From Italy to Pacific (Universal Newsreel, Aug 1945)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. FROM ITALY TO PACIFIC: Over 4,000 G.I.'s, veterans of the Italian and African campaigns, are re-deployed directly to the Philippines. 2. GIANT HELICOPTER: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Navy demonstrates the PV-3, world's largest helicopter. With a fuselage as large as a street car and huge rotors at both ends, it is designed for use in air transport. 3. THE CAMOUFLAGE VILLAGE (Except Phila.): SEATTLE, WA - It is impossible to distinguish Boeing’s No. 2 plant from the air, due to the 26 acre camouflage village which covers the property. 4. TOLEDO "DREAM CITY": TOLEDO, OH - A comprehensive scale model of the Toledo of Tomorrow, shows congestion-proof streets, decentralized business districts and streamlined travel facilities. 5. AERIAL WIRE-LAYING: C-47 transport planes are equipped to pay out 16 miles of telephone wire over difficult terrain, enabling telephone communication to be established between isolated spots. 6. U.S. 3RD FLEET BLASTS JAPAN / THE AIR STRIKE: Springing from decks of carriers in Task Force 38 a thousand dive bombers, torpedo planes and fighters add to Tokio's destruction, further cripples Japan's dwindling air forces, and ravages her industrial plants and transportation system. Bombs, rockets and heavy strafing create utter destruction and start terrific fires.—THE FLEET STRIKES: While steaming in battle formation a mere 3,000 yards off the Jap mainland, the giant 14in. and 16in. guns of Admiral Halsey's dreadnoughts open fire on Japanese steel plants and other industrial sites. They continue their heavy bombardment without a shot being returned from shore, nor does a single member of the Jap Imperial Fleet come out to do battle. (LOCAL – PHILADELPHIA) 28TH ARRIVES IN U.S. (LOCAL – CANADA) CANADIAN ENVOY MARKS ANNIVERSARY. (LOCAL – CANADA) KING AND QUEEN VISIT ULSTER.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library