Newsreels

1940s

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Workers build army scout cars, also known as jeeps, at a U.S. war…

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U.S. Marine troops walk through a jungle in Guadalcanal in the Solomon…

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The first clip is from Frank Capra's cartoon "Private Snafu." The…

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A tornado hits South Carolina. Trees are blown over and houses are…

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Newsreel footage of the process of putting Japanese Americans in…

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Aerial of bombs going off in a country-like landscape. WS of U.S.…

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Women replace men working in the largest U.S. lumber mill. Women…

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U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz gives medals of valor to naval…

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Henry Ford welcomes British and American war supply heads Oliver…

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Comedians Abbott and Costello make jokes about baseball for Mail…

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Radio host for "Mail Call," a radio program for American soldiers,…

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A narrator explains the WWII Food Rationing Program…