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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220478-22
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1942,1940s
Country: Aruba,China,Germany,Ireland,USA
Location: Arizona,Aruba,Atlantic,Caribbean,Dutch East Indies,Pacific
TC Begins: 21:32:02
TC Ends: 21:35:29
Duration: 00:03:27
WWII - 1942, Newsreel Coverage Of Readying For War Intertitle: Around The War Map - Sub Attack In Caribbean. 21:32:11 Aerial of oil storage tanks & refinery on Dutch island of Aruba. Interior of aircraft w/ General Andrews seated w/ two other officers looking at map on table between them. 21:32:22 Night attack of oil refinery by Nazis, burning refinery & petroleum on water. Nearly sunken tanker Arkansas examined for damage by its captain; hole in side of hull. Military inspecting large storage tank; CU of dent from shell that didn’t penetrate. 2 officers looking at torpedo on beach after missing ship. CU nose. 21:33:15 Intertitle: US Troops At Sea. 21:33:19 Deck of transport filled w/ troops en-route to North Ireland thru winter sea storm. Army cameraman, Jack Barnett, cranking / filming w/ motion picture camera on tripod. 3 stack liner / troopship in storm w/ view of ship behind. Nurse giving seasick medicine to soldier. High Angle / HA of women & soldiers on shipboard. 21:34:14 Intertitle: Destroyer Shaw Safe. 21:34:18 Arrival at West Coast port after a temporary bow & substitute bridge allowed it to cross from Pearl Harbor for repairs. In drydock. Sailors waving hat. 21:34:52 Intertitle: Chinese Pilots Trained. 21:34:55 Arizona airbase classroom w/ Chinese students & Chinese officer; at blackboard. American officer instructs on airfield; salute & go to aircraft, taxiing. Aerial of planes in formation. WW2; 1940s; Military Training; Fuel Supply; German Submarine Attack Aftermath; NOTE: Barnett was first newsreel cameramen sent overseas during WW2.