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Motion Picture MP92-15

Post-World War II Footage from Egypt, France, and Asia

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
295 feet
Running Time
8 minutes 23 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Color
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

PLEASE NOTE: This film is currently missing from our collection.

This film contains post World War II footage of Egypt, France, and Japan.

Date(s)
ca.
1946

SD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and HD-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are $50. Copies of motion pictures not already digitized will incur additional costs.

This item does not circulate but reproductions may be purchased.

To request a copy of this item, please contact truman.reference@nara.gov​​​​​​​

Please note that this video belongs to a different video collection than the items available to be borrowed by teachers, from our Education Department.

Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
0:38   Aerial footage (probably of the Suez Canal since “Suez Canal” was written on the leader).
1:10   “Chaussures La Rotunde” on the side of a building during a parade In France.
2:14   Charles DeGaulle’s motorcade passes by as he stands up waving to the crowd.
2:25   Footage from Asia.
2:56   Footage from Japan.
4:08   Allied Forces Radio Service, Tokyo, Japan” on the side of a panel truck during an unidentified event.
5:40   Footage from “Seattle Port of Embarkation – Transportation Corp.”
6:15   Sign reading “Welcome Home Defenders of Freedom.”
7:04   Asian footage; General Omar N. Bradley with four other officials stand over a crowd of assembled militia.