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Director of War Information Elmer Davis details progress of World War II

SOTs Elmer Davis, US Director of War Information, comments on the Tunisian Campaign and Nazi Gen. Erwin Rommel's actions that have affected Allied Forces, Japan's attempt to slow the US offensive and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea; "We are still a long way from Tokyo... But on that edge, enemy naval and air strength is being steadily whittled down and the more the Japanese lose along the edges, the less they will have left when our hammer blows begin to strike in the heart of their power. In a war of attrition, they can not possibly win"; the quality of Japan's air force replacements and its wooden ships; US submarines "have sunk at least 54 Japanese ships, and the Japanese Merchant Marine with its limited capacity for replacement won't be able to stand that any too long"
SOTs Elmer Davis, US Director of War Information, comments on the Tunisian Campaign and Nazi Gen. Erwin Rommel's actions that have affected Allied Forces, Japan's attempt to slow the US offensive and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea; "We are still a long way from Tokyo... But on that edge, enemy naval and air strength is being steadily whittled down and the more the Japanese lose along the edges, the less they will have left when our hammer blows begin to strike in the heart of their power. In a war of attrition, they can not possibly win"; the quality of Japan's air force replacements and its wooden ships; US submarines "have sunk at least 54 Japanese ships, and the Japanese Merchant Marine with its limited capacity for replacement won't be able to stand that any too long"
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Editorial #:
1718977960
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
March 12, 1943
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Clip length:
00:02:26:10
Location:
Washington, DC, United States
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QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005693_01_02