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United News: Latest war films from U.S. forces in South Pacific ; U.S. citizens of Chinese descent build liberty ships ; Gunder Hagg sets new record for running mile ; The war in Sicily! ; Precision bombers blast rail yards of fascist Rome ; President Roosevelt Says...
- Format:
- Government document
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.
- Series:
- Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, 1942 - 1945
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Hägg, Gunder, 1918-2004.
- Hägg, Gunder.
- Chinese Americans.
- Shipyards.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Railroads--Italy.
- Railroads.
- shipyards.
- Italy--Sicily.
- Italy.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Newsreels.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9 minutes 11 seconds): sound, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Archives and Records Administration, [1943]
- Summary:
- Latest war films from U.S. forces in South Pacific; , Liberator bombers strike Japanese installations on a Pacific island and U.S. troops land with little opposition. Steam shovels and tractors clear jungle foliage for an airstrip. U.S. citizens of Chinese descent build liberty ships : Chinese work in a California shipyard. Gunder Hagg sets new record for running mile: the Swedish track star, Gunder Hagg, sees a baseball game in Boston and runs a record mile in the Harvard University stadium. The war in Sicily! : , 7th Army troops advance through Sicilian villages. Wounded are loaded on planes for evacuation. Precision bombers blast rail yards of fascist Rome, railroad yards in Rome are bombed with pinpoint precision. President Roosevelt Says.., Pres. Roosevelt speaks of the Fascist decline in Italy.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 5, 2006).
- OCLC:
- 68480120
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