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

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

1941-1957

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Part 1, shows fashions in women's footwear. Part 2, shows brief views of road, water line, and house construction in Israel. Immigrants debark from a liner and are temporarily housed in a tent city. Part 3, jalopy autos race over the Caroll Speedway in Calif. Part 4, Sec. of Defense Johnson, British Amb. Franks, and Air Force Sec. Symington observe B-29's taking off from Andrews A.F. Base, Maryland. The planes land at Marham airdrome, England, and are turned over to the RAF. Part 5, Pres. Truman steps from a launch in Key West, Florida, and is interviewed by newsmen. Part 6, Turkish Army units, trained and equipped by the U.S., pass in review at the Ankara War College.

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