{"id":1080,"ia_identifier":"gov.archives.arc.39025","programme":"nara","naid":"39025","local_identifier":"208-UN-118","pin":null,"title":"GRASSHOPPER\" PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE [ETC.]","year":1944,"date_raw":"1944-01-01T00:00:00Z","creator":null,"description":"National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39025, LI 208-UN-118 - GRASSHOPPER\" PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from \"United News\" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, a light plane conducts reconnaissance on Bou-gainville, flying slowly at tree-top level. Artillery blasts Japanese positions, thus revealed, and infantry units advance. Part 2, Gov. Dewey, speaking from the New York State Capitol, welcomes the liberation of Paris. Part 3, allied troops invade southern France near Toulon in a combined amphibious and airborne assault. A coastal village is occupied after a raging battle between coastal batteries and naval guns. French underground members welcome the allies. Shows Gen. Patch, James Forrestal, and Adm. Hewitt in a landing craft.","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","collections":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs","fav-anderly","fav-jcnewmexico","fav-videopaul"],"ia_metadata":{"_rg":"208","date":"1944-01-01T00:00:00Z","year":1944,"title":"GRASSHOPPER\" PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE [ETC.]","_series":"Motion Picture Films from \"United News\" Newsreels","creator":"National Archives and Records Administration","credits":"Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org","subject":["archives.gov","public.resource.org"],"_rg_holder":["Office of War Information","federal"],"collection":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs","fav-anderly","fav-jcnewmexico","fav-videopaul"],"identifier":"gov.archives.arc.39025","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","description":"National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39025, LI 208-UN-118 - GRASSHOPPER\" PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from \"United News\" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945. Part 1, a light plane conducts reconnaissance on Bou-gainville, flying slowly at tree-top level. Artillery blasts Japanese positions, thus revealed, and infantry units advance. Part 2, Gov. Dewey, speaking from the New York State Capitol, welcomes the liberation of Paris. Part 3, allied troops invade southern France near Toulon in a combined amphibious and airborne assault. A coastal village is occupied after a raging battle between coastal batteries and naval guns. French underground members welcome the allies. Shows Gen. Patch, James Forrestal, and Adm. Hewitt in a landing craft."},"status":"government-work-uncertain","reason":"Not asserted: the record does not name the creating body; its local identifier places it in NARA record group 208 (Office of War Information), a federal agency's records, which is evidence of federal origin but not proof of authorship, since agencies also filed acquired and captured footage (it belongs to the series 'Motion Picture Films from \"United News\" Newsreels', which may hold captured or acquired footage as well as government productions).","flags":["no-creator","record-group-federal"],"loaded_at":"2026-09-05 17:30:32.534499+00:00","downloads":872}