Summary: An edition of United News, including the fighting by 2nd Marine Division at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, and footage of Chiang Kai-shek, Roosevelt, and Churchill at the Cairo Conference, and of the Big Three at the Teheran (Tehran) Conference in Iran.
Description: Main titles. Part 1: 'The Capture of Tarawa from Japan! / Dramatic films of the bloodiest battle of the Pacific in which US Marines win vital Jap base in 76 hours!' Invasion fleet at sea. Transports. Admiral Hill in his ward room with other officers. Map of the Pacific; a cane points out the Gilbert Islands. Marines of 2nd Marine Division at prayer. Naval bombardment. Landing craft heading ashore. View from a landing craft. Troops on the beach. Shattered trees. Various scenes of devastation and combat. Bringing supplies ashore. Destroyed Japanese positions; in one dead Japanese troops can be seen. A knocked out Japanese gun. Destroyed motor transport. Captured Korean workers. Preparing an airstrip.
Part 2: 'United nations leaders meet in Middle East!' Aerial view of Egyptian Pyramids. Chiang Kaishek, Roosevelt, Churchill and others. Churchill with Madame Chiang. Close-up Mme Chiang. Panning close-up Chiang, Roosevelt. Close-up Churchill. Shot from a moving vehicle with subtitle 'Teheran, Iran'. The camera vehicle pulls up outside the Soviet Embassy; the building is marked with the Hammer and Sickle. Churchill and Stalin. Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt photographed seated on the top of the building's steps. Roosevelt greets a servicewoman and shares some comment with Stalin, who gets up to greet her also. Stalin with Soviet delegation and Red Army guard. The Sword of Stalingrad is presented by Churchill. Roosevelt with the sword (a long, double-handed broadsword). More shots of the Allied leaders. End titles.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:UNY 43
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-12
Production Country: United States of America
Production Details: Office of War Information (Production sponsor)
United Newsreel Corporation (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hill, Harry Wilbur (person)
United States Marine Corps, 2nd Marine Division (regiment/service)
Stalin, Josef (person)
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (person)
Chiang Kai-shek (person)
Soong, Mei-ling (person)
Keywords: Cairo, Egypt (geography)
Teheran, Iran (geography)
Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands (geography)
Tehran Conference 1943, International Diplomacy (event)
Cairo Conference (2nd) 1943, International Diplomacy (event)
