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United News, Release 171A, 1945.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 171
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- Invasions.
- Japan.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- Invasions.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (10 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : United Newsreel Corporation, 1945.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: Admiral Halsey's gigantic 3rd Fleet; shots of the U.S.S. Missouri; on Okinawa, U.S. fighter planes are staged for landing on Japan's main island; Japanese local commanders surrender; Japanese police are put under Allied control; Admiral Nimitz visits and congratulates Admiral Halsey; Task Force 31; the fate of one of Japan's last major battleships; U.S. takeover of military base on Japanese mainland; General MacArthur lands and is greeted by subordinates; freed U.S. POWs greet fellow American troops.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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