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Queen Visits Mine
On a visit to Scotland, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit one of Britain s most modern coal mines, and to the delight of miners, dons on working garb and goes down into the pits. Queen Elizabeth II wearing white cover-all and a hard hat with flashlight. MS One of the coal mine's manager gives her a key. CUS - The dirty, smiling faces of the coal mine workers. Prince Philip just wearing a hard had is also give some sort of key. Prince Philip refused to wear cover-alls. MS - Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by a coal mine pit boss walking through the mine's tunnels and her cover-all didn't even get dirty. MCUS - Talking shop with one of the coal-minors. MCUS - Minors and their families waving to the Royal couple as they pass them
Push-button Station Wagon
For a guy who likes gadgets here's the ultimate in futuristic camping aids. An experimental dream station-wagon, complete with a built in boat, kitchen and roof-top-tent. Dozens of other dazzling gadgets. These are all automatic, and all you need to is to push one of the buttons and they will help you control your life on the road or on a camp-ground. The family station is parked when you see the luggage carrier on top of the roof of the station wagon, moving. MCUS - Camera pans up to the luggage and zooms in on the top of the luggage carrier that turns out to be a small row boat. MS - From inside the back of the car, out comes a complete kitchen. CUS - Model opens the lid to expose a refrigerator CUS - Model has a frying pan on the stove. CUS - The kitchen sink and the model is washing dishes that are in the sink. MOHS - A canap open's up from the roof the station wagon while mom does the cooking. CUS - A panel of push buttons, camera pans to the station wagon and on top of the car roof a tent is starting to unfold. To show case the cot. A little boy is laying on the be getting ready to get tucked in. MS - The mother goes back to the rear of the station wagon and continues frying her eggs.
PinPoint: Para-Jump In Paris
Paris is the setting for the World's Championship Parachute Competition. Jumpers from 9 nations vie in aiming for a cloth target on the ground. Highlighting the show, a spectacular double leap by a husband and wife team. Throngs have gathered together to watch parachutes land in an open field. MCUS - The first jumper leaps out the planes open door, falling down and down. He finely opens his parachute making a nice clean landing. MS - The judges looking up into the sky. MCUS - The next parachute jumps out of the plane falling feet first. He finely opens his chute falling into a nice clean landing. Ground up - A plane expelling parachutes in the sky. France takes top honors all the way around, including the team jumping category. CUS - Parachute jumpers sitting at the open door of the plane. Its turns out their husband and wife team and they free fall hand en' hand making a beautiful landing. If you really look, he has a shiner.
9-US Airmen Freed By USSR
9 U.S. Airmen held by the Soviet since their straying airliner was shot down in flames over Armenia, are reunited with loved ones in West Germany, at the end of an ordeal of anxiety. Sign over the door "Wiesbaden Air Base" MCUS - Military men disembarking from an airplane. MCUS - One soldier is greeted by his wife or fianc e, she runs up to him throwing her arms around his shoulder's. It's his wife because shortly afterwards his little boy runs up to greet him. MS - Another shoulder disembarks from the plane and one again he is greeted by his wife or fianc e. MS - They all board a bus with their wife s or fianc e s. MS - Their all seated in the seats on the bus and some of the women are overcome by tears.
Ike In Canada: Urges Amity Despite Trade Differences
President Eisenhower visits Canada to talk with Prime Minster Diefenbaker, and address Parliament, on differences in trade policy that have lately caused some friction. President and Mrs. Eisenhower disembark from a plane in Ottawa, Canada and is greeted by Prime Minister Diefenbaker and his wife. WAOHS - Canadian Parliament applauding President Eisenhower who is standing at the podium. President Eisenhower, "There is no cause to be surprised or disturbed to discover, that occasionally differences arise between us. The distinguishing characters of the peoples of the free world lies in the fact that differences between them can develop, can be expressed and then amicably resolved. We in the United States have no more desire then you have to seek in our relations with other nations the silent sullen unity that elsewhere has been purchased or imposed. (applause) The Hallmark of freedom is the right to differ as well as the right to agree." (applause).
All-Star Game: American League - 4 National League 3
At Baltimore, the 25th all-star game is marked by lack-luster hitting, as the American leaguers win 4-3 on pinch-hitting by Ted Williams and Gil McDougall, and brilliant pitching by Billy O Dell. A long shot of the throngs filling the stands at the All-Star Game. CUS - Managers, Fred Haney and Casey Stengel. CUS - Switch hitter, Ted Williams at bat. He hits the ball and is safe at second base. CUS - Bill McDougall at bat. He hits the ball and a home-run is ran in. MS - Billy O'Dell pitching and he makes good.
