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Army Day Celebrated (Washington & NYC); British Columbia Winter Road Building, 1941

Reel Number: 221618-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1941

Country: USA

Location: DC,NYC,Washington

TC Begins: 23:28:49

TC Ends: 23:31:43

Duration: 00:02:54

Army Day Celebrated - Washington, D.C. 23:28:57 Military parade up Independence Avenue on SE side of Capitol w/ soldiers marching; flag units. Sec. Stimson (?), General Marshall & other army officers saluting in MCU. Cavalry units; troops in trucks; sailors marching. 23:29:26 Title: “New York, N.Y.” High angle of military parade down Fifth Avenue along Central Park; ground shots. LaGuardia & others in rain n reviewing stand. Army, including ski unit; spectators under umbrellas. Trucks pulling artillery. 23:30:08 Title: “National Defense - Aberdeen, MD.” Tank w/ many civilians around it; Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson (?) inspecting w/ ?? MCU Turret turning & gun lowering. Tank thru water course; sand. Firing guns while underway. 23:30:48 Title: “British Columbia.” Aerial over snow & forest. Bulldozer pulling train of cabins on snow. Man w/ dog team past in deep snow. Man on snow shoes marking trees w/ axe. Bulldozer clearing for road thru brush. Train of camp wagons past on sled, men wave from back door. End of story. Balance of newsreel on LN 501-674. Pre-WWII; WW2; Military Celebration; USA Home Front; Weather; Winter; 1941;

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