Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 26]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 26]

1941-1956

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99054

Part 1, Winston Churchill detrains in Miami, Fla., and speaks to newsmen, Part 2, "Roosevelt" dimes are made in the Philadelphia mint. The polio poster boy urges support for the "March of Dimes." Part 3, rescue workers remove bodies from the wreckage of a passenger plane near Cheshire, Conn. Part 4, a seal performs in the San Francisco zoo. Part 5, Pres. Truman presents medals to Gen. Hershey and 54 local selective service board members in the White House. Part 6, an injured pilot is rescued by helicopter from the Burmese jungle. Part 7, shows horse racing at Hialeah Race Track, Fla.

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