G.I. UNIVERSITY IN ITALY [ETC.]

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G.I. UNIVERSITY IN ITALY [ETC.] Produced: 1945

Description Part 1 (SFR only), military personnel attend classes and use recreational facilities at the University of Florence. General Truscott describes the school's facilities. Part 2 (CB part 1), at Kunming, China, salvaged aluminum is melted and molded into mess gear by Chinese. At Liuchow, land mines are removed from the U.S. airbase and exploded craters are filled and a plane lands on the field. Part 3 (CB part 2), 5th Army troops, mostly Negroes, arrive at Manila aboard the transport Uruguay after redeployment from Italy. Part 4 (CB part 3) shows and describes a 150-mm Japanese antisubmarine mortar on a Japanese freighter in Naha Harbor, Okinawa. Part 5 (SFR only, reel 2), Japan films show scenes of Kamikaze planes. U.S. films show many scenes of ships battling Japanese attackers. Animated diagrams explain in detail Japanese tactics and recommended countermeasures for Kamikaze attacks. Part 6 (CB part 4, reel 2), the 3rd Fleet shells Kamaishi, Japan. Shows activities aboard ships and Adm. Halsey riding in an airplane and a breeches buoy. Part 5 (CB only), the British battleship Barham explodes after being torpedoed and sinks (1941?). Part 6 (CB only), Army nurses arrive at Hawaii aboard the hospital ship Marigold. They are greeted ashore, shown demonstrations of arms, and taught judo and obstacle crossing.

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