US servicemen reunite with loved ones in San Francisco, and sailors get their discharge papers in New York at the end of World War II
San Francisco, CA: rear shot US soldier walks to woman and child, embraces them as he returns home from World War II service; relatives of other returning soldiers stand around; pan man and woman in embrace / Lido Beach, New York: Capt. Sidney Bunting speaks at podium before passing out discharge papers; sailors in audience face him / sailors listen / Chief Signalman Thomas McDonald sits in audience, listens / McDonald stands in front of podium; Bunting speaks, hands him discharge papers, shakes his hand; McDonald turns to leave / enlisted men walk out door, wave discharge papers / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
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Editorial #:
502277588
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 August, 1945
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:32:14
Location:
Lido Beach, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_z-10_04.mov
- USA,
- World War II,
- 1940-1949,
- Adult,
- Allied Forces,
- Archival,
- Army Soldier,
- Arrival,
- Audience,
- Black And White,
- Ceremony,
- Child,
- Conflict,
- Document,
- Documentary Footage,
- Embracing,
- Excitement,
- Family,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Handshake,
- Happiness,
- Homecoming,
- Kissing,
- Listening,
- Navy,
- Newsreel,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time - Footage,
- Sailor,
- San Francisco - California,
- The End,
- US Navy,
- Video with Sound,
- Walking,
- Women,