Documentary about the U.S. Air Force's P-47 Thunderbolt bomber's role in the Italian Campaign during WW2.
Jul 1947
Includes 12 World War II-era propaganda films.
Dec 1946
Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.
Apr 1944
Harold Russell, an American soldier who lost his hands in a training accident, tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, how he and his fellow amputees at the hospital at first despaired and then found new hope in the prostheses and training available to amputees through the Army's medical corps. Russell learns to wear and to operate the hooks which replace his hands and becomes competent to perform many tasks he had once thought no longer possible. Discharged from the Army, he is welcomed into Boston College by college president William J. Murphy, S.J.
Jul 1945
Charles McGonegal lost both arms in World War I. Through U.S. Army medical rehabilitation, he was able to learn the use of prosthetic hooks. He learns to shave, tie his shoestrings, and dress himself. He demonstrates how to control his hooks and how to adjust their width and tension. He shows how easily he goes about daily personal and social tasks and how he maintains an office job and uses office equipment.
Mar 1944
2 episodes of CBS Reports from 1971: POWs Pawns of War Pts 1 and 2. "Summary: CBS documentary on treatment of US prisoners in North Vietnam and Viet Cong prisoners in South Vietnam. CBS reporters interview wives and families of American POWS. NOT TO BE RELEASED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF CHIEF/AMPD-RC. COMMENTS: Keeping for the record. Standard poor, off the air. Kinescope quality." - Information from archive.org
Jun 1971
