LATEST NEWS IN AVIATION WORLD [ETC.]
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Year Published: 1945
Creator: Department of Defense.
Format: 16mm/video file
Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39118, LI 208-UN-211 - LATEST NEWS IN AVIATION WORLD [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, paratroops jump at a West Point graduation; a plane takes off and lands, using automatic controls; a dummy is shot from a fighter cockpit. Part 2, tenants are rescued from the burning LaSalle Hotel in Chicago (June 5). Inspectors search debris in the lobby. Part 3, Chiang Kai-shek decorates the tomb of Sun Yat-sen in Nanking, as the capital is officially returned from Chungking. Part 4 shows old cars in a Detroit parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the auto industry. Part 5, the 82nd Airborne Div. is honored at St. Marie Die, Fr., celebrating D-Day. Children decorate U.S. graves. Part 6 shows Gens. Doolittle, Wedemeyer and Adm. Nimitz at Academy graduations.
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