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Car thief steals car and alters it to match VIN of wrecked junkyard car.

Cartoon drawing of used car lot with words "The Salvage Racket" A speeding 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Car after crash with smoke and STOP sign. A smirking man takes down notes as wrecked1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe is towed to a junkyard. A policeman opens a file cabinet to retrieve a file and then says, "the car theft racket is one of major problems facing law enforcement today." A car pulls up near a parked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. The man in passenger seat gets out of the car. Man using slim jim to break into car and open door. Man in car uses wires to go under dashboard to hot wire car. Stolen car drives away with another following. Garage door opens and cars drive in to garage. Man wearing gangster hat drives up to junkyard and gets out of car. Junkyard owner walks through junkyard with man looking at cars. The man pays the junkyard owner in cash for wrecked 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe. Man uses pocket nice to cut car VIN trim tag off of car. Man opens car hood to get the car’s motor number. Close up of engine stamp pad containing number. The man closes hood and pulls out notebook and writes notes. The junkyard owner walks through piles of tires and gives the man sale paperwork. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe in garage with hood open. Mechanic grinding off engine number of stolen car. Gangster throws smoking cigarette to ground and then rubs his hands together. Mechanic tears up and throw out identifying papers found in car, attaches replacement trim tag to door, and removes stickers. Mechanic throwing out papers found in car trunk. Gangster puts paperwork into his suit jacket pocket and watches mechanic work on car with arms akimbo. Police officer explains that "the doctored stolen car is now ready for market." Two cars drive on highway pass sign reading, "state line 1/2 mile". Cars parked with gangster standing by to sell stolen car.

Date: 1956, August
Duration: 7 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078756
A helicopter supply food to the isolated area due to winter blizzard in Pennsylvania.

Early winter blizzard in Pennsylvania dumping two to four feet of snow. The snow covered vehicles and street. National guard stand on the snow. A helicopter loaded with supplies stationary on the snow covered area. Men take the food supplies from the snow. The helicopter takes off bringing supplies to Springfield Pennsylvania west of Philadelphia. Aerial view of the traffic jam on a highway. A view of the isolated area. A man digs out snow.

Date: 1956, October 26
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069746
The 1956 Democratic National Convention in the International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, August 13–17 1956

The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070985
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon sign documents in the United States.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (wearing a boutonnier in his lapel) and Mrs. (Mamie) Eisenhower step from an office in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, surrounded by well-wishers. They are followed by Press Secretary James Hagerty. President and Mrs.Eisenhower, and Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon, in a formal pose in a living room. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower, filling out forms in an office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They walk through a large crowd outside.

Date: 1956
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056067
President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with their grandchildren, at their farm in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania

Church sign reads: "Gettysburg Presbyterian Church". Scenes of the Eisenhowers with their grandchildren at their farm home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. President Eisenhower's grandson, David, wearing a Civil War hat, holds reins of a horse. President Eisenhower and First Lady, Mamie, sit in a golf cart and speak to granddaughter Barbara, who holds reins of a horse. President and Mrs. Eisenhower walk in garden at back of their farm home in Gettysburg. Brief view of the "Frisco Bell", a gift to the Eisenhowers from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company. Hood of the golf cart has "Mamie" and "Ike" painted on it. Mrs. Eisenhower holds youngest grandchild, Susan, while sitting with David and Barbara in back of the golf cart. Scenes of house and garden. David astride a horse, next to President Eisenhower in front seat of golf cart and Mrs. Eisenhower sitting with Barbara and Susan in the back. Grandson, David, rides by on the horse, and reporters make notes. David poses wearing his Civil War hat. Scenes of folks moving all around in the Eisenhower yard and horses being led and ridden by David. The Eisenhowers in golf cart with their three grandchildren. President Eisenhower takes the wheel and drives the golf cart with Mrs. Eisenhower and the grandchildren in it. The Eisenhowers stroll in their garden. View of large sand bunker on Ike's home golf course. View of house and barn. End view of house with windmill. Eisenhowers in golf cart with grandchildren confronted by phalanx of photographers.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056028
Car owner reports suspicious details of car he bought from an auction to the police

Unsuspecting man pays cash to gangster for stolen car and puts temporary license plate on car after examining its title. After signing paperwork, the thief walks away. Car driving out of parking lot. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe driving into Tom's car lot across from Ben Franklin store and Suburban Trust bank. Exact location unknown but suspect suburban Maryland near D.C. Man examining car paperwork. Man and mechanic open car hood and converse. Close up of motor stamp pad with fake restamped numbers and grind marks with no broach marks. Finger pointing at engine stamp pad. Mechanic closes car hood and owner heads to mechanic’s office. Policeman on call during an FBI agent’s visit. Policeman hangs up phone and says, "looks like a stolen car case." Police car driving into parking lot at Tom's cars. Car lot owner shows his car’s papers to the police and FBI detective. Police and FBI agent reads car title documents. Policeman and FBI agent look under hood of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe and confer. Finger pointing at motor stamp pad. Policeman and FBI agent examine car trunk, policeman looks for clues under passenger seat. Policeman and FBI agent look at car trim tag. Mechanic drives the car out of parking lot. FBI agent and policeman take notes after examining underside of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe.

Date: 1956, August
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078757