Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 6]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 6]

1945

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Part 1, Gen. Mark Clark deplanes in Chicago, rides in a motorcade, and delivers a Memorial Day address. Part 2 shows the U.S. military cemeteries at Anzio, Italy, and on Okinawa. Part 3, WFA Admin. Marvin Jones urges Americans to help harvest farm products. Part 4, the damaged destroyer Laffey arrives in Seattle's Navy Yard. Sec. of Navy Forrestal urges shipyard workers to stay on the job. Shows U.S. troops advancing against Japanese positions on Okinawa under cover of tank and rocket fire. Part 5, Bess Truman christens two hospital airplanes and has difficulty breaking a bottle.

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