- Title: F-2927
- Summary: UNITED NEWSREEL:
- Description:01:00:00 - WEST POINT SENDS 409 NEW OFFICERS INTO U.S. ARMY. CADET GRADUATION CEREMONY INSIDE. PARADE SET IN HISTORIC COURTYARD. RAINING. CU OF CADETS MARCHING FEET. 01:01:45 - MRS. ROOSEVELT LAUNCHES NEWEST NAVY'S USS. YORKTOWN IS CHRISTENED. SHIP IS LAUNCHED. 01:02:32 - INVASION TACTICS TOUGHEN TROOPS. MILITARY MEN TOSS LOGS AROUND. PHYSICAL OTHERWISE BASIC TRAINING. SIT-UPS, COMMANDOS, SWINGING FROM TREES, OBSTACLE COURSE. 01:04:09 - BRITISH 8TH ARMY TAKES TRIPOLI AS NAZIS FLEE LYBIG. RAF BOMBERS IN AFRICA, AERIAL OF TRIPOLI AS IT IS BOMBED. GENERAL MONTGOMERY RAISING RAF FLAG. BRITISH ARMY TROOPS PAINT OVER SWASTIKI ON CURPLANE AND CONVERT IT TO RAF PLANE. TROOPS WITH METAL DETECTORS LOOKING FOR AND REMOVING LAND MINES. HUNDREDS OF MINES THAT WERE REMOVED. "SAFE LANES" INDICATED. FIRING AT ENEMY PLANES. NAZI RAIDER SHOT DOWN. HILLS OF TUNISIA. COMBAT. MILEMARKER PASSES BY TANK. 01:07:30 - CANADA HAILS 3RD YEAR OF EMPIRE AIR TRAINING OF AIR MEN FROM ALL COUNTRIES. PLANES IN WINTER AERIAL SNOWY TRAINING CENTER. CU WINGS ON UNIFORMS OF GRADUATES. TROOPS WAVE GOODBYE FROM SHIP.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-2927