Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 29]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 29]

1951

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Part 1, Jack Dempsey attends boxing matches in Toronto, Canada. Part 2 shows damage caused by the eruption of Hibok Hibok volcano on Camiguin Island in the Philippines. Part 3, President Truman confers in Washington, D.C., with Sec. of Defense Lovett, Gens. Bradley and Collins, Adm. Fechteler, and Attorney Gen. McGrath. Korean truce talks and tax scandals are topics of the conversations. Part 4 shows montage views of Christmas processions and religious services in the U.S., and panoramic views of snowy Korean battlefields.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987

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Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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Fechteler, W. M. (William Morrow), 1896-1967

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William Morrow Fechteler (1896-1967) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 16, 1951 to August 17, 1953. From the description of Fechteler, W. M. (William Morrow), 1896-1967 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575816 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of William Morrow Fechtler : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481304 ...