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Russian troops advance in the Caucasus region in World War I; Turkish prisoners seen under Russian guard; Bactrian camels transport equipment.

Opening slate says "How the Russian troops are turning the Turkish flank." World War 1 footage shows Russian forces on a snowy plain in the Caucasus Mountains region between Europe and Asia. The Russian troops march in the snow and mud in a column and through snow covered areas. Turkish prisoners of war are seen in a town town and marching along a path in the snow. Armed Russian soldiers are seen near the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a snow sled. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in ox carts and sledge drawn by cattle. Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold are seen transporting gear. The Russian forces move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road.

Date: 1915
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045983
People read the news on WW2 at Times Square, New York City

People on the streets of Manhattan, New York City. Crowds throng Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Buildings along the sides of street. 'Nazi planes raid Warsaw' flashing on signage from a building. People view the news on German leader Adolf Hitler and World War II in Europe before America's entry in the war. People buying newspapers.

Date: 1939, September 4
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046128
U.S. Senate passes H.R. 1776, Lend Lease Bill. Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley telephones the news to the President.

View of Senate chamber in Washington DC, United States. Senate Majority Leader, Alben W. Barkley, hurries to private phone booth to telephone the news to President Roosevelt. A Senator emerges from the chamber waving newly signed documents passing H.R. 1776 to aid the United States war industry in World War II. Majority Leader, Barkley converses with other Senators. Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia speaking in praise of Lend-Lease, says "We are now ready to forge ahead and to cast the full strength of American industrial power into the struggle against aggression." Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, who objects to the Roosevelt administration's lend lease bill, speaks about continuing the fight to "keep American boys out of the holocaust of Europe's wars."

Date: 1941, March 11
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046185
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses the nation regarding the lend lease aid to Britain (WW2)

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses the nation from Washington DC in World War II. Clip includes portion of his "Great Arsenal of Democracy" speech. Roosevelt states that the United States is determined to aid Britain through the Lend Lease program. He states that the United States will be in constant danger if the Axis powers win the war. The U.S. must supply England and Europe with arms. “We must be the great arsenal of democracy… I believe that the Axis powers are not going to win this war. I base that belief on the latest and best of information.” President Roosevelt said.

Date: 1940, December 29
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046228
German spectators attend ice show in bomb damaged Berlin Sportpalast in World War II

Near the end of World War 2, in Europe, the German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sport palace. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. Narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. Views of audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform as ballet dancers on the ice.Nazi German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in World War II. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast. The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. The narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. The audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform on ice.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078942
German aircraft attack Soviet tanks on Eastern front, and German forces invade Hungary in World War II

Film begins with a map of the South Eastern part of Europe, including countries of Hungary,Croatia,Serbia, and Romania. Then a German Air Force officer is seen dispatching aircraft to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern front. Next are views from a cockpit of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka dive bombers) in flight. Closeup of a Stuka airplane inflight. It is equipped with a machine guns under its wings. More views from a cockpit of smoke rising from the ground, and then of Ju 87s strafing Soviet tanks. Narrator states that more than 300 Soviet tanks were destroyed. Scene changes to German soldier in a defensive position in Hungary, during the German invasion of that country in March, 1944 (Operation Margarethe). View of explosions in the distance. Brief closeup of a German soldier. German infantry leaving their defensive positions and advancing along a hill crest where they are silhouetted against the light sky. Artillery firing from hidden position near trees. Several scenes of burning buildings. German gun crew holding their ears as they fire a heavy artillery piece. A burning tank.

Date: 1944, March
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078943