Motion pictures, 1940-1949

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Summary: A report on the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Shows the different departments of the Museum and the people who prepare the exhibits. Includes scenes o...

1. Palestine: terrorists on trial; refugees shut out. Fourteen-year-old takes Soap-box Derby. Russia rebuilds Dnieper [hydro-electric] dam. Churchill gets ancient honors. Truman...

200. Sept. 2, 1949. Hurricane filmed in action from Miami to Palm Beach. "Captain Harry" Truman gets Legion ovation. World famous gems on public display. "Sistie's" a mother [Mr...

2. Asia's New Voice. Summary: Shows how the people of India have struggled since 1947 to secure their independence from Great Britain, and presents the many problems facing the...

1. Aug. 22, 1949. First free German elections. Five nations test Britain's air defenses. Ottawa: Canadian lab; baby, it's cold inside. Ocean City, N. J.: sleepiest baby parade i...

210. Jan. 6, 1949. Earthquake rocks [penal colony on Maria Madre] Island, Mexico. Airlift fliers entertained [in Berlin]. Highlights of the Bowl games: The Rose Bowl [Northweste...

1. Dec. 30, 1949. The Pope opens 1950 holy year in the Vatican. Truman at home for holiday. Christmas fire destroys town [of Hyndman, Pa.]. Windsors arrive for U. S. visit. New...

2. Jan. 6, 1948. First films made inside an atomic plant in Canada. Tojo takes stand in war crimes trial at Tokyo. Freaks of weather: Louisiana tornado; floods in France. Hail t...

2. Jan. 4, 1949. Dramatic rescue of 12 fliers from Greenland icecap. Puerto Rico inaugurates first elected governor. Senator Barkley and Bob Hope [return from Germany]. Nation u...

105. Jan. 2, 1948. Tojo and company await trial [war crimes trials in Tokyo]. Maharajah's jubilee [Silver Jubilee Durbar in Jaipur]. The new look in Spain [fashions in Barcelona...

209. Oct. 6, 1947. Truman urges U. S. to save food for starving Europe. Walter Winchell vs. Vishinsky [Vishinsky slanders Americans, and Winchell says Russia fears power of a fr...

16. Oct. 14, 1948. World series; first and second games. 23 rescued in Bahamas air crash. Air lift pilots aid Berlin kids. People in the news: President Truman, John Foster Dull...

200. Sept. 3, 1948. First World Council of Churches. Rioting Reds seize Berlin City Hall. Soviet consul [Jacob M. Lomakin] sails for home; he won't talk. 25–year-olds answer fir...

26. Nov. 27, 1945. Admiral Halsey says good-by to 3rd Fleet. Reports from Germany: refugees on the move; super generals in prison. News of the nation: new military plane tested...

221. Nov. 21, 1945. Washington drama. Atom bomb agreement. Congress hears Attlee. Pearl Harbor inquiry. Eisenhower's warning. Tojo awaits doom. Blast Jap weapons. British mercy...

464. Jan. 3, 1946. Pope names cardinals. [Canadian Ambassador] honor[s] film makers. Fashions for spring. Ski jumpers take off. [Jack Benny] behind the hate ball. Spectacle on i...

39. Congress, Parliament sing Christmas carols. Truman goes home for Christmas. Japs petition to save Yamashita. Eight-year-olds learn aviation [in Chattanooga, Tennessee]. Jap...

1. Aug. 30, 1946. Refugees barred from Palestine land at Cyprus. UN Security Council opens new session; U. S.—Soviet clash. Personalities in world news: King George of Greece aw...

200. Sept. 5, 1946. Halsey answers Red criticism. Human projectile hurled from speeding airplane. German refugees in Denmark. Lighter side of the news: [Little Sisters' Day at R...

449. Nov. 13, 1945. Labor-Management seek agreement. Bond sales zooming. Army unveils "Little David" [largest calibre mortar]. Berlin prepares for winter. Reason for Thanksgivin...

27. Nov. 28, 1947. New French Premier and Cabinet fight crisis of strikes. Action flashes from abroad: grasshoppers plague Australia; Vienna building razed. Aviation: largest la...

93. Nov. 20, 1947. Friendship Train reaches seaboard. Reds fear our movies, says [Eric] Johnston. Footnote on furs [New York: Miss Paula Croset chosen Miss Cinderella by fur man...

New Frontiers of Medicine. Summary: The newest medical miracles. Reference is made to new drugs, new fields of study such as the study of the Rh blood factor, and to progress in...

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