# 1949 & 1950 NEWSREEL BERLIN BLOCKADE ENDS / CHINESE COMMUNIST VICTORY 72492

This edition of the Castle News Parade covers events in 1949 and 1950. The 1949 edition includes the S.S. Noronic ship fire, the flight of the B-50 Lucky Lady around the planet earth, the end of the Berlin blockade, and the fall of China to the Red Army under Mao. The cruiser HMS London is severely damaged in combat with the Red Chinese. The American Legion stages a convention in Philadelphia, Pope Pius is seen greeting visitors in Rome, an earthquake rocks Ecuador, President Truman signs an Atlantic defense treaty, the Mexican volcano Paricutin erupts, and Bill Holland wins the Indianapolis 500. The 1950 edition begins with footage of the Communist threat including riots in Tokyo and elsewhere. Western occupation forces in Berlin go on high alert, and tensions remain high near the Brandenburg Gate in occupied Germany. A huge disaster in South Amboy, New Jersey after four barges explode. The volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii, Winnipeg is flooded by the Red River, and a V-2 rocket is tested at White Sands, New Mexico. The Korean War begins and the U.S. sends Marines to land at Inchon. General MacArthur and President Truman meet at Wake Island. Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop when it made the journey in 1949, assisted by in-flight refueling. Total time airborne was 94 hours and 1 minute. The Lucky Lady II was a functioning B-50 of the 43rd Bombardment Group, equipped with 12x 0.50…

- Kind: Newsreel
- Genres: War, News, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/72492NewsParadeOfTheYear1949)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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