Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 28]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 28]

1947

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Part 1, the U. S. Navy's XF5U-1 fighter plane is tested over Stratford. Conn. Part 2, shows the U. S. Army headquarters in Tokyo. Father Flanagan of Nebraska's Boys Town meets Gen. MacArthur. Gen. and Mrs. MacArthur visit the Brit. Embassy. Part 3, rowing: the Poughkeepsie Regatta. Part 4, an oil fire rages in Los Angeles' harbor. Part 5, Sen. Taft and Rep. Hartley look on as the Secretary of the Senate signs the vetoed Taft-Hartley Act. Shows the engrossed bill. Flashbacks show demonstrators urging Pres. Truman to veto the bill. AFL Pres. Green, Sen. Taft, Rep. Hartley, and Pres. Truman discuss the bill.

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