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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff pose for a photo at a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff takes a photo of the signature of Vice President Kamala Harris after she took part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses her staff and the media as she takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

A view of the ceremonial desk drawer signed by Vice President Kamala Harris after the Vice President took part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

A view of the ceremonial desk drawer signed by Vice President Kamala Harris after the Vice President took part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

A view of the ceremonial desk drawer signed by Vice President Kamala Harris after the Vice President took part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris took part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Vice President Kamala Harris Signs Her Ceremonial Desk Drawer

Vice President Kamala Harris points to her signature after taking part in a ceremonial desk signing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday January 16, 2025 in Washington DC. Joined by the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris takes part in a ceremony that has been observed since the Ford administration but actually dates back to the 1940s. The desk also contains signatures of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. Photo by Jemal Countess/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australia's oldest library starts daily opening of Shakespeare Room for 1st time in history

STORY: Australia's oldest library starts daily opening of Shakespeare Room for 1st time in history DATELINE: April 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the State Library of New South Wales 2. various of the Shakespeare Room STORYLINE: As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. Welcoming visitors in a social media post, the NSW State Library said that the Tudor-style room, opened in the early 1940s, was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. "Inside you'll find thousands of books by and about Shakespeare, as well as stained-glass windows that depict the seven ages of man from his play 'As You Like It'," the state library noted. On Monday midday, Sydneysider Andrea made her first-ever visit to the Shakespeare Room, after looking at the state library website and knowing that t

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-LIBRARY-SHAKESPEARE ROOM-DAILY OPENING

(230424) -- SYDNEY, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2023 shows a book displayed at the Shakespeare Room inside the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. Welcoming visitors in a social media post, the NSW State Library said that the Tudor-style room, opened in the early 1940s, was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-LIBRARY-SHAKESPEARE ROOM-DAILY OPENING

(230424) -- SYDNEY, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos at the Shakespeare Room inside the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, on April 24, 2023. As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. Welcoming visitors in a social media post, the NSW State Library said that the Tudor-style room, opened in the early 1940s, was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-LIBRARY-SHAKESPEARE ROOM-DAILY OPENING

(230424) -- SYDNEY, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 24, 2023 shows a book displayed at the Shakespeare Room inside the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. Welcoming visitors in a social media post, the NSW State Library said that the Tudor-style room, opened in the early 1940s, was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-LIBRARY-SHAKESPEARE ROOM-DAILY OPENING

(230424) -- SYDNEY, April 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors walk past the sign of the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, on April 24, 2023. As the oldest library in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday started opening Shakespeare Room seven days a week to the public for the first time in its history. Welcoming visitors in a social media post, the NSW State Library said that the Tudor-style room, opened in the early 1940s, was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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Mongolia awards traditional script writers to promote language culture

STORY: Mongolia awards traditional script writers to promote language culture DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Mongolia held a ceremony on Friday to reward the winners of a national alphabet writing contest, a move to introduce and promote the country's traditional language. The annual contest this year saw around 50 first-class traditional Mongolian script writers among over 1,100 participants across the Asian country. The traditional Mongolian script, which is written vertically, was the most widespread until the introduction of the Cyrillic script in the 1940s. In 2020, the Mongolian government announced plans to use the traditional script alongside the Cyrillic script in official documents and legal papers from 2025. Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, culture and linguistics experts, domestic and foreign experts in the traditional Mongolian script also attended the award ceremony. Xinhua

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Imelda Marcos

MANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, known for her flamboyance and wide collection of shoes, speaks to Kyodo News at her father's ancestral residence in Manila City on Jan. 31, 2013. The 83-year-old incumbent lawmaker shared her personal experiences during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines up to World War II in the 1940s, her encounters with Japanese officials during her husband's reign from the 1960s up to the early 1980s, and her continuing admiration for the Japanese people and their culture.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Photo shows a ravaged room of an abandoned nuclear test observation post on Bikini Island in the Pacific on Aug. 27, 2011. The United States conducted nearly 70 nuclear bomb tests in the 1940s and 1950s in the vicinity of Bikini Atoll.

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Bikini Island

BIKINI ISLAND, Marshall Islands - Jendrik Leviticus, a former resident of Bikini Island in the Pacific, looks at the empty lot where his house formerly stood on the island during a temporary visit on Aug. 27, 2011. The 77-year-old doctor now living in Majuro branded U.S. nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s ''unforgivable,'' as they deprived Bikini islanders of their homes and health.

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Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles

SIMI VALLEY, United States - Contractors of the Environmental Protection Agency collect soil samples at the former site of Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the suburbs of Los Angeles on June 20, 2011. An experimental nuclear reactor at the lab that was active from the late 1940s to early 1980s experienced a partial meltdown in July 1959. Analysis of the soil will show how much radioactive material remains.

