Public Reel

COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 50

1945 · Department of Defense, Defense Imagery (via FedFlix)

Finding US Government work

The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. 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
Department of Defense
DoD production number
PIN 20314
Internet Archive item
gov.dod.dimoc.20314 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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Department of Defense PIN 20314 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 50 COVERS JOINT ARMY AND NAVY INVASION OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, NAVAL BOMBARDMENT INCLUDING USE OF ROCKET SHIPS, AND CAPTURED JAPANESE CIVILIANS. SHOWS BRITISH AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN BURMA AND CLEAN UP IN MANDALAY. THE P-80 "SHOOTING STAR" FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IS FEATURED, AS WELL AS A 5TH ARMY MOTOR POOL IN ITALY. LIBERATION OF PRISONERS AND SLAVE LABORERS IS SEEN AS US FORCES INVADE GERMAN CITIES AND TOWNS AND CONDUCT MOP-UP OPERATIONS.

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