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Men remove dead bodies from a plane crashed into a mountain killing 66 people in United States.

1955 air disasters in the United States. Wreckage of United Air Lines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B aircraft (N37559, Mainliner Denver) that was blown up over Longmont, Colorado on November 1, 1955, by a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The crash site of United Air Lines Flight, a Douglas DC-4 propline (N30062), in Medicine Bow Peak, near Laramie, Wyoming. Dead bodies carried out from wrecked plane. Crowd watches.

Date: 1955
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052616
State visit of Haiti President Magloire to the United States. Greeted by Nixons at Airbase and by Eisenhowers at White House

President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower welcome President of Haiti Paul Magloire and Mrs Magloire on the North Portico of the White House, during the Magloire's State visit to the U.S. Flags of the United States, Haiti, and Washington DC on a lamp post. An honor guard drawn from all four U.S. services awaits the arrival of the 31st Haitian President. Vice President and Mrs. Nixon greet President and Mrs. Magloire as they step down from the U.S. Air Force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft, in which they arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, DC. Motorcade with Haiti President Magloire and entourage on its way to the White House, proceeding through Washington DC. The motorcade stops at one point.

Date: 1955, January 26
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037990
President Dwight D Eisenhower addresses foreign students at the White House in Washington DC.

President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives to address the American Field Service students from different countries at the White House (The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500) in Washington DC. Foreign students applaud for President Eisenhower. Journalists take photographs of the president using cameras. President Eisenhower waves at the students. Elvie Nicolopoulou, an American Field Service student from Greece, smiling. The President outlines his principles for the Geneva conference. “Try helping to spread the understanding that will lead to the peacefulness of your own lives to those who will come after.” President Eisenhower said in his speech.

Date: 1955, July 15
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035502
The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States.

Monuments in Washington DC, United States. Several ducks swimming in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with the Washington Monument behind, and Capitol visible in distance. A street lighted in the night. View of the Potomac River, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, in single view, early morning. A street in downtown Washington DC. Cars moving on a road and buildings on either side of the road. The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) seen in the background. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in view. Equestrian statue at George Washington, at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol viewed at dawn, along an empty Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Monument, seen from space between buildings. Equestrian statue of Civil War hero, Major General John A. Logan (Washington, DC 20005, United States), at Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue and 13th St. NW. The U.S. Capitol dome. View from Memorial Bridge, of Lincoln Memorial and Washington monument (in distance).

Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066408
African American business interests in transportation. Bus line and air charter service.

A bus of the Bison bus lines, in Washington, DC, passes on the street. African American owner, John Nipson, poses in uniform. African American drivers for the company pose. Several chartered buses of the Bison Line drive on a street in Washington DC. Their destination signs read "Blossom Special." Merrill C. Meigs Field in Chicago, Illinois. African American pilot and two businessman passengers climb aboard a light airplane of the Lake Air Service. The passenger airplane taxis to a runway and takes off. African American, William Barnett, owner of Lake Air service, is seen, with one of his employees.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045070
United States Air Force officials walk towards an aircraft; view of a parked H-19 helicopter at National Airport near Washington DC

Air Force officials walk towards a small aircraft at National airport in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC. The aircraft takes off. View of a United States Air Force Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (Sikorsky S-55A) helicopter parked at the airport.

Date: 1955, November 21
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028257