Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT PICTURES. [SEPT. 24]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT PICTURES. [SEPT. 24]

1947

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99226

Part 1, shows logging operations along Canada's Maurice River. Part 2, James Forrestal is sworn in as Sec. of Defense by Justice Vinson, and is congratulated by Sec. of War Royall, Sec. of Navy Sullivan, and Air Force Sec. Symington. Part 3, on the opening session of the U.N., Russian delegate Gromyko vetos a Sec. Council discussion of the Greek civil war; Sec. of State Marshall speaks before the Gen. Assembly on the question. Part 4, shows the "Freedom Train" in Phila. Atty. Gen. Clark speaks at Independence Hall; Alan Ladd leads children in the "Freedom Pledge;" and Irving Berlin conducts the singing of "Here Comes the Freedom Train."

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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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Vinson, Fred M. (Frederick Moore), 1890-1953

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Ladd, Alan, 1913-1964

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Sullivan, John L. (John Lawrence), 1899-1982

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John L. Sullivan was born on June 16, 1899 in Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1918 he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, in 1921 he received a B.A. from Dartmouth College, and in 1924 he received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School. In 1929 he was elected Solicitor, Hillsborough County, Maine, and in 1937 he served as Commander of the New Hampshire Department of the American Legion. In 1939, Sullivan was named Assistant to the U. S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and from 1940 to 1944 he served as ...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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