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November 1945 Newsreel: B-29 Distance Record; Nazi General POWs; Disabled Vets Training; Yamashita Manilla Massacre Trial, Etc
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from November 1945: Superfortress Sets New Distance Record ["Dreamboat" on November 19, 1945] Injured Veterans are Trained as Watchmakers Japanese Aliens are Sent Home From America U.S. Prepares for Peacetime Holiday Season 287 German Generals in U.S. Detention Camp General Eisenhower Asks for Compulsory Military Training [November 1945] Tale of Horror at Trial of Yamashita National Archives description: "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." National Archives Identifier: 39091 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or o…
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War II: Postwar Issues, B-29 Bomber, World War II, War Crime Trials -- Philippines -- Manila, Manila Massacre, 1945, Reynolds, Russel B. (Russel Burton), 1894-, Newsreel, Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal), United States. Army Air Forces, Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950, Disabled Veterans -- Rehabilitation -- United States, Parades, Disabled Veterans -- Services For -- United States, Christmas, Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
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