25 Years Ago Today
One of a series of glimpses into a time not so long ago but already shrouded with memory and nostalgia. F.D.R.'S Inauguration - The Bank Holiday and depression barter - Legal 3.2 Beer - Omens Of The Sack Dress - Only 25 Years Ago. The White House. Herbert Hoover leaving the White House for the last time as President, sharing a car with FDR. Franklin D Roosevelt: "First of all. Let me assert my firm belief - That the only thing we have to fear. Is fear itself". MS - The Bank Holiday and traffic on the streets. Mass of people walking on the streets of New York. CUS - A man making Depression Dollars out of rubber. i.e. - Rubber Check $1.00. CUS - A sign reading; "You don't need Money. What Have You Got? We will take Anything". A man give a guitar for a sack full of food. CUS - Beer getting bottled. Barrels rolling down a shoot. Two bartenders setting up mugs of beer. MS - Inside a bar. MS - A bank that went bust is turned into a bar. Legal beer. MS - Ladies walking down the streets of New York wearing Sack Dresses.
Beavers Eager Little Baby Beever
Beavers both eager and busy entertain Zurich zoo-goers. Junior is eager to go swimming even though he's too young and mama's busy, busy, keeping him out of trouble. Aerial shot of the town of Zurich in Switzerland. CUS - Mother and baby beever going toward's the water. The mother beever nudges the baby in with her nose. CUS - Mama beever take's the baby in her mouth, swims to shore and puts the baby on a rock. CUS - The baby beever turns around and goes back into the water and is swimming around. CUS - The mother beever take's him once again in her mouth and puts him ashore once again. CUte
Giant Reflector Collects Solar Rays
Dull in contrast and imagery Scientists reveal the cosmic power of a giant solar furnace designed to harness the power of the sun. Light rays captured by giant mirrors concentrate enough energy to melt girders in seconds. MCUSL - Scientist climbing up a pretty high ladder. MLS - Scientist standing in the middle of what looks like a sun burst. MCUS - Scientist holding up a board that ichnites into flames from the heat.
University Of Columbia Pipe Smoking Contest
Dull in contrast and imagery Pipe smokers congregate for an endurance meet-the prize to who ever can eke out one pipe-load the longest. They sport Dudeens, Hookahs, and Boilers of every description, including home-made gadgets. CUS - Students and faculty join in the "fun" ? of smoking pipes. MCUS - Students queue up sitting down smoking their pipes. CUS - Student smoking a pipe. CUS - Various students smoking pipes. CUS - Puppy smoking a pipe. CUS - Homemade water pipe and a student smoking away.
Wood Memorial: Native Dancer Wins Jamaica Turf Classic
Dull in contrast and imagery Native Dancer continues his spectacular career as a three-year old with an easy victory in the Wood Memorial. The Big Grey's win makes it odds-on favorite for the Kentucky Derby. Establishing shot - Throngs at the race track. MCUS - Trainers walking the horses. Jockeys sitting on top. MCULS - Horses and jockeys riding around the track. CUS - Men in the crowds wearing Fedoras. CUS - Woman looking through binoculars. MLS - Horses coming around the final turn. SMS - Native Dancer coming down the stretch.
Jordan. Wheat For Jordan
Jordan. Wheat For Jordan 10,000 tons of American wheat arrives at Jordan's only port, Aqaba - one in a series of emergency aid measures that enable the beleaguered kingdom to survive. Moving sacks of cargo, unloading from ship. Men carry and load onto trucks. International aid, relief.
Britain Hails Arrival Of Polar A-Sub
Britain Hails Arrival Of Polar A-Sub The Nautilus arrives in Portland, England, completing its epochal voyage from Honolulu under the North Pole and receives a gala welcome, even as news is received of the polar voyage of another nuclear sub, the skate! Submarine under way, other ships. Men in uniform shake hands. Atomic, nuclear.
