Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 5]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 5]

1951

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Part 1, following his dismissal as UN commander in Korea by President Truman, Gen. MacArthur arrives at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, is greeted by Gen. Ridgway and Japanese Premier Yoshida, and enplanes for the U.S. Part 2, President Truman defends his foreign policy at a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Part 3, the battleship Missouri, returning from Korean duty, docks in Los Angeles' harbor. Part 4, Gen. Eisenhower observes British and French tanks, assigned to NATO, maneuvering in Germany. Part 5, swimmers compete in Houston, Texas, and Beverly Hills, California.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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