Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 28]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 28]

1954

Part 1, shows aerial views of flooded areas near Des Moines, Iowa. Workers use sandbags and bulldozers to stem the flood; inhabitants evacuate low areas. Part 2, war correspondents arrive at the Guatemalan border. Shows Guatemalan rebel leaders near Esguipulas. Part 3, a shows jet planes, manufactured in France, at Bordeaux and Istres prior to their delivery to NATO. Part 4, flashbacks show Pres. Eisenhower add Winston Churchill at the 1953 Bermuda Conference. At the White House, Sec. Dulles, Gen, Walter B. Smith, and Sens. Know land and Lyndon Johnson discuss the coming visit by Churchill. Part 5, John Landy runs a mile in 3:58 at Turku, Finland.

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