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Military Newsreels: 1946 - Issue 8
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keywords: post-wwii, us navy, us submarine fleet, decommissioning ceremony, us army signal corps, radar testing, moon contact, us army engineers, automobile bridge, railway bridge, shanghai, chinese red army, manchuria occupation, sports, speed skate racing, snow shoe race, track and field meet, post-wwii, uk war brides, new york city
Synopsis: Post-WWII US Submarines Decommissioned, US Army Uses Radar To Reflect Off Moon, US Army Opens Two New Bridges Over Rhine River Germany, Chinese Army Leaves Shanghai For Manchuria, Speed Skating, Snowshoe Racing, Track And Field, Post-WWII War Brides From UK Arrive In US...(read more)
- Date: 1946
- Duration: 00:09:00
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Germany, China
Post-WWII US Submarines Decommissioned
Sailors at decommissioning ceremony as American flag is lowered. Scenes of a WWII WW2 submarine underway on the surface. Periscope view of explosion as torpedo strikes an enemy ship. Submarines being prepared for retirement to Mothball fleet. Aerial view of mothball fleet of submarines at Mare Island Navel Station 1946.
US Army Uses Radar To Reflect Off Moon
The US Army Signal Corps made first radar contact with the moon during Project Diana on January 10, 1946. Scenes of radar towers and antennas that bounce a radar beam off the moon and back to earth. An engineer using a slide rule to make calculations. Animation illustrates radar signal leaving radar antenna on earth, bounces of the surface of the moon and returns to radar antenna on earth scenes of vintage or early animation. Scenes of two men and a woman looking up skyward.
US Army Opens Two New Bridges Over Rhine River Germany
The second bridge is a railroad bridge dedicated to General George C. Marshall. With General McNarney onboard and a full load of soldiers the first train crosses the bridge, the only rail link between Western Europe and the American zone in Germany.
Chinese Army Leaves Shanghai For Manchuria
In Shanghai the new Chinese 6th Army gets pre-sailing DDT treatment before boarding landing craft for occupation duty in Manchuria. Scenes of Chinese troops boarding ships.
Speed Skating, Snowshoe Racing, Track And Field
The American Outdoor Speed Skating Championships in Minnesota, ice shoe race, and men's pole vault. Men's final 220 yard ice skate race and Women's 230 yard final race in Minnesota. Men's final 880 yard race. Girls race in snow shoes at Lewiston, Maine. Women with ice shoes, a girl falls at the beginning of the race. Men's race and pole vault at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Post-WWII War Brides From UK Arrive In US
British war brides, some with children, of US Soldiers arrive in New York City on the USS Argentina and are welcomed by their husbands as they arrive in America.
