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French Union Para-troopers attack Communists in Dien Bien Phu during Operation Castor.

French Union Para-troopers attack the outer ring of Communists besieging Dien Bien Phu in a new measure to relieve pressure on the isolated garrison during Operation Castor. Troops move ahead through fields. A map shows the area of battle. French Para-troopers jump from planes and ascend. Troops advance amidst machine gun and mortar fire. A soldier in position on the ground shoots. Smoke from firing and explosions. Soldiers fire from behind barricades. Soldiers discuss a map. View of the conflict area. Airplanes in the sky.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026992
Scientists study pock marks on windshields of cars in Seattle.

Cars in a parking lot in Seattle. Policeman checks pock marks on windshield of a car with a pen. A man covers his windshield to protect it from pock marks. Men sitting in a row, talk over telephones. Men observe a windshield and scientists study the marks through a microscope. Cars on a busy road.

Date: 1954, April 19
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026993
People gather to take a guided tour during the opening of Madurodam in the Netherlands.

People gather for the spring opening of Madurodam, a miniature park located in Scheveningen district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The village is also described as the 'Lilliput of the lowlands in Holland' by the narrator. Two children observe moving miniature cars on the model road in Madurodam (George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ Den Haag, Netherlands). Small model houses in the small-scale surroundings, visited by people gathered for the opening. The crowd watches as a tall actor playing as 'Gulliver' awakes from his slumber. Gulliver gives children a tour of Madurodam. People observe a bridge amidst the model village as a train passes over it.

Date: 1954, April 19
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026994
Soldiers of the 45th Thunderbird division greeted by their families on return from Korea in New York.

People waiting at a shipyard in New York. People holding placards, boards and banners welcome soldiers home coming. Soldiers of the 45th Thunderbird division return from Korea. Relatives and loved ones wait to greet them. Young soldiers kiss their wives on return. Family members hug the returned soldiers. Soldiers embrace their young children. A mother hugs her son on his return.

Date: 1954, April 19
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026995
Prince Charles and Princess Anne board the Royal Yacht Britannia in England.

Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrive at a shipyard, accompanied by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in England. They get off the car and soldiers welcome them. Royal Yacht Britannia at the shipyard. The royals board the ship. Crew standing on the ship to welcome them. Queen bids good bye to the children. The ship begins its long journey to North Africa where the King and Queen are on tour.

Date: 1954, April 19
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026996
Spring tonic-halibut oil given to animals in a zoo in England to prevent spring fever

Man pours drops of halibut oil on dead fishes and gives the fish to a seal in the pond. It consumes the fish and gets back in the pond. The halibut oil is a spring tonic for the animals. People watch the seal. Some penguins walk nearby the pond. 2 chimpanzees sit on the table and a man gives them the tonic by pouring some drops of it on sugar cubes and they eat the cubes. One of the chimpanzees gives the man a spoonful of Castor oil.

Date: 1954, April 19
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026998