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March 16, 1953.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Universal Newsreels ; Release 448
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Children.
- Military medals.
- Refugees.
- Weapons testing.
- Berlin, Berlin State.
- District of Columbia.
- East Germany (Historical Place).
- 19547.
- Local Subjects:
- Post-war Era (1945-1960).
- Children.
- Military medals.
- Refugees.
- Weapons testing.
- Berlin, Berlin State.
- District of Columbia.
- East Germany (Historical Place).
- 19547.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Neighborhood:Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Universal Pictures Company, 1953.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- REFUGEES FROM REDS BERLIN - Thousands of Eastern Germans seek sanctuary in West Germany from their hopeless fate under communism. Daily they cross the border into West Berlin, often at the risk of their lives. Here they are screened for disposition throughout the Bonn Republic. MEDAL OF HONOR WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Marine Corporal Duane Dewey receives the Medal of Honor, the first to be awarded by President Eisenhower. Corporal Dewey earned the nation's highest honor by shielding his buddies from a grenade blast with his body. WHITE HOUSE LAWN PARTY WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Frolics on the White House Lawn as the President's grandchildren pay a visit. The three youngsters and their Scotty, Skunkie, keep delighted cameramen busy for a happy half an hour. ATOMIC TESTS SHOWN NEVADA - Just released film show unusual behind-the-scenes close-ups of secret research in the last series of A-bomb tests. Spectacular shots of an actual atomic bombing run ... and a race close-up of the "atomic mushroom." SETON HALL WITH NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT CROWN NEW YORK - Seton Hall moves to top rank among the nation's basketball fives as lanky Walter Dukes paces the Pirates to a 58-46 victory over Saint John's in the National Invitation Tournament. SPORTS MOTORCYCLE MARATHON FLORIDA - 113 handlebar jockeys vie for top honors in the sports Kentucky Derby - the grueling 200 American Motorcyclist Association national championship. Victory goes to dark horse Paul Goldsmith, with the sizzling speed of 94.8 miles per hour for the course
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 859525051
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