Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 9]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 9]

1952

Part 1, Queen Elizabeth, on horseback, reviews the "trooping of the colors" in London; leads a procession to Buckingham Palace; and, with Princes Philip and Charles, waves to crowds from a balcony. Part 2, Pres. Truman marches with his World War I buddies (35th Div.) in a Springfield, Mo., parade. Part 3, Eisenhower entrains in Abilene, Kan.; deplanes in New York City; is greeted by Thomas Dewey; and tells newsmen he would, if elected Pres., meet with Russ. officials anywhere to negotiate a peace. Part 4, tanks and inf. enter the Koje Island (Korea) prison compound. Propaganda banners are torn down, huts burned, and prisoners segregated and inspected by Gen. Boatner. Part 5, Gen. Ridgway and Sir James Thomas unveil a monument on a Normandy beach, decorate graves,and greet villagers liberated eight years before.

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