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1943 Newsreel: Kiska, Hong Kong, Holland, Bombed; USCGC Danmark; Blood Donors, etc.
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United News United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from 1943. U.S. Fliers Bomb Two Jap Bases Danish Windjammer Joins Coast Guard [USCGC Danmark (WIX-283)] Sailor Repays Blood Bank Canadian Women Lead World in Making munitions Brazilian Navy Guards South Atlantic Coast Nazi War Factory Wrecked by R.A.F. National Archives description: "Part 1, bombers leave airfields in Washington State and strike Japanese bases in the Aleutians. Gen. Chennault directs the "Flying Tigers" in a bombing mission on Hong Kong. Part 2, Coast Guardsmen man a Danish windjammer to be used for training purposes. Part 3, citizens donate blood to a blood bank. Part 4, Canadian women manufacture small arms ammunition. Shows the product being tested. Part 5, ships are constructed in a Brazilian shipyard. Shows a mine layer laying an anti-submarine net. Part 6, British planes bomb a German factory in the Netherlands." National Archives Identifier: 38939 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Coast Guard, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, British, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, CBI, Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands, American Red Cross, World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Canada, Newsreel, USCGC Danmark (WIX-283), China. -- Kong Jun -- American Volunteer Group, World War II, China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
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