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| keywords: allied bomber attack, international labor conference, secretary of the navy frank knox, bougainville |
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Synopsis: Allied Bombers Attack Nazi War Plants, 40 Nations Meet For International Labor Conference, Secretary Of The Navy Frank Knox Buried With Honors, Airplane Propellers Tested In Wind Tunnel, Aircraft Carrier 'Bon Homme Richard' Is Launched, Military Action In The South Pacific - Bougainville... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 10 min BW |
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Hugh air fleets bomb Nazi war plants in Europe. Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Boston bombers strike war plants in occupied Europe in low-level attacks.
Delegates from 40 nations meet at Temple University for an International labor conference. Walter Nash is President of the ILO. Shows Nash at a bank of microphones. Interpreters with headphones shown.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is buried with high honors in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Shows flag draped casket on horse drawn caisson. All branches of the military marches in procession.
Airplane propellers for giant airplanes are tested in a wind tunnel. Shows wind tunnel control room and panel.
The aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard is launched at an Atlantic coast shipyard. Shows ship sliding down ways.
Military action in the South Pacific. Shows General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz planning attack on Bougainville. 37th Division troops move inland on Bougainville supported by airplanes and tanks. Shows soldiers under fire following tank into battle. Tanks blast Japanese bunkers, American soldiers throw hand grenades, flamethrowers used to destroy Japanese pillboxes. Shows a U.S. soldier firing a shoulder held bazooka (WWII anti-tank, recoilless, rocket launcher) . Shows bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Jungle is cleared for construction of a new airfield. C-47 lands on runway made of crushed coral rock.
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