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| keywords: chicago republican national convention, president franklin d. roosevelt, g.i. bill of rights, soldier's bill |
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Synopsis: Chicago Republican National Convention, New Italian Government Forms In Rome, President Roosevelt Signs G.I. Bill Of Rights, China Using Hand Tools Build Airfields... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 8 min BW |
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Republicans nominate Dewey. Shows the Republican Convention in Chicago. Personages include Governor Bricker, Senator Taft, Representative Joseph W. Martin, former Governor Landon, Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Standard Bearer. Shows Convention floor, news booth, and battery of news cameras. National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler calls the meeting to order. He introduces Governor Warren of California. Shows Governor Dewey in the Governor’s mansion awaiting word from Chicago.
New government installed in Rome. Shows members of the new Italian cabinet. U.S. soldiers including General Mark Clark attend mass.
Shows President Roosevelt in his White House office as he signs the “Soldiers’ Bill”, the G.I. Bill of Rights. Shows rehabilitation building and activities of the servicemen.
China builds airfields for B-29 Super Fortress airplanes. Shows Chinese laborers using only primitive tools building an airfield in China. Shows 70,000 labors at work digging, moving dirt, hauling and crushing rock. Shows Chinese children breaking stones with a hammer. Shows b-29 landing.
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