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Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 23

Public Domain Stock Footage Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 23

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keywords: wwii, west indies oil fields, building safety, high-rise rescue slide, us army training, live fire exercises, t-12 tank destroyer, agriculture, cotton farm, cotton picking, competition, us navy, aircraft carrier uss lexington cv-16, launch and christening, pacific theater, new guinea, japanese midget submarine, japanese pows

Synopsis: US Forces Guard West Indies Oil Fields, New High-Speed Emergency Chute For Buildings, Training Put To Practice In Combat, World Champion Cotton Picker, Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington CV-16 Is Launched, War In The South Pacific...(read more)

  • Date: 1942
  • Duration: 00:09:09
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States, West Indies, Pacific Theater

Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 23

US Forces Guard West Indies Oil Fields

US patrol bombers guard the oil tanker ships bringing oil from America to oil refineries in Aruba. US troops guarding oil refineries in Aruba West Indies.

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New High-Speed Emergency Chute For Buildings

A California hospital tests new method or equipment for emergency evacuation of patients from as high as the fourth floor. A fireproof canvas chute slide is dropped from 4th floor window and patients slide down chute to safety. New safety rescue invention.

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Training Put To Practice In Combat

Combat training under live fire for US Army recruits that will man mobile tank destroyers. Recruits crawl under barbwire as live machine gun fire and explosions simulate combat or battlefield conditions. Army recruits soldiers train under live machine gun fire. Army recruits soldiers are trained in street fighting moving from building to building, house to house. Self-propelled tank destroyer; 75 mm gun mounted on M3 half-track vehicle. Images of WWII T-12 tank destroyer.

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World Champion Cotton Picker

A cotton picking contest chooses a new World Champion. Cotton pickers in cotton field. The Cotton Picking Champion is awarded $1000 dollars.

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Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington CV-16 Is Launched

Launching of the new USS Lexington CV-16 aircraft carrier on September 23, 1942. The ship was christened by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson. Nicknames for the new USS Lexington was The Grey Ghost and Lady Lex. The new USS Lexington CV-16 replaces the old USS Lexington CV-2 lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.

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War In The South Pacific

New Guinea natives deliver military supplies. A midget Japanese submarine is inspected in Sydney Harbor. Australia. A naval task force bombards a Japanese-held island. Damage is surveyed by marines who also capture Japanese prisoners.

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