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United News, Release 112, 1944.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 112
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Saipan.
- Basse-Normandy.
- Egypt.
- Burma.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Saipan.
- Basse-Normandy.
- Egypt.
- Burma.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (10 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. Transport planes and gliders land troops on Myitkyina airstrip in Burma; General Stilwell and General Merrill; Lieutenant Colonel Seagrave operates on wounded in field hospital. 2. U.S. servicewomen sightsee in Egypt on camels. 3. All U.S. artillery pieces in Normandy fire on the 4th of July, and General Eisenhower, General Bradley, and Joseph Collins participate; French schoolchildren sing "America." 4. Carrier-based planes land on Saipan, refuel, and then bomb Japanese positions on the island; marines advance.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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