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Released POW eating food what will probably be the last meal before leaving Korea in Panmunjom, Korea.

Operation Little Switch in which released POW are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo, and then on to the United States during repatriation of former prisoners late in the Korean War. The released POW (Prisoners Of War) eating food that will probably be the last meal there before leaving Korea. Food items kept in a shelf and on a table. A cook severs food in bowls to U.S. soldiers. Injured or former POW seated on a bed eating a bite of chicken is A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28-29, 1953. A wounded POW drinks soup and eats food kept on his bed. Liberated former prisoners drinking. Another former prisoner eating food.

Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069610
Men carry released sick prisoners on a stretcher with their luggage out of annex ward in Panmunjom, Korea.

Operation Little Switch in which released U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo as part of repatriation effort late in the Korean War. Medical staff carry a number of sick or injured US military personnel (former prisoners) on stretcher. The first one seen is A/2C Robert L. Weinbrandt of El Cajon, California, a B-29 "Super Fortress tail gunner captured after his plane was shot down the night of January 28-29, 1953. He is seen being transported with his luggage out of annex ward. Several views of the released, former POW including several taken on stretchers out of the ward, and others that walk out on foot, smiling. Soldiers grab packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes from a basket. A car parked in the background. Officers and nurses in the hospital. General Shambora shakes hands with a released U.S. Army soldier.

Date: 1953, April 28
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069611
Pontiac Parisienne and Oldsmobile Starfire displayed at General Motor's Motorama in New York City

Scenes from General Motor's Motorama event in New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States), in 1953. A couple stands next to a 1953 Pontiac Parisienne concept car displayed at GM's Motorama event. It was designed by GM's Harley Earl and team. The couple gets into the car as the man handles the steering. In the next scene, a young woman sitting in Oldsmobile Starfire is joined by another young woman. (Note: The Pontiac Parisienne is now part of the Bortz auto collection.)

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037645
House destroyed in Atomic Test "Annie" on March 17, 1953, at Nevada Test Site

A house constructed 3,500 feet from "ground zero" at the Nevada Test Site being destroyed by the "Annie" test shot. The only source of light was the blast itself, detonated on March 17, 1953.

Date: 1953, March 17
Duration: 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032187
Civil Air Patrol cadets meet Rogers Hornsby and Cincinnati Reds baseball players, 1953

International exchange CAP (Civil Air Patrol) cadets meet members of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team at Crosley Park in Cincinnati Ohio. CAP cadets from Netherlands talk to Reds manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby. Hornsby explains purpose of a baseball bat. Cadets watch infield practice, with #15 Rocky Bridges sliding into third base where #14 Grady Hatton is standing. Cadets crowd around batting cage while #24 Bob Borowski takes swings. Hornsby signs a baseball. Closeup of ball with Hornsby's signature. Closeup of 1953 Reds scorecard. Cadets sit in dugout, talking to Reds player.

Date: 1953, August 1
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042547
Golfers putt in 1953 Masters Tournament as spectators look on in Augusta, Georgia

The 1953 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. Golfers play golf at the Augusta National Golf Club. Spectators watch the tournament from under umbrellas in the background. A golfer hits a ball with a club. The golfers sink putts during the game.

Date: 1953
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050715