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Truman and MacArthur Meet

Aerial shot establishes tiny Wake Island in the Pacific. Harry Truman deplanes, shakes hands with Douglas MacArthur, who he meets for the first time. A pod of photographers sets off flashes. Shot shows the nondescript radio shack where they met.



IdentifierCLIP-17547
Duration29 sec
GenreDocumentary
DateOctober 14 1950
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