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Sept./October 1943 Newsreel: Acerno Captured; Burma Rescue; Sikorsky Helicopter; AAF Raids, New Guinea, etc.
About this film
United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from late September & early October 1942: Latest Films of the War in Italy [Shelling of Acerno, September 1943] Dramatic Rescue of Airmen From Burma Jungle [And Eric Sevareid] [ August 9 1943 ] Polish Patriots Hail Pulaski Personalities in the News - [General Hap Arnold Arrives US Airmen in British Isles, Clark Gable, Sikorsky Helicopter Arrives At Greenfield Village October 7] New York - Princess Martha Of Norway in NYC Yugoslav Airmen in U.S. Honored by Roosevelt [October 6, 1943] U.S. Bombers Smash Japanese Bases in South Pacific [ USAAF P-38's and B-25 Bombers Attack New Guinea, Nubia, Hansa Bay, Tarawa. Line-crossing ceremony] National Archives description "Part 1, 5th Army units occupy villages north of Naples. Gens. Montgomery and Clark meet. Part 2, planes drop food and medical supplies to U.S. airmen in a Burma jungle. Shows airmen being cared for by Burmese natives. Part 3, Polish patriots parade in New York City in honor of Count Pulaski. Part 4, Gen. Arnold lands in England and inspects air units. Shows Capt. Clark Gable. Igor Sikorsky lands a helicopter on the grounds of the Ford museum in Detroit and is greeted by…
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United News
Subjects
Newsreel, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, B-25 Bomber, United States. Army Air Forces, Rites And Ceremonies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, CBI, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma, Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950, World War II, Montgomery Of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976, Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984, Parades, Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972, United States. Navy, Helicopters, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, Clark Gable, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Search And Rescue Operations, Line-crossing Ceremony, Aircraft accidents -- Burma, Airplane crash survival -- Burma
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