Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 13]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 13]

1942

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Part 1, a Douglas C-54 transport plane is tested over Santa Monica, California. Part 2, Adm. King and Hart visit the White House and meet Secretary Knox. Part 3, six German agents on trial in New York are driven away in a police car after their conviction. Part 4 shows air raid shelters under construction, old autos on fields and golf courses, guards patrolling oil pipelines, and civilians practicing air raid drills. Part 5, U.S. troops disembark from transports at Reykjavik, Iceland. Part 6, U.S. troops engage in practice alerts on Puerto Rico. Part 7 shows a private air raid shelter in Menlo Park, California. Part 8, boxer Abe Simon trains in Summit, New Jersey; Joe Louis trains in Ft. Dix, New Jersey. Part 9, hockey: U.S. Military Academy vs. Canadian Royal Military College. Part 10, a sports announcer bid farewell to his fans.

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