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January 1946 Newsreel: Clearing Mine Fields; Joe Louis; Radar, Etc.
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from January 1946 New Devices For Clearing Paths In Mine Fields Conn To Meet Joe Louis For Championship Radar Guides Ferryboats in Heavy Fogs Brazil's New President Takes Oath of Office [31 January 1946] Florida Sponge Fishermen Make Record Catch UNNRA Delivers Food and Clothes to Needy Europe National Archives description "Part 1, mine detonators are tested. Part 2, Joe Louis bowls and Billy Conn does road and gym work, as the men train for their boxing match. Part 3, radar guides a ferry across foggy Puget Sound. Part 4, the carrier Roosevelt and Fiorello La Guardia arrive at Rio de Janeiro for the inauguration of Pres. Dutra. Shows ceremonies in congress and scenes of La Guardia in the city and congratulating Dutra. Part 5 shows sponge fishing off Florida and market scenes at Tarpon Springs. Part 6, displaced persons are greeted on their return to Czechoslovakia. The Army transports and distributes UNRRA supplies." National Archives Identifier: 39101 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…
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United News
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War II: Postwar Issues, Radar, Newsreel, Mines (Military Explosives) -- Detection, Boxing, Louis, Joe, 1914-1981, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), Joe Louis, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration, Sponge fisheries -- Florida -- Tarpon Springs, Tarpon Springs (Fla.), Conn, Billy, 1917-1993, La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947, Billy Conn, Dutra, Eurico Gaspar, 1883-1974
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