WWII Newsreel: USS Biloxi & USS Astoria Launched 1943

National Archives description: “Part 1, the Biloxi [23 February 1943,] and the Astoria are launched. [6 March 1943] Part 2, shows work on a dam and power plant on Canada’s Saguenay River. Part 3, Red Cross boxes for U.S. prisoners of war are packed and shipped. Part 4, Academy Awards are presented to James Cagney and Greer Garson by Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine in Hollywood. Part 5, burned fir trees are felled and transported. Part 6, Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews take commando training. Part 7, Italian women and children board ships in East Africa for return to Italy. Part 8, Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits Wellesley College. Part 9, allied troops advance in New Guinea. Surgeons sterilize equipment and treat soldiers.”

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