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Brief look at trading by specialist in Ford Motor Company stock at New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. G.Keith Funston, President of the New York Stock Exchange, with other officials, on the stock market trading floor at the Exchange.They surround an Exchange specialist, in Ford Motor Company trading, who demonstrates how he uses open outcry bidding, and receives orders to sell or buy, from other traders, who give him slips of paper. Initially, he raises his hand, palm open, in a signal proposing to sell shares. Several persons point at the display, behind him, on which the symbol "F" appears, which stands for Ford Motor Company. The trader records information, in pencil, on a small hand-held pad.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055991
Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica. Expedition to Little America, led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd

View of Icebreaker USS Edisto (AGB-2) underway in Antarctic waters. View of ice breaking in front of the ship and penquins swimming. View of cargo ship, USS Arneb (AKA-56), with heavy smoke pouring from stack. Penquins waddling about on the ice. Explorers disembarking from ship via long gangway to the ice. Group digging hole in ice. Views of Little America buildings and supplies left from previous expeditions. Admiral Byrd arrives by helicopter and presides over flag-raising ceremony for Little America II. Admiral Richard E. Byrd,Paul Siple, Major Murray Wiener USAF, and IGY representative Edward Goodall salute the flag.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056004
French troops embark on troop ship to deploy overseas. Friends and family wave goodbye

French Army troops boarding a troop ship to deploy overseas. They are in full iniform including blouse and tie, and carrying their military kit and weapons. One soldier carries a French MAT-49 submachine gun. A man at gangplank gives each soldier a piece of paper. View of the full troop ship leaving the dock. Friends and family waving goodbye.

Date: 1955
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056007
American and Israeli flags and banners with atomic symbols, and science laboratory work at Weizmann Institute of Science.

Activities at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel highlighting nuclear research under U.S. President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program. Visitors on the walks of the Institute. A large model of an atom sits on the grounds. The American and the Israeli flags flutter along with a flag depicting an atom. The entrance of the institute. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion is visiting and converses with institute officials. One of them is Shimon Peres who is standing behind Ben-Gurion. They see researchers in a laboratory setting using scientific apparatus and equipment. A woman works with chemicals. A researcher injects a mouse with a hypodermic needle. A female subject is positioned at a measurement device with her neck as focus.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056029
Queen Elizabeth II unveils the National Memorial Statue of her father, King George VI, at Carlton Gardens in London, United Kingdom

A large crowd of officials and spectators gathered at Carlton Gardens, London England. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom unveils the National Memorial Statue of the King George VI (The Royal Academy of Engineering, 3-4 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG, United Kingdom) in London, England. Queen Elizabeth, holding an umbrella, pulls a rope to remove a Union Jack covering the statue of her late father, King George VI. The statue of King George VI was sculpted by Scottish artist William McMillan. The flag of the United Kingdom flutters above. Trees in the background. The Queen addresses the crowd. View of the Statue of George VI.

Date: 1955, October 21
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056041
Glimpses at moments in life of King George VI of Great Britain, matching Trafalgar Day speech by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II in her Trafalgar Day speech recounts events in life of King George VI during dedication of his statue in Carleton Gardens, London, England. Audio of the Queen speaking as footage from the life of King George VI is shown. View of the Statue of Brtish King George VI. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth standing in bombing rubble, and visiting suffering London residents during the Blitz by Nazi Germany in 1940 during World War II. As Prince Albert, he stands with companions watching boys engaged in sports activities at a camp for boys that he established after World War I. Prince Albert in bathing suit at the beach, and participating in a group sing with campers. As the first British sovereign to enter the United States of America, King George VI is seen as he rides in an open car with President Franklin D.Roosevelt. The King is seen with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, visiting the war zones and decorating British Colonial troops, during World War II. The Queen says "Today is Trafalgar Day."

Date: 1955, October 21
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056042