Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 31]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 31]

1947

Part 1, shows test flights of the U.S. Navy's "Banshee" fighter plane. Part 2, Gen. Mark Clark debarks in New York City from the liner America and speaks to newsmen. Capt. John Eisenhower and his fiancee arrive aboard the transport General Stewart. Film executives Leo G. Carroll and William Wyler board the liner Queen Elizabeth in N.Y.C. Part 3, Pres. Truman signs a bill granting aid to Turkey and Greece, and describes its objectives. Part 4, an Armenian faith healer arrives in Palm Springs, Calif. Part 5, shows a dog show in Madison, New Jersey, and a motorboat race on the Hudson River.

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