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1957 USA: Mock air alert in New York and Washington in fourth Atomic civil defence exercise
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0:26Now PlayingDate: 22nd July 1957
Location: USA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: New York: Times Square:
"Operation Alert".. shots of Time Square, New Yrk as fourth Atomic civil defence exercise "Operation Alert" begins..people clear streets in two minutes....
USA: Washington DC:
U.S. Helicopter picks up President Dwight David "'Ike" Eisenhower from the White House and takes him to a mountain headquarters / shot of the White House.
United States of America; Civil Defence
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