Motion Picture MP2016-10
Administrative Information
News film compilation of World War II footage from 1942 (Castle Films # 135), depicting global battles of the Allies against Japanese and German forces. See also MP2016-20 for narrated version.
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Shot List
The titles indicate content in the clips that follow.
0:00 Yanks fighting around globe!
0:54 Japs bomb Alaska!
1:13 Re-enforcements and supplies reach U.S. Troops in Aleutians!
1:41 U.S. Marines battle Japs in Pacific!
1:51 Solomon Islands are targets for U.S. guns!
2:19 Japs bomb Henderson Field Airport!
2:43 U.S. Marines capture first Jap prisoners!
3:01 Battle of the Atlantic!
3:07 U.S. Flying Boats drop depth charges!
3:20 Victims of Nazi U-Boat fire!
3:35 - but the convoys get through!
3:43 Russia’s Heroic Stand!
3:52 Marshall Timoshenko’s armies bravely defend Stalingrad!
4:24 Historic first meeting between Churchill and Stalin at Moscow!
4:38 Brazil Wars on Axis!
4:45 Entire nation shout vengeance for ruthless Nazi attacks!
5:06 Canadians raid Dieppe!
5:13 Canadian Commandos carry costly offensive!
5:58 Gallant fighters return from heroic mission!
6:16 Prelude to Second Front!
6:24 Filmed under fire! United Nations’ air-power rises!
6:45 Occupied France and Reich are blasted!
7:00 Dock installations, plants and war factories are demolished!
7:13 MIDWAY BATTLE! Filmed by Commander John Ford
7:22 American planes, warships and fighters strike decisively!
7:37 The Battle of Midway rages!
7:48 4 Jap carriers sunk
28 Jap battleships sunk or damaged
300 Jap planes destroyed!
9:18 U.S. Marines Raise the Flag of Victory!