Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 11]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 11]

1948

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Part 1, flames destroy a 150-year-old inn in Intervale, N. H. Part 2, on Gen. Eisenhower retirement from the army. Flashbacks show Eisenhower reviewing troops, conferring with Allied officers during World War II, and riding in a ticker- tape parade down New York City's Fifth Ave. Eisenhower and Pres. Truman attend the swearing in of Gen. Bradley as Army Chief of Staff and Eisenhower later speaks to newsmen. Part 3, shows skiing and ice skating events in the Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switz. Actress Paulette Goddard is in audience.

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