1944 Newsreel: New Guinea, Italy, Anzio Beachhead; USS Shangri-La
United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from February 1944.
Global War Finds United Nations on Many Fronts
Sled Dogs Rescue Air Pilot in Saga of Frozen North
Italian Cadets Learn Seamanship on Sailing Craft
Rocket Targets Test Accuracy of Anti-Aircraft Guns
Winter Sports for British and U.S. Sailors on Leave
New Shangri-La Honors Historic Raid on Tokyo [24 February 1944]
National Archives description: “Part 1, allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio. German prisoners of war receive medical care. Nurses arrive, tend the wounded, eat, and draw equipment. Part 2, in a practice rescue, a doctor reaches a soldier by parachute and dog sled. Part 3, Italian naval cadets train on a sailing vessel. Part 4, rockets are used as practice targets for antiaircraft gunners. Part 5, U.S. and British sailors on leave play winter games. Part 6, Mrs. Doolittle christens the aircraft carrier Shangri-La. Flashbacks show B-25’s taking off from the Hornet to bomb Japan. President Roosevelt decorates Gen. Doolittle.”
National Archives Identifier: 39000