Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 23]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 23]

1949

Part 1, the College of Cardinals gather in Vatican City to hold a consistory on the Mindszenty case. Part 2, baseball player Danny Gardella and sports writer Arthur Daley speak on the legality of baseball's reserve clause. Part 3 shows the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City. Part 4, President Truman, Gen. Eisenhower, Defense Sec. Forrestal and Gen. Vandenberg observe an air show over Andrews Field, Maryland. Shows F-80, B-47, YB-49, and B-36 airplanes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6515135

National Archives at College Park

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