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

55. Mar. 6, 1948. Turf classic [Santa Anita Handicap in California]. Greek Army traps rebels at frontier [Yanina, near the Albanian frontier]. A soldier remembers a promise [Colonel John Hanlon returns bedsheets borrowed in 1944 from the housewives of Hemroulle, Belgium]. First pictures from Czechoslovakia [Communist Premier Klement Gottwald denounces ministers of the former government; President Benes bows to Red demands].

56. Mar. 10, 1948. Basketball: Notre Dame ends NYU's [winning] streak. Washington: Czech envoy quits to oppose Reds. Republicans name Stassen and Warren. Earl Long wins in Louisiana. Sport season hears the call of the mild; [ski-jumping on Iron Mountain, Michigan; New York Giants at Phoenix, Arizona; Boston Red Sox at Sarasota, Florida].

57. Mar. 13, 1948. Baseball: world champions [Yankees] warm up in Florida; [Pittsburgh Pirates in Hollywood]. Truman and MacArthur will accept if nominated. Greek Army pushes border offensive. A queen comes home [figure-skating champion, Barbara Ann Scott in Montreal]. Top Turf thriller [Salmagundi wins Santa Anita Derby].

58. Mar. 17, 1948. Ship news: "Elizabeth" brings in celebrities [J. Arthur Rank, Mrs. Gretchen Fraser, Dick Button, former King Michael and Queen Helen of Rumania]. Dewey wins first primary [New Hampshire]. All eyes on ice champion [Barbara Ann Scott welcomed by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Ottawa]. Tragedy behind the Iron Curtain [suicide of Czech Foreign Minister—Jan Masaryk; other scenes in Prague].

59. Mar. 20, 1948. Eighty-day pin derby [American Bowling Conference Annual Tournament in Detroit]. Spring football: civilian coach [George Sauer] leads Navy. British repeal 75 per cent tax on U.S. films [comments by Eric Johnston]. People in the eyes of the world: [Dick Button, figure skating champion]; romance out of a story book [radio singer Jane Froman marries airline pilot John Curtis Burn in South Miami]; [Major General Bennett E.] Meyers goes to prison. Byrnes asks action on Russia. Baseball: life with the Dodgers [in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic].