Combat Bulletin No. 40 [video] / produced by Army Pictorial Service Signal Corps
Title
Combat Bulletin No. 40 [video] / produced by Army Pictorial Service Signal Corps
Description
Philippine content:
Attack on Manila Harbor
First Landings on Luzon
"Part 1, carrier planes strafe sea and land targets. Part 2, the 6th Army lands on Luzon after a navy barrage (Jan. 9). Filipinos greet troops and help build an airstrip. The 37th Division enters Dagupan; troops battle for Damortis. Gens. MacArthur and Sutherland wade ashore. Part 3 (Reel 2), 35th Division troops are lectured at Bastogne, Belgium. The 1st and 3rd Armies occupy rubbled Houffalize. A bridge and a blockhouse are exploded as the 7th Army retreats on the Alsace front. The 79th Division battles across a bridge near Haguenau. Part 4 shows bomb damage at Markwiller, France. Part 5 (Reel 3), British carrier planes attack Sumatra; 4 crash while landing. Part 6, 5th A.A.F. B-25's drop parachute bombs on Celebes Is., Neth. Indies.""
Attack on Manila Harbor
First Landings on Luzon
"Part 1, carrier planes strafe sea and land targets. Part 2, the 6th Army lands on Luzon after a navy barrage (Jan. 9). Filipinos greet troops and help build an airstrip. The 37th Division enters Dagupan; troops battle for Damortis. Gens. MacArthur and Sutherland wade ashore. Part 3 (Reel 2), 35th Division troops are lectured at Bastogne, Belgium. The 1st and 3rd Armies occupy rubbled Houffalize. A bridge and a blockhouse are exploded as the 7th Army retreats on the Alsace front. The 79th Division battles across a bridge near Haguenau. Part 4 shows bomb damage at Markwiller, France. Part 5 (Reel 3), British carrier planes attack Sumatra; 4 crash while landing. Part 6, 5th A.A.F. B-25's drop parachute bombs on Celebes Is., Neth. Indies.""
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps. Army Pictorial Service.
Source
Language
English
Type
video
Notes
Uploaded to YouTube by WWIIPublicDomain on June 27, 2013
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Citation
United States. Army. Signal Corps. Army Pictorial Service., “Combat Bulletin No. 40 [video] / produced by Army Pictorial Service Signal Corps,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed May 1, 2024, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/1014.