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Otto von Habsburg weds Princess Regina in Nancy, France

A royal wedding in Nancy, France. Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen enters the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers (66 Grande Rue, 54000 Nancy, France) in Nancy, the capital city of Lorraine, the ancestral land of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. At least 6 bridesmaids carry the 22 feet long train of Princess Regina’s wedding dress, made of tulle and brocade. Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria, enters the church. Pope Pius XII conducts the wedding and gives his blessing to the couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg stand after the marriage. People gathered to see the wedding. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his mother former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma in a procession. People run to meet the wedded couple. Princess Regina and Prince Otto von Habsburg wave to the crowd.

Date: 1951, May 10
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068336
French models display a new spring collection in Paris, France.

A new spring collection being displayed in Paris, France. French models walk on a street. They display their dresses and footwear by famous French designers such as Pierre Balmain and Gilbert Orcel. Models strolling along the Bois de Boulogne. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background. A group of fashionable women walk by the Seine River near the Notre Dame (6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France). A woman puts on her white gloves. Women browsing at a bookstall near the Notre Dame. Women feed pigeons on the sidewalk.

Date: 1951, March 1
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065085
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees get ready for the 1951 baseball season

Newsreel clip previewing Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees at spring training prior to 1951 baseball season. The defending National League champion Phillies trained that year in Clearwater Florida. Players pose under sign that reads "Home of the Fightin' Phlilies." Shot of team owner Robert Carpenter and manager Eddie Sawyer. Shots of pitchers Robin Roberts, Jim Konstanty and Bubba Church warming up. Hitters seen in batting cage include Willie Jones, Eddie Waitkus and Andy Seminick. Clip shifts to Yankees' spring training in Phoenix, Arizona, where team holds up numbers and letters reading "1950 Champs" to mark their victory over the Phillies in the World Series. Manager Casey Stengel puts on cowboy hat and strikes a funny pose for the camera. Yankee players also don the hats, including 1950 American League MVP Phil Rizzuto and soon-to-be 1951 MVP Yogi Berra. Stengel talks with group of six Yankee rookies, including future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle at far right. Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio points bat at camera, smiles by batting cage.

Date: 1951, March 5
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035471
Early attempts to fly various heavier than air contraptions. Later use of rockets for propulsion; GE jet engines circa 1951.

Early history of flight with various ornithopters and flying contraptions. A bicycle-powered 8-winged airplane collapses in front of a hangar during takeoff attempt. Man wearing a set of wings, and a tail, tries to fly by running and also by jumping off a large rock. The so-called Pitt Sky Car in action. A car equipped with an umbrella-like rotor intended for vertical takeoff. It simply jumps up and down. A man riding a bicycle being propelled in part by a pack of rockets burning behind his seat. It gets too hot and he abandons the bicycle just before the rocket pack explodes. Animated discussion of Newton's 3rd law of motion and its relevance to the jet airplane engine. Diagrams and illustrations. A Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star aircraft taking off, and in flight, with its speed brake extended. View of General Electric jet engine, circa 1951, that delivers over 5800 pounds of thrust. These engines being produced in the GE plant at Lynn, Massachusetts and the new (1951) GE plant at Lockland Ohio.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063987
Treaty of San Francisco signed September 8, 1951, ending Military Occupation of Japan, effective April 28, 1952.

Signing of the Treaty of San Francisco by the Allied Powers and Japan, September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. Secretary of State Dean Rusk is seen shaking hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Okazaki Katsuo, in 1952. American troops remaining in Japan engage in training for Defense. They practice assaults from small boats, charge overland, simulate fighting in empty industrial sites. Flag of Japan being raised while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and officials stand at attention and American officers salute. American troops in formation salute. Japanese troops march in parade.

Date: 1951, September 8
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024882
New York Yankees, New York Giants tied 2-2 after four games of 1951 baseball World Series

Newsreel clip entitled "World Series: Yanks and Giants Tied Up at Two Games Each." Highlights from games three and four of baseball's 1951 World Series at the New York Giants' stadium in Manhattan, the Polo Grounds. Many fans chomping on snacks, smoking cigars or cigarettes. Fans dangle their feet over edge of the upper deck. Close up of Giants rookie star and future Hall of Famer Willie Mays. Mays singles to right field, scoring Bobby Thomson from second base. Giants fans stand and cheer; African American man in hat shouts "That's my boy!" Later, Giants' Eddie Stanky kicks ball out of the glove of Yankees' Phil Rizzuto's glove, advances to third. Giants' Monte Irvin drives in Alvin Dark with infield hit. Giants' Whitey Lockman hits three-run homer. Fans cheer, teammates welcome Lockman at home plate. Giants win game 6-2. Action shifts to game four, still at Polo Grounds. Yankees' Bobby Brown hits long fly to center field. Willie Mays catches it but falls down, allowing Yankees' Gene Woodling to run to third. Joe Collins scores Woodling with a single. In the fifth inning, Yankees' Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio hits a home run to left field, scoring himself and fellow Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, who jumps excitedly as he runs around the bases. Fans cheer as Yankees greet DiMaggio in dugout. Yankees win game, 6-2, and would go on to win the series, four games to two.

Date: 1951, October 6
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035474