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United News, Release 168, 1945.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 168
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- Surrenders.
- Japan.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- Surrenders.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (11 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: Japan's international activities, 1931-1945; troops embark for Manchuria; Shanghai lies in ruins (1937); Japan's delegation leaves the League of Nations; war in China; Italy invades Ethiopia; Franco guards Madrid; the Axis pact of 1940; Chinese refugees; Pearl Harbor is attacked; remnants of the U.S. fleet assemble; the amphibious assault on Guadalcanal; MacArthur returns to the Philippines; Iwo Jima attacked; Japanese surrender on Okinawa; kamikaze planes attack; B-29s bomb Japan; the Navy bombards Hokaido; the atom bomb devastates Hiroshima; the Potsdam Conference meets; a parade in Moscow; Hirohito rides in a procession; Truman announces the Japanese surrender; and New York City rejoices.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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