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Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1955 January 10
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Synopsis: Rescue Drama at Sea, Reds Free Two Americans, Asian Refugees Arrive, March of Dimes Opens, Hats With a Breath of Spring, Skaters Over a Barrel... (read more)
Information: 1955 7 min BW (SILENT)
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Bermuda
Rescue Drama at Sea
Snatched from a raging sea, despite 20 foot waves and gale winds, the ten man crew of a disabled fishing boat is rescued by a lifeboat from the liner Queen of Bermuda. Exciting on the scene films of the drama of courage in the age old battle of man against the sea.

Berlin
Reds Free Two Americans
In Berlin, civilian John Noble and Private William Marchuk return to freedom from Red labor camps. Marchuk was arrested by the Russians while AWOL. Noble was seized in 1945 for flying the U.S. flag in East Germany.


United States
Asian Refugees Arrive
The first Chinese and Japanese arrivals under the Refugee Relief Act arrive in San Francisco. Among them are a group of Japanese war orphans adopted by U.S. families.


United States
March of Dimes Opens
5 year old Mary Kosloski visits President Eisenhower in the White House. She’s the 1955 March of Dimes Poster Girl. At Sun Valley, ceremonies formally open the national anti-polio campaign for the year.


United States
Hats With a Breath of Spring
Pretty models preview the fashion of spring bonnets. A colorful array, featuring size and silhouette – millinery modes for milady’s every mood with the coming of spring. 1955 hat fashions.


United States
Skaters Over a Barrel
The 1955 world championships of barrel jumping. There’s many a tumble for the gay glades who try their skill, until Leo Lebel leaps off with the crown after a record 15 barrel hurdle.