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Military Newsreels 1943 Issue 16
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keywords: wwii, italy, island of pantelleria, french general charles de gaulle, french general honore giraud, us general dwight d. eisenhower, potato farming, meenakshi amman temple, big inch oil pipe line construction, lend-lease warship, president franklin d. roosevelt, synthetic rubber production, navy waves, coast guard spars, madame chiang kai-shek
Synopsis: Fortified Pantelleria Island Falls To Allies, Allied Generals Meet In North Africa, US Farmer Have Largest Potato Crop In History, Hindu Pilgrims Hold Ancient Ceremony At Meenakshi Amman Temple, Engineers Blast River For Big Inch Oil Pipeline, Greek Navy Gets New Lend-Lease Warship, World's Largest Synthetic Rubber Plant In US, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Reviews Women WAVES And SPARS, Argentine Army Revolt Against Their Pro-Axis President 2005-9f.txt...(read more)
- Date: 1943
- Duration: 00:09:36
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, India, North Africa, Argentina
Fortified Pantelleria Island Falls To Allies
Italian fortified Islands first to fall in Operation Corkscrew as Allied planes bomb Pantelleria Island. Animated map shows location of Pantelleria Island between North Africa and Sicily. Scenes of Allied Bombers taking off, in flight, and bombing Pantelleria Island.
Allied Generals Meet In North Africa
Generals Charles de Gaulle and General Honore Giraud meet at Algeria Airport in North Africa and inspect the Army of Free-Born French troops in North Africa. General Giraud decorates General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander.
US Farmers Have Largest Potato Crop In History
Women farm workers planting potatoes by hand and use of potato planting machines. Farmers working at night to produce food for WWII war effort.
Hindu Pilgrims Hold Ancient Ceremony At Meenakshi Amman Temple
Meenakshi Amman Temple, historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Valgal River in Madural, Tami Nadu, India. Pilgrims gathered for the traditional four day festival. In huge wooden carts drawn by the devout, the religious figures are borne through the crowded streets in solemn procession.
Engineers Blast River For Big Inch Oil Pipeline
Construction of the Big Inch oil pipeline from the Midwest to eastern points in the United States with engineers forced to cross many rivers. In this scene the Big Inch has another waterway to hurdle so they plant tons of dynamite and in a large explosion of water and mud blast a bed for the pipe beneath the river’s bottom.
Greek Navy Gets New Lend-Lease Warship
At the Washington Navy Yard, Greek sailors salute President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he comes to present the Royal Hellenic Navy with a new warship. An honor guard sees to the lowering of the Stars and Stripes and the raising of the National flag of Greece, staunch ally of Democracy. Greek sailors man the ship. Men who remember the invasion of their country are now given a weapon with which to fight their Nazi oppressors, confident that one day Greece shall be made free.
World's Largest Synthetic Rubber Plant In US
The world's largest synthetic rubber plant in the U.S. Large field of Butadiene storage tanks. Long lines of plant workers. Plant in operation producing large blocks of synthetic rubber.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Reviews Women WAVES And SPARS
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, China's First Lady reviews US Navy WAVES, US Coast Guard SPARS, and Women Marines.
Argentine Army Revolt Against Their Pro-Axis President
Revolution ignites in the Argentine as the Argentine Army revolts to remove pro-Axis President Ramon Castillo. Moving into Buenos Aires at dawn, army units take over government buildings in a dramatic move against their President and his administration. The unpopular president is forced to resign due to his pro-axis sentiments.
Artillery units command strategic points throughout the Capital, the third largest city in the Western hemisphere, as the military wins control. The most serious violence occurrs at the Navy School for Mechanics during a 45-minute machine gun battle. In the general confusion and rioting, 40 people were killed. By afternoon, the city is quiet. Army leaders, General Arturo Rawson and General Pedro Pablo Ramirez, appear before the populace gathered in Plaza de Mayo.
