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Newsreel: 82nd Airborne Victory Parade 5th Ave., NYC, 1/12/1946
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National Archives description: "Summary: LS, General James M Gavin leading the parade gives orders to start the march. HLS, Division marching along Fifth Avenue; Washington Arch in bg. Crowds 1ining both sides of street waving and cheering. HLS, artillery pieces drawn by jeeps. Army band follows. Cut-ins, crowds watching parade from windows and roof tops of buildings. HLS, MS, troops passing reviewing stand. CU, soldiers carrying slung rifles pass. camera CU, marching feet. VS, 82nd Division troops as they parade along Fifth Avenue. MS, policemen holding back crowds. Head-on shot of Gen Gavin as he leads parade. CU, American flag flying from building. MS, tanks, self-propelled guns and armored vehicles passing camera. Formation of planes flies overhead. MS, Governor Thomas E Dewey, Mayor William O'Dwyer, Gen Gavin, Fiorello H LaGuardia and other distinguished guests in reviewing stand as armored vehicles, troops, and Color Guard pass in review." National Archives Identifier: 23713 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice an…
Directors & creators
United States. Army
Subjects
Newsreel, WWII, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace, United States. -- Army -- Airborne Division, 82nd, World War, 1939-1945, Rites And Ceremonies, Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971, Parades, Gavin, James M. (James Maurice), 1907-1990, World War II, La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947, New York (N.Y.), O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964, Bands (Music)
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