Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 18]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 18]

1947

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99155

Part 1, ski jumpers perform in Insbruck. Aust. and Bear Mountain, N. Y. Includes panoramic views of the Austrian Alps. Part 2, its inventor demonstrates a hotel fire escape device in Atlanta, Ga.; a flashback shows the Winecoff Hotel fire. Part 3, shows fashions. Part 4, a large U. S. Army post exchange is opened in Tokyo. Shows its barber and beauty shops. Gen. MacArthur is awarded France's Legion of Honor in Tokyo ceremonies. Japanese riot near Tokyo's Diet Building. Part 5, shows an air show in Miami, Fla. Includes views of jet-assisted takeoffs, gliders. and P-80 and B-29 airplanes maneuvering.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...