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May 1946 Newsreel: USCG; Postwar Food Crisis; 40 Wall St. Plane Crash, Etc.
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from late April and from May 1946: U.S. Coast Guard Resumes Northern Iceberg Patrol Hoover Returns From World Food Survey Trip Plane Crashes into New York Skyscraper Byrnes Reports on Four-Power Paris Conference China Takes Over U.S. Navy Vessels Britain Discusses India and Egypt National Archives description Part 1, crews of cutters and seaplanes plot courses of icebergs in the Atlantic. Part 2, Hoover returns from a survey of Europe's food problems and is greeted by Truman and Sec. Anderson. UNRRA supplies are distributed in Poland, particularly to children. Part 3, shows destruction caused by a plane crashing into the Bank of Manhattan Building in New York (May 20). Part 4, Sec. Byrnes reports on the foreign ministers council. Part 5, Chinese sailors man lend-lease ships at San Diego. Part 6, explains Britain's activities in reducing her empire. Shows meetings at Simla, India, and Cairo. Shows Attlee in London and Nehru in India." National Archives Identifier: 39115 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 donatio…
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United News
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Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Coast Guard, World War II, Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972, World War II: Postwar Issues, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, 40 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Accidents, Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, 40 Wall Street (New York, N.Y.), India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947, Aircraft Accidents -- New York (State) -- New York, Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1919-1952, Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967, Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
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