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.""

Creator

United States. Army. Signal Corps. Army Pictorial Service.

Source


YouTube

 

Language

English

Type

video

Notes

Uploaded to YouTube by WWIIPublicDomain on June 27, 2013

Files

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Collection

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 December 2, 2024, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/1014.