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

100. Dec. 14, 1948. President Truman presented with turkeys. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt returns [from the United Nations meeting in Paris]. President Prio of Cuba in New York City. Russian airmen flee Iron Curtain [to American zone of Austria]. New type helicopter performs amazing acrobatics in tests [Windsor Locks, Conn.] Water show [at Palm Desert, Calif.] Citation wins at Tanforan. Spirit of Christmas [at Bethlehem and Nazareth].

101. Dec. 17, 1948. Thousands of lives lost in sinking of Chinese vessel. Endurance fliers [over Indio, Calif., in the air 26 days]. Airlift training in Montana. Fog fails to halt Berlin airlift. The season's greetings: Cardinal Spellman [at New York Foundling Hospital]; international greetings [from children of foreign diplomats in Washington]; underwater Santa Claus [at Marineland, Fla.] Kid's boxing [at Madison Square Boy's Club in New York]. French bike race [for the Ile de France championship].

102. Dec. 21, 1948. Britain's royalty at christening of Prince Charles. Aviation: Wright brothers' plane [returned to Smithsonian Institution]. Collier trophy award [Truman honors airplane builder Bell and research engineer Stack for supersonic speed]. Wrecked C–47 saved [takes off from Illinois wheat fields]. Zanuck honored [for "Gentlemen's Agreement">[. Pro football champions [Eagles vs. Cardinals, Browns vs. Bills]. Boat parade opens Fort Lauderdale fishing festival. Barbara Ann Scott along Broadway [champion on skates].

103. Dec. 24, 1948. Headliners of 1948: Democracy vs. Communism [Berlin airlift. Czechoslovakia falls to Reds. Masaryk a suicide]. Marshall Plan signed by President. Italian Christian Democratic Party defeats Communists. In France, Reds aim to sabotage Marshall Plan. Mrs. Kosenkina jumps from consulate window to escape Reds. Reds sweep across China. State of Israel proclaimed. Bernadotte and Ghandi murdered. India gains independence. Japanese war criminals hanged. Japan hit by earthquake. Truman elected. Elizabeth Bentley, Chambers, and Hiss [in spy scandal]. Floods in Pacific Northwest. Pershing dies at 87. Eisenhower becomes president of Columbia University. Truman honors Bell and Stack for rocket plane. Air Forces' B–36 takes off. Wilhelmina abdicates, and Juliana assumes crown. Winthrop Rockefeller marries coal miner's daughter. King George and Queen Elizabeth married 25 years. Royal baby, Prince Charles, with Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

104. Dec. 28, 1948. Rescue saga of 13 men marooned on Greenland icecap. Rome: war veterans riot [demanding increase of pensions]. Long Island: Shinnecock lighthouse [razed]. China gold rush [bank places gold on sale]. Stage and screen stars entertain wounded vets [Broadway columnist Ed Sullivan arranges show]. Petrillo signs contract for musicians. Warm Springs kids flown home for the holidays. Connie Mack celebrates 86th birthday. Swimming forum in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.