Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 15]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 15]

1950

Part 1, 50 years of French control are celebrated in Algeria. Native camel and mechanized units parade in the village of In Lallah. The French Gov. Gen. presents standards to the units. Part 2 the Boys' Republic of Santa Mavinella, Italy, and the Boy Scouts of America exchange scrolls. Part 3, actor Jerry Lewis and a chimpanzee perform a comedy routine. Part 4, baseball players Joe Dimaggio and Jackie Robinson sign contracts. Part 5, the movements of Internal organs are photographed by X-ray at the Univ. of Rochester. Dr. George Ramsay describes the process.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6515225

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...

Lewis, Jerry, 1926-....

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DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999

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Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr., on November 25, 1914, in Martinez, California. Nicknamed Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, and sometimes called the Yankee Clipper, DiMaggio play his entire baseball career with the New York Yankess from 1936 to 1951. He died on March 8, 1999. From the description of DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582294 ...