News parade of the year 1943

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1944

Creator: Castle Films.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Castle, Eugene W., editing.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.; Stilwell, Joseph W. (Joseph Warren), 1912-1966.; Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976.; Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955.; Castle Films, inc.

Description: Intertitles: Battling the U-boats!: Captured German films reveal Nazi U-boat menace! -- Allied depth bombs do the job!. Tragedy at Toulon!: French scuttle own warships! -- French liner "Normandie" salvaged -- Disaster strikes but- -amazing skill re-floats vessel for U.S. Navy!. MacArthur's smashing offensive!: Fighting General wins revenge in Pacific -- In the Solomons, Jap transports are caught in MacArthur's trap! -- Gen. MacArthur personally commands the attack! -- His paratroopers stage surprise raid! -- Prisoners! They surrendered! -- On the Burma front, veteran Gen. Stilwell leadsd his fighting troops. Argentina revolts!: Buenos Aires crowds riot as Army overthrows pro-Nazi government. Allied on the march!: President and Prime Minister meet at Casablanca! -- Allied chiefs in war-strategy meeting -- Tripoli captured by Gen. Montgomery -- Then Siciliy falls! Yanks, Tommies and Canadians smash through in 38 days! -- Italy surreneders as Allied Armies march through Naples--toward Rome! Bombs over Hitlerland!: American and British bombers roar over white cliffs of Dover! -- Over the sunny hills of France in a shattering continent-wide offensive. Russia's might astounds world!: Avenging Red Army sweeps Nazis from Ukraine! -- Soviets seal fate of Germans in Crimea! -- Sect'y Hull in Moscow! -- Tri-nation conference shatters Nazi hope for United Nations disunity!; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Editor, Eugene W. Castle.; World War II documentary footage for the year 1943; from the United States Navy battling German U-boats to the Russian victory over the Germans in the Crimea.; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-14337. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2009/ 11/17 Good, needs leaders.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE