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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
People gather to greet United States 3rd Infantry Division in New Orleans, Louisiana after they return from the Korean War.

October 29, 1954, General Maxwell B. Taylor, Commander of the U.S. 8th Army, in Korea, escorts a South Korean diplomat up the stairs to a reviewing stand. A color guard is seen and then a view of the Korean representative, General Taylor, and Major General Charles D.W. Canham, Commander of the Third U.S. Infantry Division, saluting as soldiers of the 3rd Division begin marching in review. Camera focuses on the seated Army band, playing for the marchers. Soldiers of the 3rd Division are seen passing behind the band, carrying their Duffel bags and other belongings on their way to board the U.S. Navy transport ship USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) which would take them home to the USA. The next scene shows 3rd Division soldiers leaving the the USS M.B. Stewart at New Orleans, Louisiana. A huge banner hangs on a port building welcoming the Division. American troops with massed flags stand with Audie Murphy, on a bunting covered porch to welcome the returning 3rd Division troops. An Army marching band plays as they parade across the dock. Several motorcycle policemen lead a parade or the returning troops along the streets of New Orleans. Scene shifts to Master Sergeant Queen at the filming location for the Army production, "The Big Picture." Audie Murphy is with him, and praises the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, noting that he had served as one of its soldiers.

Date: 1954, October 29
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061715
Evacuation of soldiers wounded during maneuvers from the area in Texas.

Maneuvers of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division in the vicinity of the Sacramento Mountains in Texas. Men of 1st Medical Squadron bring in the maneuver casualties. Men carry the wounded on stretchers. Stretchers placed on carts drawn by mules. They are brought to a medical station camp. Mountains in the background. The wounded are evacuated from the place. Men load the wounded in an ambulance. A wounded is taken out from the medical tent and the stretcher is placed in the ambulance.

Date: 1931
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062668
Shipwrecked castaways on rescue craft, 'USS Sacramento'

Shipwrecked castaways on gunboat USS Sacramento (PG-19). The USS Sacramento reaches port in Balboa, Canal Zone with three American citizens who had been marooned on Cocos Island. View of USS Sacramento arriving at the port of Pacific Isle. Man holds a bird in hand. Group of people rescued by USS Sacramento.

Date: 1931, November 5
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022472
Atoms for Peace. UN approves formation of IAEA. Nuclear scientists gather in Geneva Switzerland

UN General Assembly seen meeting in 1954 as it approves an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge II, and French ambassador, Henri Hoppenot, speaking. Finn Moe, of Norway, speaking. View of the city of Kjeller, Norway. Flags of Norway and the Netherlands at joint atomic laboratory. Scientists with various pieces of scientific equipment inside the facility. Indian ambassador, Krishna Menon, speaking at the United Nations. Atomic laboratory and a Government Teachers' Training College, in India. Indian scientists in a laboratory. Indian lecturer speaks to students. Brazil's Professor Ernesto Leme speaks at the UN. The city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The University of Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Center for Physical Research. Clock tower of Brazil Central Station in Rio. Sutan Sjahrir,of Indonesia at the United Nations. An animated map shows nations interested in atomic energy. The UN Headquarters building on the East River in New York. A person looking through a microscope. Foreign scientists attending indoctrination courses at the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. Diplomats sign agreement between the U.S. and Philippines on July 27, 1955, for the Philippines to lease uranium for a research nuclear reactor, and to receive technical assistance. Views of Geneva Switzerland in August 1955, including street views with pedestrians, and tram or streetcar on city streets. Exterior of Palace of Nations, then interior view with atomic science conference in progress. Indian nuclear physicist, Homi Jehangir Bhabha, presiding over conference of scientists and university representatives from 73 nations, including, inter alia, John Cockcroft, of Great Britain; Otto Hahn, of Germany; Willard Libby, of the U.S.A.; Vladimir Vexler of the Soviet Union; and Niels Bohr of Denmark. Views of exhibit hall at the conference, and displayed models of nuclear reactors, uranium ore refining exhibits, and accelerators. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower views swimming pool reactor, while visiting the exhibit hall. Site work and construction underway in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland for a research laboratory for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN - Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). Sitework seen for a facility of Euratom in Europe (European Atomic Energy Community). View of early sitework in Manila for an Asian nuclear center in the Philippines under the Colombo plan, for training personnel in nuclear science and technology.

Date: 1957
Duration: 7 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035402
A F-86 Sabre jet aircraft crashes in a landing approach after a supersonic training flight in California

A U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre jet crashes into a neighborhood during landing approach after a supersonic training flight in California. It kills seven people as it smashes into a residential area. It sprays flaming fuel oil and completely destroys two houses. The demolished houses are seen. Army Personnel check the wreckage. Toys of children found in the wreckage. Signal Hill Oil Field seen. Several people take their belongings.

Date: 1954, January 13
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041488