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Second prototype Bristol Brittania turbo prop ditched in mud of Severn River. Military tank pulls it out.

Second prototype of British Bristol turbo prop airliner lies in water after ditching when an engine exploded. Men attempt to pull the plane up the shore,to save it from tidal damage. Aircraft lies in a frozen mud bank. Finally a military tank is employed to pull the airplane out of the water..

Date: 1954, February
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049703
Scenes from the life of Princess Margaret of Great Britain

Life of Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Interspersed are scenes from various periods of Princess Margaret's life, from early childhood through adulthood. Princess Margaret greeting women with babies. A young Princess Margaret shakes hands with a courtier. Her older sister, Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) is ahead of her. Sister Elizabeth helps Margaret cross a log as parents, King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, look on. Teenaged Princess Margaret with King George VI picking flowers. Princess Margaret inspects troops wearing white uniforms. Princess Margaret with dancers in native costumes during a state visit to South Africa. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret play a game with sailors on deck while crossing the equator. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret riding black horses. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret accompany their parents, the King and Queen of England, during a wedding. Princess Margaret as a bride’s maid for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (later known as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Princess Margaret attends the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a white dress. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned as the Queen of England. ( Notes: The scene with Princess Margaret at the coal mine was photographed in Calverton Colliery, near Nottingham on 7 April, 1954. Near the end of the film, King George VI is seen at his coronation in 1936.)

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044023
Aerial views of Rio Grande River flood resulting from Hurricane Alice. Water over International Bridge and surrounding areas

Aerial view of Rio Grande river flood in wake of Hurricane Alice, in 1954. International Bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Loredo, Mexico, is completely under water. Houses and fields inundated by flood waters. A soldier patrolling in the area. Store owners seen clearing mud from sidewalks by their establishments. Woman and boys wash mud from sidewalk.

Date: 1954
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024175
Scenes in Vietnam following the First Indochina war

North Vietnamese Vietminh establishing along the 17th Parallel following the Geneva Accords in 1954. Early morning street scene in Vietnam. Very few people about. A street cleaner at work. Shops lining the street. Many with signs in French. A man rolls a hand cart along the street. Buildings shown. Street sign refers to Grand Boulevard. Cattle walking along a street. Two French soldiers standing and a Vietnamese man sitting in front of a French hospital. An almost empty residential street. An old woman in black squatting in a doorway. Two women outside a barbed wire barrier. One scavenges in leaves on sidewalk. A boy and girl pose. Group of Viet Minh supporters, dressed in black, have difficulty carrying two North Vietnamese flags in a stiff breeze. Vietminh troops marching along a wet road, and across a railroad bridge. Several French officers walking with the leaders of the Vietminh troops. On the other side of the bridge, they pass a parked French armored car. Back on the bridge, a translater introduces a French officer to two Viet Minh Commanders who shake hands with him. North Vietnamese school children march through a makeshift Vietminh gateway and cross a railroad track. Others march alongside a railroad. A teacher and some students carry Vietminh flags. A brisk wind is blowing. The Vietnamese people gather in an open market place, near a river (possibly the Ben Hai River), where the Vietminh flag is flown. Villager placing Vietminh flag on her house. Many Vietminh flags flying. A market stall displaying pictures of Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong (aka Mao Tse-tung) for sale. Group of children pose by the pictures. Street scene in a town. Vietnamese people on sidewalks near shops. Signs are in French, but Vietminh flags fly on shops. The Lycee Albert Sarraut lyceum building in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnamese youth entering the school.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067988
Scene of a man speaking beside a river bank in England.

Scene of a river bank in England. Slate appears to say "George Speakman" or "George Sprakman". Man sits on rail beside the river. Building and trees in the background. The man talks. Scenes of the river. Ducks and Mallard drake goes into the river and swim. Boats in the river

Date: 1968, May 22
Duration: 3 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025909
Timeline summary of the events and achievements of President Eisenhower's administration.

"The Eisenhower Story": A pre-election pro-Eisenhower propaganda film designed to highlight Eisenhower's qualifications for reelection as President in the 1956 election. Factory whistle blows and men entering a factory. Car chassis factory assembly line. Locomotive engineer blows train whistle and railroad locomotive with cultivators on a flat bed car. Cultivators harvesting grain. Woman carries groceries from shop to a 1950's sedan car parked on street. View of 1950's automobile highway traffic and aerial view of highways being built under his plans for highway construction and road expansion. View of Eisenhower at swearing in ceremony during his inauguration as President in 1952. In his speech, Eisenhower emphasizes that, "we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint efforts to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations..." Newspaper headline 'Korean Truce Signed'. American troops disembark ship and greet family. Secretary of State Dulles talking with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Secretary John Dulles seen also with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Eisenhower and Churchill at Geneva conference, along with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower speaks before United Nations about efforts to form an "atom pool." He notes United States "determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma...." Newspaper headlines 'Eisenhower Signs Sea Way Bill'. Construction of Saint Lawrence Seaway. 'Budget' and 'tax cuts' news in newspapers, including headline, "White House ends all wage controls...." Farmer plows field with tractor. Construction of new buildings and highway construction through Eisenhower programs. Views of the newly established Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Workers filing cards in giant room of file drawers and cabinets. Nurse draws vaccine into syringe. Children are vaccinated (likely polio vaccine). President Eisenhower meets leaders from different countries at White House, including England's Queen Mother and King Paul, Queen Frederica of Greece, and Prime Minister St-Laurent of Canada. Eisenhower at press conference discussing disarmament notes importance of the "elimination of opportunity of surprise attack." View of shore towers and listening platforms and missiles rising on platforms to protect America from attacks. First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ) launched on January 21, 1954 by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in Connecticut. Plane taking off from aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while underway at sea. Formation of Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft in flight.

Date: 1956, October 5
Duration: 6 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040138
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