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| |  | HURRICANES, CYCLONES & FLOODS MONTAGE - 1955
Montage of natural disasters as hurricanes, cyclones and floods scar the summer of 1955 across the nation. Hundreds are left dead and thousands more homeless from hurricane-battered North Carolina to flood-stricken Connecticut and more.
1955 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:01:01:00
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| |  | CIVIL WAR IN SAIGON - 1955
People flee through the streets of Saigon as civil war comes to Indo China where a Nationalist victory emerges from the chaos - a precursor to the Vietnam War!
April 28, 1955 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:14:00
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| |  | 77TH CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION - 1956
Gorgeous aerials of the 77th Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) with parades, night time rides that glitter against a black velvet background and a spectacular fireworks show to top it all off!
August, 1956 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:28:00
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| |  | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - 1955
Disneyland opens in 1955 with visitors arriving at the train station where they are greeted by none other than the Mickey Mouse! Main Street USA is the attraction where people enjoy the world famous entertainment park in its infancy.
1955 - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:53:00
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| |  | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - 1955 - 1
Disney's Adventureland theme park area features a fantastic show of mechanical singing birds. A boat ride into the jungle is also featured as the guide shoots at a menacing Hippopotamus before everyone makes it to the next theme - Frontierland.
1955 - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:01:19:00
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| |  | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - 1955 - 4
Futureland at Disney features such rides as being shrunk by a telescope, a trip to the moon, a submarine ride and more. Visitors move from ride to ride on a futuristic rail system.
1955 - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:02:46:00
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| |  | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - 1955 - 3
Disney's Fantasyland is a child's dream come true with fantasy rides like the much beloved Teacup ride.
1955 - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:24:00
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| |  | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - 1955 - 2
Disney's Frontierland allows visitors to enjoy a train ride, seen partially in passenger POV, as well as by mule train and the steamboat Mark Twain. Indians, friendly and not so friendly, are also part of the fun.
1955 - COLOR
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:49:00
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| |  | EIGHTH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE - 1955
Ten thousand Boy Scouts from around the world converge on Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada for the eighth Boy Scouts World Jamboree. American Boy Scouts give a lively show of Native American dances during the festivities.
August 20, 1955 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:00:18:00
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| |  | PARKER DEFEATS ARTHUR FOR CANADIAN CROWN - 1956
At Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, James J. Parker in the dark trunks tangles with Johnny Arthur for the Canadian version of the British Empire Heavyweight Crown. The fighters go twelve rounds before Parker is declared the winner.
January 10, 1956 - BLACK/WHITE
Source: Video: BetaSP | 00:01:07:00
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