U.S. NEWS REVIEW, NO. 4 Part 2

Description

Part 1, natives and Australian soldiers fight Japanese troops, raid a village on Timor Island, and call help on a makeshift radio. Part 2, old equipment, including mortars, tanks, shells, Civil War cannon balls, and a German 42-cm. howitzer (1914), is scrapped at the Aberdeen (Maryland) Proving Grounds. Part 3, books are microfilmed in London; the film is viewed at the Library of Congress. Shows book burning in Germany in 1933. Part 4, Canadian fishermen repair nets and then make a record catch of herring; fish are scooped into ships' holds. Part 5, Russian and German troops battle in the Caucasus Mountains in November 1942. Part 6, a woman sings "The Thingummybob," to Australian war workers. Includes miscellaneous factory scenes.

Collection

Records of the Office of War Information

Series

Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures