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1942 WWII Around the Globe 250195-03 | Footage Farm

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Channel: footagefarm · 2013 · Film & Animation

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1942
10:19:49  Title:  Genoa Blitzed In Night Raid By R.A.F.
10:19:52  Bomber at night on ground w/ moon in background; crew boarding plane & British Lancaster Stirling & Halifax bombers taking off. View above clouds
10:20:13  Map of Italy
10:20:19  Aircraft in flight. Flares & bombs exploding on Genoa at night intercut w/ air to air of bombers.
10:21:31  Title:  Bad News For The Japs.  P-38s being unloaded on dock at Australian port, down road & assembled at airdromes / airfields in northern Australia; pan pilots & crew.  Taking off from metal runway.
10:22:29  Title:  More Rationing To Help Win The War!  Office of War Information head Elmer Davis & Food Rationing Director Claude F. Wickard at desk speak (SOF) of a plan to ration canned food by the point system; CU war ration book number two; High angle of activities inside ration board shop (?).
10:24:00  Title:  News From South America - Lima, Peru.  Peruvian President Manuel Prado standing in convertible thru streets; reviewing parade w/ tanks and jeeps celebrating three years in office.
10:24:32  Title:  Santiago, Chile.  Ext. People at International Exposition. Line of Rockette-like women  CU saluting.  President Juan Antonio Rios Morales  arrives to officially opening the Carnival of Commerce.  Visits USA pavilion w/ US Ambassador
10:24:55  Title:  Roosevelt's Message of Cheer!  Ext. of White House w/ many people; FDR on balcony at lectern & microphones, giving Christmas message from White House, SOF re military soldiers & sailors throughout world.  Views of crowd watching; military on elipse.  CU backlighted FDR.
10:26:08  Title:  French Legions Join Our Side In North Africa!  High angle & scenes of Moroccan, Algerian & Singhalese troops in North Africa as French Foreign Legion join US forces to fight the Axis.  Marching on railroad platform in review past US soldiers.
10:26:53  French Gen. Auguste Nogues & ?? laying wreath.  Women, Army nurses, giving thumbs up. 
10:27:17  HQ 12th AF, MS Brig. Gen. Jimmy H. Doolittle.  Four-star Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower presenting third star to Lt. Gen. Mark Clark.  Ike boards plane.  US flag over North African ruins.  The End.
WW2; WWII; Nov42; Dec42;
NOTE:  Track so raspy as to probably be unusable.
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