Paramount news. 1. Cherry Blossoms - Korean. Washington DC, cheery blossoms are in bloom. Soldiers making faces, slanty-eyed and miming shooting. 2. Normandy Battle Front: Bombing by night on Caan movement of tanks. East of Caan. Infantry scenes of shooting in towns. Prisoner taken Cherbourg Sector. Churchill in Normandy. 3. Floods: Midwest USA. Sandbagging crews: Mississippi and Missouri Rivers reach their peaks. Tulsa, Oklahoma people moving evacuees. 4. How many wives polygamy in Utah. Fundamentalist Mormons challenge State laws. 5. Canada: Ski thriller - Course at Saint Marguerite. Womens downhill. 6.Tito partisans train in Malta. Yugoslav patriots including women camp erected. 7. China: Rice bowl battle. Narrated by Albert Martyn. Chinese army trying to capture Chang Ton from the Japanese. They retake it. Troops marching through streets. Mission Negri. British, Russian, US and Free France sample captured Japanese coffee and soldiers. 140 000 reduced to 50 000 after Japanese came. 8. B-17 Burns on Grounds. In England routine bombing mission. Fire breaks out. Explosions.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312059
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Normandy (France)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - United States
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Bombing, Aerial
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Floods
History → Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947
History → Great Britain - History
History → Great Britain - History - 20th century
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Extreme sports
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Skis and skiing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)