UNITED NEWS [Series Title]

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  • Title: UNITED NEWS [Series Title]
  • Film Number: UNY 105
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  • Summary: Edition of US-produced wartime newsreel featuring American servicewomen in Arizona and Australia, the construction of the 5,000th Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, cameramen preparing to film the invasion of Europe, American fighter pilots John Godfrey and Don Gentile return home, and the advance of Allied troops in the Cassino area of Italy.
  • Description: Part 1: United News main titles. 'American army women serving on all fronts'; on an airfield in Arizona apron a parked B-24 Liberator bomber named 'The Squaw' and in front a engine on a display stand. A male airman gives an instruction to a number of women sitting on the floor. A B-24 named Air-Wac; a woman's head emerges from the window to polish the glass. Wider shot shows women working on the engines. Working on the tail plane (serial 42-73191). Further shots women at work on various parts. High shot over a line of parked B-24s. A troopship with servicewomen on board. A placard reads 'Welcome Wacs'. Women disembarking in Australia; they wear steel helmets, greatcoats and packs. Part 2: 'Workers build 5,000th Boeing Fort since war'; at a factory in Seattle civilian men and women signing parts of the aircraft. Pan of the aircraft showing it covered in signatures. The tail surface is marked 'The 5000th Boeing built Flying Fortress since Pearl Harbor'. A horseshoe-shaped wreath is draped over the aircraft's nose guns. Part 3: 'Cameramen ready to film invasion'; groups of American cameramen pose for the camera. The group include men in Army, US Navy and US Army Air Forces uniform. Part 4: 'Home town hails Air Force hero'; two US Army Air Forces aces in uniform with their families; Captains John Godfrey and Don Gentile. Signboard 'Welcome to Piqua [Ohio] - A live manufacturing city'. A shot of the main street. A house; a banner in the window declares 'Serving in US Air Corps'. One of the men is greeted by relatives; one man in the background appears to be speaking into a microphone. Man with his parents. Part 5: 'Allied armies in Italy joined for drive north'; aerial view of the obliterated Italian town of Cassino. B-26 Marauder bombers in flight; the nearest aircraft has '86' on its tail. Bombs falling on a bridge. Night footage of gun flashes. Allied tanks, jeeps and half-tracks move up. British troops moving up. Low altitude aerial view of an area covered in water-filled bomb craters. German prisoners of 1st Fallschirmjaegerdivision (1st Parachute Division). Smoke spreading. A US Army M16 anti-aircraft half-track crosses a pontoon bridge. American troops and tanks move through a devastated town. Free French troops at Castelforte. View of devastation. Civilian refugees. An old woman eats a slice of bread. Refugees walking along a road. A prisoner of war cage. Close-ups of prisoners. Aerial view of Allied motor transport moving up. End title.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: UNY 105
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-02
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Office of War Information (Sponsor) United Newsreel Corporation (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army, Women's Army Corps (regiment/service) United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service) Boeing (institution) United States Army, Signal Corps (regiment/service) United States Navy (regiment/service) Godfrey, John Trevor (person) Gentile, Dominic Salvatore (person) United States Army, 5th Army (regiment/service) British Army, 8th Army (regiment/service) German Air Force, Fallschirmjagerdivision 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Arizona (geography) Seattle, Washington, United States of America (geography) Australia (geography) Ohio (geography) Washington D.C. (geography) Cassino, Lazio, Italy (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 820 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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