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Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1948 February 2
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Synopsis: Gandhi Assassinated, India And World Mourn, Canada Welcomes European Refugees, Lou Costello Watches A Photo Finish Horse Race, New Indoor Mark Set For The Mile, King Boreas Rules Again Over The Annual Winter Carnival, Disputes Mar Winter Olympics In Switzerland... (read more)
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India
Gandhi Assassinated, India And World Mourn
Assassinated by a Hindu fanatic, India's famed spiritual leader is dead. Shocked followers mob Gandhi's slayer and witness the terrible climax to a life of peace and brotherly love.

In New York, the U.N. pauses in tribute to the great Mahatma and India's delegate expresses his country's and world's feeling of loss and bereavement.

Canada
Canada Welcomes European Refugees
Displace persons from Europe find new homes and new jobs in Canada. Four hundred refugees, most of them garment workers, are welcomed at a huge dispersal center.

United States
Lou Costello Watches A Photo Finish Horse Race
Horse racing enlivens the sports round-up. At Santa Anita where Hollywood notables including Lou Costello are out, 'Flashco' wins the Maturity in a photo finish beating the favored 'On Trust'.

United States
New Indoor Mark Set For The Mile
Gilbert Dodds, the 'Flying Parson' from Boston sets a new indoor mark of 4:05.3 for the mile during the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. Other thrilling track events are shown.

United States
King Boreas Rules Again Over The Annual Winter Carnival
King Boreas XI rules supreme over a gala city as the annual Winter Carnival brings out thousands for colorful parades, the coronation ceremony and other mid-winter thrills.

Switzerland
Disputes Mar Winter Olympics In Switzerland
Dissension between athletes and squabbling over choice of teams marks the opening of the Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The scenery, however, is spectacularly serene and beautiful and the preliminary contests are exciting.