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1944 POLITICS / USA: Wendell Willkie bows out of the 1944 Presidential Campaign
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1:40Now PlayingDate: 24th May 1944
Location: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AMERICA MINNESOTA, AMERICA MILWAUKKE, MINNESOTA, AMERICA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: Wisconsin: Milwaukee:
INT
SCU Wendell Willkie (Republican Presidential Candidate) and wife eating on train.
STV of Willkie Press conference on train.
CU pose of Willkie.
SCU of Willkie talking (Nat.sd).
GV Milwaukee.
SV int. of people in polling place.
CU of handing ballots to people.
CU man marking a ballot.
SV dumping ballots out onto table.
SV people sorting ballots.
CU of door "MacArthur for President Club"
CU stickers of Macarthur.
SCU of MacArthur.
Minnesota:
SV line of people at Stassen homestead - flag flying in f.g.
CU crowd with signs "Stassen for President"
CU people with signs.
SV of Hill-Billy band outside Stassen homestead.
SCU Governor Stassen in uniform looking at shells.
CU of Stassen.
SV line of people at Stassen homestead - flag flying in f.g.
CU crowd with signs "Stassen for President"
CU people with signs.
SV of Hilly-Billy band outside Stassen homestead.
SCU Governor Stassen in uniform looking at shells.
CU of Stassen.
GTV Dewey having press conference.
SCU pose Dewey before mikes.
CU of Dewey before mikes.
CU signs "G.OP Convention"
CU of sign GOP on way to White House.
SOUND EFFECTS: SCU Willkie speaking
The last several years we have had to much reliance in these United States as a matter of fact throughout the world upon personalities. What the people should be interested in is a man's principals, how he relates his principals to the problems of the day"
USA; Elections; Voting; Presidential elections
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