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NEWSREELS: 1954 - JANUARY 7
- President Eisenhower State Of The Union Address
- Pro Red G.I. P.O.W. Renounces Communism
- Bureau Of Printing And Engraving Employee Arrested
- Golden Gloves Boxing In New York City
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min |
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| keywords: president dwight d. eisenhower, state of the union address, president ramon magsaysay of the philippines |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - FEBRUARY 4
- The Big Four In Deadlock Over Reunification Of Germany
- Marilyn Monroe And Joe DiMaggio Start Honeymoon
- Denver Ironworker Weds On Top Of Unfinished High Rise
- March Of Dimes Hosts Fashion Show Polio Prevention
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 6min |
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| keywords: marilyn monroe, joe dimaggio, building construction, march of dimes fashion show, taschereau trail race |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - FEBRUARY 8
- John Hvasta Escapes Red Captivity Returns Home
- Chinese New Year In San Francisco Chinatown
- 1954 Millrose Games Track And Field
- Japanese Baseball Fans Present Gift To Pres. Eisenhower
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 6min |
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| keywords: John Hvasta, San Francisco Chinatown, Year Of The Horse, Ancient Samurai Armor, Rodeo |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - MARCH 25
- Hydrogen Bomb Test With Unexpected Consequences
- Leaving Red Tyranny Refugees Cross To Freedom
- Marines Stage Re-Enactment Of Iwo Jima Invasion
- Automatic Aircraft Seat Ejector Tested
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min |
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| keywords: indochina, radioactive contamination, aircraft seat ejector, east german refugees, iwo jima invasion |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - MAY 13
- Pres. Eisenhower Signs St. Lawrence Seaway Bill
- US Army Tank T43E1 A Prototype For The M103 Heavy Tank
- The Latest In 1954 Girls Beach Wear!
- Boxers Rocky Marciano And Ezzard Charles Train
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7min |
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| keywords: president dwight d. eisenhower, president syngman rhee, boxer rocky marciano, boxer ezzard charles |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - JUNE 24
- Anti-Communist Forces Rebel In Guatemala
- Technicians Undergo Training For New Airborne Radar Plane
- Miss Europe Is Crowned And What A Beauty
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 6 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: guatemala, anti-communists, farming, farm, tractor, airborne radar, radar plane, miss europe, beauty contest |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - JUNE 27
- Britain Will Join Asia Defense Pact
- Spectacular Oil Fire In Los Angeles California
- Marble Championship Held In New Jersey
- Body Building Mr. America Contest Held In Los Angeles
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: prime minister winston churhill, oil fire, reverend billy graham, marble championship, bodybuilding, mr. america |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - JULY 5
- Hundreds Of Illegal Alien Farm Workers Rounded Up
- NYC Chinatown Hosts Baby Beauty Contest
- Swimming School For Babies
- Women Take Gun Training And Martial Arts
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: illegal immigration, triplane, baby beauty contest, billards championships, baby swimming, women's self defense |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - JULY 8
- Communism Defeated In Guatemala!
- Crowds Enthralled With New Baby Hippo At Amsterdam Zoo
- Rocket Powered Helicopter Is Demonstrated
- Jeep Mud Racing Popular Peacetime For A Military Vehicle
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: guatemala, health spa, baby hippo, rocket powered helicopter, radioactive fallout, jeep vehicle, mud racing |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - AUGUST 19
- Army Demonstrates Using TV For Command And Control
- Ex-Commie Soldiers Tour San Francisco
- Chicago Honors Dog Hero
- Boxing Champ Rocky Marciano Challenger Ezzard Charles
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 6 min |
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| keywords: command and control, wild fires, dog hero, boxer rocky marciano, boxer ezzard charles, horse stunt riding |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - AUGUST 23
- President Addresses World Council Of Churches
- Mobile Mine Detonator Is Demonstrated
- A Pilgrimage To The Holy City Of Mecca
- Red Hostages Return To Freedom
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: train crash, train accident, world council of churches, mobile mine detonator, pilgrimage to mecca |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - SEPTEMBER 9
- Operation Glory - Dead From Korean War Returned
- Lt. Wilson And Msgt. Mize Receive The Medal Of Honor
- 1954 Miss America Pageant
- Seeing Double At Twins Convention
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: air disaster, medal of honor, twins convention, operation glory, 1954 miss america pageant,sockeye salmon run |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - OCTOBER 21
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower Tours East Coast
