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United States soldiers, in Korea, are interviewed and pass Christmas greetings to their families at home.

Christmas Dinner in Korea with "A" Company of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Members of the Company are in a "Chow line" in their mess tent, as food service soldiers fill their mess trays with Christmas dinner. U.S. Army Cpl Bill Cunningham interviews several of them and gives them opportunity to record Christmas messages to their loved ones at home. He asks them their names, and where they come from and their messages to their family. He interviews Major General Lionel McGarr, the Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division. Soldiers identified include: PFC Lewis from Massachusetts, Sgt Wiggens from Cambridge Idaho, Cpl Lewis Wells from Indiana, and General McGarr.

Location: Korea
Date: 1953, December 25
Duration: 7 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028418
A U.S. army cook speaks about slicing turkey carvings on occasion of Christmas in Bad Tolz, Germany.

U.S. army cook speaks at a cook school in Bad Tolz, Germany on occasion of Christmas. Audio : U.S. Army cook at cook school speaks about how an occasion of Christmas is celebrated in best way in Germany. He says that dinner holds an important part on Christmas occasion. He explains how army cooks are taught to get many meals by slicing turkey carvings in right manner.

Location: Bad Tolz Germany
Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074784
Children of foreign Ambassadors and officials send out Christmas greetings from Washington DC.

Children wish the world a Merry Christmas from Washington DC, United States. Children of foreign Ambassadors and officials stationed in the U.S. capital attend an International Christmas broadcast to extend holiday greetings to youngsters in the other countries. The young boys and girls dressed in their native costumes stand in lines around a NBC microphone. Flags of the various representative countries in the background. A girl sends a Christmas greeting to the viewers.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1938, December 19
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057811
Major competition events in women's diving and in water skiing, during 1957, in the United States.

Women's diving finalists are seen performing platform dives at AAU meet in Houston,Texas, on August 16,1957. Paula Jean ("PJ") Myers wins the gold medal. (Narrator notes she won the gold medals in every AAU meet held in 1957). Myers is seen putting on her sweatshirt after a dive. Scene shifts to Florida, where several expert Water skiers,including an Italian woman, display tricks during World Water Skiing Championship tournament at Cypress Gardens, Florida, on September 17, 1957. Winner of the Tournament's trick skiing event, Mike Amsbury, of California, is seen performing in the final sequence.

Location: Houston Texas USA
Date: 1957, August 16
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069557
Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams compete for 1957 batting championship, and Milwaukee Braves win baseball World Series.

Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox vies for the major league baseball batting title with Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees. Mickey Mantle seen seated in the Yankee dugout next to manager, Casey Stengel. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox walking across ball field in front of the camera. Ted Williams, at bat, hits a long drive. (Note: Williams won the batting title for the year, with an average of .388 and Mantle was runnerup with .365.) Scene changes to 7th game of the 1957 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees, on October 10th, 1957. Braves pitcher, Lew Burdette, rubs a ball, as he stands on the mound. View of the final pitch, and play of the game that retires the Yankee side and wins the series for the Braves, whose players rush onto the field to celebrate with Burdette. Fans spill onto the field from the stands. (Note: Lew Burdette, started three games, won three games, threw two shutouts,and was named most valuable player in this 1957 World Series.)

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1957, October 10
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069559
Rebel activity against Batista in Cuba in 1957: Leader of the student movement Jose Antonio Echeverria and rebel Frank Pais are shot

Rebel uprising against Batista government ongoing in 1957: Tanks on the streets. Officials enter a building. Cuban President Fulgencio Batista greets dignitaries. 13 March 1957: Leader of the student movement, Jose Antonio Echeverria, organizes an attack on the Presidential Palace. Batista escapes and the student leaders are shot. The fighting spills on to the streets. Soldiers keep a vigil on the streets amidst the demonstrations and rioting. People and cars on the street. A policeman runs across a street. A man carries a wounded woman. Bullet holes. The police shoot down Jose Antonio Echeverria. A man and a woman grieve. Supplies including food, arms, ammunition and medical supplies reach the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A jeep driven on a dirt road in the jungle. A soldier drinks water. One checks another's blood pressure. A soldier patrols on a roof. 12 July 1957: Fidel Castro issues a manifesto. He talks to his soldiers and other revolutionaries. Havana: Buildings and high rises in the city. Anti-Batista opposition increases. Soldiers and officers. A man shows a bullet ridden car to an officer. Santiago De Cuba: People carry casket of underground rebel Frank Pais. A large crowd gathers to join In the procession. Women mourn his death and chant "Vengeance." A police officer and his soldiers inspect dead bodies of revolutionaries lying on the sidewalk. A framer suspected of aiding Castro's men is hanged in the jungle. Men seated in a court as a woman testifies. A woman prays at a grave.

Location: Cuba
Date: 1957
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033305
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