BUFVC Search
Current Search
Previous Searches
Viewed Records
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Marshalls. DESCRIPTION: A Naval bombardment preceded the assault on Kwajalein Atoll. The fighting was fierce with the Americans taking many Japanese prisoners. The capture of the...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Manila - Final Scenes. DESCRIPTION: The re-capture of Manila was not effected without large areas of the city being devastated. Thousands of Filipinos were left homeless, they appeared...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pacific Battleground. DESCRIPTION: The treacherous attack on America and Britain by Japan has marked a day that will "live in infamy". Already firmly established in French Indo-China...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year 1944-5. DESCRIPTION: The campaigns of 1944 were planned at the Tehran Conference, with the meeting of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. The Russians continued to sweep...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Surrenders - Manila & Rangoon. DESCRIPTION: Lieutenant-General Kawabe met the Japanese surrender delegates who landed at Manila. Lieutenant-General Sutherland represented General...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Miss World (Colour). DESCRIPTION: The annual extravagance at London’s Lyceum Ballroom gives the Crown of the Curves to Australia’s Penelope Plummer, with Miss United Kingdom,...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Manila Falls. DESCRIPTION: Manila, capital of the Philippines, has been captured by the Americans. The local population was out on the streets to welcome the troops and handed out...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ideal Homes. DESCRIPTION: The Daily Mail presents yet again, another eye catching array of gadgets for the home and garden. The whole exhibition - the biggest of its kind in the world,...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Roosevelt’s Funeral. DESCRIPTION: The coffin of President Roosevelt lay in the White House, where many came to pay their last respects. It was afterwards borne to its last resting...
Shots of the Japanese Emperor on horseback, sending his men to war. Chinese civilians lying dead in the streets, after Japanese bombing. Chiang Kai-shek speaks to his people; soon they begin to learn the...
Related searches have been automatically generated using the OpenCalais semantic analysis service.
Learning on Screen
