Warehouse Blaze (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. STOPPING THE NAZIS: When the Allies recover their composure after the Nazi surprise break through on the Western front, they quickly go into action. Supplies are rushed to the front as civilian evacuees stream to the rear. Mines are laid, road blocks set up, the woods are combed for Nazi paratroopers, and Yank artillery roars into action. Clear weather enables fleets of Allied bombers to disrupt Nazi communication lines with hundreds of tons of bombs. Fleets of transport planes parachute badly needed supplies to the encircled heroes who are holding Bastogne. Gen. Patton's armor fights its way northward into Bastogne, the demolished city. Wrecked and burning Yankee equipment is seen scattered all through the "bulge area." Now Allied strategy is operating to make the Nazis pay dearly for the gains secured through their surprise counter-attack. 2. WAREHOUSE BLAZE: N.Y.C. - A huge warehouse is gutted in a spectacular 4-alarm fire which kills two of the firemen who battle the flames in sub-freezing temperatures. 3. FLYING ANGELS: NEW GUINEA - At forward positions, evacuation nurses supervise the transfer of wounded into huge planes, then care for them en route to ambulance bases. In off hours, the "home life" of the nurses is seen to be that of any normal girl. 4. WAR WORKERS NEEDED: WASHINGTON, D.C. - War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes states "600,000 war workers who left their essential jobs last year must return. If our soldiers are willing to die for our country, the rest of us must be willing to work for it." (LOCAL – CANADA) SKI RACERS RUN TRICKY COURSE.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library