NEWS THRILLS OF 1943

[Music] Casa Blanca well-guarded hotel antha the United States and British missions meet virtually every member of the General Staff of both nations attends Montgomery Alexander spots Clarke Cunningham Eisenhower come here from the field of battle the president and the Prime Minister with their high commanders in August 1941 these leaders met at sea to sign the Atlantic Charter in December 1941 and in June 1942 Churchill visited the White House never before have these two men each of whom while knows what it is to fight against overwhelming odds met in such an atmosphere of optimism with victory in sight they will not see it lost identified with the Allied cause in football of France has been General Charles de Gaulle fighting French leader shown here with year-old Churchill and Roosevelt the gold fighting friends have carved a brilliant military record in their campaign personal friends the role and the gold take hands demonstrating the unity of all patriotic Frenchmen against the Nazis [Music] next stop after Casablanca is Liberia where American troops most of them Negroes guard this vulnerable African coastal Republic in a Jeep FDR sees more smartly equipped precision drilled u.s. fighters with President Barclay of Liberia founded by former American slaves by various ties with the US are strong the presidential plane crosses the Atlantic to natal where Roosevelt meets his old friend tutorial Vargas president of Brazil on the right is US ambassador Jefferson Caffrey immediately afterwards the president returns to Washington the Casablanca meeting is over what prime controls about enlisted Churchill has planned for 1943 is a secret but it will come as these men have planned it and for the axis it will end an unconditional surrender for nearly a year the small Pacific island of Timor 500 miles northwest of Darwin Australia has been jab held but behind enemy lines in the islands interior this tough gang of Aussies the sparrow force has kept up the fight ever since Timor officially failed concealed from [ __ ] planes they hid out in the jungle for 59 days after Australia had given them up through this radio set assembled from scraps and pieces stolen from the Japs they finally made contact with Darwin they are trader hammers out an SOS [Music] the message come through to Darwin but mainland officers are skeptical suspect a [ __ ] trick no white men are supposed to be arrived on Tamar Darwin asks cautiously what is the Christian name of Jack sergeants wife answer immediately on Tamar again the query is received back twice is the answer Joan Jack sergeant knows his wife's name the right answer brings clothing food and ammunition for the beleaguered audience male 2 and other companies the way it gets there is a secret [Music] with their new supplies the gorillas become strong enough to launch an attack with friendly native help on a death occupied town they move quietly up through jungle trails the town and range the guerrillas and their friends attack [Applause] [Music] the town is left us smoking ruin the guerilla leader congratulate his men these tough rugged fighters know what privation means hunger thirst malaria and jungle hardships the unsung battle goes on deep into more symbol of ally determination to fight until the [ __ ] is cleaned out of the Pacific Marines prime big howitzers on Guadalcanal advance positions for a new offensive against the Japs present for an inspection trip of the island and its vicinity our Navy's Vice Admiral Aubrey W fish and marine Major General Roy s Geiger [Music] the guns fire at extreme elevation so shells will drop into [ __ ] positions in narrow gullies soldiers and marines in the latest push are making new games against the [ __ ] battered Stalingrad bloodiest battle ground of world war two here the Russians have thrown back thousands upon thousands of the toughest of and of Hitler's Nazi troops here the Luftwaffe has unleashed its heaviest bombs the biggest guns are pounded the city is smashed thousands of brave rush instead of Stalingrad still stands a symbol of the undying determination of a people who love Russia more than life itself in the suburbs and anti-aircraft battery in action the jubilant gun commander tears a good shot [Music] [Music] Soviet machine gun fires fighters off a German tradition Russian snipers take a heavy toll of Nazi infantry [Music] [Applause] crawling forward this soldier tosses his grenade [Music] and that's the killed and the explosion is stripped of his life Oh now the heroic Russians defenders of Stalingrad has begun new drives Russia and her allies will stay on the offensive [Music]