Now showing
February 1944 Newsreel: Fighting In New Guinea, Italy, Anzio Beachhead; USS Shangri-La (CV-38) Launched, Etc
About this film
United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from February 1944. Global War Finds United Nations on Many Fronts Sled Dogs Rescue Air Pilot in Saga of Frozen North Italian Cadets Learn Seamanship on Sailing Craft Rocket Targets Test Accuracy of Anti-Aircraft Guns Winter Sports for British and U.S. Sailors on Leave New Shangri-La Honors Historic Raid on Tokyo [24 February 1944] National Archives description: "Part 1, allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio. German prisoners of war receive medical care. Nurses arrive, tend the wounded, eat, and draw equipment. Part 2, in a practice rescue, a doctor reaches a soldier by parachute and dog sled. Part 3, Italian naval cadets train on a sailing vessel. Part 4, rockets are used as practice targets for antiaircraft gunners. Part 5, U.S. and British sailors on leave play winter games. Part 6, Mrs. Doolittle christens the aircraft carrier Shangri-La. Flashbacks show B-25's taking off from the Hornet to bomb Japan. President Roosevelt decorates Gen. Doolittle." National Archives Identifier: 39000 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit…
Directors & creators
United News
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Hornet (CV-8), Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993, USS Hornet, Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, B-25 Bomber, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea, Newsreel, Anzio, Battle Of, Anzio, Italy, 1944, Rockets (Ordnance), Search And Rescue Operations, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Italian, World War, 1939-1945 -- Uruguay, Dogs, Dogs -- War Use -- United States, Dogsledding
More from this pool