Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 20]

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 20]

1942

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Part 1, a young ice skating star performs in New York City. Part 2 shows wreckage caused by tornadoes in Grenada, Mississippi, Alvin, Illinois, and Bolivar, Tenn,; the injured in a hospital; and troops on guard. Part 3 shows Gen. MacArthur and flashbacks to the fighting on Bataan and his flight to Australia. Crowds in Sydney cheer as he and troops arrive. Part 4 shows aerial views of bombs striking ships in a Japanese convoy off New Guinea. Part 5 shows the Japanese invading Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma; the surrender of Corregidor and Manila; Gen. Wainwright; and Japanese planes bombing Singapore and civilians being evacuated. Dutch mine layers mine waters off Java. Oil installations on Sumatra are set afire as Japanese land. Part 6 shows the draft lottery in Washington, DC. Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board (WPB) head, speaks

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