New Guinea 1942

World War II scours the planet in this United News reel installment from the National Archives. Troops fight against axis powers from Guinea and North Africa all the way to France.

In part 1, planes drop supplies to allied soldiers in New Guinea. Australian troops fight and natives carry wounded soldiers to field hospitals. In part 2, the allied war council meets in Washington, D.C. The film shows fighting in North Africa: planes bomb supply lines, soldiers advance, and German prisoners are taken. President Roosevelt addresses the French people by radio. Shows French soldiers eating. Personages: Gen. de Gaulle and Gens. Arnold, Doolittle, Eisenhower, and Marshall, and Adms. King and Leahy.

CREATED BY
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

For information about ordering reproductions of moving images held by the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, visit: http://www.archives.gov/research/order/broadcast-quality-film-dc.html

SUBJECTS
German prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945
de Gaulle, Henry Harley, Gen.
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Marshall, George
United News Company, Producer

MORE INFORMATION:
More information is available in the National Archives online catalog:
http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=38929

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