U.S. Rushes New Bases in Pacific (1942)

The Women's Army Corps enter full swing in this United News reel from 1942. Also featured is V-mail; Midshipmen graduating from Annapolis, Maryland; and the burning of a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific.
In part 1, equipment and supplies are unloaded. In part 2, Navy nurses model summer uniforms. Women join the Womens Army Corps (WAC); shows the WAC Col. Oveta C. Hobby. Women dispatch carriers ride motorcycles. Part 3 shows a track meet at Madison Square Garden. Part 4 shows how V-mail is handled. In part 5, a Japanese cruiser burns during a naval fight near Midway. Adm. Nimitz presents decorations. Bombers are manufactured. Midshipmen graduate and parade at Annapolis.
U.S. Rushes New Bases in Pacific, 1942
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CREATED BY
Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)
REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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SUBJECTS
Air bases
World War, 1939-1945
Army Postal service
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. U.S. Naval Academy. (09/1947 -1971 )
United News Company, Producer
New York City
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