NATO Report: Dulles Optimistic After 11-Day Tour
Dull in imagery and contrast At Washington National Airport, Secretary of state John Foster Dulles and MSA Chief Harold Stassen return from a flying visit to Western Europe's capitals to speed ratifications to speed of a European army treaty. Abroad Senator Dulles set a deadline and warned European leaders of drastic cuts in American Aid if defense plans bog down. Now he reports a cautious optimism on the European defense community, to President Eisenhower. MCUS - John Foster Dulles and Harold Stassen walking down the stairs from the plane MCUS - Dulles and Stassen MCUS - The oval room in the White House Senator Dulles, Chief Harold Stassun and President Eisenhower
Home Folks In Independence Missouri Welcome Home Truman
Dull in imagery and contrast The home folks at Independence, Missouri do themselves proud in a welcome-home dinner for their most famous citizen, the man who is now just plain mister Harry S. Truman, his wife - Bess and their daughter, Margaret sit down together to enjoy a town's dinner. CUS - Women in a kitchen prepairing food, turkey and all the dressings MCUS - Towns people sitting at tabes applauding CUS - Bess Truman CUS - Margaret CUS - President Truman
Brussels Fair New Arena For East-West Rally
Highlights of Brussels' opulent World's Fair, in which international-industrial pavilions vie to impress and awe the countless visitors from all over the world. A Thai Temple, tiny and elegant is dwarfed by the great structures of the U.S.S.R. And the U.S.A., Where the cold war rivalry is crystallized into a battle of showmanship. An aerial shot of the Brussels Fair and the different pavilions and buildings. MS - The Atomumin. MS - Silhouettes of people walking in front of water sprouts. MS - A lagoon and fountain cause much attention. MCUS - A shuttle train loaded with visitors. CUS - Flamingos walking around in a man made pond. MCUS - The Russian Pavilion nicked named "The Ice Box". MCUS - Across the way the American Pavilion.
Museum Fire: Modern Art Worth Millions Rescued. Fire In Museum Of Modern Art.
Masterpieces of modern art, a priceless collection is menaced by a spectacular fire in new york. Quick work on the part of firemen averts disaster. One person dies. About 30 are injured. All but a few canvas are rescued. Fire in World Famed - Museum Of Modern Art sometime controversial but undoable priceless masterpieces. The blaze began and ended on the second floor where a new air conditioning was being installed. Crowded New York Street s with firemen and on-lookers at the fire taking place at the Museum Of Modern Art. CUS - Fire trucks and firemen fighting the fire on the second floor of the building. MCUS - Fireman breaking a window, he s standing on the fire trucks ladder reaching the second floor of the building. MS - Museum Of Modern Art, building. MS - People trapped on the roof looking down at the firemen. CUS - An injured person being carried on a stretcher. CUS - An older gentleman being carried off on a stretcher. MCUS - A fireman being helped he looks like he was overcome by smoke. MS - Fire trucks, firemen and spectators. MS - Priceless paintings being carried out of the building. MS - In the garden of the Museum Of Modern Art, paintings leaning against structures of other works of modern art. MS - Shallotte s of firemen. MS - The Museum s broken windows.
Mountaineers Go To School In The Cascade Mountains
Mountaineers go to school in the Cascade Mountains of Canada, to learn rescue techniques in anticipation of the tourist season... A beautiful shot of the Cascade Mountains of Canada. MCUS - Mountaineer pounding steel wedged rope guides into the rock mountain. MS - Mountain rescue volunteers climbing up the side of the mountain. MS - The rescue volunteers belly across a snow bridge, or carves MS - A volunteer rescue guide makes his way up the mountain up to save the victim. MS - They put the 'hurt pretend victim' on the stretcher and are bringing him down the mountain side. MCUS - When they reach level ground you can see relief and smiles on the faces of the volunteer rescue guides.
Running The Rapids
The trout season opens in Oregon but the fish have a day off as hundreds of daring boatmen run the rolling rapids of the McKenzie River annual white water boat parade. This seems to the people who live in Oregon a proper way to open trout season. About 120 vessels make their way down this turbulent river. All kinds of boats on this rainy day on the McKenzie River. Every kind of craft that floats is on the river including one with a parasol, I guess to keep the rain off of the people in the boat. MS - One boater goes by in a square row boat but the river is so turbulent it flips the boat and the oarsman into the drink. POV - The camera man is sitting on the middle seat of the boat and takes a picture of the oarsman trying to keep the row boat steady and not flipping over. MS - Some guys in a boat go by and is caught in a swell of a wave, the wave breaks and they get swamped MS - Four guys come by in a raft and they ride the swells and turbulence of the rive with ease. MS - One lone rafter comes along and somehow he manages to stay a float. MLS - Of the McKenzie River and the 25 or so fishermen in their row boats.
