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USIA film clip from Dr. Milton Eisenhower's good will tour of South America in 1953

A U.S. Air Force C-121 (Lockheed Constellation) aircraft of the Military Air Transport Service, carrying Dr. Milton Eisenhower, taxis after landing at an airport in South America. (Milton Eisenhower, President of Pennsylvania State University, brother, and advisor to President Dwight D. Eisenhower,is on a good will tour of South America during June 23 through July 29, 1953.) He is seen doffing his black hat, while being escorted by welcomers. Next scene is a view from behind Eisenhower escorted by a large group of people, visiting a construction site. It is followed by closeup from the front showing Dr. Eisenhower, walking with W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., Deputy Director of the Office of South American Affairs, U.S. Department of State. They are accompanied by host country officials, including a military officer. More closeups show Eisenhower and Bennett (in shirtsleeves and sunglasses) talking amiably with workmen at the construction site.

Location: Latin America
Date: 1954
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024526
Robert Templer visiting in 1953, and Robert Thompson being interviewed in Malaysia during the Malayan Emergency

Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. View of a steam locomotive train in 1953 pulling in to a station. Sign on side of railroad train shows a picture of a British royal crown and below it reads, "Coronation - North British Locomotive Company - 1946 - Glasgow. No. 25767". British Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer in train. General Gerald Templer meets people. People read a notice in the state of Malacca. Policemen carry a stand board. A troop carries a farm equipment into a house. People walk on road and work on fields. Interviewer seen with former Secretary of Defense for Malaya Sir Robert Thompson (Robert Grainger Ker Thompson). He asks what was the communist answer to the new the villages program. The two discuss communist work in villages, race problem, and related issues.

Location: Malaysia
Date: 1966
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068131
Milwaukee welcomes major league baseball to the city, 1953

Newsreel clip on the Braves, Milwaukee's first Major League Baseball team, arriving in town for the first time. Girls in theme sweaters hold theme bags to welcome the team. Club owner Lou Perini and Mayor Frank Zeidler wait for the team's arrival. Men lay out a red carpet for the team. Men, women, and children wait to receive and welcome the players. The team arrives at the Union Station. Team manager Charlie Grimm and the players get off the train. A large crowd gathered to witness the event. Players in convertibles ride through city streets crammed with tens of thousands of people. Wisconsin Avenue (renamed Braves Drive for the day) flanked by people on either side. Players, in civilian clothes, wave to the crowds. (Note: the Braves had just moved from Boston. They would stay in Milwaukee only 13 years before moving to Atlanta.)

Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin USA
Date: 1953, April 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020699
Military facility landmarks and museums and galleries in the Washington DC area in 1953

View from moving boat on Potomac River as it approaches docks for "Suitland Hall" Air Force facility in Washington DC. Scene then changes to view of Andrews Air Force Base and building for the Headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service. A C-121 Constellation aircraft parked on airfield at Andrews Air Force Base. C-47 Skytrain taxis into parking space. Airman pushes hospital ramp up to C-47 Skytrain. Wounded man on litter carried out of the aircraft into waiting ambulance. View of Bethesda Naval Hospital and then a view of the Walter Reed Army Hospital building. Early 1950s era cars parked in front of the Senate Building in Washington DC. 1950s cars move by on roads and streets of Washington DC in front of Federal buildings. Exerior views of the Museum of Natural History, and of the Mellon Art Gallery and National Museum of Art. Inside the American National Air Museum, a close up view of the Bell X-1, USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022811
The New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers play game one of the 1953 World Series

Yankees and Dodgers meet on the 50th anniversary of baseball's World Series. Fan holds up official series program. Fans pour into Yankee Stadium; man in Yankees jacket takes tickets. Managers Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Chuck Dressen of the Dodgers shake hands in dugout before the game. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick chats with Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley in the stands. Starting pitchers Allie Reynolds for the Yankees and Carl Erskine for the Dodgers pose for cameras. Yankees' Hank Bauer seen in close up before hitting run-scoring triple. Yankees' Billy Martin seen in closeup before hitting three-run triple. (Note: Martin would be named the MVP of this series.) Dodger fans look disgruntled until Dodgers come back to tie game with a home run by George Shuba and two-run single by Carl Furillo. But Yankees' Joe Collins put his team back in front with a home run.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1953, October 1
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045090
British Royal Navy Vampire aircraft makes arrested landing and then commences take off roll from the U.S. aircraft carrier Antietam (CV-36) during practice operations in 1953.

British Royal Navy de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft makes an arrested landing on the short angled deck of the American Aircraft Carrier, USS Antietam (CVA-36). Once the arresting gear is removed, a large group of sailors push on the wings of the aircraft to move it backwards into position for takeoff. The jet maneuvers slightly on the deck, then the pilot sets its engine to max power holding brakes and then releases them to begin a takeoff roll.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1953, June 29
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048902
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