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General Eisenhower receives an honorary doctorate from University of Toronto, Canada.

United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Canada. General Eisenhower at the Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (53 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada) in Ottawa, Canada. He places a wreath on the tomb as photographers click pictures. General Eisenhower salutes as Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King stands next to him. General Eisenhower arrives at the University of Toronto (27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada). He enters the building. General Eisenhower talks about the friendship between United States and Canada. He accepts the honorary doctorate by the University of Toronto and extends his support to the cause of education.

Date: 1946, January 14
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059957
Interior of a textile mill and views of interior of Senate in session in United States.

Views of interior of a textile mill in United States. Processing of clothes, workers at work, various weaving and spinning machines. Lawyer in a library and closeup views of various magazines and books on shelves including Moody's 1949 annual. Interior of a classroom, instructor addressing and telling the class about TWUA (Textile Work Union of America). Group of students in a garden. Interior of Senate chamber in United States Capitol in Washington DC. End of video shows President Truman on October 26, 1949 signing the amended Fair Labor Standards Act which raised the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour.

Date: 1949
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032620
Solidarity wins the Hollywood Gold Cup held at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California.

The 1949 Hollywood Gold Cup was held at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California. (The entire Hollywood Park season was moved to Santa Anita, following a devastating fire on the night of May 5, 1949 that destroyed Hollywood Park's grandstand.) The spectators seated in the stands. The horses on tracks . The owner of the horse, Solidarity. The race starts. The spectators watch the race and cheer. The horses run on the track. The spectators watch as Solidarity wins the race.

Date: 1949, July 16
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069318
Post-World War II scenes in Communist occupied areas of Europe and Asia

Animated map shows thrust of German forces during invasion of Soviet Russia in World War 2. Stalingrad is highlighted as a turning point. Another animated map shows Soviet territorial gains at the end of the war, as narrator discusses the disposition of those places and their respective populations, as in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He also discusses Soviet zones of occupation. Animated map shows "Iron Curtain." Soviet troops on parade. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) on display during a parade in 1945. A stadium filled with people in Soviet-occupied East Germany, in 1949. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, the first President of the German Democratic Republic, is seen in the stands. Young East German women parade in traditional costumes, clapping their hands, in the stadium. Waterfront scenes show Soviet trade activities with post-war occupied entities. Scenes of conflict as Chinese communist forces expel Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces (ROC) from mainland China to Formosa (Taiwan), in 1949. A litter-borne casualty and a refugee mother and small girl are seen.

Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064331
Highlights of 1949 including Berlin airlift, formation of West Germany, Cardinal Mindszenty imprisonment, Marshal Tito, Communist China, and American communists.

Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.

Date: 1949, December
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051641
Texas win over Georgia by 41-28 in a football match played at orange bowl in Miami, Florida, United States,1949.

A football match is played between Texas and Georgia at orange bowl. Texas, also called Longhorns win over Georgia by 41-28. 61000 people turn up to see the match.

Date: 1949, January 3
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023836