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United News, Release 86, 1944.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Marshall Islands.
- Burma.
- China.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Marshall Islands.
- Burma.
- China.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : United Newsreel Corporation, 1944.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. U.S. Air Forces nurses land in China and are met by Chinese nurses; elephants move British artillery in Burma. 2. Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, and Irene Dunne witness the launching of the ship Carol Lombard; flashback to Miss Lombard entertaining in a USO show. 3. Carrier-based planes bomb and strafe Japanese positions on New Britain Island; marines wade ashore behind an intense naval bombardment and advance through jungle terrain.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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