Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 3]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 3]

1942

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98652

Part 1, the New York Giants baseball team trains under Mel Ott in Miami, Florida. Part 2 shows events in the AAU track meet in New York City. Part 3, motion picture Academy Awards are presented. Personages: Lynda Darnell, Cesare Romero, Betty Grable, George Raft, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Myrna Loy, Norma Shearer, Carole Landis, Mary Martin, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, and Gary Cooper. Part 4, English and Scottish troops tour New York City. Part 5, a Dutch ship with her Chinese crew reaches Seattle after escape from the Japanese. Part 6, cavalrymen patrol the beaches in California. Part 7, South American skiers learn rescue and first aid on Mt. Hood. Part 8, War Production Board (WPB) Chairman Nelson speaks.

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