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Newsreels 1954 February 8
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keywords: John Hvasta, Lincoln Day Dinner, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, San Francisco Chinatown, Year Of The Horse, Queen Elizabeth Of England, Millrose Games, Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, New York Giants Owner Horace Stoneham, Ancient Samurai Armor, Rodeo, Bucking Broncos, Brahman Bulls
Synopsis: John Hvasta Escapes Red Captivity Returns Home To US, Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Chinese New Year In San Francisco Chinatown, Queen Elizabeth In State Visit To Australia, 1954 Millrose Games Track And Field, Japanese Baseball Fans Present Gift To President Dwight D Eisenhower, Palm Springs CA Hosts Annual Rodeo (2011-706f.txt)...(read more)
- Date: 1954
- Duration: 00:06:21
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Australia
John Hvasta Escapes Red Captivity Returns Home To Freedom
After 5 years behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia, three of them in prison, another 21 months as a fugitive from Red police, John Hvasta returns home to freedom and tells what it’s like to be back in America.
Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner
Six thousand gather from 48-states for the Republican Partys annual Lincoln Day box dinner and hear President Eisenhower plead for the faith in America that carried Lincoln to victory. Vice-President Nixon and House Speaker Joseph William Martin, Jr. talking. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower arrive at dinner.
Chinese New Year In San Francisco Chinatown
75,000 crowd the narrow, winding streets of San Francisco Chinatown to welcome in the New Year, the Year of the Horse. Dragon dances, plenty of music, and the rattle of firecrackers help make it the biggest celebration in Chinatowns history.
Queen Elizabeth In State Visit To Australia
Queen Elizabeth arrives in Sydney as record throngs, estimated at a million, pay tribute with one of the greatest, most enthusiastic popular receptions on record.
1954 Millrose Games Track And Field
Top track and field stars turn out for the annual Millrose Games. Bob Richards, the vaulting vicar, wins his 8th title. Malvin G Whitfield wins the 880, double victory by a repeat in the 660, to win the Wanamaker Trophy as outstanding competitor.
Japanese Baseball Fans Present Gift To President Dwight D Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is presented with a 700-year old suit of Samurai armor on behalf of Japanese baseball fans by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham.
Palm Springs CA Hosts Annual Rodeo
Spills and thrills in the 14th annual Palm Springs, California Rodeo, with pretty girl riding standing up on four horses abreast and taking horses over the hurdles, and cowboys trying to stay aboard the bucking broncs horses and Brahman bulls.
