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| keywords: presidential elections, franklin d. roosevelt, thomas e. dewey, general douglas macarthur, metz france |
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Synopsis: Roosevelt Defeats Dewey In Presidential Elections, Aviation Conference In Chicago, General Douglas MacArthur Returns To Philippines, 3rd Army Advances Towards Metz France... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 12 min BW |
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Roosevelt defeats Thomas E. Dewey in presidential election. Shows Americans standing inline at polling places to vote. Shows soldiers overseas casting their ballots. Dewey exit voting booth. President Roosevelt cast his ballot in Hyde Park. Shows votes being counted and tabulated with use of manual adding machines. Crowds in Times Square follow the returns. Governor Dewey concedes defeat and President Roosevelt receives congratulations at Hyde Park.
Delegates from 51 nations meet at an aviation conference at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago.
MacArthur returns to the Phillipines. The Navy bombards Japanese positions on Leyte In the Phillipines Islands. Landing craft reach the beaches. General MacArthur an President Osmena wade ashore. U.S. troops advance on the island.
The 3rd Army advances near Metz behind artillery and tanks. Generals Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley meet.
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