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1944 USA / POLITICS: Wisconsin Primary set back for Wendell Willkie
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May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
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0:43Now PlayingDate: 13th April 1944
Location: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: Wisconsin: Milwaukee:
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GV Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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LV Wendell Willkie at table with men.
CU Willkie speaking. (Nat.sd)
SBV women enter door marked "GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR FOR PRESIDENT" SV Mr Hoyt places picture on wall of MacArthur.
SCU picture of MacArthur on wall.
SV Senator Gettelman looking at posters for Dewey.
CU hand holding cards marked "Dewey for President"
TV people looking at pictures in art gallery.
SV Dewey looking at picture on wall.
SCU Picture of Dewey with Mdme. Chiang Kai Shek.
CU Dewey talks. (Nat. sd)
SOUND EFFECTS.
CU Willkie speaking: To the American people his views on the various issues are before them.
CU Dewey talks: I have confidence in the Congress because it is close to the people and I have eternal confidence in the good sense and character of the American people.
United States of America; Government and Politics; Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971), Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944)
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