Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

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  • Creator is exactly "U.S. Coast Guard"

PeaceComeToAmerica.jpg
Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war. Starts with footage of President Truman declaring the surrender of Japan and Americans celebrating the end of the war. Shows…

RememberTheseFaces.jpg
"[A] U.S. Navy production which tells how American lives are being saved on the battlefields. It is the story of the courage and sacrifice of the members of the medical force who go ashore with the troops in invasion. With its action beginning on a…

Secrets.jpg
This film, released after the war, discusses the importance of various secret weapons used throughout the war, such as radar and the atomic bomb. The film emphasizes the development and use of these weapons as being critical to winning the war,…

StoryOfATransport.jpg
This film "is the U.S. Coast Guard's motion picture record of its task in moving thousands of troops to the battle zones, and depicts the colorful career of the 24,000-ton transport 'Wakefield,' former the peacetime luxury liner 'Manhattan.'…

SemperParatus.jpg
This reel contains one excerpt each from the films U.S. News Review #3 and U.S. News Review #5. The Coast Guard song comes from #3. It depicts a new recruit in the Coast Guard undergoing training including tying knots, medical safety, rowing, and…

VoyageToRecovery.jpg
This film focuses on the care and recovery of injured soldiers and cites specific ways in which they are being provided with necessary medical assistance. "Wounded Americans, back from the battlefields and task forces all over the world, are the…
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