Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 7]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 7]

1950

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Part 1, Pres. Truman drives past a guard of honor into the U.S. Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida, addresses graduates, and hands out diplomas. Part 2, Charles A. Lindbergh addresses a Washington, D.C., dinner as he receives the, Wright Bros. Trophy. Part 3, Mae Murray, Theda Bara, Jack Holt, Max Sennett, and others attend a Hollywood party honoring Cecil B. DeMille. Part 4, shows spillways and dams of N.Y.C.'s water supply, system. A waterless day is proclaimed for the arid city. Part 5, shows wrestling in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. Football: an "All-Star" team vs. the Cleveland Browns in Houston, Tex.

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