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Communist Correspondents Alan Winnington and Wilfred Burchett, serving as stage managers, did their best to liven the proceedings: "Hi. Al. Hello, Dick, how's everything?" But as prisoner after prisoner stood before the TV and newsreel came:as. each repeated the same, dull set piece: "We believe that our greatest task is to keep the peace and win democracy for our people, but if we return, our voices would be silenced. That is why we are here...
...Historical Example. At first Italians showed resentment of Alcide de Gasperi for the quick and unceremonious demise of the Pella regime; his picture was even booed in some newsreel theaters. The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano took the rare step of publicly entering a political scrap-on Pella's side. But with surprising haste much of the newspaper following which Pella had built up petered away within hours of his resignation; two of Italy's strongest newspapers came out next morning against any attempt to reform the government along Pella's lines. "No rightist solution is possible...
...skull while playing for the professional Chicago Rockets. After a long convalescence and some determined hard work, Hirsch makes it back to the gridiron in time to help the Los Angeles Rams win the 1951 championship. Most of the film's football action is supplied by exciting newsreel clips of Hirsch running wild against various Big Ten and pro teams. But off the playing field things slow down to a walk. Newcomer Joan Vohs plays the thankless role of sweetheart and wife, while Veteran Lloyd Nolan tries to hold the film together as Hirsch's high-school coach...
...friendly tail wind, the big, potbellied C-97 reached the California coast nearly an hour ahead of schedule. The pilot radioed ahead for instructions, and the word came back: slow down. By the time the plane touched ground at Travis Air Force Base and taxied into the television and newsreel lights one night last week, everything was in readiness. Air police tried to hold back a cheering crowd of 500. As soon as the ramp was lowered, a beaming woman hurried up into the outstretched arms of her husband. There, in the relative privacy of the big plane, Major General...
...ring of the telephone and a voice that said cheerily: "Good morning. This is the Sands operator. We have been asked to awaken you so you could get up and prepare for the wedding." In the Gold Room of the Sands, everything was ready. Newsreel cameras, TV equipment and flash guns lined the wall. Los Angeles Herald & Express Reporter Jimmy Crenshaw spotted a musician carrying a bull fiddle and made for Pressagent Freeman. "I got it in the paper already, boy," cried Reporter Crenshaw. "no music, no wedding march; there better not be a wedding march." Freeman obliged: "O.K. Rita...