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keywords: uss battleship missouri, new york chinese-americans, tuskegee airmen 99th fighter squadron, san pietro |
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Synopsis: Battleship USS Missouri Is Launched Ready To Join Navy, Chinese-Americans Hold War Bond Drive In New York City, Copper From Chile Vital For Allied War Effort, Army Air Force Demonstrates New Fire Fighting Equipment, Canadian Navy Keeps Fit In Zero Weather, Allies On The Move On The Italian Front... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 08:04 min BW |
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Battleship USS Missouri Is Launched Ready To Join Navy
Margaret Truman christens the battleship USS Missouri as crowd cheers. USS Missouri slides down the ways into the water.
Chinese-Americans Hold War Bond Drive In New York City
NYC Chinese-Americans stage war bond rally in Chinatown. Chinese-Americans carry banner that reads Gung-Ho. Shows Chinese-American sailor.
Copper From Chile Vital For Allied War Effort
Copper is mined and smelted in Chile. Shows explosion to dislodge copper ore in Chilean open pit copper mine. Train hauls copper ore to smelter plant. Shows copper ingots being poured.
Army Air Force Demonstrates New Fire Fighting Equipment
Shows Army fire truck using carbon dioxide to smother a burning plane.
Canadian Navy Keeps Fit In Zero Weather
Canadian sailors exercise by tumbling on map laid on snow. Sailor demonstrates exercises on parallel bars. Mass exercises swinging “indian clubs”.
Allies On The Move On The Italian Front
Soldiers of the British 5th and 8th Armies bombard the Italian town of Ausonia with large artillery guns. At a supporting airfield the all Black Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron, attached to the 8th Army, arms aircraft and prepare planes for action. CU of African-American pilots in Italy. Shows Tuskegee Airmen taking off in P-40 Warhawk aircraft.
On the Central Italian front artillery, mortars, and tanks pound San Pietro. American infantry enter San Pietro. U.S. soldier dismantles German “booby trap”. Nazi planes bomb San Pietro. Shows U.S. soldier buried by German bomb blast, dug out by fellow soldiers. Shows dead and wounded civilians in San Pietro. Shows jeep on muddy, rugged mountain trail. Pack mules are used to transport supplies in the rugged mountains of Italy. U.S. soldiers climbing a muddy, rugged mountain trail in Italy.
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