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Military Newsreels 1942 - Issue 14
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keywords: wwii, home front, u.s. marines, anti-submarine warfare, asw, oil pipeline, philippine soldiers, the flying tigers, general claire lee chennault
Synopsis: Marines Train To Battle Japanese In Pacific, Dirigibles As Aerial Submarine Hunters ASW, A Oil Pipeline Is Laid From Texas To Illinois, Multiple Launching Of Ships To Aid War Effort, German-American Children Go To Kids Camp, Philippine Soldiers Train In California, Famed Flying Tigers Merge With Army Air Force...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:08:45
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, China
Marines Train To Battle Japanese In Pacific
Marines train in the U.S. for invasion of islands occupied by the Japanese. Shows Marines climbing down cargo nets attached to platforms to duplicate troop transport ships. Marines climb down cargo nets into invasion assault boats. Shows U.S. Marines in an invasion exercise to establish a beachhead. Marines set up an operations post on an unoccupied island in the South Pacific. Shows Admiral Byrd with the Marines.
Dirigibles As Aerial Submarine Hunters ASW
Shows women building non-rigid airships or blimps for the U.S. Navy. Shows women "walking the air" into a finish dirigible or blimp bag. Shows inspection of finished "blimp bag" for leaks. Gondolas and motors are wheeled in and attached to the bag of the airship. Shows a finished Blimp or Dirigible in hangar and in flight on submarine patrol.
A Oil Pipeline Is Laid From Texas To Illinois
An oil pipe line is laid from oil fields of Texas to Illinois. Shows oil storage tanks and an oil well pump jack pumping oil. Shows railroad tank cars being filled with crude oil. Scenes of pipeline construction. CU trencher wheel digging a trench. Scene of a track mounted wheel trencher digging a trench. Welders welding lengths (sections) of pipe together to form pipeline. CU of manual welding process. Shows process of wrapping pipeline with covering as protection against corrosion. Sections of pipeline is laid in trench and trench is backfilled.
Multiple Launching Of Ships To Aid War Effort
At a Maine shipyard a sign reads "48-days to build a ship". Shows four ladies holding flowers, all ship sponsors that launch cargo ships and destroyers by breaking a bottle of champagne on the bow. Shot of a war ship sliding down the ways in a shipyard.
German-American Children Go To Kids Camp
Shows children at a "vacation camp" in the United States during WWII. Most of the children at this camp are children of German born parents. Shows American flag waving in the breeze. Scene of young boy making a big splash jumping into a pool as other children watch.
Philippine Soldiers Train In California
Shows first all-Filipino Regiment in the U.S. Army. Philippine soldiers train in California.
Famed Flying Tigers Merge With Army Air Force
The volunteers that became known as the "Flying Tigers" in China become part of the U.S. Army Air Force. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. Flying Tiger pilot R.T. Smith in cockpit of his plane. Japanese symbols (meatballs) painted on plane indicates 10- enemy planes shot down (kills). Flying Tiger Pilot C.H. Older has 10-Japanese symbols (kills) painted on his aircraft. Shows "Flying Tiger" leader General Chennault. Chinese people honor the volunteers of the Flying Tigers. Shows "Red Ball" being hoisted indicating Japanese planes on the way. "Red Ball" alert, Flying Tiger pilots in the uniforms of the U.S. Army Air Force rush to man aircrafts. Shows "shark teeth" painted on the fighters planes of the Flying Tigers.
