WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.]
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2011-03-25

WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.] - National Archives and Records Administration 1943 - ARC 38941, LI 208-UN-34 - DVD Copied by J. Williams.  Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945.  Part 1, nurses arrive at Port Moresby, New Guinea, and seriously wounded soldiers are evacuated. Marines count 100,000 yen captured when Japanese troops attempted an invasion of the Solomon Islands. The defenses of Guadalcanal are inspected by the general staff. Part 2, shows air force cadets at Yale University. College women take physical training. Part 3, dirigible pilot trainees in California learn balloon navigation. Part 4, Clark Gable receives aerial gunner's wings and shoots on a firing course. Part 5, allied paratroops capture a Tunisian airfield.