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''Action at Angaur'' is a 1945
short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
created by the
United States War Department The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, a ...
during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The film was created for the 7th War Loan drive and documents the untried 81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division in the Battle of Angaur in the Palau Islands.


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* 1945 films American World War II propaganda shorts American short documentary films American black-and-white films 1945 documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Articles containing video clips United States government films 1940s short documentary films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{WWII-documentary-film-stub