1946 - A member of the Federation of American Scientists and the national Committee on Atomic Information begs Albert Einstein to cosign a letter urging for the study of atoms to be used for mankind's progress, not destruction.
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1944 - American servicemen storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day (narrated in 1946).
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1946 - Albert Einstein agrees with American scientists who believe that study of the atom should not be used to destructive ends.
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1946 - In this animated film, a dog and cat play dead to trick Herman the Mouse into the ice box of the kitchen they're guarding, where they trap him.
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1946 - In this Ray Harryhausen stop-motion animated film, the King of Hearts saves his wife's tarts from a knave who stole them when she set them out to cool.
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PANAMA - 1946 - Indigenous people of Panama harvest bananas and load them into canoes to take to market.
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1946 - A chemist hands a tube of plutonium to General Groves, overseer of the Manhattan Project.
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1946 - Civilians wander among the ruins of buildings in postwar Hiroshima.
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NORMANDY - 1944 - American servicemen storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day (narrated in 1946).
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1946 - Albert Einstein listens intently at a meeting of America's Committee on Atomic Information.
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PANAMA - 1946 - American soldiers and newsreel cameramen visit a remote area of Panama to see indigenous people harvest bananas.
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1946 - President Truman gives a speech explaining that while price controls on meat will be lifted, others will need to remain in place for the good of the American economy.
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1946 - President Truman gives a speech explaining that rent and some production materials will need to remain price controlled after WWII, to help invest in a more prosperous future for all Americans.
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USA - 1946 - Boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn get physicals and sign contracts for the first heavyweight championship bout since the war.
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USA - 1946 - Heavyweight champion Joe Louis trains for his boxing match with Billy Conn.
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1946 - Cardinal Spellman visits Mother Cabrini High School in New York City to oversee mass when she has been canonized.
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1946 - A scientist gets a big laugh from the audience during his speech when he says politicians should be made to watch atomic bomb demonstrations.
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1946 - President Truman gives a speech explaining that price controls on meat have been totally lifted after WWII.
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1946 - Civilians in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan struggle to get enough food and rebuild shelter after the devastation of war.
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1946 - A group of movie stars including Gene Kelly and Robert Taylor arrive by plane to help arbitrate a labor dispute as members of the Screen Actors Guild. Cops arrest some at the labor protests.
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ITALY - 1946 - Huge crowds swarm Nola, Italy for the Fiesta of Lilies held in honor of Saint Paolino.
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1946 - Unused ammunition is rounded up in postwar Britain and dumped into the sea off LSTs.
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1946 - General Groves and his assistant Jean O'Leary work in his office on the Manhattan Project.
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1946 - In this animated film, a dog and cat shoot at Herman the Mouse with cork bullets when he tries to steal cheese from the kitchen they are guarding.
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1946 - Men on the US Navy's Los Alamos count down, then detonate an underwater atomic bomb (narrated in 1946).
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1946 - American airmen who were shot down in Yugoslavia are brought back to Washington DC, and their caskets taken to Arlington National Cemetery.
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1946 - A trained seal performs tricks and does voice imitations.
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1946 - Explosions are set in the Okefenokee Swamp of Georgia to make room for navigable waterways.
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1946 - Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson receives a visit from a representative of the National Committee on Atomic Information.
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1946 - A revolutionary propeller is tested on a US Navy landing craft.
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1946 - The American Legion Convention Parade is held on Market Street in San Francisco, California, featuring marching veterans and creative parade floats.
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1946 - Writer Betty MacDonald signs a copy of her book The Egg and I for Governor Wallgren at a banquet thrown in her honor in Seattle, Washington, where she also autographs chicken eggs for guests.
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1946 - Scientists in the arctic circle for Operation Musk Ox use snowmobiles during blizzards, and meet Inuit people.
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1946 - An armada of target ships, Japanese and German in origin, arrives at the Bikini Atoll for an atomic bomb test.
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1946 - Children in postwar Poland receive much needed clothes and food from UNRRA.
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1946 - Cardinals Spellman and Griffin visit a warehouse in New York where Catholic charities are shipping food to needy people around the world.
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TOKYO - 1946 - American soldiers find platinum and silver ingots in Tokyo Bay, and collect it as part of Japanese reparations.
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1946 - Bernard Baruch gives a speech urging for the destruction of all existing atomic bombs, and the global banning of manufacturing any more.
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1946 - Canadian and American farmers donate grains to combat hunger in postwar Europe, repurposing warships to deliver the food.
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1946 - In this animated film, Herman the Mouse tries to get a cat and dog to turn on each other before they fall asleep in the kitchen they're guarding, but to no avail.
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1946 - Veterans who work in Hollywood go on strike.
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1946 - The black market flourishes in postwar Japan.
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1946 - US Navy sailors ride aboard their ships being given to China under the lend-lease agreement, befriending Chinese sailors in the process.
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MARSHALL ISLANDS - 1946 - An armada of target ships, Japanese and German in origin, arrives at the Bikini Atoll for an atomic bomb test.
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1946 - Newly appointed Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman gives a short speech on his hopes for world peace after returning from abroad.
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1946 - Civilians are seen sweeping up debris from the wreckage of a large building in postwar Hiroshima.