- Title: VM-124
- Summary: UNITED NEWS: 1944 NEWS: FDR, TRUMAN IN MOTORCADE; U. S. POST OFFICE RUSHES MAIL TO TROOPS ABROAD;SEA BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES; ADMIRAL NIMITZ EXPLAINS STRATEGY; MIRACLE HIGHWAY TO FRONT IN EUROPE.
- Description:08:01:26 - CU FDR TALKS TO NEWSMAN FROM AUTO WITH VP VP ELECT TRUMAN, FORMER VP WALLACE LOOKING ON 08:01:36 - MONTAGE - VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS MOTORCADE ON PENNSYLVANIA, SECRET SERVICE ALL AROUND, RAIN. 08:02:23 - FDR AND OTHER VIP'S AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.. WREATH IS PLACED AT TOMB. 08:02:58 - US POST OFFICE RUSHES MAIL TO TROOPS ABROAD. ABOVE PAN HUGE NEW U. S. POST OFFICE IN NYC. 08:03:23 - LARGE SACKS OF MAIL BY THE THOUSANDS, DELIVERED BY TRAIN TO POST OFFICE. HUNDREDS CLERKS SORT MAIL AT LARGE TABLES. 08:04:18 - SOLDIERS RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE THE MAIL PACKAGES TO THE MEN. SOLDIER GUARDING CHRISTMAS TREE. 08:04:27 - SEA BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES 08:04:41 - VARIOUS SHOTS GENERAL MACARTHUR ON LEYTE ISLAND IN PHILIPPINES. 08:05:06 - MEDIC TREATS WOUNDED SOLDIER ON GROUND. U. S. ARMORED UNITS ADVANCING THROUGH ROUGH JUNGLE GROUNDS. 08:05:23 - LS AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND OTHER WARSHIPS AT SEA OFF PHILIPPINES. 08:05:32 - ABOVE VIEW CREWMEN MOVE LARGE AERIAL BOMBS TO PLANES ON DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER. SQUADRON OF PLANES ON DECK OF CARRIER. 08:05:51 - VARIOUS ANIMATED BATTLE MAPS OF PHILIPPINE ISLAND BATTLES. PLANES TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER. 08:07:23 - JAPANESE PLANES ATTACK U. S. CARRIERS. LS GOOD SHOT ENEMY PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN. 08:08:08 - LS HUGE EXPLOSION ROCKS U. S. CARRIER PRINCETON AS MAGAZINE EXPLODES AFTER BEING HIT BY JAOANESE BOMBS. 08:09:19 - CU ADMIRAL NIMITZ EXPLAINS STRATEGY 08:09:24 - MIRACLE HIGHWAY SPEEDS SUPPLIES IN EUROPE. FROM THE BEACHHEADS OF NORMANDY TO THE BATTLE FRONT, 9000 TRUCKS CONTINUOUSLY MOVE OVER IT IN A STEADY STREAM TOWARDS THE FRONT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1944
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-124