FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED [ETC.]

Year Published: 1944

Creator: Federal Security Agency

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39085, LI 208-UN-177 - FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED [ETC.] - Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, the aircraft carrier Oriskany is launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Part 2, the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga docks at San Francisco. Part 3, President Rios of Chile visits President Truman at the White House. Sec. of State Byrnes is present. Part 4 shows salmon being caught and canned. Part 5, President Truman dedicates a dam at Gilbertville, Kentucky. Part 6 shows the 100th anniversary celebration at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Part 7 shows preparations at Nuremberg for the war guilt trials. Includes shots of Justice Robert H. Jackson.