Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 23]
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Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940...
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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
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Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
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Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951
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Strong, George Veazey, 1880-1946
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George Veazey Strong (b. March 14, 1880, Chicago, Ill.-d. Jan. 10, 1946), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1904. His World War II records includes commanding general, 8th Army Corps, head of Military Intelligence, and service with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1944 and 1945. He retired in February 1944. From the description of Strong, George Veazey, 1880-1946 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598100 ...
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...
