FDR Signs GI-Joe's Bill (Universal Newsreel, Jun 1944)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. GOP MEETS TO NAME CANDIDATE: CHICAGO, IL - With the majority of the votes pledged to Governor Dewey of New York, Republicans convene to nominate their candidate for President. Governor Earl Warren of California delivers the keynote address. 2. FDR SIGNS GI-JOE'S BILL: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The President puts his signature to the bill of rights of the returning doughboy. The bill guarantees a veteran a year of unemployment insurance and helps pay for the completion of his schooling. 3. TORNADO SWEEPS TWO STATES: PENNSYLVANIA - Roaring through Pennsylvania and West Virginia, high winds take a toll of nearly a hundred and fifty lives. Hundreds were injured and many more hundreds made homeless as the task of relief reaches staggering proportions. 4. WAAFS DON WAC UNIFORM: LONDON, ENGLAND - American girls, many of them veterans of the Battle of Britain as members of the ATS and WAAFs, transfer to the WAC and go through their paces under a new command. They will continue to serve the cause of freedom. 5. ALLIES ADVANCE IN FRANCE: WITH THE ALLIES IN FRANCE - Shortly after United Nation troops establish their beachhead, King George visits the front and General Charles de Gaulle is cheered by local populace. Thousands of prisoners are captured as we take Cherbourg. (LOCAL – CANADA) OUR WEAPONS FOR CHINESE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library