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Military Newsreels: 1943 - Issue 50
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, island of tarawa, operation galvanic, u.s. marines, president franklin d. roosevelt, prime minister winston churchill, nationalist leader chiang kai shek, madame chiang, russian dictator joseph stalin
Synopsis: The Capture Of Tarawa From Japan, Allied Leaders Meet In The Middle East...(read more)
- Date: 1943
- Duration: 00:08:31
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Island Of Tarawa, Middle East
The Capture Of Tarawa From Japan
The capture of Tarawa from Japan, Operation Galvanic. The largest invasion fleet ever assembled in the Pacific moves toward Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Men on-board the troop transport ships were the 2nd Marine Division and a part of the army's 27th Infantry Division. Men bow their heads in pray at ship board church service. Naval bombardment commenced at dawn. After the naval bombardment the Marines establish a beachhead under intense fire.
Show the destruction of the Japanese gun emplacements and fortifications. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Destroyed Japanese coastal guns. Shows Korean slave laborers found on island. Shows construction equipment being used to repair the bomb damaged airfield.
Allied Leaders Meet In The Middle East
Brief aerial view of Pyramids near Cairo Egypt. Cairo Conference (code named Sextant) shows President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai Shek and Madame Chiang seated together. CU of Winston Churchill speaking with Madame Chiang.
Teheran Iran. Footage of the Tehran Conference (code name Eureka) in 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian Dictator Joseph Stalin are shown seated together at the conference. Sara Churchill, Winston Churchill daughter, shakes hands with Stalin. Prime Minister Winston Churchill presents The Sword of Stalingrad to Joseph Stalin.
