Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. SUPERFORTRESS SETS NEW DISTANCE RECORD [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. SUPERFORTRESS SETS NEW DISTANCE RECORD [ETC.]

1945

Part 1, a B-29 airplane lands in Washington, D.C., and Gen. Arnold decorates the crew. Part 2, disabled veterans are trained as watchmakers in a Bulova Watch Corp. school in New York City. Part 3, Japanese aliens board ships at Seattle, Wash. Part 4, pre-Christmas parades are held in New York City and Hollywood. Shows Jack Benny. Part 5 shows the daily routine of captured German generals in a U.S. prison camp in Germany. Part 6, Gen. Eisenhower advises a Congressional committee to pass universal military training. Part 7, Gen. Yamashita is tried at Manila for war crimes. Shows Gen. R.B. Reynolds.

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