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| keywords: b-17 flying fortress bomber, daylight bombing, naples italy, wartime elections, new guinea campaign |
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Synopsis: B-17 Flying Fortresses Bomb Germany, US And British Generals In India, Naples Italy After German Retreat, Liner Normandie Is Rechristianed USS Lafayette, Americans Vote In Wartime Election, Australian Troops Move Through New Guinea... (read more) |
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Information: 1943 09:10 min BW |
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B-17 Flying Forts (Fortress) flying through heavy German flak bomb industrial cities in Germany and battle German interceptor planes. Shows damaged B-17’s on their return to home base.
Generals Stilwell and Somervell and Lord Mountbatten arrive in India for a conference.
Shows scenes in Naples after the German retreat. A delayed action bomb left by the retreating Germans explodes in a post office building killing and wounding many civilians.
The liner Normandie recently salvaged is moved from her pier in New York to be refitted in a drydock. The Normandie was rechristened U.S.S. Lafayette.
Americans vote in wartime election. Personages includes Governor Thomas Dewey, Wendell Willkie, and President Franklin D Roosevelt. FDR votes.
Australian troops advance in New Guinea across jungle terrain. Jungle combat scenes. Mortar fire, machine gun fire, and artillery fire. Dead Japanese soldiers. Wounded Australian soldiers (troops).
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