Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 17]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 17]

1942

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Part 1, a parachute is tested in Hicksville, New York. Part 2, Marshal Petain meets with the French cabinet in Vichy and is informed by Adm. Leahy of the U.S. break of relations with Vichy. Shows Pierre Laval; flashbacks to Petain's meetings with Hitler and Goring; the carrier Berne, cruiser Emile Bertrand, and other ships at Martinique; the battleship Dunkerque at Oran; and a French Fascist meeting in Vichy. Part 3, headlines announce the bombing of the Japanese in the Philippines. Urges greater war production. Part 4, baseball: New York Yankees vs. Washington Senators; Vice Pres. Wallace throws out the first ball. Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Giants. Part 5, the fall of Java is announced. Shows Dutch troops; Gen. Wavell; and Gen. MacArthur.

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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 (Spirit)

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