Wood Memorial.
At Jamaica, New York, Jewel's Reward, with Eddie Arcaro atop, beats off a home stretch challenge by Noureddin for a spectacular finish..... Forty four thousand crowd the stands at the Wood Memorial. The three year old thoroughbreds take to the race track the favorite is Jewel's Reward. Around the bend and into the stretch Jewl's reward moves up to the front just like expected. Noureddin challenges Jewel's Reward. Overhead shot of the throngs out at the race track and crowded into the stands. MCUS - Sports spectators all have their heads turned and looking at the horses. MS - All the horses are settled into the starting gate and their off. MS - Horses racing neck and neck, Jewel's reward pulls up and New Redden is giving his all to win this race. MS - Jewels Reward's wins the race under protest and he's on his way to the Derby and he wins the $37,000 purse.
Queen Soraya Arrives On The Constitution Ocean Liner
Ex-Queen Soraya of Iran arrives in New York, following her divorce by the Shah for failure to bear an Heir to the throne. The lovely young Princess is eagerly greeted by the press. The US Constitution pulling into the New York Harbor with the assistance of a tug boat. MCUS - The press with cameras in hand. MS - The Princess of Iran leaning against the railing of the boat. CUS - Princess or X-Queen Soraya, wearing a medium straw hat with a black lining on the rim and a double breasted black coat. MS - The press has Princes Soraya completely surrounded, she is very gracious and waves into the cameras,
General Jimmy Doolittle Honored
General Jimmy Doolittle and the survivors of his Tokyo raiders, holding their reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Are joined by a plane - a replica of B-25 Bomber Doolittle flew in the famous and daring raid he led on Tokyo. A replica of the B-25 Bomber that Jimmy Doolittle flew on a raid in Tokyo less than a year after Pearl Harbor coming in for a landing at an airport in Las Vegas. MS - The plane is then driven down the streets of Las Vegas to the Hotel Tropicana. MCUS - General Jimmy Doolittle formally presenting the plane to the Air Museum in Dayton Ohio. CUS - General Jimmy Doolittle
Modes And Models Go Mexican
Pretty American Models tour South of the border, out-rivaling local color with their travel wardrobes. On the sight-seeing agenda is the spectacular daredevil divers at Acapulco, Mexico. Models walking down the street's of Acapulco, Mexico. They stop at an open air shop looking at Mexican hats, blankets and other Mexican decorations. MCUS - The models walk on the their terrace in Acapulco over looking the beach and ocean. CUS - One of the models is wearing a gay cotton print day dress. The other model has on a printed Jamaica blouse and a classic skirt. Change of scene, change of costume. MCUS - Model is showing off her printed cowl neckline chemise blouse the other model is wearing a printed blouse and semi full matching skirt. MCUS - Playtime - models wearing Bermuda Shorts and matching blouses, accented by a stray hat and a huge poke-a-dot band on the hat. When play-time is over on goes a skirt over the shorts and then it's time for cocktail hour. CUS - Two models go down to the diving rock to watch the fabulous divers of LaClablada. As the diver stands on top of the rock he waves to the two models and makes a beautiful dive almost 200 feet down. The diver gets out of the water and walks towards the camera with a big smile on his face. In the back ground a small crowd is watching.
A Day Of Fun At The Fair
At the Brussels World's Fair, a story devoted to fun and frolic - following an average Joe away from the industrial and art exhibits to the sword-sallower. The roller-coaster - the beer-garden and dancing in the streets... This shot is taken off a roof, people walking around looking like ants. MS - A man looking at a water pond and man made waves, in amazement. MS - Futuristic buildings, art work and innovations. MS - A man's face is framed by a piece of modern artwork. MCUS - Crowd of people gathered to watch a sword swallower. CUS - Woman is cooking up and passing out escargot. MS - An egg omelet being prepared. MS - Roller coaster going down the tracks. CUS - Out of a tap, beer filling up a glass the bartender is busy at work and a patron drinking a good glass of beer. MS - A young teenage boy playing an accordion. There are people on the dance floor dancing and having a good time. They are dancing like they have ants in their pants. MS - Evening, all the rides at the fair are lit up with lights and a short fire works display.