Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 779 (8 MAY 1944) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 779
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Summary:
Description: I. "Another bomber base completed." March past by US (coloured) engineers after construction of airfield for US 8th Army Air Force. Sergeant Joe Louis arrives late at the ceremony.
II. "Famous name for new destroyer." Mrs MacArthur names the new RAN destroyer HMAS Bataan at a ceremony in a NSW dockyard.
III. "First of the half a million." An outside and inside view of one of the new prefabricated houses.
IV. "Invasion material." Coloured soldiers unload quantities of US supplies, also seen stacked in warehouses. Views of imposing mass of military material - trucks, jeeps, amphibians, guns, Shermans and tanks of fuel.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 779
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-05-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 8 mins
