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

Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950

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South African statesman. From the description of Typed letter signed : to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665092 Jan Christiaan Smuts was a guerilla commander in the Boer War, led forces against the German in World War I, and commanded South African forces in World War II. He was Prime Minister of South Africa, 1919-1924 and 1939-1948, and helped draft the United Nations charter. From the description of Walt Whitman : a study in th...

Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

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Political leader of the Soviet Union. From the description of Statement of Joseph Stalin, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677730 ...

Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977

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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (b. June 12, 1897-d. Jan. 14, 1977), British Foreign Secretary from 1935 to 1955 and British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. From the description of Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581894 ...

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

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Alben Barkley: Congressional Voice of Liberty "A good story," said Alben Barkley, "is like fine Kentucky bourbon, it improves with age and, if you don't use it too much, it will never hurt anyone." One of Congress' most proficient storytellers, Barkley used his booming baritone, endless repertoire of anecdotes, and rousing speech-making ability to propel himself from congressman to senator to majority leader and vice president. Well liked, he earned the esteem of his colleagues in 1944, wh...

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Cunningham, Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount, 1883-1963.

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King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950

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King was a Canadian politician and served as prime minister of Canada for 21 years (1921-1930 and 1935-1948). Elizabeth Gaskell Norton (b. 1866) was the daughter of Charles Eliot Norton, editor, literary scholar, and professor of fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, 1906-1911. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390084 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F237 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person...

Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, Viscount, 1883-1963

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Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (b. July 23, 1883, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France-d. June 17, 1963, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, U.K.), Field Marshal in the British Army, was the foremost military advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II and is regarded as one of the chief architects of the Allies' victory. He was educated in France, and, after attending the Royal Military Academy, was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery. During World War I, this flu...