Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 25]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 25]

1948

Part 1 shows uncontrollable oil gushers in Edmonton, Canada. Part 2 "Babe" Ruth's body lies in state in Yankee Stadium as crowds file by, is later taken to St. Patrick's Cathedral for requiem Mass, and then buried. Personages include Gov. Dewey, Jack Dempsey, and Mayor O'Dwyer. Part 3, Gen. MacArthur deplanes at Kimpo air-field from the Bataan, is greeted by Gen. Hodges and S. Korean Pres. Rhee, rides in a motorcade through Seoul, and speaks at ceremonies inaugurating the South Korean Republic. Part 4 shows a horsemanship event, a bicycle race, and the extinguishing of the Olympic Torch as the Olympic Games end in Wembley Stadium, London.

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