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Families and loved ones give blessings and farewells to sailors in Greece.

The annual departure of the Greek sponge flotilla in Greece. Sailors make preparations for sponge flotilla before leaving for the 7 months voyage for hunting sponge. Sailors near sponge. Men carry things on ship. A priest performs a ritual ceremony. A mother blesses her son and greets him. A fleet of ships departures. Families and loved ones give heartfelt farewells.

Location: Greece
Date: 1954, April 15
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044579
People welcome the Baltimore Orioles, professional baseball team, with a gala parade in Baltimore, United States.

Gala parade welcomes Orioles in Baltimore, United States. The people welcome Orioles which is a professional baseball team. Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon leads the march. Every one cheers for the team.

Location: Baltimore Maryland USA
Date: 1954, April 15
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044580
Young boy gives instruction to his pony and demonstrates stunts in California.

A young boy named Ronnie Graham and his pony demonstrate the stunt repertoire in California. Ronnie and his pony on the ground. The pony sits down. Ronnie gives instructions to the pony to lie down and eat food from a table. He climbs on it and shows stunts. At the age of 8 Ronnie tops as a trainer.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1954, April 15
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044581
Pope Pius X is elevated to sainthood in Rome, Italy

The canonization of Pope Pius X in Vatican City. Nearly half a million people gather for the ceremony of canonization. A funeral carriage transports the glass casket containing the remains of Pope Pius X. Priests wearing Jerusalem Cross vestments watch the procession. The remains of Pope Pius X heads towards St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. A large crowd gathers at the St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City). Italians clapping. Priests carrying the canopy and banner of St. Pius X in St. Peter’s Square. Pope Pius XII sits on the sedia gestatoria while carried though by footmen. The late Pope Pius X is elevated to Sainthood. Italian woman makes the “Sign of the Cross” while kneeling on St. Peter’s Square. A man carries a girl who fainted from the heat. Pope Pius XII gives blessing to people. A tapestry depicting St. Pius X hangs in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Location: Rome Italy
Date: 1954, June 3
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044582
A French nurse Genevieve de Galard returns from First Indochina War in Vietnam and receive welcome in France.

Genevieve de Galard returns to France. She was a French nurse stationed in Hanoi and flew in casualty evacuation flights. She was named as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu". Evacuated casualties from the battle of Dien Bien Phu carried to a van in Hanoi. Views of Galard, who refused freedom to stay with the wounded Communist captives. Galard flies to Paris and is welcomed by her mother. Large crowd gathers for welcoming her. She addresses the press.

Location: Hanoi Vietnam
Date: 1954, June 3
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044583
A pogo stick plane makes its first test flight by taking off and landing vertically in a huge dirigible hangar in California.

First tests of Navy's experimental "pogo stick" designed to take off and land vertically in California. The radical plane is test flown in a huge dirigible hangar. First vertical take off is attempted. It is lifted off the ground while in the grip of a system of tether cables. It lands vertically.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1954, June 3
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044584
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