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Carol Heiss wins the World Figure Skating Championship at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Carol Heiss do figure skating during World Figure Skating Championship at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Spectators clap. Carol bows after her performance is over.

Date: 1956, February 20
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035440
United States troops in Germany. Army training in Alaska. Army Reserve and National Guard Units increase readiness

A sign reads 'Border Operations'. Other signs on area roads read: "Ronshausen; Kreis Rotenburg; Zonen- Grenzbezirk." U.S. Army soldiers seen guarding key installations and supply lines in Germany. American troops keeping ready with training, crawling under live machine gun fire. U.S.Army Arctic Training Center in Big Delta, Alaska. Army troops training in snow on skis. U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard units being trained to increase their readiness. Army troops in routine activities, eating, etc. stop everything, and respond to battle stations when an alarm sounds.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043640
Demonstrations against the Communist government in Poznan and civilians celebrate as Soviets yield to Gomulka in Poland

A Mercedes auto exhibition in Poznan Poland in June 1956 before unrest took hold during Polish uprising of 1956. Flags of various nations at the show and Mercedes cars on display. A rebellion leader arrives and addresses demonstrators gathered in Poznan to protest the Soviet-led Communist government in Poland. Aerial view of Poznan Poland in 1956. Tanks of Soviet military arrive and are seen among the demonstrators. A court room during trial of the demonstrators' leaders. Workers and demonstrators gathering and meeting. Soviet Premiere Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Poland. His plane is seen landing and he walks down the steps from the plane to the tarmac. Wladyslaw Gomulka is tapped to lead the Communist party in Poland. He is seen speaking to a group assembled. Image of Konstantin Rokossovsky who Gomulka had removed from power after he had led military actions against the reform demonstrators in Poznan. Citizens in Poland celebrate Gomulka's ascension as Communist party leader and his anti-Stalinist reforms. Soviet tanks depart from Poland. English Newspaper headline "Poles sweep Stalinists from Power, Gomulka heads Freedeom Setup." A priest accepts flowers and gifts from people celebrating the return of freedom of religion in Poland.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056712
Communist demonstrations in Budapest and Russian invade Hungary at time of Hungarian Revolution.

In 1956, crowds of Hungarians walk peaceably in their Capital, Budapest, calling for establishment of their own style of communist rule. A woman waves a Hungarian flag from a window. A communist star is pulled down from atop a building. On October 24, 1956 Hungarian authorities crack down, with police supported by Russian troops from local garrison. Russian soldiers in T-34 tanks seen on city street. View of Russian soldiers leaving the area aboard a T-34 tank. Hungarians battling their police. View of Prime Minister,Imry Nagy, ascending steps of a government building. Narrator states that Nagy declares Hungary neutral in conflict between Soviet Union and the West. Soviet books and documents being burned. The next sequence shows Soviet T-34 tanks entering Hungary in force, on November 4, 1956. One is seen firing from a city street. Picture of Imre Nagy shown as Narrator says his execution was announced on June 17, 1958.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064333
Car owner reports suspicious details of car he bought from an auction to the police

Unsuspecting man pays cash to gangster for stolen car and puts temporary license plate on car after examining its title. After signing paperwork, the thief walks away. Car driving out of parking lot. 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe driving into Tom's car lot across from Ben Franklin store and Suburban Trust bank. Exact location unknown but suspect suburban Maryland near D.C. Man examining car paperwork. Man and mechanic open car hood and converse. Close up of motor stamp pad with fake restamped numbers and grind marks with no broach marks. Finger pointing at engine stamp pad. Mechanic closes car hood and owner heads to mechanic’s office. Policeman on call during an FBI agent’s visit. Policeman hangs up phone and says, "looks like a stolen car case." Police car driving into parking lot at Tom's cars. Car lot owner shows his car’s papers to the police and FBI detective. Police and FBI agent reads car title documents. Policeman and FBI agent look under hood of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe and confer. Finger pointing at motor stamp pad. Policeman and FBI agent examine car trunk, policeman looks for clues under passenger seat. Policeman and FBI agent look at car trim tag. Mechanic drives the car out of parking lot. FBI agent and policeman take notes after examining underside of 1956 Chevrolet Del Ray Club Coupe.

Date: 1956, August
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078757
Franco-German discussions to resolve the Saar issue. Konrad Adenauer, of Germany and Guy Mollet, of France meet in Luxembourg

Views of Luxembourg. Automobile carrying French negotiators, Christian Pineau, Francois-Poncet, and Rene Mayer, arrives at meeting place in Luxembourg. Small group of onlookers on sidewalk, and some looking out apartment windows. Photographers take photographs. Car arrives carrying German President Konrad Adenauer, who enters the building. Inside meeting hall, French delegation, headed by Prime Minister, Guy Mollet, is seated at the table. Konrad Adenauer at the table, consulting with member of his German delegation. Members of the French delegation converse together.

Date: 1956, June 4
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056014