Synopsis
Made for schools in 1960, this black & white educational film presents two newsreels of historic events. The first one is about the 1944 Battle of Saipan during WW2, and then shows Saipan in the present era. The second is about the New Deal era NRA (National Recovery Administration). Opening titles: Almanac Newsreel - June 15, 1944 American Troops Land on Saipan (:06-:21). Island of Saipan. Aerial shot of the island. Newsreel visits it after the war. Children play on Saipan. Fourth Marine Division on a cemetery sign. A plan flies over it. Sailors on a ship pray. Saipan is getting bombed during the second world war. Boat transports bring Marines to the shores of Saipan. Tanks on the dusty fields, troops going up hill. Gun cannons fire round after round. Town is demolished. Airstrip is wrecked and planes are bombed out. Japanese civilians are rounded up. Troops carry them the injured to tanks (:22-3:02). Children in front of a wire fence that houses refugees. Happy fighting men of the USA. U.S. troops look at maps. American Flag flies (3:03-3:23). End credits (3:24-3:33). Opening titles: Almanac Newsreel - June 16, 1933 - NRA Comes into Existence (3:46-4:02). NRA Member sign (National Recovery Association). Aerial shot of oil wells. Women work in a factory. Steel workers. Steel being made. Factory exterior. A steel worrier gives his thoughts on the NRA. A man in the tire business is anti-NRA. A housewife gives her thoughts on the NRA and then shows us her large family…
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Details
- Running time
- 7 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
- Internet Archive item
- 57684-almamic-newsreel-american-troops-land-on-saipan
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- Stock Footage