inspector Saved from 150-FT Stack" superimposed over McAvity smokestack / small figure of chimney inspector Fred J Esson stranded atop 150ft McAvity smokestack / rescue efforts hampered by height...
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Container being lifted from ship, Container Terminal, Southampton, UK
Container being lifted from ship, Container Terminal, Southampton, UK
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Wilson Dam converts the power of the Tennessee River into electricity
LS large construction bridge structures over hills / WS Tennessee Valley with pulley moving by in FG / MS large cart pouring concrete on bridge structure / VS Wilson Dam with trees in FG / good shot PAN across Wilson Dam / Note: exact...
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Alpine clubs demonstrate rescue techniques in France
Alpine rescuer guides woman on specially-built rescue chair as wire lowers it from mountain in Yonne district of France / VS men approach chair as it reaches an accessible point, work to attach a wheel to it; injured woman remains in the...
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Daredevil J. D. Pate performs in Los Angeles
Title card: "Human fly stands upside down 390 feet above street - J. D. Pate of Los Angeles risks life hanging from glass plate by vacuum-cupped shoes" / Pate explains workings of four suction cups attached to his shoes; he is then...
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US and Soviet Union normalize relations
[Shaky footage at times] Title card: "What Russian Recognition Means to U.S." / SOT Soviet Commissar Maxim Litvinov saying happy to have normal relations with US after sixteen years / CU Ambassador William Bullitt / CU trade advisor...
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Eisenhower reviews marines and plays golf in Quantico, VA and communist workers build Panmunjom Peace Pagoda on eve of Korean War armistice
WS Rear shot of "Mighty Mite" jeep carrying President Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen. Thomas S. Gates driving past troops standing at attention / MS Eisenhower shaking hands with Gates and another officer / MS army officers getting out of...
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Friedel Klussmann heads "A Citizens Committee to Save the Cable Cars" after San Francisco politicians declare them too expensive to maintain
Friedel Klussmann sits at desk in storefront headquarter of A Citizens Committee to Save the Cable Cars surrounded by posters "We Don't Want Plans & Propositions We Want Cable Cars" and "Save All Cable Cars Sign the Initiative Petition"...
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French and Spanish speleologists explore Europe's deepest caves for possibility of constructing underground hydroelectric plant
Title: "Exclusive Films - Drama In Europe's Deepest Caves" superimposed over explorers moving thru cave / EXT cave with people on top of mountain / MS men working on winch / CU wire going down / INT cave and man coming down / CU EXT...