Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PARADE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PARADE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

1951

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Crowds surge forward to places behind police lines in Times Square area. People throw paper and confetti from an office building. Large police motorcycle escort leads the parade down Broadway. CBS TV truck, newsmen and photographers move with the parade. Gen MacArthur passes in limousine seated with Mayor of New York, Vincent Impellitteri and Grover Whalen. The motorcade moves away from camera past recruiting station. Shots of large crowd walking in area after the parade. Sanitation Dept water trucks flush the street. Motorcade arrives at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel preceded by mounted police and row of drum majorettes, photographers. Fire Dept Band plays. Large crowd assembles and surrounds the general's car as it stops before the hotel. The police keep the crowd moving.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...