Brazil Enters the War

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

77

Date Released

26 Oct 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News from England
2. 2Brazil Enters the War
3. 3Another Convoy Reaches Malta

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Brazil builds her first continuous road from Fortazela to Porto Alegre as an alternative to sending goods by sea (Nazi U-boats damage a risk in latter method). Anti-Nazi demonstrations through streets. German officials leave the Brazilian Embassy. German stores close down and aliens are rounded up. The Brazilian Air Force and Navy. Stores of ammunition and vast reserves of man-power.

Keywords

Demonstrations; Engineering

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

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Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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