The British attack the German Army in Libya during World War II. British Royal Air Force B-25 planes bomb German desert supply bases in Libya. German General Erwin Rommel flees from the invading forces. A German fighter plane falls in flames. British 8th Army troops advance through rain and mud at Hell Fire Pass. Artillery fired and British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery at the front. The infantry advances. Wrecked and burning German motorized and mechanized equipment. Wrecked German aircraft in the desert. Many German prisoners taken. Commander of Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel, General Ritter Von Thoma taken prisoner and greeted by General Montgomery. The Swastika comes down and the Union Jack goes up.
Donald M. Nelson speaks from his desk in Washington DC. The Chairman of War Production Board Donald M. Nelson speaks for the need to speed up war effort to victory in World War II.
Fashions for war factory workers, as shown in Chicago. View of clothing styles for women factory workers involved in war production during World War 2. A woman shows a combination helmet and hair net. A woman shows her steel toe shoes and two other women step on the toes to show the strength. Women wearing pants and overalls. Women try on and model different uniforms and helmets, including a welding mask.
United States Army nurses and Australian WACs (Women's Army Corps) on the streets of Sydney, Australia. They march on the streets of Sydney. A crowd lines up the streets and cheers them. Trucks driven by women.
U.S. troops fight Japanese Army in New Guinea. The troops advance from Kokoda through New Guinea jungles towards Japanese bases of Buna and Gona. A U.S. light field gun fired on Japanese positions. Japanese planes from Rabaul score direct bomb hit on a U.S. supply craft which blows up. New Guinea natives bring in wounded U.S. soldiers. A U.S. cruiser sinks two Japanese destroyers. Japanese prisoners on the deck of the cruiser. (World War II period).
USS San Francisco (CA-38) returns to San Francisco, California. The ship returns from the Battle of Solomons through the Golden Gate. Sailors wave from the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral E. J. King presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to a 31-year old commander of the cruiser. (World War II period).
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