United Newsreels Volume 9 DVD

Product Description

(June-Aug 1944)
This ninth volume of the United Newsreels series contains a compilation of 43 individual reportages as originally viewed in movie houses throughout neutral, recently-liberated, and not-so-neutral countries.

The D-Day invasion of Europe, the breakout from Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the invasion of Southern France, the re-taking of Guam, and the American capture of Cherbourg, are among the events chronicled in this volume.

Invasion 1944
Allies Win Myitkyina Airstrip
US Service Women Tour Egypt
All US Guns in Normandy Barrage
Final Stages of Saipan Battle
New Service Speeds Mail to US Troops
US Wheat Harvested for Allied Forces
New Gun Carrier Meets Army Test
Penicillin Drug Saves Allied Lives
President Roosevelt Re-Nominated
US Prepares More Paratroopers for Battle
General DeGaulle Decorates Fifth Army Commander
Huge Naval Salvage Crane in Action
Waves Celebrate Second Birthday
US Admirals Visit Saipan
US Soldiers Become Citizens
Last Rites for Pres Quezon of Philippines
US Forces Land on Guam
US Troops Consolidate Pacific Island
Brazilian Troops Disembark in Italy
President Roosevelt Visits Pacific War Theater
Allies Study Post-War Security
Iceland Becomes a Republic
First Power from Mighty Shasta Dam
Pacific Island Campaign
Last Liberty Ship Launched
Vice President Wallace Visits China
United Nations Hold Monetary Conference
Gen DeGaulle in the United States
"Grasshopper" Planes on Bougainville
Governor Dewey Hails Liberation of Paris
Allies Land in Southern France
Gateway to Victory
Allies Strike Out from Beachhead
US Airbases in Russia
French Forces Take Elba
First Pictures of Flying Bomb
Triumph at Cherbourg
British Pound Caen Sector
Capture of Cherbourg
Royalty Christens US Bombers
Penicillin and Plasma Save Lives
Allies Consolidate Cherbourg

DVD contains interactive search menu.

USA, 1944, B&W, 124 minutes, English Narration

NTSC Region 0 encoding (Entire World)