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Japanese emperor Hirohito and dignitaries at airport, await arrival of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium, in Japan.

Opening scene shows flags of Japan and Belgium flying above the terminal building at the Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Hirohito stands on the airport ramp with officials. Next, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium descend steps from a Sabena 707 airliner (on an 11-day State visit, on the first stop on their around-the-world tour, according to the narrator). The King is seen from behind, being greeted by Crown Prince, Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko. The Royal party walks across the ramp. An honor guard of Japanese soldiers renders a lowered flag salute. A Rolls Royce sedan is seen approaching the Japanese Royal Palace, followed by several other cars, all accompanied by a motor cycle escort.

Location: Japan
Date: 1964, January 20
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036641
Participants taking off in hot air balloon race from Catalina Island to California mainland

Five Hot air balloons preparing for a race from Catalina Island, to the mainland, California. Views of gas tanks and flames that create the hot air for the balloons. Participant, Barbara R. Keith,a 42 year old grandmother, from Hartford, Connecticut, seen wearing an inflatable life jacket and donning her helmet. She boards her balloon and tucks her goodluck mascot (a stuffed toy dog) into the gondola. she is seen rising in her balloon. Brief view of the ground and sightseers from a balloon about 50 feet in the air. Famed balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard, is seen igniting his heater and leaving the ground aboard his balloon. (Note: This was an ill fated venture. Only one balloonist successfully reached the mainland, California. The rest had to be rescued from the water. Mrs. Keith lost her life and her body was recovered days later.)

Location: Catalina Island California USA
Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036642
Celebrations and renaming of site on the seventieth birthday of the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Seventieth birth day of the Statue of Liberty marked by ceremonies in New York. An assembly of twelve hundred immigrants at the Liberty Island to celebrate the birthday of the Statue of Liberty. Interior Secretory Fred Seaton addresses the crowd. Candles lit on a cake. A plaque is unveiled proclaiming the name of the site changed from Bedloes Island to Liberty Island.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1956, October 28
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036666
Aviator Charles Lindbergh talks to U.S. Navy officers aboard USS Saratoga, and takes off in a biplane fighter bomber.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific near the Panama Canal. Charles Lindbergh seen in a Boeing F3B-1 carrier based fighter bomber (BuNo A-7739) from Bombing Squadron VB-2B aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Lindbergh visited the USS Saratoga on 8 February 1929. He was aboard for two days and while he was there he was invited to fly the new Boeing F3B-1. The VB-2B made him an honorary member of the squadron. U.S. Navy officers talk to Lindbergh on the deck of Saratoga, including Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves (aka "Bull" Reeves), A.P. Storrs, and W.V. Davis. Pilots pose for a photo with Lindbergh. Lindbergh seated in the aircraft. Squadron emblem of Felix the cat holding a spherical bomb is painted on side of plane. Plane takes off from the carrier deck. Lindbergh, U.S. Military and Navy officials aboard Saratoga talk to each other. Another naval ship can be seen in the sea. Bow of the aircraft carrier.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1929, February 8
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036681
Several Italian Fascist officials and soldiers apprehended by Partisans in Ivrea Italy, as World War II ends in Europe.

Armed Italian Partisans escort several Italian Fascist officials, who walk with their hands raised along a street in Ivrea, Northern Italy, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Local citizens walk along beside and behind them, including some on bicycles. Another scene shows Italian Partisans escorting several soldiers, of the Italian National Republican Army, with their hands on their heads. This group is also followed by a large number of local citizens. Scene shifts to an American jeep carrying an officer and two U.S. soldiers. It is followed by an automobile, seen, later parked with another near a sidewalk, where several Italian Republican Army officers are conversing cordially with American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division.(By May 5, 1945, all Nazi German forces in Italy, had capitulated.) Italian women and children seen in a small open bus.

Location: Ivrea Italy
Date: 1945, May 5
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036692
German forces in Northern Italy, immediately after Nazi capitulation in 1945.

Surrendering German officer steps from a building and exchanges salutes, and hand shakes, with officers of the British 8th Army, in Northern Italy, during final days of World War II, in Europe. German soldiers standing about, watching, as one of them prepares a pig for roasting. View from a high balcony overlooking a river and valley.

Location: Ivrea Italy
Date: 1945, May 5
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036694
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