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Summary:
- Life line shows actual combat footage from the Pacific Theater as filmed by cameramen in the line of fire. Highlights the medical personnel fighting to save wounded soldiers. Gives thanks to the Home Front which supplied the soldiers with guns and medicine. Film Communique. Eighth Issue. 1. "Only seven [bombers] failed to reture . . . Do you know what that means?" Discusses the effectiveness of the bombing of Germany from Britain. 2. Discusses the repair and maintenance of planes. 3. The Anzio Campaign. -- Film Communique. Ninth Issue. 1. Shows the salvage and reclaimation yards. Bombers are repaired with parts from others. 2. Private Snafu cartoon showing what happens when you don't take proper care of your weapons. 3. About the Burma Road and getting war material into China. -- The Price of victory, adapted for the screen by Howard J. Green; a Pine-Thomas Production; directed by William H. Pine. Includes parts of an address by Vice-President Henry A. Wallace on May 8, 1942. Discusses the price that must be paid for victory and describes the freedoms to be had in the US versus Nazi Germany. -- The fight for the sky photographed by the 3rd Combat Camera Unit. Shows P-47's, P38's, and P51's battling the German air force in Europe. -- All-American, footage photographed in combat by Army Air Forces, and originally restricted to war workers in the American Aircraft Industry. Shows the air war in the Pacific and European Theaters.
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Table of Contents:
- Life line, Official war film W.F. 10 / War Dept., produced by the Signal Corps, [194-]
- Film Communique. Eighth Issue.[194-] 1. Combat Film Unit. Army Air Forces. RAF and 8th Air Force report from Britain. 2. Combat Film Unit. Army Air Forces. A 5th Air Force report from New Guinea. 3. A few quick facts. 4. Combat Film Unit. Signal Corps. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead.
- Film Communique. Ninth Issue. 1. Combat Film Unit. Army Air Forces. 15th Air Force report. 2. Private Snafu in Fighting tools. 3. Combat Film Unit. Army Air Forces. Battle of the hills.
- The price of victory / released by the Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures, [194-]
- The fight for the sky / Army Air Forces, Motion Picture Unit, [1944?]
- All-American, Official war film, W.F. 11 / War Dept., produced by the Signal Corps, [{91}194-]
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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System Details:
- VHS format.
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General Notes:
- Title from container.
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Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (approximately 120 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; monochrome
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Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
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Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
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Call Numbers:
- MV 2814 v.8
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1269308449