Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 28]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 28]

1942

Part 1 shows the Hunt Cup obstacle race in Glyndon, Maryland. Part 2 shows the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Part 3, the torpedo damaged Argentine tanker Victoria enters port. Part 4, Sen. Connally is wed in New Orleans. Part 5, models pose for war posters. Part 6 shows lions in the Bronx zoo, raven nests in Colorado telephone lines, and quintuplet goats in Whitman, Massachusetts. Part 7, Marines use rubber boats in landing maneuvers. Part 8, Mrs. Roosevelt presents the millionth free theater ticket to a serviceman in New York City. Part 9, film stars entrain for a war bond tour. Part 10, men aged 45 to 65 register for the draft, among them Mayor La Guardia, Pres. Roosevelt, Alvin York, Wendell Willkie, Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson, and Paul V. McNutt.

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