Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 30]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 30]

1950

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Part 1, beauty contests: "Miss America" at Atlantic City, New Jersey and "Mrs. America" at Asbury Park, New Jersey. Part 2, coal miners are rescued from a cave-in in Ayrshire, Scotland. Part 3, boxing: Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles train for their title bout. Part 4, President Truman, speaking from the White House, states that all Americans must sacrifice to defeat the Communist menace. Motion picture representatives pledge the industry's support. Part 5, U.S. planes strafe North Korean positions near Munsan. Tanks and artillery lay a barrage on positions along the Naktong River. Flamethrowers are used to rout enemy snipers. Infantry units move to the front.

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