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May 1943 Newsreel: FDR; Flying Tigers; Attu; B-17s
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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from May 1943: United Nations Leaders Confer with Roosevelt Canada Loggers Cut Spruce for Bombing Planes U.S. Celebrates 25th Anniversary of First Air Mail [May 25 1918] New Foundries Rush Steel for Weapons for War Allies Lash Out at Axis Positions on Many Fronts [Attu May 11 1943] National Archives description: "Part 1, President Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Winston Churchill, and Eduard Benes meet at the White House. Part 2, spruce is felled in Canada. Timber is processed in a lumber mill. Part 3, Woodrow Wilson sees the take off of the first air mail plane. A helicopter picks up mail at the U.S. Capitol in a celebration of the 25th year of air mail service. Shows Igor Sikorsky. Part 4, Henry Kaiser inspects a Kaiser steel mill in California. Tanks roll from an assembly line. Part 5, U.S. troops land on Attu Island. Australian planes bomb Japanese bases in New Guinea. Gen. Chennault inspects the 14th Air Force in China. Flying Forts bomb Crete and Sardinia." National Archives Identifier: 38958 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 co…
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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958, United States. Army Air Forces, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands, Attu, Battle Of, Alaska, 1943, Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-1967, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada, World War II: Homefront, Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Australian, China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, B-17 Bomber, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 14th
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