Douglas MacArthur: The Life and Legend of the Old Soldier
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FW-ASCH-LP-3064 MGM.4245
- Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
- MGM 1964
- General
- "Documentary compiled from Hearst Metrotone newsreels" ; narrated by Luis Van Rooten. Descriptive notes on container.
- Creator
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Names
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Collection Creator
- Asch, Moses
- Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
- Folkways Records
- Topic
- United States -- History
- Military
- World War, 1939-1945
- Creator
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Culture
- Americans
- See more items in
- Moses and Frances Asch Collection
- Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP
- Extent
- 1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
- Date
- 1964
- Archival Repository
- Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
- Identifier
- CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-3064
- Type
- Archival materials
- Phonograph records
- Collection Citation
- Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
- Contents
- Opening, Gen. MacArthur addresses Congress, 1951 --Tributes by Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy --MacArthur enters West Point, 1899 -- Events of 1903, the year he graduated --Declaration of war, 1917 --Organization of the National Guard --Battlefield record in France --Back at West Point, as remembered by Earl Blaik --Sworn in as Chief-of-Staff, 1930 --Dispersing the Bonus Army, 1932 --Graduation Day address, West Point, 1933 --Retires as Chief-of-Staff, 1935 --MacArthur in the Philippines --Retirement from the Army, 1936 --Japan attacks the gunboat Panay --Recalled to duty, 1941 --First peacetime draft --Army-Navy game --Japanese Ambassador Normura --Announcement of Pearl Harbor --President Roosevelt declares war --Corregidor --"I have come through and I shall return" --America's darkest hour --MacArthur in Australia, 1944 --Carlos Romulo thanks MacArthur --The return to Corregidor --The atomic bomb --The Japanese surrender, 1945 --Aboard the Missouri, in Tokyo Bay --MacArthur appointed Supreme Commander --Occupation of Japan begins --Birthday serenade by Japanese children -- North Korea, 1950 --Named United Nations Commander-in-Chief --Inchon landing --Lord Alanbrooke's military evaluation --U.N. forces cross the 38th parallel --Criticism and concern --Wake Island meeting with President Truman -- Stalemate in Korea --Truman relieves MacArthur -- Truman's speech, April, 1951 --MacArthur's defense before Congress ("Fade away" speech) --Home to New york -- Wife, Jean Faircloth MacArthur --Son, Arthur MacArthur -- Visit with President Kennedy --Address to West Point Cadets, 1956 --"The long gray line."
- Restrictions
- Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
- Record ID
- ebl-1649170801566-1649171785798-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0