Welcome Home! (Universal Newsreel, May 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. AMERICANS RALLY: NEW YORK - "I Am An American Day" is celebrated in Central Park's Mall. A mammoth crowd—one and a half million strong is on hand. Everybody, including Mayor LaGuardia, is present on this great patriotic occasion. 2. WELCOME HOME!: NEW YORK - Troops from the European was zone arrive for furloughs, hospitalization or redeployment. As the ships enter the harbor, entertainers come aboard to welcome the boys who crowd the decks for a look at the good old U.S.A. 3. U.S.S. FRANKLIN / 1st Pictures By Official Navy Cameramen: Fighting a terrific battle sixty miles off the Japanese coast, the 27,000 ton carrier, USS Franklin, is struck with two, five hundred pound armor-piercing bombs released by an enemy pilot.—Immediately, loaded planes on the flight and hangar decks burst into flame—bombs, rockets and machine gun ammunition explode, turning the Great War vessel into a dangerous, raging inferno.—Only the superhuman efforts of her crew save the gallant ship from utter destruction. Eleven hundred men are lost or injured. Many of the survivors owe their lives to the bravery of the chaplain, Lieut. Commander O'Callahan.—The Japs reported the Franklin sunk, but the battered and torn ship is safe in the Brooklyn Navy Yard after a twelve thousand mile voyage, via the Panama Canal. The heroic survivors are fittingly honored after suffering one of the most terrific ordeals in naval history. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIAN FIRST VC WINNER.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library