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Dedication of Marine Corps War Memorial at Quantico Virginia, and sculptor Felix de Weldon working on sculpture for Arlington location.

The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial original statue during its unveiling ceremony at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia on November 10, 1951 (This is after the statue had been moved from its original Constitution Avenue location in Washington DC in 1947, and subsequently renovated under sculptor de Weldon's supervision while it was in Quantico.). A sign on the memorial reads "Uncommon valor was a common virtue, 1945." Next scenes show sculptor Felix de Weldon as he works to build the larger Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, which was dedicated in November 1954. Felix de Weldon measuring a model of the flag raising on Iwo Jima made by him. de Weldon and others on his team work to carve the large war memorial in plaster before it is cast in bronze. Views of the sculpted faces of the six Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima: Faces of John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block and Michael Strank. Brief glimpse of the original flag raising scene on Mount Suribachi in February 1945. Next scene, circa 1954 or 1955, shows the completed Marine Corps War Memorial in bronze, in Arlington Virginia, with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial landmarks of Washington DC in the background. Close-up views of faces of a young boy, an elderly woman, and a middle aged man who removes his hat. American flag fluttering in the breeze atop the war memorial.

Date: 1955
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022004
Various scenes of kidnapping, FBI investigators in tie shop, FBI car chase criminals, and the Washington National Cathedral

Robbers force a teller into a sedan before driving away from The New Hampshire Bank building at 22-26 Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Man reads a newspaper (The Portsmouth Herald) headline reads "Teller Kidnaped in Bank Holdup." FBI agents question locals at gas station near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. View of a farm house. Police man helping in ground search gives FBI agents a prize ticket found. Close up of prize ticket. FBI Agent picks up a piece of cardboard from the ground containing tire print. FBI agents extracts a piece of cloth from barbed wire. FBI forensic investigator examines the imprints of tire marking from cardboard. View of textile mill. FBI forensic investigators analyzing cloth from Massachusetts and North Carolina textile mills. FBI forensic investigator examines piece of fabric sent as evidence. A fiber is cut from piece of fabric and added to vial of chemicals. Line of test tubes containing liquid. Signage of Kimball’s, a tie store in Boston (31 Market St, Boston, MA 02135, USA). Signage of various menswear stores in Boston selling neckties. FBI agents speak with shop clerk of tie store in Boston. Shop clerk shows a necktie to FBI agents. FBI agents show shop clerk mugshots to identify a suspect. FBI agents inside car watching building. FBI agents observe a street. FBI agent answers a telephone inside a car. Black car trails behind a convertible on highway and over a bridge. An FBI agent confronts a suspect paying at a toll booth. Black car chases convertible as FBI agent clings to passenger door as the driver attempts to dislodge FBI agent from his car. POV through windshield exiting towards Portsmouth. Convertible car swerves past a truck. Car crash as convertible hits a truck of hay. FBI agent gets up and arrests the driver. Crashed truck in flames. View of the U.S. Department of Justice (950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530, United States). J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speaks from his desk. View of an American school. American flag waving. People sitting on stone stairs outside the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC. View of the Washington National Cathedral bell tower in Washington DC (3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States). View of a church’s bell towers. View of the United States Capitol in Washington DC. Statue from the United States Capitol stairs. “Eternal Vigilance the price of liberty” inscription below statue. “The End”.

Date: 1951
Duration: 5 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078870
General Douglas MacArthur delivers a farewell address at a Joint meeting of Congress in Washington DC.

The life of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur from 1945 to 1951. General Douglas with other officers in Korea. Fight with the Chinese on the Korean Front. MacArthur in a jeep studies a map. A motorcade in San Francisco. Large crowds welcome MacArthur. MacArthur in an open car waves at the people. Mrs MacArthur in an open car with other women. MacArthur makes a speech expressing his gratitude towards his wife. The MacArthur family in an open car. Gen. MacArthur delivers a speech at the Joint session of Congress in Washington DC as he completes his 52 years of service, including famous line, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." The audience applauds. Sergeant Stuart Quinn of the U.S. Army talks about General MacArthur.

Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033589
General Eisenhower makes efforts to rearm the NATO armies in Europe.

Major events of the year 1951. General Eisenhower with other NATO military leaders in Europe visits the troops. Eisenhower plans to rearm the NATO nations. The United States Capitol in Washington DC President Harry S Truman in his office signs on documents. Matador missile launched in United States.

Date: 1951, December 24
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049175
Newspaper headlines of FBI agents arresting criminals in the United States.

An introduction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC. Aircraft in flight. Dramatization of mid-air explosion of aircraft by a criminal intending to collect on insurance. Newspaper headlines read 'Youth Confesses United bombings', 'Graham gets Death' regarding the case of John Gilbert Graham in 1951 who was convicted of crime in blowing up an aircraft in an attempt to collect insurance. Still photo depicts a hijacker of an aircraft or a "skyjacker" attempting to take over an aircraft with pilot in cockpit. Still photos depict work of FBI on various civil rights cases. Newspaper headlines read 'FBI presses hunt for King suspects', 'FBI arrests Georgians in Shotgun Slaying'. The first Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover speaks into a microphone during the Freedom Foundation Award ceremony in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Dramatized scenes of crimes involving the FBI: A house explodes. A reenactment shows a sniper on a rooftop shooting at police officers as they approach a house.

Date: 1977
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064796
1951 Ford sedan being tested by machines, on test track, driving in the desert, and driven by mother with children.

Commercial advertisement for the new 1951 Ford Sedan automobile. Setting is a suburban neighborhood post-war. Front yard and suburban house. Woman leaves a house with her children. They all get into their 1951 Ford Custom Fordor sedan automobile. The children bounce on the car seat. View of Ford car seat springs tested by an automatic machine at Dearborn test facility. A car door hooked up to motor which continuously slams and opens the door. Car on the Dearborn Michigan test track, replica of Independence Hall in the background. Test car goes over steep hill, and cobble stones. The 1951 Ford is then seen in the Southwest United States, on a mountain road and a desert road. Label on side of car reads, 'Ford Test Car' View of speedometer. The new car arrives at an amusement park. Children get out of the car and run towards a merry-go-round. Ford emblem on front of car. Narrator stating "You can pay more, but you can't buy better."

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030131