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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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Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at William Jennings Bryan statue unveiling
Veiled statue surrounded by seated audience on rainy day, audience stands / CU man with crowd and flags behind him / MS veil is dropped from statue / MS seated audience members with umbrellas from behind / MS statue / MS seated audience...
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National Chairman of American Red Cross Cary T. Grayson asks for help for Red Cross
Title card: "Grayson's plea for Red Cross, New National Chairman asks for your help in his first message" / close shot of retired admiral/national chairman of the American Red Cross Cary T. Grayson speaking to camera
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World War II: Japanese ambassador to the US arrives at the US State Department
Title card: "Congress Declares War" / World War II / day of attack on Pearl Harbor / Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese ambassador to the United States, and Saburo Kurusu, Japanese diplomat, walk up steps to building with two other men / sign...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt presents explorer Lincoln Ellsworth with the Hubbard Medal
President Franklin Roosevelt, seated in office, presents explorer Lincoln Ellsworth with Hubbard Gold medal in honor of his work in the Arctic and Antarctic. Ellsworth is third from left. Also in shot from L to R Mary Ellsworth,...
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US Secretary of State Cordell Hull defends trade agreement at Congressional hearing
VS meeting of the US House Ways and Means Committee / CU SOTs US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, wearing pince nez, reading statement on international trade agreements / Note: film has nitrate deterioration
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Death of noted US Senator Robert Taft in 1953
[GHOC Episode G-03] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Senator Taft Dies" / [12/1938] VS US Sen. Robert Taft decars with mother Helen Taft at her DC house // US Capitol dome / VS Taft photo ops / Taft in...
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for spying for the USSR
[GHOC Episode O-09] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Rosenbergs Executed" / Atomic bomb explosion / [March 1951] VS CU accused spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg / Rosenbergs walk arm-in-arm out of courthouse...
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Newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren photo opportunities on steps of US Supreme Court
MS newly appointed US Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren on Supreme Court steps surrounded by photographers / from behind, Warren climbing steps of Supreme Court, photographers in left fgd and right bkgd / EXT front of US Supreme Court...
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Photo opportunity of newly appointed US Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren in his judicial robe
MS newly appointed US Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren in robe standing in room with paintings and busts on pedestals, elderly black man standing behind him, Warren walks toward camera and into dark / MS photographers crouched taking...
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The 1st generator at Fort Randall Dam is started by SD Gov. Anderson upon a telegraphed signal from Pres. Eisenhower
Title: "Science and Industry" superimposed over electrical current / Title: "Power from the Missouri" superimposed over generator / WS Fort Randall Dam and icy Missouri river / VS transformer/ VS South Dakota Governor Sigurd Anderson...
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Audio of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's "State of the Union" speech over CU the US Constitution
VO Pres. Dwight Eisenhower delivers his State of the Union address over CU pan US Constitution / CU portrait of George Washington / CU portrait of Thomas Jefferson
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Verbal battle is carried out between former Pres. Truman and Attorney General Brownell over Harry Dexter White espionage case
Title Card: "Truman-Brownell - The Big Debate" "Highlights of the verbal battle growing out of the Harry Dexter White case..." / WS newsstand, people walk past / CU newspapers with headlines about Herbert Brownell / CU rear shot man...
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Boxing champion Joe Louis takes up wrestling against wrestler Cowboy Rocky Lee in match in Washington, DC
Title "Sports - Joe Louis turns to wrestling" superimposed over Louis on left standing in middle of ring with wrestler Cowboy Rocky Lee (Don Lee), with former boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott (Arnold Cream), acting as referee, standing...
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Eisenhower family pose for pictures and Eisenhower and first lady greet children and parents for White House egg roll
Title: "The Eisenhower Family" superimposed over exterior of White House / Front view Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and family starting to walk towards camera / MS Eisenhower's son Major John Eisenhower carrying baby daughter, Mary Jean, 3...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC
Images of the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, as the development lender announces it is halting all of its ongoing projects in Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Nike guided missiles raising to position in Washington DC in December of 1954
Title: "Nike on Alert -- Guided Missiles Ring Capital Area" superimposed over Nike missile raising up / aerial of Washington DC with US Capitol and airplane flying nearby / MS four Nike missiles guarding the DC - Baltimore area on...
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Pres. Harry Truman issues order for government control of steel industry
Title card: "A Timely Report - Steel Seizure Order Stirs National Debate" / quiet steel mills across the United States / men walking / on strike steel workers picket / men at cars listening to President Harry Truman's announcement of the...
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American Legion National Convention parade; marching, floats
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 6" / title "Day into Night - The Legion Marches in Washington" superimposed over soldiers marching, US Capitol in bg, crowds along street sides / soldiers marching / MS soldiers / Legionnaires...
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National League team wins 1956 All-Star Game
Title card: "Baseball's Biggest Bats - National League All-Star Winner" / 1956 baseball All-Star Game, players lined up around bases / photographers / managers for each team, American League's Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees and...
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Scenes from President Dwight D Eisenhower's 1953 inaugural address
SOT newly inaugurated US Pres. Dwight Eisenhower: "The faith we hold belongs not to us alone but to the free of all the world. This common bond binds the grower of rice in Burma and the planter of wheat in Iowa, the shepherd in southern...
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At the White House in Washington, DC, President Dwight Eisenhower honors Dr. Jonas Salk for his development of anti-polio vaccine
Title "Nation honors Dr Salk, receives citation from President" superimposed over Pres. Dwight Eisenhower handing citation to Dr. Jonas Salk / Eisenhower coming down steps with Secretary of Heath, Education and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby,...
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Train smashes into Union Station in Washington, DC
Title Card: "Washington - Runaway Train Smashes Into Union Station!" / Exterior view of Union Station / PAN from trains on track to wrecked trains going toward station / PAN wrecked train cars pile on top of each other, sign on wall...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Truman returns from Key West vacation to tackle an IRS scandal and truce talks with North Korea
Title card: "Truman Ends Vacation - Tackles Truce, Tax Problems" / Key West, FL: presidential motorcade approaches / "The Independence" airplane parked on tarmac / VS journalists make notes as Pres. Harry Truman, wearing a hat, speaks to...