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United News: U.S. and Canada Push Strategic Alaska Highway - 1943

1,981 views · Published 29 April 2010 · 2:11 · Indexed 1 October 2026

Channel: US National Archives · 2010 · Education

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Part 1, tractors and bulldozers clear forest lands in Canada for the Alcan Highway. Part 2, speed boats race in California. Part 3, a transport plane carrying troops and supplies is tested. Part 4, Dutch Marines man coastal guns at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, where bauxite is shipped on United Nations ships. A sub chaser is presented to Queen Wilhelmina by President Roosevelt at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard. Part 5, U.S. troops present a sham battle in a Detroit arena. Part 6, aerial gunners demonstrate their skill in an air show. Part 7, Australian pilots test Kittyhawk planes in New Guinea.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-us-canada-strategic-alaska-highway-1943-38916.pdf

CREATED BY 
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

SUBJECT
    * Airplanes, Military
    * Bauxite
    * Motorboat racing
    * Navy-yards and naval stations
    * Submarine chasers
    * Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
    * Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1880-1962
    * Australia (Oceania) nation
    * California (United States, North and Central America) state
    * Detroit (Wayne, Michigan, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place
    * Netherlands (Europe) nation
    * New Guinea (Asia) island


FOR MORE INFORMATION
http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=38916

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