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Public Domain Stock Footage Military Newsreels 1943 Issue 39
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Synopsis: B-24 Liberator Bombers Attack Ploesti Oilfields, Winston Churchill And Family Visit Quebec, Chiang Kai-Shek Presented With Legion Of Merit, Brockmiller Family 15 Strong Work At Same Shipyard, Recovering Sailors Visit Yosemite Valley, General Patton Welcomed In Palermo Sicily... (read more)
Information: 1943 9 min BW
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American Bombers Smash Axis Oil Fields In Romania (Rumania)
“Operation Tidal Wave”; B-24 Liberator bombers of the 9th American Air Force force based in Benghazi, Libya bomb oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania. Shows General Lewis Brereton addressing the air crews. CU of ground crewman inserting fuse in bomb. Air crews boarding B-24 bombers and taking off on the Ploesti (Ploiesti) bombing raid. Shows B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. Shows low level bombing of oil refineries and oil facilities in Nazi occupied Romania.

Churchill In Canada For War Parley
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, wife Clementine and daughter Mary are greeted in Quebec Canada by Prime Mister Mackenzie King. Prime Minister Churchill visits Canada for a War parley. Canadians of French descent cheer Churchill. Various images of Mrs. Churchill.

Chiang Kai-shek Receives U.S. Foreign Award
General Joseph Warren Stilwell presents the Legion of Merit to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking. Madame Chiang Kai-shek is also present. Madame Chiang talks to News correspondents.

Biggest Family Of Shipbuilders
Fifteen members of large Brockmiller family work as shipbuilders at a Kaiser Shipyard. The working members include the girls. The members shown at the “Pay Booth”. Shows 29 family members, including grandchildren, at dining table.

Sea Veterans Win Well-Earned Rest
Convalescing sailors on leave from battle zones enjoy a well-earned rest in Yosemite Valley National Park in California. Shows Yosemite's famous Wawona tunnel tree, a giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove.

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General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo, Sicily by Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured German soldiers are marched to rear areas.