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Henry Cotton wins inaugural Greenbrier Pro-Am golf tournament at The Greenbrier Resort in 1948

Winners are recognized and receive their awards at the inaugural Greenbrier Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) golf tournament at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The golf tournament, later known as the Same Snead Festival, finished on April 19, 1948, and served also as a marquee reopening event for The Greenbrier Resort following its use as a U.S. military hospital in World War 2. Brief shot of scoreboard at end of tournament. British golf professional Henry Cotton stands with his amateur partner Merrel Meigs. They are joined by the tying first-place team of Johnny Bulla and his amateur partner John Simms Kelly (Shipwreck Kelly). Also with Kelly is his wife Brenda (nee Brenda Frazier). Meigs holds a silver tray prize commemorating the event. Henry Cotton receives $1800 prize money ($1000 as the top finishing professional with a par 70 score, plus $800 for team competition). Kelly also receives a prize money envelope for his team's first place tying score. View of spectators walking on the Resort grounds. Crowd coming across a foot bridge led by golfer celebrities Bing Crosby, Chris Dunphy (Christopher J. Dunphy), and Ben Hogan. Elevated shot of play underway on the green. Shot of crowd moving to a new hold during the competition. Shot of golf ball landing in a muddy puddle.

Location: White Sulphur Springs West Virginia USA
Date: 1948, April 19
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037950
Scenes from 1948 Greenbrier Resort inaugural Pro-Am golf tournament

Golf scenes on the course of The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Players including celebrities present for the reopening of the resort after its closure during World War 2. Four players stand together in front of the golf country club building then known as "The Casino." They include Railway industrialist Robert R. Young (host of the event), British filmmaker J Arthur Rank (a then business partner of Robert Young in their Eagle-Lion Films endeavor), Britain's Duke of Windsor, and former U.S. Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana. Several scenes of the four men playing golf, including shots with the Duke of Windsor putting, with pipe in mouth, and J. Arthur Rank putting on the green.

Location: White Sulphur Springs West Virginia USA
Date: 1948, April
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037952
An old man introduces a dowser (water finder) to the Press in London in England

An old British addresses the Press outside a house, as cameras record the proceedings in London in England. Photographers take pictures, as the old man introduces a woman who uses a dowsing rod to locate water on his property. Later we see success demonstrated by a pipe with water gushing from it.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037958
President Truman, Prime Minister Attlee, and Marshal Stalin meet at Potsdam

Soviet tanks and other military weapons being displayed at a parade in Moscow. Flags of Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom fly outside the site of the Potsdam conference. President Harry S. Truman of United States greeted by Andrei Vishinsky, along with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Charles Bohlen is seen. Truman shakes hands with Stalin. Attlee, Truman, and Stalin pose for picture. View of Soviet newsstand showing "New Times" publication in various languages, including English. Poster of Stalin at the newsstand.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945, August 1
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037966
Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrei Gromyko, arrives in New York

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, arrives at Idlewild Airport, in New York. He descends from British Overseas Airways Corporation passenger aircraft and is greeted by contingent of New York City police who stand guard as he walks to a waiting Cadillac limousine automobile. The limousine.drives away with police car escort.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1948
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037977
African American soldiers perform a drill in Astoria, United States

Formation of African American soldiers performs series of complicated drills "by the numbers" under instructions of drill sergeant. Soldiers march down the street and do silent partial marches to the rear. A young boy in shorts, wearing a british army jacket marches beside them.. A small black dog is shown. (World War II period).

Location: Astoria New York USA
Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038003
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