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Universal Newsreels, Release 435, September 20, 1945
in Universal Newsreels, Release 435 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 8 mins
This newsreel features airplanes, anniversaries, government appointees, and the filmmaking industry.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 435 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 8 mins
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This newsreel features airplanes, anniversaries, government appointees, and the filmmaking industry.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
B-29s HOP FROM JAPAN TO U.S.A.
Three giant B-29s, after taking off from Hokkaido and flying a Great Circle route over the Arctic, encounter heavy head winds which exhausts their gasoline supply. Landing at Chicago their non-st...
This newsreel features airplanes, anniversaries, government appointees, and the filmmaking industry.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
'TOPS THE FIELD'
'COVERS WORLD-WIDE EVENTS'
Helps Build a Newsreel Following for Your Theatre
B-29s HOP FROM JAPAN TO U.S.A.
Three giant B-29s, after taking off from Hokkaido and flying a Great Circle route over the Arctic, encounter heavy head winds which exhausts their gasoline supply. Landing at Chicago their non-stop 5,996 mile flight only required 25 3/4 hours.
Quickly refueling there, they wing their way to Washington where General Hap Arnold greets the record-seeking airmen. Gen. Giles, Gen. LeMay and Gen. O'Donnell, plane leaders in the epic flight, played leading roles in the aerial destruction of Japan.
PRES. ERIC JOHNSTON SPEAKS
Eric Johnston succeeds Will Hays as President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Mr. Johnston outlines a five point program in which he foresees the motion picture industry "building new pathways to world peace and prosperity."
PATTERSON NOMINATED
President Truman nominates Under-Secretary of War Robert Patterson to the cabinet post of Secretary of War.
CHINESE CELEBRATE
N.Y.C.--In a heavy downpour 12,000 Chinese residents stage a giant Victory Parade down Fifth Avenue, on the 14th anniversary of Japan's invasion of Manchuria. Notables including Gen. Claire Chennault and "Mayor" Shavey Lee join 40,000 spectators in reviewing the oriental spectacle.
SEN. BURTON NAMED
U. S. Senator Harold Burton, Republican from Ohio, has been nominated to the Supreme Court by President Truman.
1946 ICE-CAPADES
PITTSBURGH, PA.--World premiere of this extravaganza-on-ice has scores of dazzling girls cutting very fancy figures in difficult ice-dance formations.
THE HELL DRIVERS
TRENTON, N. J.--The 200th Anniversary of the Trenton State Fair is highlighted by the antics of Jack Koehman and his Hell Drivers. They send stork model cars through acrobatic gyrations which look impossible -- then they come back for more.
VOL. 18--435
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Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Date Published / Released
1945-09-20, 1945
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Topic / Theme
Film industry, Airplanes, Anniversaries, Community events, Government appointees, Trade and Commerce, Political and Social Movements, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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