UNITED NEWS [Series Title]

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  • Title: UNITED NEWS [Series Title]
  • Film Number: UNY 133
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  • Summary: Edition of US-produced wartime newsreel, featuring bombing raids over Burma; the use of a mechanical cotton-picker in Mississippi; the awards of the Nobel Prizes in New York; carrier-launched airstrikes against Manila in the Philippines by the United States Navy; and fighting in the Alsace region of France.
  • Description: Part 1: United News main titles. 'Bomb Japanese bases in Burma'; map of India and Burma with Calcutta, Mandalay, and Lasio marked. Sinthe (south of Mandalay) is highlighted by an arrow and the map is labeled 12 Oct 1944. Aerial footage of bombs falling and exploding on a target close to a river. Map; Hsenwi is marked (north of Lashio), 13 Oct 1944; bombs falling and striking an area with small, scattered buildings. Map; Hsipaw is marked (south-west of Lashio), 23 Oct 1944; bombs falling on a bridge leading to jungle-covered hills. Part 2: 'Cotton picking by machine'; a cotton field in Mississippi with mechanical cotton pickers at work. Views of the machine at work (a close-up shows a marking; 'McCormick-Deering 33 - Cotton Picker'). Part 3: 'Nobel Prize awards made in New York'; series of views of prizewinners and awards being made. Part 4: 'Enemy-held Manila hit by carrier planes'; aerial view showing an aircraft carrier and escorting ships. A battleship with destroyer 582 in the foreground at high speed. Aerial view of an aircraft carrier with its aeroplanes on deck. Aeroplanes waiting to take off; another carrier can be seen in the background. An officer conducts a briefing with a map of the Philippines. Pilots fall out and rush to their aircraft. A Grumman F-6F Hellcat with rockets and a bomb; its tail is marked 42V. A Grumman Avenger bomber with 5 on its tail. A Hellcat (31V) takes off. Hellcat 8V takes off (preceding shots possibly taken aboard USS Ticonderoga). Hellcat 47 takes off. View looking aft from an aircraft taking off. Aircraft in flight, including an Avenger marked '93'. Looking aft from an aircraft with a bomb exploding on the water. Smoke in the distance. A Curtiss Helldiver (marked 72) in flight. Smoke rising from Manila. Admiral Arthur Radford watches the aircraft return. Anti-aircraft fire; something explodes in the sea very close to the camera ship (an aircraft carrier). An aircraft carrier on fire. A Hellcat burning furiously on deck. Sailors with firehoses on deck. A blizzard of anti-aircraft fire from close to the cameraman's position shoots down a Japanese aircraft in flames. Wide shot; an explosion in the sea close to an aircraft carrier. Hellcat 47 returning against a sunset. Hellcat 58 returning. A crewman climbs out of his aircraft. Aircraft on deck with another carrier ahead. McCampbell in the cockpit of his aircraft Minsi III, which is decorated with 34 victory markings. He is applauded by his shipmates. Medal ceremony on deck, probably aboard USS Essex. Part 5: 'Allied armies move ahead on Western Front'; American armoured cars pass a jeep; in front of the cameraman (in the jeep) is a war correspondent. Passing a sign 'Mülhausen (Elsaβ)'. A dead body lies by the roadside. A column of German prisoners. A group of French patriots marching behind their flag. Sign 'Straβburg: Schiltigheim'. Strasbourg cathedral. Discarded Nazi hand flags on the pavement. A wounded man is carried away on a stretcher. American troops marching through mud. Near a railway line overshoes are issued. Another column on German prisoners are marches away under guard. American troops entering the town of Baesweiler and running through gardens. Firing mortars. A wounded soldier crawls along on hands and knees (into a back yard or garden?). An American soldier, about to have a field dressing applied to his face or neck, ducks suddenly. A wounded man is carried away on a stretcher; a bearer carries a red cross flag. Man on stretcher, mostly covered by a ground sheet; he smokes a cigarette. A casualty is put aboard a tank. Column of American troops on the march across a muddy field. End title.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: UNY 133
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-12-15
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Office of War Information (Sponsor) United Newsreel Corporation (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Navy, USS TICONDEROGA, aircraft carrier (1944) (regiment/service) United States Navy, ESSEX (USS) aircraft carrier (1942) (regiment/service) McCampbell, David (person) Radford, Arthur William (person)
  • Keywords: Sinthe, Burma (geography) Hsipaw, Burma (geography) Hsenwi, Burma (geography) Bomber operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) United States Home Front 1939-1945 (theme) Manila, Philippines (geography) Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France (geography) Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France (geography) Allied Advance into Germany 1944-1945, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 909 ft; Running time: 11 mins
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