MP72-30 Peace, President Urges Ratifying Charter

Compilation of RKO Pathe newsreels showing activities of President Harry S. Truman and events happening around the world in 1945, particularly the efforts at peace and battles still going in the Pacific. The segments show:
- President Truman in Kansas City - receives honorary LLD from the University of Kansas City, excerpts of speech, June 28, 1945. Narrator - Jackson Beck.
- Truman presents United Nations charter to Congress. July 2, 1945.
- Washington, D.C. Four new cabinet members take oath. Tom Clark, Attorney General; Robert E. Hannegan , Postmaster General; Louis B. Schwellenbach, Labor; Clinton B. Anderson, Agriculture. Narrator - Dwight Weist. June 30, 1945.
- New York. Queen Elizabeth brings 15,000 home. Shows arrival of the ship Queen Elizabeth bringing home troops from the Eighth Air Force. June 29, 1945.
- Okinawa. Mop up last Japanese on American-won island. Scenes of battle, prisoners, and General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. before he died in battle, June 1945. Narrator - Jackson Beck.
- Air Death. B-24 shot down in Carolines raid. During a daytime raid on the Palau Island group, a plane takes a hit in the wing and spins down in flames.
This series of newsreels was produced by RKO Pathe. It is copyrighted material and may not be used without permission from the Sherman Grinberg Film Library: www.shermangri.... The Truman Library has posted this with permission. Please credit: RKO Pathe. Harry S. Truman Library.
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