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

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

1951

Part 1, Gen. MacArthur reviews an American Legion parade in Miami. Convention delegates are addressed by MacArthur, Sec. of Defense Lovett, and Cecil B. DeMille. Part 2, a Seattle housewife receives a photographic award. Part 3, Sen. Taft announces his candidacy for the presidency; Pennsylvania Sen. Duff announces that Gen. Eisenhower is available as a candidate. Part 4 shows the aftermath of stock car collisions at Langhorne Speedway, Pennsylvania.

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