News Review 1947 and 1948

Year Published: 1947

Creator: Castle Films

Complete Record: News Review of 1947: Disaster strikes Texas City, Texas. Industrial city almost wiped out from ship explosion which led to more and more petroleum fires. Death of Governor-elect Talmadge starts three-cornered scramble for seat in Georgia. Hemisphere Defense Pact signed. President Truman in Rio de Janeiro Brazil for Inter-American Defense Conference. New York Hermit Mystery. Homer and Langley Collyer die amid their junk piles. Hoarders hoarding Air record broken. Captain Bill Odum flies around the world in 73 hours. Hurricane strikes Florida. 160 mile winds batter resort center in Miami to Palm Beach. American Legion 29th Annual Parade in New York City. News Parade of the Year 1948: Columbia River floods in the Pacific Northwest. Hurricane in Key West to Miami, Florida. Holland crowns new Queen Juliana. Crisis in Berlin due to Cold War. US flies supplies into the city. Tensions build between Communists and Germans. Coal strike grips France. Riots. Palestine conflict involving Holy Land boundaries. Revolt in Bogota. U.S. Air Growth. New planes tested. Parasite military jet. Presidential election. Dewey vs. Truman. Truman wins.