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A 1942-1943 film report to the American public about the progress of World War II in Europe and the Pacific.

Opening slate at start of film reads: "1942--1943 The Turn of the Tide." A column of British armor enters Bengazi, Libya, led by several troops in tankettes. Next seen are a Lee Medium Tank, M3 followed by an infantry tank, a jeep, another infantry tank and another Lee M3 Medium tank. Closeup of local people greeting the troops with upraised hands giving the "V" for victory sign. Another Lee M3 tank passes close by the camera. Black smoke is rising in the background. Scene changes to a half sunken ship near another burning in the harbor. Another view of this from further away above port buildings. Closeup of three smiling British soldiers leaning over a cartoon on a tank, of Winston Churchill (As a bulldog smoking a cigar and wearing a cap with the word "Victory" written on it). A crumpled captured flag with swastika on it. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery stands atop a vehicle (unseen) and looks through binoculars. Below, a column of British supply vehicles is making its way along a path in the desert. Two tanks coming toward the camera through sand. Animated map shows Nazi territory being threatened by the Allies from the Mediterranean, the USSR, and the English Channel. Views of Soviet infantry advancing against German forces in the snow of winter on the eastern front. Soviet troops firing updated 76-mm divisional gun model 1902 hidden in woods. Shells exploding in snow-covered field as Soviet BT series tanks advance. Various Soviet artillery firing from fixed gun batteries and from woods. A shell striking in distance. Fallen German soldiers lying on snowy field. Makeshift battlefield crosses marking graves of fallen German soldiers. German steel helmets lined up in the snow. A sign, posted on a birch tree, lists the names and birth dates of 16 German soldiers from the 3rd Panzer Division (3Pz-Pi-BH.39) buried at this site on November 28, 1941. Scene shifts to Joseph Stalin addressing Soviet troops in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. All the soldiers in formation seem to be singing (unheard). Film switches to animated map again. This time delineating the Eastern front being pressed by the USSR, and showing area of the 2nd Soviet winter offensive in 1943. Change of scene from Europe to the War in Asia, against Japan, shows General Douglas MacArthur after arriving by a B-17 bomber at a Pacific island American base. He ascends a steep hill in a jungle area, accompanied by other officers. Closeup of MacArthur. American infantry moving in single file in New Guinea, as a field piece fires a round in the direction they are headed. U.S. artillerymen load shells into a 105mm howitzer gun. A fire burns as moping up begins on New Guinea. An Australian soldier is seen firing a Bren gun in jungles. Other Australian soldiers fire a mortar that explodes, raising earth and dust. More views of shells exploding near Allied soldier advancing. A soldier with fixed bayonet makes a fake charge toward the camera. Views of Japanese prisoners of war guarded in an outdoor compound. Japanese dead soldiers on Guadalcanal. An animated map shows new battle lines in the Pacific, closing in on Japan, with pressure from China, the USSR, and the Pacific islands being captured by the U.S. Arrows are added showing new pressure from American naval fleets and from British and American bombers out of Australia and captured islands.

Location: Bengazi Libya
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027920
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron personnel wash and dry prints of photographs in South Pacific.

U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. Prints on Rabaul negative being washed. A soldier puts the negatives in containers. A personnel dries the prints as he places them on machine. Machine gives out dried prints A sign on a door reads 'Printing'. Negatives brought to a dryer from the developing room. Men dry negative roll. A man rubs on either side of the negatives. June 4th, 1943: A soldier sleeps as others chat.

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943, May 11
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059599
United States Army Air Force 339th Fighter Squadron Pilots in the South Pacific preparing for take-off during WW2.

The United States Army Air Force pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943 during World War II. Captain Tom Lanphier, is seated under an aircraft, cleaning his goggles. View of Captain Lanphier, smiling. Another United States Army Air Force Pilot, Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, wearing helmet and goggles, adjusts his straps. Another pilot, Lieutenant Besby Holmes, leaning his back on an aircraft, adjusts his helmet and laughs. Lieutenant Douglas S. Canning puts on a life vest and smiles. Lieutenant Delton Goerke chews and smiles as he looks at the camera. Lieutenant Julius Jacobson adjusts his helmet and smiles. Pilot in cockpit gives an “OK” hand gesture facing the camera before closing the cockpit canopy. Another pilot salutes facing the camera before closing his cockpit canopy.

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078985
Mrs. Roosevelt addresses officers aboard the USS Yorktown underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

USS Yorktown also called 'Fighting Lady' underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A high ranking naval officer comes aboard USS Yorktown as sailors salute. U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in a Red Cross uniform comes aboard USS Yorktown. Mrs. Roosevelt speaks into a microphone as sailors listen to her. Naval officers give three cheers and wave their hats. Admiral's barge comes alongside. Ship's band in the foreground. Four star admiral's flag flies aboard the ship. Admiral's barge as admiral goes aboard. Barge gets underway. Admiral's barge underway as men stand at attention near rail line in the foreground.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059709
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz aboard the USS Yorktown underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

USS Yorktown also called 'Fighting Lady' underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz accompanied by others as he shakes hands with officers in the operations room aboard USS Yorktown. He inspects the plotting board on the bulkhead. Admiral Nimitz stands on the quarter deck as ship's captain greets officers coming aboard the ship.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059710
U.S. F6F aircraft aboard the USS Yorktown underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

USS Yorktown also called 'Fighting Lady' underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American flag flies from the gaff. U.S. Navy F6F aircraft with a pilot in the cockpit in the foreground. Pilot waves and climbs out of the cockpit.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059711
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