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China says Japanese ODA cannot offset its wartime acts

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao speaks at a press briefing in Beijing on June 7. He said Japan's official development assistance to China cannot compensate for its occupation of Chinese territory in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Popular songs in Show period make a comeback

TOKYO, Japan - Aiko Okumura, 24, sings a popular song in the late 1940s at live house, '' Crossroad,'' in downtown Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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China, S. Korea slam former Japanese defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Hosei Norota (R), a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), chairs the House of Representatives' Budget Committee session in the Diet on Feb. 19. China lashed out at comments made a day earlier by Norota, calling his justifications for Japan's wartime aggression ''ridiculous.'' Norota told LDP supporters that a U.S. ''scheme'' forced Japan to launch military campaigns in Asia in the 1930s and 1940s and that those campaigns are still appreciated for the positive role they play in Southeast Asia.

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China's Chongqing gets creative with cultural relic promotion

STORY: China's Chongqing gets creative with cultural relic promotion DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chongqing's Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2. various of an immersive play 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN SISI, Project director, Chongqing Changjia Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. 4. various of an archaeological specimen gallery STORYLINE: In a quaint building at the institute of cultural relics and archaeology of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, an immersive and interactive play set in the 1940s, is staged every night. The audience can choose to play a dramatic role, influencing the development of the plot. As an immovable cultural relic, the site has become a smash hit across the city, attracting hundreds of people every week. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN SISI, Project director, Chongqing Changjia Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. "After seeing this building, we decided to create an immersive drama, hoping to promote the

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Presidents of Cyprus, Palestine discuss enhancing ties

STORY: Presidents of Cyprus, Palestine discuss enhancing ties DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Nicosia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the two presidents and their meeting STORYLINE: The presidents of the State of Palestine and Cyprus held talks here on Tuesday and signed bilateral cooperation agreements, an official statement said. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told the press that he and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on the need to convene a summit meeting that would bring together Cyprus, Greece and Palestine in the context of their tripartite cooperation agreements. He also said that they discussed developments on the problems of Palestine and Cyprus, the two longest outstanding international issues on the United Nations (UN) agenda dating back to the late 1940s and the 1950s. Anastasiades said that there is a need to respect international law and to solve any disputes on the basis of the United Nations Charter provisions and relevant

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The Black Dahlia (2006)

Josh Hartnett & Hilary Swank Characters: Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert & Madeleine Linscott Film: The Black Dahlia (USA/GER/FR 2006) Director: Brian De Palma 09 August 2006 Cop Bucky Bleichert (JOSH HARTNETT) with socialite Madeleine Linscott (HILARY SWANK) in the 1940s thriller 'The Black Dahlia,' directed by Brian De Palma. 'The Black Dahlia' weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Date: 09 August 2006

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The Black Dahlia (2006)

Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart & Scarlett Johansson Characters: Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert,Lee Blanchard & Kay Lake Film: The Black Dahlia (USA/GER/FR 2006) Director: Brian De Palma 09 August 2006 (L to R) Cops Bucky Bleichert (JOSH HARTNETT) and Lee Blanchard (AARON ECKHART) with Lee?s wife Kay (SCARLETT JOHANSSON) in the 1940s thriller 'The Black Dahlia,' directed by Brian De Palma. 'The Black Dahlia' weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Date: 09 August 2006

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Pan'S Labyrinth (2006)

Movie Scene Film: Pan'S Labyrinth; El Laberinto Del Fauno (El laberinto del fauno) Usa/E/Mex 2006, Director: Guillermo Del Toro 27 May 2006 Date: 27 May 2006

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The Raven

The Raven ('Le Corbeau') (1943) with Pierre Fresnay. RGR, their ref. 0053385 Date: 1943

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Tom & Jerry film (1949)

Tom The Cat & Jerry The Mouse Television: Tom & Jerry (TV-KURZFILM-REIHE) Usa, Ca. 1940-1957, Director: 01 May 1949 Date: 01-May-1949

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Take A Letter, Darling film (1942)

Fred Macmurray & Rosalind Russell Characters: Tom Verney & A.M. MacGregor Film: Take A Letter, Darling (1946) Director: Mitchell Leisen 06 May 1942 Date: 06-May-1942

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Thrill Of A Romance film (1945)

Esther Williams, Van Johnson & Tommy Dorsey Characters: Cynthia Glenn,Major Thomas Milvaine & Himself (as Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) Film: Thrill Of A Romance (1943) Director: Richard Thorpe 23 May 1945 Date: 23-May-1945

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Week-End At The Waldorf film (1945)

Walter Pidgeon & Lana Turner Characters: Chip Collyer, Bunny Smith Film: Week-End At The Waldorf (1946) Director: Robert Z. Leonard 05 October 1945 Date: 05-Oct-1945

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