Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. HUGE FLYING SHIP quot;HAWAII MARSquot; IN TRIAL RUN [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. HUGE FLYING SHIP quot;HAWAII MARSquot; IN TRIAL RUN [ETC.]

1945

Part 1 shows the testing of a Navy seaplane. Part 2, the 2nd Marine Division lands on and secures an atoll near Okinawa. Part 3, the cruiser Augusta docks at Antwerp and President Truman, Sec. of State Byrnes, Sec. of War Stimson, and Adm. Leahy are greeted by Adm. Stark. Andrei Gromyko greets the party at the Brussels airport. Shows scenes of the Potsdam Conference, Truman inspecting the 2nd Armored Division, and a flag raising ceremony in Berlin.

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