Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 15]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 15]

1942

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98704

Part 1, glider pilots graduate in La Mesa, Texas. Shows gliders landing on a highway. Part 2, Army Air forces (AAF) personnel drill in Keesler Field, Mississippi. Part 3 shows U.S. troops receiving mail. The head of the Army postal service urges early mailing of Christmas packages. Part 4, James Conant, Bernard Baruch, and others of the Baruch rubber committee enter the White House; Baruch speaks. Shows the manufacture of tires. Part 5, baseball: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Brooklyn Dodgers. Football: Army All-Stars vs. New York Giants. Personages: Billy Conn and Joe Louis. Part 6 is a war bond trailer.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6514506

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Louis, Joe, "Brown Bomber", 1914-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq0s4g (person)

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), known professionally as Joe Louis, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights. The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge ...

Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2fwv (person)

Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...

Conn, Billy, 1917-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fs6059 (person)