They Planned Victory

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/15

Paramount Issue No.

1244

Date Released

1 Feb 1943

Released by Paramount

1 Feb 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Warrior of the Week
2. 2The Other Man’s Job. Making Copper Cables
3. 3They Planned Victory

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

The Anglo-American meeting at Casablanca (January 1943). Churchill is seen with his advisors and Roosevelt with Chiefs of Staff. General Marshall and General Sir Alan Brooke. General Giraud meets General de Gaulle. Service Chiefs later visit warship. Roosevelt reviews American military parade. General Clark and Harry Hopkins lunch together. President Roosevelt takes salute, after. Later a joint communique is issue to war correspondents.

Keywords

Politics and government; Social events; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

This series is held by:

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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