Huge anti-Axis rally stirs Chile

Identifier
irn1002887
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3048
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United News Company (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Part 1, shows a UN anti-Axis rally and parade in Santiago, Chile. Newsreel footage also includes the following parts: Part 2, a naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands. Shows Admirals Halsey and Nimitz. Gen. MacArthur lands in New Guinea. Planes land troop reinforcements. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. Infantry advances through jungle swamps. Part 3, U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa. American and British convoys rendezvous near Gibraltar. Landing operations near Oran are unopposed. Equipment is massed on the beaches.

Note(s)

  • Newsreel created by the: Office for Emergency Management / Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch / New York Office / News and Features Bureau.

Subjects

  • DEMONSTRATIONS (ANTI-NAZI)
  • CROWDS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
  • PARADES
  • CITIES
  • RALLIES
  • SOUTH AMERICA
  • UNITED NATIONS

Places

  • Santiago, Chile

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.