San Francisco Conference Moves Ahead 1945

SUMMARY
Part 1, Georges Bidault speaks to delegates at the U.N. conference. Sec. of State Stettinius presides. Part 2, New York City celebrates VE Day. President Truman announces the German surrender. U.S. and Russian troops meet at the Elbe. Shows Gen. E.F. Reinhardt. German troops in Italy surrender. U.S. troops occupy Nuremberg. Part 3, artillery and tanks blast Japanese positions on Okinawa. Kamikaze planes attack U.S. aircraft carriers.

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

SUBJECT
* Aircraft carriers
* World War, 1939-1945
* Stettinius, Edward Rielley
* Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
* United Nations
* United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, California). (04/25/1945 - 06/26/1945)
* New York (New York state, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place
* Nuremberg (Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe) inhabited place

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