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Scenes during the rebuilding of West Berlin in 1952

Some scenes during rebuilding of West Berlin in 1952. Several vehicles driving past the ruins of the old Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany. Scaffolding surrounding a construction project displaying a sign indicating Marshall Plan aid for "Clayallee." An official-looking building that appears to have been repaired. It has statues along its roofline and, as seen through the windows, there appear to be books or boxes stacked up inside. The newly rebuilt Schiller Theater building located in the district of Charlottenburg of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf near Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Bismarckstraße 110

Date: 1952, August 22
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068997
Grand champions of 1952's National needlework contest display their designs at the contest's finale in New York.

Grand champions of 1952's National needlework contest display their designs in New York. They display them at the contest's finale. Three thousand entries are shown including a crocheted United States flag. A woman does the needle work. People watch the displayed material. A woman stand with an award.

Date: 1952, December 11
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045425
Disastrous Harrow and Wealdstone train collision claim lives of 200 people in England; Freighter Flying Enterprise founders at sea

Clip opens with 8 October, 1952 scenes from the aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone railroad train crash in England, where the collision of a Scottish Express train and a commuter train, followed by another express train, killed 200 people outside of London, England. Destroyed British railway trains on the track. Rescue operations carried out. Injured carried away for medical help on litters. Scene changes to coast of England in early January 1952, as the United States freighter ship Flying Enterprise (formerly the SS Cape Kumukaki) founders to one side while underway in rough seas. The ship had battled to stay afloat for 8 days following structural damage and then shifting cargo. Captain of the ship Kurt Carlsen is honored at a ceremony for putting up a brave fight for eight days trying to get the ship to port across the rough sea.

Date: 1952, October 8
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049158
Use of petroleum and byproducts in transportation, agriculture, defense and industries in United States.

Various uses of petroleum and its byproducts in United States. Man drives a cream colored 1952 Cadillac Convertible car along the road. Close ups of various car parts in the 1952 Cadillac Convertible that are manufactured from petroleum byproducts, including seating, parts of dash, and window seals. Other vehicular traffic on road, including an antique automobile. An American Airlines DC-6 aircraft taking off. A streamlined locomotive: Burlington Route E-5A Diesel-Electric Silver Pilot locomotive approaching on a railroad train track. Tractor driven plow. A field being plowed. Petroleum byproduct being sprayed on fruit trees as a pesticide. Use of oil for American ground, air and naval forces. Petroleum byproducts and uses in oil industry. View of an oil refinery. Tourists visit an early oil derrick in Pennsylvania. An oil rig at work.

Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050499
U.S. Navy locates a missing pilot using photographs and rescues him from behind enemy lines during Korean War.

Glimpse of a U.S. Navy pilot in the cockpit of an airplane, during the Korean War. He is pointing down at something. Next, a parachute is seen drifting rapidly in the wind as it descends. Pilot in aircraft hears about a pilot bailing out behind enemy lines. He is instructed to photograph the area. Next, a Navy 9F9 Panther aircraft is seen in the air. It has tail code "PP" indicating it is from the aircraft Carrier USS Essex (CV 9) with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and Composite Squadron 61 (VC-61) from June 1951 to March 1952. . Glimpse of Navy ships in formation. View of Landing Signal Officer bringing in several 9F9 Panther aircraft to land on deck of the USS Essex. These aircraft carry tail code "M" of Squadron VF-23 with Air Task Group 2, aboard the Essex from June 1952 to February 1953. Next, several Navy A-4 Skyraider aircraft come in to land. They display "S" tail codes of Squadron VF-54. They are followed by another 9F9. Scene shifts to photo interpreters and pilots studying the photographs for clues to where their parachuting pilot might be located. They discover a parachute in the photos, and circle it. Ship loudspeaker is seen as helicopter crews are alerted for rescue mission. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter takes off from the flight deck. Other pilots wait anxiously as the Helicopter returns to land on the Essex flight deck. The missing pilot is aboard and they help him from the helicopter, place him on a litter and cover him with blankets. His friend takes his picture.

Date: 1952
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077248
Treaty of San Francisco signed September 8, 1951, ending Military Occupation of Japan, effective April 28, 1952.

Signing of the Treaty of San Francisco by the Allied Powers and Japan, September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. Secretary of State Dean Rusk is seen shaking hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Okazaki Katsuo, in 1952. American troops remaining in Japan engage in training for Defense. They practice assaults from small boats, charge overland, simulate fighting in empty industrial sites. Flag of Japan being raised while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and officials stand at attention and American officers salute. American troops in formation salute. Japanese troops march in parade.

Date: 1951, September 8
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024882