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February & March 1943 Newsreel: USS Biloxi & USS Astoria Launched; Academy Awards; RAF Train; New Guinea Front, Etc.
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from February/March, 1943: Two New Cruisers Join U.S. Navy [USS Biloxi 23 February 1943 and USS Astoria 6 March 1943] Canada Rushes Huge Power Plant for War Work U.S. Red Cross Ships Boxes to War Prisoners Hollywood Stars Win Awards for Year's Best Films [March 4, 1943] Burned Forests Yield 13 Billion Feet of Timber R.A.A.F. Crews Learn to Fight Like Commandos Italian Children in Ethiopia Sent Home by British First Lady of China Visits U.S. Alma Mater [March 9 1943] Allied Offensive Smashes Japs on New Guinea Front National Archives description: "Part 1, the Biloxi [23 February 1943,] and the Astoria are launched. [6 March 1943] Part 2, shows work on a dam and power plant on Canada's Saguenay River. Part 3, Red Cross boxes for U.S. prisoners of war are packed and shipped. Part 4, Academy Awards are presented to James Cagney and Greer Garson by Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine in Hollywood. Part 5, burned fir trees are felled and transported. Part 6, Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews take commando training. Part 7, Italian women and children board ships in East Africa for return to Italy. Part 8, Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits Welle…
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United News
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Newsreel, World War II, Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003, World War II: Homefront, Academy Awards, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea, Rites And Ceremonies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Lumber, World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada, American Red Cross, USS Biloxi, World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees, Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force, USS Biloxi (CL-80), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, British, USS Astoria, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, USS Astoria (CL-90), Wellesley College
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