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United News, Release 1021, 1944.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- United News ; 1021
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
- English Channel.
- Belgium.
- Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
- Local Subjects:
- 1940s.
- War and Violence.
- Depression & World War II (1929-1945).
- War.
- Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
- English Channel.
- Belgium.
- Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
- Genre:
- Newsreel
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 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. The British return to Dunkirk; under a truce, civilians are evacuated before the final battle to retake the town from the Germans; flashback to the defeat of the British in 1940. 2. The German prison-fort of Breendonk in Belgium, the scene of immense cruelty to prisoners; Belgian refugees forced onto the road by retreating German forces to hinder the Allied advance; British and Canadian troops thrust across the Rhine; survivors of Arnhem; General Urquhart. 3. Allied air and sea forces regain control of the English channel; Nazi installations on the Dutch coast are blasted mercilessly by warplanes; German prisoners march into captivity; bombed-out Brest, the center of Germanyâ°Ìâ,‰s former U-boat industry.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 859525062
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