Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 19]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 19]

1949

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99373

Part 1 shows the aftermath of a railroad accident in Le Bourget (Paris), France. Part 2, Eagle Scouts tour the Capitol and the Supreme Court, and later meet with Sec. of Defense Forrestal. Part 3, Egyptian students visit an archaeological restoration project in Sakkara. Part 4, President Truman and Canada's Prime Minister St. Laurent pose on the steps of Blair House. St. Laurent speaks at the Canadian Embessy on NATO and on U.S.-Canadian relations. Part 5, the American Bowling Congress opens in Atlantic City, N.J. Part 6 shows skiing in Banff, Canada, and a yacht race off Miami, Florida. Part 7, is a trailer urging support of the American Heart. Association

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