Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 9]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 9]

1949

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Part 1, Bob Hope, Jinx Falkenberg, Irving Berlin, and others deplane in Wash., D.C. Flashbacks show them performing in W. Berlin before those engaged in the air-lifting of food and supplies to the Russ.-besieged city. Personages: Gens. Doolittle and Cannon, Army Sec. Royall, and Vice Pres. Barkley. Part 2 shows the "Tournament of Roses" parade in Pasadena, Calif., and the "King Orange" parade in Miami, Fla. Part 3, football: Northwestern Univ. vs. the Univ. of Calif. in the Rose Bowl; the Univ. of Tex. vs. the Univ. of Ga. in the Orange Bowl; SMU vs the Univ. of Oregon in the Cotton Bowl.

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Cannon, John Kenneth, 1892-1955

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Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

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Hope, Bob, 1903-2003

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Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...