FRANCE CLOSES SPANISH BORDER [ETC.]

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39105, LI 208-UN-198 - FRANCE CLOSES SPANISH BORDER [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1 shows the last crossings before the border near St. Jean de Luz is closed. Soldiers close the gates at the bridge connecting the two countries. Part 2, Pres. Truman tells the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ that the U.S. will defend the UN charter. Part 3, ice from Lake Huron crushes homes in Bay City, Mich. Game officers feed wild deer in deep Washington snows. Soldiers throw and move inflated balloon decoys shaped like tanks and other equipment. Part 4 demonstrates a radio-controlled airplane. Natives prepare to evacuate Bikini Island before the atomic bomb tests. Part 5 shows several ski jumps from the tower at Iron Mountain, Mich.