WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 91
1943 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding Not asserted
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 "War Pictorial News" Newsreels', which may hold captured or acquired footage as well as government productions).
The record does not name a federal creating body, or names one alongside a private producer, a state body or a government corporation. Such a film may well be a government work, but this registry only says so when the record does.
- Creating body, as recorded
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- National Archives Identifier
- 39174 (local identifier 208-WP-91)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.39174 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Flags
- no-creator, record-group-federal
The record
The Internet Archive item's description, as transcribed by the uploader from the source archive's record. Check it against the National Archives catalog entry linked above.
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39174, LI 208-WP-91 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 91 - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels, compiled 1943 - 1945. On the Brit. counteroffensive in Libya following Rommel's futile attempt to break through at El Alamein. Brit. tanks cross a desert area; wounded tankmen are given first aid and placed on ambulances. U.S. B-24's bomb Tripoli as Brit. armor advances. Brit. planes strafe retreating Ger. units and Ger. ships attempting to land reinforcements and supplies. Ger. POW's are marched to the rear. Shows Ital. POW's and Arab natives as Brit. forces enter Tripoli. Gen. Montgomery receives the surrender of the city from its Ital. mayor. Brit. tanks are massed in the square, the Brit. flag is raised, and Gen. Montgomery rides in a motorcade through the city.