New Reservists Swell Ranks of American Navy 1943

In this vintage United News footage from World War II, new Navy Reservists join the war effort while Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery, and Marshall continue their respective campaigns to defeat the axis powers; and the 2nd US Army and British 8th Army capture Bizerte along with occupying German soldiers.

In part 1, sailors train, eat, and parade. Part 2 shows surf riding in Australia. In part 3, the 2nd Army and the British 8th Army capture Bizerte and are welcomed by its citizens. Hordes of German prisoners are captured. Shows Gens. Eisenhower and Montgomery. In part 4, Gen. Marshall attends a meeting of the allied war council. It shows the council on the White House lawn.

Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-new-reservists-swell-ranks-of-american-navy-38959.pdf

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
German prisoners of war
Naval art and science
Surfing
World War, 1939-1945
Army--2nd Army
White House
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Marshall, George
Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976
United News Company, Producer
Australia

MORE INFORMATION:
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