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The battle rages on in the Pacific as Australian and American forces fight side-by-side in Guinea. This and plenty more vintage footage as the National Archives traces World War II through classic United News footage.
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)
SUMMARY
In part l, U.S. and Australian troops fight in New Guinea. Part 2 shows the parade and celebration in Santiago as Chile joins the United Nations. Part 3 shows part of a record catch of herring in British Columbia. Part 4 shows a track meet at Madison Square Garden. In part 5, the Navy's largest battleship is tested prior to joining a fleet. In part 6, a "lost battalion" of Australian soldiers on Timor Island receives supplies and equipment by air and attack Japanese positions.
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Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of moving images held by the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, visit: http://www.archives.gov/research/order/broadcast-quality-film-dc.html
SUBJECTS
Battleships
Fishing
Parades
World War, 1939-1945
United Nations
United News Company, Producer
British Columbia (Canada)
New York City
Santiago (Chile)
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