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United News, Release 28, 1942.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Australia.
- Pacific Ocean.
- New Guinea (Island).
- Alaska.
- Libya.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Australia.
- Pacific Ocean.
- New Guinea (Island).
- Alaska.
- Libya.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (10 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : United Newsreel Corporation, 1942.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Tanks of the British 8th Army roll past the wreckage of Rommel's Afrika Korps in Libya; supply bases established on the British route. 2. Canadian mounted police officially open the Alcan highway and truck convoys roll northward. 3. Allied troops advance through wet New Guinea jungles and are supplied from the air. 4. Carrier-based planes fight Japanese planes off New Guinea; an aircraft carrier is set afire but remains afloat.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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