Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 12]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 12]

1949

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Part 1, baseball: Joe Dimaggio signs a New York Yankee contract, gives autographs, hits a home run, and discusses his team. Part 2, Sec. of the Army Royall deplanes in Tokyo, is greeted by Gen. MacArthur, and reviews 1st Cavalry Div. units. Part 3, two Russian Air Force pilots, defecting to the U.S., deplane at National Airport, Washington, D.C. Part 4, students from "Marshall Plan" nations pose with President Truman. Part 5, a French "Gratitude Train," counterpart of the U.S. "Friendship Train," arrives in Washington, D.C.; Sen. Connolly opens one of the cars. French Ambassador Bonnet places a torch on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Part 6, Nationalist Chinese troops flee Nanking; a Nationalist cruiser patrols the Yangtze.

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