Motion pictures, 1940-1949 - Library of Congress. Copyright Office

60. July 27, 1948. Third party nominates Wallace. General Clay, U. S. chief in Berlin, reports on crisis. Dewey holds conferences on foreign affairs. Giant 180–passenger transport plane [Constitution] joins U. S. Navy. Ku Klux Klan meets [in Georgia] to initiate 500 new members. Parade and frolic mark aquatennial at Minneapolis. Killer admits mass slaying [in Van West, Ohio].

61. July 30, 1948. President demands action by Congress in special session. Taft speaks for the Republicans. News flashes: Canadian ship on reef [off the coast of British Columbia]; pneumatic weapons; whaling off British Columbia; grasshopper plague in Argentine; Chicago celebrates railroad centennial. Sports: Sydney [Australia] dog show; skiing Australia [in New South Wales]; Del Mar [California] racing opens.

62. Aug. 3, 1948. World's greatest airport opened at New York. Congress probes Communist spy ring in U. S. Thousands killed and injured in German blast [at I. G. Farben chemical plant]. Broadway show [cast of "The Play's the Thing">[ flies to Colorado to aid Central City fete. Olympic games [at Wembley Stadium in London].

63. Aug. 6, 1948. Dramatic hearings in Washington on Red spies in U. S. Dayton, Ohio: Univis Lens Company strike. Longview, Wash.: dock fire. Independence, Mo.: Truman walks and votes. U. S. athletic stars shine in London's Olympic Games.

64. Aug. 10, 1948. Red spy hearings [in Washington] reveal Russia got A-bomb material. England releases first pictures of its atomic plant [at Harwell]. Hollywood stars aid UN charity show in Paris. High wire walker celebrates his 82nd birthday [Ivy Baldwin of Eldorado Springs, Colo.]. Americans in clean sweep of Olympic events in London.