SEABEES. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS
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The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch
- National Archives Identifier
- 40139 (local identifier 226-C-6527)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.40139 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/)
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National Archives and Records Administration SEABEES. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch. (01/04/1943 - 10/01/1945) ARC Identifier 40139 / Local Identifier 226-C-6527. Film Report: Describes activities of the Seabees during World War II. Rear Adm. Ben Moreel gives a brief prologue and epilogue. Pacific operations include base construction at Dutch Harbor and Attu in the Aleutians, landing operations, base and airfield construction, ship salvage, and malaria control at Guadalcanal, Rendova, and Munda in the Solomon Islands. Also shows base and dock construction in Scotland and Oran, Algeria, and pre-invasion plans for Italy. Scenes of Sicily invasion and landing at Salerno. Includes many battle scenes.