"Navy Day" in N.Y.C. (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1A/B. "NAVY DAY" IN N.Y.C.: Over 5,000,000 New Yorkers take part in the greatest celebration in the City's long history.—President Harry S. Truman opens the gala day at New York Navy Yard when he commissions the 45,000 super carrier—Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thousands cheer the Nation's Chief Executive as his motorcade rolls through the canyons of Manhattan to City Hall, for patriotic exercises.—One million spectators await the President's Navy Day Message at Central Park. He states that America's tremendous naval power and air strength will be used to protect America's sovereign position, and that our foreign policy is based on righteousness and justice.—After luncheon on the battleship Missouri, the President boards the destroyer Renshaw and reviews the tremendous fleet which is drawn up in the Hudson River. 1,200 planes – the largest air armada the world has ever seen – roars overhead, in joint salute to the Commander in Chief, and to the mightiest navy in history, the United States Navy. / NAVY 14, PENN 7: FRANKLIN FIELD, PA - 73,000 fans watch the Quaker eleven outplay the Middies for three periods. But the Navy team celebrates Navy Day by pushing over a thrilling last minute touchdown, which gives them the win, 14-7. (LOCAL – CANADA) HOCKEY SEASON OPENS. (LOCAL – CANADA) HERO SHIP ARRIVES. (LOCAL – CANADA) NYLONS BACK.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library