- U.S. Ships For Japan Self-Defense Force
- Antigone Constanda Wins 'Miss World' Beauty Pageant
- Air Force Demonstrates Its Awesome Military Might
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: president dwight d. eisenhower, japan self denfense force, korean orphans, miss world pageant, b-36 bomber |
NEWSREELS: 1954 - DECEMBER 16
- Papal Aide Raised To Arch-Bishop
- Tunisian Terrorists Turn In Arms
- White House Duties For President And First Lady
- Swamp Buggies Stage 'Mile O' Mud' Event
(public domain stock footage) 1954 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: vatican city, tunisian terrorists, president dwight d. eisenhower, first lady mimie eisenhower, swamp buggies |
NEWSREELS: 1955 YEAR IN REVIEW - HEADLINES
- The Salk Vaccine Could Be The Answer In Fighting Polio
- Princess Margaret Forced To Choose Between Love And Duty
- Merger Between The Unions A.F.L. And C.I.O Completed
- Argentine Dictator Peron's Ten Years Of Tyranny Is Ended
- Austrian Peace Treaty Frees P.O.W.'s From Red Slavery
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min |
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| keywords: salk vaccine, polio, princess margaret, unions, afl, cio, argentina, argentine dictator peron, austria, peace treaty |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - JANUARY 10
- Communists Free Two Americans
- Dramatic Rescue At Sea
- Asian Refugees Arrive In US
- Hat Fashions Bring Breath Of Spring Air
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: asian refugees, march of dimes, hat fashions, ice skating, ice skaters |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - FEBRUARY 7
- Crisis Builds Between Red China And Formosa
- Ice Breakers At Work On Rare Freeze Of Hudson River
- Snow Girls Show Off New Winter Wear
- National Ski Jumping Championships
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: communist red china, nationalist china, formosa, taiwan, hudson river freeze, winter fashions, ski jumping |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - FEBRUARY 14
- US 7th Fleet Covers Evacuation To Formosa (Taiwan)
- 25 Perish In Chicago Barton Hotel Fire
- Boy Scouts Visit Aircraft Carrier During Scout Day
- Golden Gloves Boxing In New York City
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: us 7th fleet, chicago barton hotel firre, boy scouts of america, golden gloves boxing |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - MARCH 10
- Army Demonstrates New Portable Folding Bridge
- Stylish Fashions For Chubby Teenagers
- The Futura Car Is The Car Of The Future
- Trials For The 1956 Olympics
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: jet speed record, folding bridge, chubby fashion show, golden gloves boxing, world hockey, milwaukee braves |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - APRIL 18
- Vaccination Program Against Polio Begins
- An Immortal Of Science Albert Einstein Passes
- House Speaker Sam Rayburn Of Texas Honored
- Motorcycles Fly In Spherical Steel Cage
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: polio vaccination, salk vaccine, albert einstein, house speaker sam rayburn, motorcycle cage riding |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - MAY 5
- Rebel Factions Ignite Saigon Riots
- Thailand Siamese Twins Separated By Medical Procedure
- Pope Pius XII Blesses 300,000 Labor Workers
- Surrealist Painter Salvador Dali Paints A Rhinoceros Portrait
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: vietnam conflict, president dwight d. eisenhower, thailand premier phibun songgram, siamese twins |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - JUNE 2
- U.S. Fliers Freed From Red China Prison
- J. Edgar Hoover Honored For F.B.I. Leadership
- British Rail Strike Forces State Of Emergency
- Tragedy Strike The Indianapolis 500
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: british rail strike, berlin riot, j. edgar hoover, fbi, four minute mile, indianapolis 500 |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - JULY 11
- Prime Minister Anthony Eden Re-Affirms Atlantic Alliance
- Jacqueline Auriol Sets Jet Speed Record In France
- Synthetic Emeralds Grown In A Laboratory Mineral Bath
- War Hero Audie Murphy Premiers Film To Hell And Back
- Fitness Icon Jack LaLanne Swims Handcuffed!
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: pm anthony eden, pilot jacqueline auriol, war hero audie murphy, military frog men, fitness icon jack lalanne |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - AUGUST 8
- U.S. Airmen Freed From 2 Year Captivity In Red China
- Airliner Narrowly Misses Disaster
- Texas 4-H Club Meets Counterparts In Korea
- Annual Chief Joseph Day And Rodeo
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 7 min |
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| keywords: sabre jet fighters, airline disaster, merchant marines, texas 4-h club, speedboat racing, chief joseph day |
NEWSREELS: 1955 - AUGUST 22
- 1,000 Dead In French Morocco Uprisings
- Northeast Devastated By Floods
- Grandson David Eisenhower Steals Show From President
- Aircraft With Inflatable Wings Takes Flight
(public domain stock footage) 1955 BW 6min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: natural disaster, flooding, french morocco rebellion, president eisenhower, david eisenhower, ultra-light aircraft |
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