Universal Newsreel Volume 15, Release 139

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. "ACE" CRUISER WELCOMED HOME: Admiral King greets officers and men of U.S.S. Boise, back on East Coast after sinking six Jap warships in the Solomons. 2. MARINE HEROES HONORED BY NIMITZ: Medals for valor are pinned on officers and men who have distinguished themselves for bravery in the fighting for Guadalcanal. 3. HOUSEWIVES—"STAMP OUT HITLER": Government urges women to flatten all tin cans and save them for war use. Instructions as to collection will come later. The precious tin, as well as the steel, will help in our fight for Freedom. 4. WEST COAST GETS GAS RATIONING: Extra tires are turned in and gas ration cards issued in Coast's first taste of gasoline restriction. 5. ROMMEL'S ROUT BY BRITISH: Gen. Montgomery's Eighth Army drives Axis forces westward from Egyptian frontier in full scale offensive, aided by Allied Air Corps forces. Fleeing Nazis leave a wilderness of wrecked tanks and supply trucks, as Allied planes, tanks and troops pound Nazi columns withdrawing deep into Libya. (TRAILER) LORETTA YOUNG: WOMEN AT WAR WEEK.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library