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Includes Hollis Edens, James Cleland, and other wedding guests at Linden Court, followed by "Wedding Story" by Jack Williams.

Reel 52 has an audio track with narration added to all the footage from reel 44, plus most of the footage from reels RL01167-F16-0049 and RL01167-F16-0044. See each reel for more information.

Home movies and travel footage. Sarah P. Duke Gardens; Pinecrest; (1952?) Duke University Greek life parade; 1958 Durham Civic Honor Award ceremony; Les Terrasses; horse riding; Linden Court; fox hunting; fishing; and cockfighting. Remainder of reel shows from the family's 1960 European vacation, including the Crieff Sheep Dog Trials (Scotland), Sweden, and Denmark. Includes Mary Duke Biddle, Elizabeth Gotham, and Stella Alston.

African scenery and wildlife (1955), 1957 Princeton University homecoming, travel footage of Quebec before departing for Europe on 1958 family vacation, swimming and tennis at Linden Court, dedication plaque in Sarah P. Duke Gardens, holidays and tree planting at Les Terrasses, Duke Homestead, Durham or Duke University-related award ceremony, and brief 1963 travel footage of Greece.

Many scenes and towns pictured, including at sea on the Saxonia from Montreal to Southampton and on the Parthia from Liverpool to New York City, Cambridge University, Edinburgh, Expo 58 in Brussels, a boat ride on the Rhine River, the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg, a gondola ride in Venice, the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Munich, and the Villa Capponi outside Florence (owned by Elizabeth Stevenson and Ernest Ives). Audio track with background music and narration mainly by James H. Semans but also including Wilkins, MDBTS, and most of the Trent girls.

Durham Debutante and Cotillion Christmas Ball; includes two black doormen.

Includes brief black and white portion with Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. presenting his credentials to Prime Minister Francisco Franco. Angier Duke Biddle is seen, along with many others, at a reception after.

Home movies, including septic tank replacement at Les Terrasses, then travel footage of Greece.

Graduation of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle III, stepbrother of MDBTS.

Primarily, US naval vessels and sailors in the Sixth Fleet's Task Force 61 on deployment in the Mediterranean and participating in military exercises (amphibious assaults by US Marines and armor in Task Force 62). Includes ACU2-5, ACU2-7, LCU-1649, and LCU-1650 from Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU-2); the USS Suffolk County (LST-1173); USS Coronado (LPD-11); and USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30). Secondarily, US sailors on shore leave in Italy, Greece, and Spain.

Home movies and travel footage. MDBTS and Josiah C. Trent in Nassau, snow day at Les Terrasses with the Trent girls, and a rodeo at the Stanley County (South Dakota) Fair Grounds. Towards the end, there are two scenes with Native Americans in traditional clothing and dancing, as well as what appears to be US Army reenactors.

While there is a small amount of silent footage of the 1967 Duke Homestead dedication at the start, most of this reel has sound and is of Jefferson Machamer and His Gags and Gals in Koo-Koo Korrespondence Skool (1937).

James Duke Biddle Trent Semans and other boys launching model rockets in a field.