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- Date:
- 1943
- Main contributors:
- United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
- Summary:
- "A quick overview of the weeks spent in learning to jump, tumble, and fall, in practice jumping from a tower and from a dummy plane, in packing the parachute one's life depends on, in learning to jump from a plane in half a second, to guide a chute by working the shroud cords, to land without splintering a leg, to disengage the chute and come up fighting."--War Films, Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943.
- Date:
- 1943
- Main contributors:
- United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
- Summary:
- Shows the movement across the country in 1943 of the 201st Armored Division.
- Date:
- 1943
- Main contributors:
- United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
- Summary:
- This newsreel covers six subjects. "The Raiders of Timor": recounts how Australian troops were forced to hide in the mountains on the island of Timor when the Japanese military conquered the island. The Australians conducted asymmetrical warfare against the superior Japanese forces. Their time as guerrilla soldiers and their recovery from the Australian Army is retold through reenactments. "Army Salvage": shows how the Army is recycling obsolete munitions and tanks from museums and warehouses into new weaponry. "We Guard Britain's Books": records how the British were using microfilm to reformat their rare books to provide a back-up copy in case the original texts were destroyed through German bombing. The microfilms are shipped to America and stored in the Library of Congress where they are accessioned, inspected, cataloged, and stored on shelves. "Good News from the Fishing Front": depicts how Canadian fishermen are increasing their yield to aid with food shortages in the U.S. Shows the repairing of nets and the hauling in of a 500-ton catch of herring. "Battle in the Caucasus": uses combat footage to tell how the Soviet military defeated German forces in a battle in the mountains of the Caucasus region on November 19, 1942. "Thingummybob: A Factory Song From Australia": a woman sings a song accompanied by a military band for workers at a factory. The Song celebrates female workers who worked on the production line to make equipment for the war. The chorus goes "I'm the girl that makes the thing/ that drills the hole that holds the ring /that drives the rod that turns the knob/ that works the thingummybob."
- Date:
- 1943
- Main contributors:
- United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
- Summary:
- Tells how Sylacauga, Alabama, a small town crowded with war plant workers, solved its housing and recreation problems.