" Weekly Digest No. 58" U.S. Army Air Force (1944)

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This black-and-white Army Air Force Weekly News Digest dated November 27, 1944 shows several combat unit segments, including footage from Saipan (part of the Northern Mariana Islands), Ceram, Burma, Germany, and the Netherlands. The film opens with a title card: “11th AAFCCU, Saipan Salvage” (0:37). Footage of American forces working in a former Saipan electricity generating plant to salvage enemy weapons and material for recycling and re-use. The 1944 Battle of Saipan, one of the main World…

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20 minutes

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