North Platte Canteen etc

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North Platte Canteen etc

Title: Report from Nebraska: North Platte Canteen

Record Group Number: RG0542.MI

Collection: United States Army

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Creator: U.S. Army Signal Corps

Date: 1945

Description: U.S. Army Signal Corps footage of the activities of the North Platte Canteen, a waystation for soldiers embarking onto duty in World War II. Shows soldiers and canteen volunteers, and some businesses in North Platte, Nebraska, that supplied goods to the canteen. Also has scenes of a boy auctioning his shirt repeatedly to raise funds for the canteen.

Language: English

Subject (Topics) : World War, 1939-1945

Source (Names): North Platte Canteen

Source (Places): North Platte (Neb.)

Source (Temporal): 1940s

Format-Extent: 00:32:31

Format-Medium: Motion picture film

Format-Medium: Black and white

Format-Medium: Silent

Dimensions: 16mm

Type: Moving Image

Rights: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at the Nebraska State Historical Society. For more information contact: [email protected]

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