News Parade of the Year: 1939 - Castle Films

End of Spanish Civil War Franco enters Barcelona,
One day to cross Atlantic - Yankee Clippers deliver mail,
George VI and Elizabeth I return from visit to America,
British and Allies march in Bastille Day Parade in Paris,
Earthquake in Chile 30,000 perish, 20 cities destroyed,
Submarine disaster 26 die when USS Squalus sinks off North Atlantic coast, 33 rescued,
Japan/China war: Tiensin Foreign Settlement center of unrest,
Flood in China: millions displaced,
125 married in Montreal mass wedding,
Second World War Rocks Universe: Germany invades Poland, Warsaw bombed,
Britain and France declare war guns moved to the Maginot Line,
250,000 British soldiers moved to Europe,
Chicago grain elevator fire causes $2M damage,
US cruisers round Cape Horn in hurricane - USS San Francisco

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