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Street scenes of Anchorage, Alaska, in summer of 1954

A 1953 Cadillac sedan, covered with dust, drives along a road, passing homes in Bootlegger Cove residential neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska. Next sequence shows Fourth Avenue south of C street, with vehicles moving along the street and several pedestrians on the sidewalk . A hotel is identified by its sign. Street level closeup of the pink-colored MacKay building, at 337 E 4th St, at corner of E 4th and Denali Street. ( It opened in 1951 as Mount McKinley Apartments, was renamed the MacKay building, and decades later, renovated and called the McKinley Tower.)

Date: 1954, August 24
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035041
Admiral Gallery, who was Commander of task force that captured U-505 is present as it is towed to Chicago for a museum in 1954

Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery, United States Navy, is piped aboard a U.S. ship. He poses briefly with three civilians (possibly members of the original U.S. boarding party) . View of the German submarine Unterseeboot 505 (U-505), captured by U.S. Naval Task Force, TG 22.3,on June 4, 1944. Admiral Gallery (then a Captain) commanded TG 22.3. U-505 is written on hull of the ship and she flies the German flag. The submarine is towed under an open draw bridge. Scene of harbor in Chicago, Illinois, where crowd is gathered. Striking the German colors on the submarine. A launch motors out to the submarine, which is being towed with German flag flying. A line is thrown to the submarine. Small boat approaches stern of submarine and person on the U-505 attempts, unsuccessfully, to pass a package to the small boat, which then comes abeam on port side to try again. View of tugboat with submarine behind.

Date: 1954, June 26
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024185
A large crowd is addressed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas from the Guatemalan Presidential Palace, following 1954 coup d' etat

A large crowd in front of the Presidential Palace, following coup d' etat , in Guatemala. Some people in crowd hold umbrellas. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas and other important people stand on balcony along with press photographers and journalists. Carlos Castillo Armas speaks to the crowd. Crowd cheers and raise hands. A group of smiling soldiers is seen. They wear armbands with a symbol looking like a crossed "p" or the letter "f." A group of officials, including a Roman Catholic Priest, sit around in a wood-paneled room. The Priest stands and speaks to the group. A Guatemalan official speaks with U.S. Ambassador John Peurifoy.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024190
Street scenes, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1954.

Decorated entrance of a building in Guatemala. "Primer Cuerpo Guardia Civil" written on a building. Large group of people standing outside that building. People pass by a guarded gate of Mexican Embassy building. 'Eastados Unidos Mexicanos Embajada' written on a plate pasted on the door. View of National Palace from Central Park. Pedestrians, motorbikes, automobiles, and a jeep, are all seen in the city. A 1952 Buick Roadmaster sedan drives from under the wing of an airplane on a road adjoining the airport. Many U.S. Air Force personnel are watching from the sidewalk. Merchants roll up steel shutter to open their shop.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024242
U.S. Army Airborne troops being transported by U.S. Air Force C-124 aircraft to Thule Greenland during Operation "Wind Chill" in 1954

Opening scenes show interior of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft, Model A, filled with U.S. Army Airborne troops seated in its cargo compartment. Closeup of one trooper reading a magazine. Closeup of two smiling for the camera. Views of troopers napping and reading. Troopers looking out a window. A trooper wearing life vest checking his rifle. Brief view of radio operator at his station in the aircraft. View from behind the flight engineer at his station as he makes engine adjustments. The pilot in left seat of the cockpit. Closeup of throttles and mixture controls in cockpit. Navigator looking over charts. View of cockpit from just behind it. Flight engineer, again, at controls. Aircraft radios. Navigator plotting course using Weems plotter. View of running engine from cockpit. View of number 4 engine from cockpit. Views of Greenland Icecap from cockpit. Extended aerial views of C-124 in flight. It has wingtip heaters but no radome in the nose. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force" is painted on its fuselage. C-124 aircraft parked on the ramp at Thule Air Base, Greenland. One has tail number 1092. A C-124 taking off.

Date: 1954, March 17
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022815
Russian aircraft, paratroopers and army bands march on a parade ground during 1954 May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia.

A film on May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia. The city of Moscow. Russian giant jet bombers and jet fighters fly over Red Square, including a Myasishchev M-4 / 3M (Bison) jet bomber with four engines, flanked by a formation of MiG-15 or MiG-17 fighter aircraft. People watch the airplanes flying in formation overhead. An Armored Guard Rifle Division passes in review. Soviet paratroopers aboard military vehicles pass along a street. Artillery being towed by vehicles on the parade ground. A Soviet Army band moves past the review stand. Officials and dignitaries salute.

Date: 1954, May 1
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065076