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Bus pulls out onto street at Anchorage Bus station, Alaska. Serviceman arrives home at base housing

Bus pulls out onto street at Anchorage Bus station, Alaska. Next seen is living quarters and housing units for military personnel in Anchorage. U.S. military serviceman coming come drives a 1953 or 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan 4 door car in neighborhood. He arrives in front of a housing building. Family members come out to greet him before they head into housing.

Date: 1954, May 28
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035026
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon at the dedication ceremony of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Virginia, United States.

Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (The Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Sculptor Felix de Weldon and photographer Joe Rosenthal shake hands with the statue of flag raising in the background. Chaplain says a prayer at a ceremony. Spectators seated with their hats off. President's car comes own the drive way followed by others. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks with Navy personnel. Vice President Richard Nixon talks to a Marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Nixon poses with the three survivors of the original flag raising at Iwo Jima. Statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. A sign at the base of the statue reads 'Felix de Weldon 1945-1954'.

Date: 1954, November 10
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022015
Admirals board the USS Nautilus for part of its sea trials

Opening scene shows a 1954 Pontiac VIP staff car, displaying 4-stars on its bumper plate. It is parked on a wharf next to the nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (not seen).Admiral Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval Operations, and Admiral William Fechteler, former CNO step from the car. Next, Admiral Carney is seen below decks on the Nautilus, making a selection on a juke box installed in one of the boat's compartments. Glimpse of officers standing on the foredeck as the Nautilus makes way on the surface. Admiral Fechteler, at the helm and Admiral Carney, seated next to him. The admirals and ships officers watching sailors at the helm. Momentary glimpse of Admiral Carney at the juke box. Crew members eating in the sailors mess. Officer briefing the admirals at the helmsman's station. Crew members, in cold weather gear, descending stairs inside the Nautilus. The boat making way in calm waters, with several crew standing on deck. A sailor wearing headphones and communications gear. The admirals saluting as they arrive on the Nautilus.

Date: 1954
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063500
French bombers and paratroopers over Indochina; refugees flee communist North Vietnam

Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu showing craters from shelling after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War preceding Vietnam War. French Aéronavale (naval air) Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Maritime patrol bomber in flight. A French pilot radioing from the cockpit. Paratroopers with parachutes drop from bombers. A bomber airdrops supplies. A French camp in Vietnam. French cannons and artillery shooting enemy positions. French troops evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. Vietnamese civilians scavenging in Hanoi after the end of the First Indochina War. An elderly woman sat in front of a doorway. A child looks up. French troops leave Vietnam. Communist North Vietnam flag on flagpole in Hanoi. North Vietnamese troops marching. World leaders convene at the 1954 Geneva Conference to decide the fate of Vietnam. Deputy Defence Minister Ta Quang Buu of Vietnam signs the Indochina Conference Armistice Agreement in Geneva on 21 July 1954. Delegates shake hands after the Geneva Conference. Refugees carry their belongings and children as they flee North Vietnam for South Vietnam. Vietnamese refugees crowd in United States Navy boats heading to South Vietnam. Refugee children help United States sailors swab the deck of a ship. The refugees disembark from ship upon arrival in Saigon, South Vietnam. 1954 map of Indochina countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam. Mountains in the border between North and South Vietnam. President of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh meets and plays with children. A happy girl clapping. Children surround Ho Chi Minh. A child plays with Ho Chi Minh’s beard and Ho Chi Minh smiles. Farmers build new huts in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese men and women but ballots into ballot box during voting. A woman wearing sunglasses and Ao Dai dress smiles after voting in the election. Packs and sacks of rice from the United States government in South Vietnam. Civilians distribute sacks of rice. Farmers receive new equipment and plows from the United States. Farmers harvest rice in rice paddies. Vietnamese men rowing in small boats and traditional Junk. Delegates arrive in Manila, Philippines for the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty September 8, 1954. The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed. Delegates clapping after the treaty is signed. Vietnamese civilians gather concrete blocks and build houses. A car with bullet holes in window. A dead South Vietnamese politician in car murdered by North Vietnamese agents. North Vietnamese guerrillas hike in the jungle. Men running in front of a burning house in a village under siege by North Vietnam. Burned houses, rubble, and dead civilians in village after a North Vietnamese guerrilla attack. A portrait of Ho Chi Minh above a North Vietnam flag.

Date: 1954
Duration: 5 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080605
Jimmy Stewart being presented the citation of Honor by General Spaatz in Washington DC, United States

National director of Air Force Association, General Carl A. Spaatz presents citation of Honor to Hollywood star Jimmy Stewart in Washington DC, United States. Actor Jimmy Stewart receives the Honor on behalf of Universal Pictures International.

Date: 1954, January 25
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037712
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Sir Anthony Eden arrive at Washington National Airport aboard a BOAC stratocruiser

Crowd gathered around a Boeing Stratocruiser passenger aircraft, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, as it arrives at Washington National Airport. A ladder is placed at the door of the aircraft (bearing letters MATS, for Military Air Transport Service). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill,and Sir Anthony Eden, exit the aircraft, followed by other officials in their party. Vice President Nixon shakes hands with Churchil at the foot of the aircraft steps. Lots of photographers take pictures and people around clap. Churchill addresses the gathering, with Vice President Nixon, at his left, Sir Anthony Eden, at his right, and U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, behind him. He turns to greet Dulles, following his remarks.

Date: 1954, June
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024229