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

32. Dec. 8, 1949. 28 dead in Dallas air crash. Truman on vacation in Key West. Tiny Monaco hails its new monarch. Lewis orders miners back 3 days a week. Montgomery urges Western unity against Reds. Camp Lee, Va.: Wacs and packs on bivouac. Memo from Hollywood: mail early for Xmas. Army team wins the Lambert trophy. Pro football: Eagles vs. Steelers. Kids football classic: Half Pint Bowl [in Washington].

33. Dec. 12, 1949. Navy jet [Douglas Skyrocket] flies faster than sound. Winston Churchill hale and hearty at 75. Montgomery leaves the U. S. Vice President and Mrs. Barkley at $100 Democrat dinner. Wife awaits flier held by China Reds. Airmen start new gold rush of forty-nine. France: wheel of progress—the umbrella bicycle. Italy: cycle of inventions—the lie-down bike. SMU gives Notre Dame its closest call.

34. Dec. 15, 1949. Inside Tito's Yugoslavia. Physician, 84, named doctor of the year. President of Nationalist China in U. S. Vishinsky wishes all a happy new year. Congress probes atom shipments to Reds. Get ready kids, Santa Claus is coming. Canada: family of muscles—6 brothers of brawn. Notre Dame's Hart wins Heisman trophy. Cardinals nip Rams in pro grid thriller.

35. Dec. 19, 1949. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas jailed for fraud. Judge Medina on vacation in Bermuda. Shah of Iran visits great Hoover Dam. Doolittle raider now preaches in Japan. Jerusalem Jews in mass oath to Israel. HMS Implacable sent to the bottom. Australian farmers battles flying foxes. New assault transport is "flying LST." New gadget makes tough parking easy. Holiday fashion highlights from France. Historic America: Sutter's Mill.

36. Dec. 22, 1949. Christmas 1949; a stirring film record of the holiday spirit everywhere in the world. Browns beat '49ers for pro championship. Fogbound airliner falls into Potomac near Washington.