War News From The Americas!

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Synopsis: Washington: the new United States Chief Of Staff, Admiral William D. Leahy takes over his new post. Massachusetts: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands inspects U.S. troops. New Mexico: crack bombadiers of the Army Air Force load live 'eggs' aboard their bombers for an attack upon a battleship one thousand miles from the ocean. Georgia: a sample of the preflight physical training program given to Naval air cadets. Somewhere in the Caribbean pick U.S. Black troops rush to battle stations. Out on the Atlantic more of the famous Navy patrol boats go into action....(read more)

Date: 1942
Duration: 00:03:16
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New Mexico, Georgia, Caribbean, Atlantic

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War news from the Americas. New United States Chief of Staff, Adm. Leahy, takes over post in Washington. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reviews U.S. troops in Massachusetts. On a practice mission, planes bomb a "battleship" in the New Mexico desert. Air cadets take physical training. Cadets landing in a sea of burning oil. Somewhere in the Caribbean, African American (Black) troops man artillery batteries. Torpedo PT boats patrol the Atlantic coast. Footage of fast moving PT attack boat in WWII.