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January 1945 Newsreel: FDR Inaugurated; 38th Inf. Div. Burma, Etc.
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from January 1945: President Roosevelt Inaugurated [January 20, 1945] Sea Rescue by Helicopter Japanese Airbase Hit by Allies in Philippines Men and Ships Battle Weather Allied Burma Drive Continues National Archives description "Part 1, Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House. Personages: Harry Hopkins, Sec. and Mrs. Stimson, Sec. and Mrs. Forrestal, Sec. Ickes, Adm. King, Sec. and Mrs. Stettinius, Gen. and Mrs. Marshall, Vice Presidents Wallace and Truman. Part 2 demonstrates a sea rescue by a Coast Guard helicopter. Part 3, a Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island is bombed. Part 4, ice breakers clear a path across Lake Michigan and men tie down airplanes on an aircraft carrier during a typhoon. Part 5, the 38th Inf. Div. fights in Burma. Shows Gen. Daniel I. Sultan." National Archives Identifier: 39046 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 and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
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United News
Subjects
WWII, Sultan, Daniel I. 1885-, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma, CBI, World War, 1939-1945, Newsreel, World War II, Bombing, Aerial, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, Search And Rescue Operations, United States. Army Air Forces, Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959, United States. Army, Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949, United States. -- Army -- Infantry Division, 38th, King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, Forrestal, James, 1892-1949, Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965, Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952, Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946, Military Helicopters, Typhoon Cobra (1944), Rites And Ceremonies
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