Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS (MAY 14)

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS (MAY 14)

1952

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Part 1, boxers Walcott and Charles train and rest at Atlantic city and Pleasantville, New Jersey, respectively. Part 2, shows the activities of prisoners at the prison compound on Koje Island off Korea, and views of Gens. Dodd and Colson. Part 3, the liner United States leaves Newport News, Virginia, for speed trials. Flashbacks show the laying of her keel (next to the completed liner America) and her launching. Part 4, Gen. MacArthur rides in a motorcade through Lansing, Michigan, and addresses State legislature on the perils of electing a military man President and of merging parties to choose a single candidate.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Dodd, Francis T. (Francis Townsend), 1899-1973

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Francis Townsend Dodd (b. Oct. 5, 1899, Indiana-d. 1973), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, a West Point graduate, served in World War II, earning several military decorations, and during the Korean War. In 1951 he became deputy chief of staff for the Eighth Army, and in Spring 1952 was held hostage by the Communist leaders of a prisoner-of-war camp for three days. His captors demanded an admission that UN forces had been responsible for bloodshed in the camps. General Dodd and General Charles...

Colson, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1896-1970

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Charles Frederick Colson (1896-1970) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He graduated from West Point in 1918 and commissioned in the infantry in the same year. Between 1926 and 1929, he served in the Philippines. In 1937 he graduated from Command and General Staff School. During World War II, he was deputy chief of staff of the XXII Corps and assistant division commander of the 88th Infantry Division. In November 1944 he made brigadier general. From 1944 to 1945, he was commanding general o...