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News Magazine of the Screen, November (1950)

1950 · Ephemeral film · 18 min

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Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use.

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18 minutes
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Prelinger Archives

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★★★ · Maccarthur and Truman seen waterskiing around the Louisiana Purchase! · Spuzz · 2005-01-31

Seemingly endless rah rah this time of What Makes The U.S. of A so great.. So here we go! U.N. celebrates it's 5th anniversary both in New York and abroad. Liked the attention this got. Liked the big flap when Truman shook the russian general's hand.. The abroad thing was great too, I was a little dubious though at the amount of Germans who turned out for the unveilling of the Victory Bell though.. Hmmm.. We then follow Truman as he flies to an island for a visit with Maccarthur about the Korean War. Before that, he pops by Hawaii to make a surprisingly robust speech. All of this was very…

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