Newsreel July 1943: Pacific Theater; 7th Army In Italy; FDR

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United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) from July 1943: 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 [1 July 1943] The War in Sicily! Precision Bombers Blast Rail Yards of Fascist Rome President Roosevelt Says [Fireside Chat 25: On the Fall of Mussolini (July 28, 1943)] National Archives description "Part 1, 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. Part 2, Chinese work in a California shipyard. Part 3, the Swedish track star, Gunder Hagg, sees a baseball game in Boston and runs a record mile in the Harvard University stadium. Part 4, 7th Army troops advance through Sicilian villages. Wounded are loaded on planes for evacuation. Part 5, railroad yards in Rome are bombed with pinpoint precision. Part 6, Pres. Roosevelt speaks of the Fascist decline in Italy." National Archives Identifier: 38969 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…

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United States. Navy

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WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, Hägg, Gunder, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily, Baseball, United States. -- Army. -- Army, 7th, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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