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Chief Executives of U.S. Hailed in Latin America - 1943

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Channel: US National Archives · 2009 · Education

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Part 1, shows brief scenes of Henry Wallace riding in many parades in Latin American cities. President and Mrs. Roosevelt and President Camacho review a parade in Monterrey, Mexico. Part 2, Greek volunteers, French Foreign Legion troops, and French colonial troops are assembled on the docks of Algiers. Shows allied troops advancing through mud in Tunisia. Part 3, B-25 planes take off from the carrier Hornet to bomb Japan. Gen. Doolittle directs the operation. In Chungking Chiang Kai-shek greets Doolittle.

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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

    * Subjects Represented in the Archival Material:
          o Parades
          o World War, 1939-1945
          o Avila Camacho, Manuel, 1897-1955.
          o Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
          o Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
          o Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
          o Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
          o Wallace, Henry
          o Department of the Navy. Hornet (Aircraft carrier). (11/29/1943 - 01/15/1947)
          o Monterrey (Chiapas, Mexico, North and Central America) inhabited place

    * Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
          o United News Company., Producer



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