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

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

1945

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Part 1, a three-wheeled automobile is demonstrated in California. Part 2, an infant boy is delivered to his grandparents in Minnesota after a flight from London. Part 3 shows an RAF jet plane on a test flight. Part 4, British Prime Ministers Attlee deplanes in Washington, D.C., shakes hands with Sec. of State Byrnes, greets President Truman at the White House, lays a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's Tomb in Arlington National Cemetery, and goes aboard the yacht Sequoia to discuss atomic weapons control. Other personages: Canadian Premier King. Part 5, football: Navy vs. Michigan; Notre Dame vs. Army. Personages: Adms. Halsey and Fitch.

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