BRAZIL / DEFENCE: World War 2: New road offsets U-Boats (1942)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Traversing country from north to south new highway relieves coastal-shipping, now menaced by submarines. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Brazil’s New Road Offsets U-Boats BRAZIL: EXT Riding along highway / travel shot along highway / Map scene of South Africa and Brazil - Pacific Ocean on left and Atlantic Ocean on right / road under construction / men working on road with pick axes / American tractors at work / man laying down row of buckets and men eating from pails / ox cart along road pulling load of bananas Civil Engineering; Transport; World War II (Second World War) Background: Traversing country from north to south new highway relieves coastal-shipping, now menaced by submarines. FILM ID: VLVABSJ9WZ4MOWQ0WVWRVCKFPT6N6 To license this film, visit