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United News, Release 27, 1942.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Casablanca, Grand Casablanca.
- Algeria.
- North Africa.
- Guadalcanal.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Casablanca, Grand Casablanca.
- Algeria.
- North Africa.
- Guadalcanal.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9 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. U.S. bombers take off from a Guadalcanal airfield; a long column of marines advances behind artillery support; Admiral Nimitz decorates General Vandegrift and others. 2. The cruiser Boise docks and Admiral King decorates members of the crew. 3. President Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, and Cordell Hull greet Ecuador's president at the White House. 4. General Patton and French officers meet in Casablanca; General Eisenhower, General Clark, and Admiral Cunningham establish allied headquarters in Algiers; French ships docked at Toulon, France, prior to their scuttling.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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