Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 25]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 25]

1952

Part 1, shows aerial views of a New Brunswick, Canada forest threatened by budworms. Pilots are briefed; trees are sprayed from planes. Part 2, blind persons walk through Paris streets with the body of Louis Braille. Pres. Auriol lays a wreath on the tomb at the Pantheon. Part 3, Gen. Ridgway deplanes in the French zone of Germany and reviews French armored troops. Part 4, Lord Halifax, Sec. Acheson, Sir Oliver Franks, and Somerset Maugham march in an academic procession at oxford. Acheson receives an honorary degree. Part 5, Atty. Gen. McGranery introduces youths to Pres. Truman who decorates them with life-saving medals. Part 6, Olympic women divers compete at Houston, Texas.

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