NAVY TESTS NEW SHIP PROPELLER [ETC.]
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2011-03-30

NAVY TESTS NEW SHIP PROPELLER [ETC.] - National Archives and Records Administration 1946 - ARC 39114, LI 208-UN-207 - DVD Copied by J. Williams.  Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945.  Part 1, Prof. Kirsten poses beside a propeller he has designed to replace ships' rudders. A ship demonstrates the propeller. Part 2, Japanese war criminals arrive for trial at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo (Apr. 28). Shumei 0kawa prays, weeps, and slaps Gen. Tojo before being removed from court. Part 3, 3,000 sheep are driven across Grand Coulee Dam. Part 4, Pres. Roxas and P.V. McNutt visit Pres. Truman. Roxas describes the Philippines as a miniature U.S. Part 5, arctic explorers finish their expedition in a Canadian blizzard. Shows snowmobiles. Part 6, Truman says CARE will help UNRRA feed Europe. Shows Sec. Anderson; trucks and trains hauling grain.