Post-WWII - 1945, USA Welcomes: Millions Honor Wainwright In New York. 13Sep45

Post-WWII - 1945, USA Welcomes: Millions Honor Wainwright In New York. 13Sep45 Intertitle. 12:07:13 High Angle / HA, LS NYC Ticker-tape parade up Broadway. MS Wainwright waving, w/ Mayor La Guardia in motorcade. HA. 12:07:30 POV from moving car (brief). MLS & MS View of Wainwright waving intercut w/ ticker-tape. 12:07:45 MS Cheering crowd at City Hall; Wainwright waving / salute. Pan over crowd. 12:08:04 La Guardia makes Wainwright honorary citizen of New York, SOF: “I hearby constitute General Jonathan M. Wainwright of the United State’s Army an Honorary Citizen of the City of New York.” Handshake & crowd shot. 12:08:24 CU Wainwright waving as tickertape motorcade / parade continues up Fifth Avenue; past Public Library. 1940s; Post-WW2; POW War Hero; Celebrity; Homecoming; Prisoner of War; NOTE: Good coverage & quality.