USA / DEFENCE: World War 2: First US Citizens released from Tokyo (1942)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit First US citizens released from Tokyo tell of harrowing experiences. Full Description: USA: New York: EXT ’Gripsholm’ ship coming up the bay / statue of Liberty, sea in foreground / Gripsholm dock side / crowd at pier and police holding crowd back / Mr. Crocker greets his wife / Crocker and his wife standing at mike / Ambassador Grew walks towards camera and waves / cameramen taking pictures of Grew / Grew speaks / Bellaire at mike and Bellaire talks. CU Bellaire talks. (Nat. sd.) SOUND EFFECTS: Grew speaks: “To be actually standing on the soil of our beloved country again gives us the sense of happiness far too deep and keen to describe in words.“ Bellaire speaks: “All the American correspondents in Tokyo on June the 3rd were locked in the hotel. Each in separate rooms and were told that we would not be given fo