Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 22]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 22]

1942

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Part 1, two monkeys cavort around a Christmas tree. Part 2, dehydrated food is loaded on ships. Shows how foods are dehydrated and cooked. Part 3 shows U.S. soldiers aboard a coastal schooner off New Guinea, natives carrying supplies ashore, and Gen. MacNider. Part 4, U.S. troops go ashore in North Africa, battle German and Italian troops in the city, and capture collaborators. Part 5, Army choirs sing Christmas carols in New Caledonia, Ireland, Panama, North Africa, Australia, Alaska, and Iceland. Part 6, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker deplanes in Washington, D.C., meets Gen. Arnold, and discusses rationing and his 21 days on a raft in the Pacific.

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