Refine Your Search

Portland Oregon USA 1952 stock footage and images

- Showing 49 to 54 of 25273 results
Nominee for Vice President in 1952 elections, Republican Senator Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers" speech

Richard Nixon, nominee for Vice President in elections of 1952, addresses the nation in a nationwide televised program sponsored by the Republican Committee. Republican Senator Nixon of California delivers his "Checkers" speech from his office. He defies any charges of taking $18,000 from his supporters for his personal use. He condemns his democratic opponents during his speech. Nixon speaks about his wife Pat Nixon, shown sitting in the office and he speaks of her hard work. He presents an audit of entire campaign fund and reads it. Nixon details his modest family background and his complete financial history. He recalls his services in World War II and their earnings after he returned. Nixon mentions the incident of receiving a dog 'Checkers' as a gift. He speaks about problems of corruption and communism and a better future under the Presidency of General Eisenhower. He expresses people's expectation of lasting peace and end of the Korean war. Trailer at end with text "This program was reproduced by the Kinephoto Process."

Date: 1952, September 23
Duration: 29 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056783
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
New York Yankees baseball team wins fourth straight World Series, 1952

Brief newsreel clip noting New York Yankees won fourth straight baseball championship by defeating Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952 World Series. Fans cheer wildly as brief shots of Yankees' Mickey Mantle batting and Allie Reynolds pitching are shown. Yankees celebrate on field after winning game seven to clinch the series. Casey Stengel celebrates with others after the game. Announcer asks whether Yankees can win fifth straight title next year. (Note: They did.)

Date: 1952, October 7
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035484
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
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
Republican Party candidates prepare for the Presidential elections of 1952 in United States.

Major events of the year 1951. Republican Party nominees Robert Taft, Senator of Ohio and Earl Warren, Governor of California begin their preparations for the 1952 Presidential elections in United States. They address a press conference. Eisenhower remains silent on the issue. President Harry S Truman while addressing the Women's National Democratic Committee refuses to reveal the name of Democratic candidate for Presidential elections.

Date: 1951, December 24
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049180