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First Cargo Of Silk Arrives From Post-WWII Japan
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keywords: Post-WWII, Japan Raw Silk Cargo, Returning GI's
Synopsis: The cargo ship SS Marine Falcon arrives in port carrying home more post-WWII soldiers from the Pacific Theater and in its cargo hold is the first peace-time shipment of raw silk from Japan worth over a million dollars but priceless to American women wanting stockings...(read more)
- Date: 1946
- Duration: 00:00:37
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
First Cargo Of Silk Arrives From Post-WWII Japan
A million dollars worth of raw silk, 1500 bales of precious cargo, arrives from Japan and is readied for shipment to Eastern mills. Women rejoice!, this is enough for 2.5 million pairs of silk stockings!
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- Newsreels: 1946 - April 4
