News parade of the year 1949
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S.S. Noronic disaster -- Disaster strikes luxury cruise liner is gutted by the fire at Toronto, Canada pier -- 189 vacation-bound passengers perish in holocaust -- Berlin blockade ends -- All clear ahead as trains again roll into once isolated Charlottenburg -- Trucks rush supplies to underfed Berliners -- Globe circled non-stop -- Army bomber circles world in 94 hours flight ; gas is sent aloft for refueling ; pilot James Gallagher -- China crisis -- Nationalist soldiers in Shanghai vent their fury on suspected communists -- Communist shore batteries pound British cruiser in Yangtze before its escape to Shanghai - - American and British leave by every means possible -- Legion's biggest show -- 65,000 legionnaires march before 1,500,000 spectators in the spirit color and fighting valor of the nation ; 31st parade at Philadelphia, PA -- Pope's 50th anniversary -- 50,000 school children throng Rome's Piazza San Pietro to greet Pope Pius -- His Holiness is deeply touched by their devotion -- Atlantic pact signed -- Canada, France, England, and United Sates sign solemn agreement against aggression -- President Truman makes it official -- Ecuador earthquake -- Terrific tremor devastates cities and town as 6,000 perish -- 25, 000 are injured, roads are blocked, rivers are swollen amid horror and grief -- Mexican volcano erupts -- Mount Paricutin with relentless fury wiping out nearby towns and villages -- Fertile valleys are turned into wastelands -- Indianapolis auto classic -- a crowd 175,000 spectators stand to witness Memorial Day 500 mile auto race -- Danger ahead!
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1 film reel (10 min.) : si. at sd. speed, b&w ; 16 mm
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PN1995.9.N48 N489 1900z
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New York : Castle Films ; United World Films
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