Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. LATEST FILMS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR IN NEW GUINEA [ETC.]

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. LATEST FILMS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR IN NEW GUINEA [ETC.]

1943

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Part 1, Gen. MacArthur is driven to the New Guinea front. Shows native bearers carrying equipment on jungle trails. A B-24 plane sinks a Japanese ship off the island. Part 2, Coast Guard dogs pass in review. Coast Guard horsemen patrol the Atlantic coast. Part 3, Chiang Kai-shek reviews a United Nations parade in Chungking. Gen. Stilwell arrives in Washington, D.C. Mule trains cross Tibet with supplies for China. Part 4, Australians test U.S. jeeps. Part 5, tanks are given final tests and then loaded on ships. Shows shipyard activity.

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