NAVY LAUNCHES WORLD'S MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP [ETC.]
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2011-03-26

NAVY LAUNCHES WORLD'S MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP [ETC.] - National Archives and Records Administration 1944 - ARC 38995, LI 208-UN-88 - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.  Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945.  Part 1, Margaret Truman christens the Missouri. Part 2, shows a bond rally in New York's Chinatown. Part 3, copper is mined and smelted in Chile. Part 4, shows tests of an Air Forces fire truck which uses carbon dioxide. Part 5, Canadian sailors take physical training in snow. Part 6, allied troops fight in Italy. Includes scenes of the all-Negro 99th Fighter Squadron.