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Newsreel 'Sled dogs rescue Air Pilot in saga of frozen North'

Snow covered mountains on east coast of United States. Planes search for a simulated lost pilot during a rescue training exercise. A parachute glides down with a Doctor carrying emergency medical supply. A dog team searches for the soldier. The soldier is found and given medical care. The dog team and men face many obstacles. The team crosses a ravine by rigging rapelling lines. A sled dog is attached to the line and lowered to the waiting team where he is uncoupled from harness. The sled with the pilot is lowered in similar fashion. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040790
Newsreel 'Italian cadets learn seamanship on sailing craft'

Naval Academy of Southern Italy training cadets to become Officers in Italian Merchant Marine. Italian naval cadets performing different training tasks on a three mast tall sailing ship.

Location: Southern Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040791
Newsreel 'Rocket targets test accuracy of anti-aircraft guns'

Rockets used as practice targets for anti- aircraft gunners. Speed and accuracy of anti-aircraft guns is tested. The United States soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040792
Newsreel 'Winter sports for British and U.S. Sailors on leave' (WW2)

British and United States Sailors on leave in North Atlantic during World War II. Soldiers play a friendly match of 'tug of war'. Both teams tug the ropes from opposite sides. Soldiers indulge themselves in various recreational activities.

Location: North Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040793
Launching of the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38), her name honoring the historic Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

USS aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) being launched from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Mrs. Josephine Doolittle sponsors the USS aircraft carrier. Crowd cheers as the USS Shangri-La is launched. Flashbacks show B-25 aircrafts taking off from the USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo Japan in the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. The base identified for that attack had been the non-existent "Shangri-La". U.S. President Roosevelt decorates General James Doolittle who was the Commander of Doolittle Raid. USS Shangri-La is christened and slides into the waters at Norfolk. (World War II period).

Location: Portsmouth Virginia USA
Date: 1944, February 24
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040794
Allied patrols in action during Operation Shingle, World War Two, Anzio, Italy

Operation Shingle during World War II. U.S. troops attack German positions in the Anzio area of Italy. They fire bazookas, small arms and machine guns. A burning U.S. Sherman tank, with "20 MPH" marked on the front. German soldiers are captured and they carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher. A number of German prisoners of war are seen in a group.

Location: Anzio Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040795
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