Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 21]

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q925wx (person)

Elizabeth II (April 21, 1926, London, England - September 8, 2022, Balmoral Castle, Scotland) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since February 1952. Additionally, she is Head of the Commonwealth and queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Eliza...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6776605 (person)

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw85m2 (person)

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g26q0t (person)

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...

Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m61rpx (person)

Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr6qmw (person)

Epithet: daughter of George VI; wife of Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones Title: Countess of Snowdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x00022d ...

Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd1vzh (person)

Elizabeth (1900-2002), the Queen Mother, wife of King George VI of Great Britain. From the description of Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582494 Places: England Epithet: Queen Consort of George VI British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x00036a ...

George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66b7sgk (person)

George VI (b. December 14, 1895, Norfolk, England–d. February 6, 1952, Nofolk, England) was King of the United Kingdom from December 11, 1936 until his death. Known publicly as Albert until his accession, and "Bertie" among his family and close friends, George VI was born in the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria, and was named after his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne. He attended naval colleg...

Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq3fxf (person)

Film producer, executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Adolph Zukor : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131591 ...