The Video History of Our Times: 1942.
Easton Press.
Place Published: Norwalk Conn:
Publisher: Easton Press Video,
Date Published: 1988.
Description: VIDEO VHS NEAR FINE condition with plastic case. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. In your Video History 1942, you will see the following events that shaped that historic year: AMERICA GOES ALL OUT FOR THE WAR EFFORT Hollywood stars board trains heading for Washington DC with stops at any city whose citizens subscribe to at least one million dollars worth of War Bonds. Several of these stars enlist in the armed services. President Roosevelt's son James is already in the Marine Corps; Franklin Jr is in the Navy. In Washington DC the drive for funds is launched when these stars gather on the steps of the Treasury Building; ARMY'S NEWEST BRANCH-MOTORCYCLE RIDERS The US army is training men to be Motorcycle Dispatch Riders. Following six weeks of basic instruction, the troops on wheels are sent off on a bruising cross-country course; US NAVY TESTS NEW FLYING BOAT Dubbed the Mars a 70-ton seaplane has four monster motors that can take it across the Atlantic and back without refueling. The two-and-a-half million dollar experimental flying boat is designed to transport both troops and equipment to the battlefronts; TENNIS CHAMPIONS IN MATCH FOR THE TITLE At Long Island's Forest Hills, two of tennis's finest battle for the national professional championship. Donald Budge is remembered for his brilliant play with David Cup team, and on this day he wins the crown from Bobby Riggs, taking three straight sets; BACK HOME IN NEW YORK GI's stationed overseas are shown films of how the folks back home are doing. Such scenes as dim-outs in Manhattan and food rationing are show; MAIL CALL IS FAVORITE PROGRAM OVERSEAS Armed Forces Radio sends film of radio broadcasts to American battlefronts. This one from California features Don Wilson, Dorothy Lamour, and Abbott & Costello; WAR PLANTS SPEED PRODUCTION An American plant turning out a bomber every hour is visited by British VIP's. Afterward, they view the assembly line at a tank plant which six months ago was manufacturing cars; VICTORY AT MIDWAY FILMED UNDER FIRE Our first pictures of a victory at sea are filmed as American warplanes surprise a Japanese invasion force of 18 ships sent to capture Midway; GI'S REAP PROFIT FROM BELMONT STAKES The Army & Navy Relief Fund collects profits from the racing classic at New York's Belmont Park. 30,000 fans see Shut Out, the Kentucky Derby winner, take the $53,000 Belmont purse; WOMEN ON THE WAR EFFORT Eleanor Roosevelt presents medals for valor to heroic Army nurses returned from serving at Manila, Bataan and Corregidor. On the home front, women in overalls operate lumber mills and test tanks and guns; PRIVATE SNAFU ANTICIPATES GI GRIPES In training films shown to rookie servicemen, the cartoon character, Private Snafu grumbles along with the troops about K.P. duty, waiting in lines, and enduring endless needle punctures; JAPS REPELLED ON GUADALCANAL U.S. Marines dig in to sweep the enemy from the South Pacific, beginning with occupation of Guadalcanal, the key island of the Solomons, the gateway to Australia; NEW YORK CITY PUTS ON A BIG ATHLETIC MEET In the first classic competition since the pre-war Olympics, youngsters of college age take the field in a major show of physical prowess in such events as the shot put, hurdles and pole vault; THE JEEP IS BORN In war plants across America, mass production turns out the new Army scout car. Soldiers welcome the sturdy little vehicle and nickname it the "jeep"; SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED BY STAGE STARS In Manhattan, the Stage Door Canteen opens to offer food and glitzy shows to anyone in a uniform of the Allies. Entertainment is provided by top stars as well as chorus girls, and as the idea catches on, canteens are established in almost every large American city; ALASK AND US LINKED BY NEW HIGHWAY There's a new Northwest Passage, this one leading from the US to Alaska. Cut through the Arctic wasteland by American Army engineers, the Alcan Highway is 1,600 miles long; AMERICA INCREASES HER NAVAL POWER Only a year after US involvement in the war, ship production is breaking records with 236 new vessels launched in a single day, and the carrier New Jersey, the largest ever built, will soon be completed; BRITISH CHASE ROMMEL ACROSS THE LIBYAN DESERT Britain's 8th Army, led by General Montgomery, defeats "The Desert Fox" in Africa's Libyan Desert. Germans left behind to fight rear guard during Rommel's retreat, are captured without resistance; AMERICAN RODEO INTRODUCED TO BRITISH SOLDIERS Worldwide curiosity about the lifestyle of American cowboys is satisfied when visiting British soldiers see a bona fide rodeo in California. The Brits are fascinated by the strength and stamina required to stay at least 60 seconds in a saddle attached to a bucking bronco; HOUSES BUILT IN 80 MINUTES The pre-fab home is invented to solve the housing shortage for workers in war plants. Model homes spring up overnight, to be trucked to areas near factories working around the clock; ENGLISH SAILORS HARVEST US CROPS While their ships are refitted in American ports, British Tars on leave help local farmers with their crops. The switch from sea to soil is welcome to English farm boys, who are rewarded for their labors with mountains of food and all the beer they can drink; WORLD'S LARGEST BUS Called an autobus, the mammoth vehicle built to carry 117 passengers features an upper deck that swings away from the lower portion when navigating corners. Transporting war workers, the autobus saves the space and gasoline of 23 automobiles; ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOTS RAID EUROPEAN TARGETS A camera in the nose of an RAF plane records the flight over the English Channel, flying at low altitude to avoid spotting by enemy observers. We view an actual air raid as the bombardier lays his 1000 pound eggs on chemical plants and port facilities in Nazi-occupied France; NAVY DAY OBSERVED IN NEW YORK Fifth Avenue is the scene of a sailors parade in observance of the holiday named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. Regiments of US Navy men are followed by marching Red Cross nurses and units of the British Navy, all honoring the Navy as first line of attack on war; WOMEN AT WAR A year after Pearl Harbor, thousands of women are joining America's fighting forces. Nurses have always been the first and foremost heroines, but now there is the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Following exams and training, the recruits live like army regulars, and the WAACS are given a woman commander; MILITARY MAIL VIA FILM Called "V-Mail" letters to and from servicemen overseas are photographed after censorship, and put on microfilm so small that 1,500 letters can be reduced to 10 feet of film. At destination, the letters are enlarged to legible size. The new mini-mail saves valuable cargo space; US AIRCRAFT CARRIER PHOTOGRAPHED UNDER ATTACK A Navy cameraman films a US aircraft carrier under attack by the Japanese. As the conflict ends, 2 Japanese bombers are down and all American planes are accounted for; HOLLYWOOD HANDS OUT ITS OSCARS Among those actors receiving Oscars are James Cagney winning best actor for his performance in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and Greer Garson for best actress in "Mrs. Miniver"; NEW ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN PRODUCED IN US The 140 millimeter gun credited for downing Nazi planes attacking London during the Battle of Britain is now produced in an arms plant somewhere in Midwest America. Workers, who formerly made automobile tires, now turn out the gun that is reputed to be almost fast enough to hit a plane diving at 500 miles per hour.
Binding: VideoCondition: Near Fine
Book Id: 19011
Price: $13.00
