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A Young American Buddhist Monk Being Congratulated

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  • 1961-5-4

A young American Buddhist monk Susiddhi Thero, being congratulated by Mr. Everett Drumright, US Ambassador in Formosa and Mrs. Drumright, and other well-wishers, following his formal ordainment at Taipeh into the Chinese order of Mahayana Buddhism...

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Afghanistan

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  • 1961-12-18

Afghanistan -- The main market street of the historic city Gazni, with the old fort (now an army barracks) towering over it. Gazni is about 200 kilometers southwest of Kabul and only 50 kilometers from the border of Pakistan. The city was named af...

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Afghanistan

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  • 1961-12-18

Afghanistan -- A typical old Afghani, who claimed he was 70 years old. Despite his age his eyesight is extremely good and he can shoot a bird 300 meters distant with a rifle. These are the type of men who harassed the British Army in the 19th Cent...

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Afghanistan - Bathing in Kabul River

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Afghanistan -- Children, and grown-ups, bathing and washing in Kabul River. In the background is part of the New Kabul City, with modern buildings and facilitates.

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Afghanistan - The Old Fort in Gazni

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Afghanistan -- The Old Fort in the historic city of Gazni, from which the Afghanis launched their invasion of India in the old ways.

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Astronaut Glenn Visits Japan Prime Minister

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  • 1963-5-31

US astronaut Col. John Glenn (centre) explaining his three-orbit space flight in Friendship 7 last year to Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda of Japan. The astronaut was on a courtesy visit to Tokyo. He presented the Premier with a model of Friendship 7....

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Dancing in the Street

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  • 1961-7-3

The twenties returned to Stockholm recently as girls attired in the costumes of their sisters of the time, danced in the streets as part of a carnival sponsored by students heralding the coming of the spring.

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Ethiopian Royalties in Tokyo

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  • 1959-11-9

Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Ethiopia are shown as they leave the Tokyo Imperial Palace after a meeting with the Emperor and the Empress of Japan on November 5. Crown Prince Merid Azmatch Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie an...

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