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The Year 1944

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3053 | Film ID: 2396

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    The Year 1944

    Overview

    Description
    Reviews events of the past year. Shows Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at the Teheran Conference in 1943. U.S. troops land and fight on Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, and other Pacific islands. Russian troops advance to Romania and capture German soldiers. Ships carrying equipment, supplies, and men are loaded in England and cross the English Channel. Paratroops jump at Caen. Troops land under a naval barrage. Citizens of Rome, Paris, Bucharest, Brussels, Belgrade, and Athens celebrate their liberation. Shows scenes of the Dumbarton Oaks, Quebec, and Yalta Conferences, of the election of FDR, and of airplane manufacturing. The Navy bombards the Philippine Islands and Gen. MacArthur and President Osmena wade ashore. FDR addresses the UN. Other personages: Gen. Eisenhower, Pope Pius XII.
    Film Title
    United Newsreel
    Duration
    00:11:28
    Date
    Event:  1944
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Teheran, Iran
    Rome, Italy
    Paris, France
    Romania
    England
    Bucharest, Romania
    Brussels, Belgium
    United States
    Philippines
    Athens, Greece
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United News Company

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    16:39:37:00 to 16:51:05:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
    Note
    Newsreel created by the: Office for Emergency Management / Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch / New York Office / News and Features Bureau.
    Copied From
    35mm FGMC; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3555
    Source Archive Number: 208 UN 1034
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:49:14
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