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Montage of World War 2 scenes from all theaters of Allied operations and scenes of the U.S.A.

Peaceful scenes of pre-war England, showing a church with sheep grazing on its lawn, and a college building with ivy growing on the walls. In contrast, explosion and results of German bombing is shown, with buildings collapsing and ruined from the German blitz over England. A long line of Chinese soldiers marching along the Great Wall of china. Shadows of three Japanese bombers flying over Chinese landscape. On May 4, 1942, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek decorates American fliers who made the first attack on Tokyo in World War 2. Wearing a Chinese decoration around his neck, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, who led that raid by U.S. B-25 bombers from the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet, poses with Madame Chiang and others of his group. Scenes of Moscow, Soviet Russia, including a T-70 light tank moving rapidly along a city street. A Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber taking off in a snow storm. U.S. troops on a halftrack in North Africa. British artillerymen firing a 25 pounder in the desert. Glimpses of smoke rising from enemy strikes at cities in England, Russia, and China. Scenes of destruction from bombing. Brief street scenes of unharmed and intact towns and cities in the United States, including brief New York City scene of pedestrians and traffic in Times Square. Defense workers in America going to work at Ranger Aircraft Engines factory (later part of Fairchild Aircraft and Engine Corporation), and a star flag showing war service by worker families. Farmers in Western U.S. harvesting grain. Railroad trains and river barges carrying harvest from U.S. farms. Herds of cattle and sheep being raised for the war effort in Western U.S. Aerial view of orchards and farms in America. A mining bucket filled with iron ore. Barge carrying the ore. A steel mill in operation. Scrap iron being recycled. View from production floor of U.S. bomber aircraft being built in a defense plant. Countless freight cars in a railroad marshaling yard at a port, where a tug boat and a freighter are seen in the water. War materiel piled up at the port. A convoy of supply ships underway.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062730
A large crowd of spectators gather to witness the debut of 34000 ton ship Mauretania into Mersey River in Birkenhead, England.

A large crowd of spectators gather to witness the launch of the 34000 ton ship Mauretania in Birkenhead, England. (This was the second ship RMS Mauretania.) Dignitaries at the ship yard perform the ceremonies as the crowd watches. People stand on the deck and the bow of ship leaning to watch the ceremony. The ship slides down into the Mersey River.

Date: 1938, August 8
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037133
A river barge and a tug boat move past under a bridge in Mainz, Germany.

A river barge in Mainz, Germany. The river barge moves up a river. Another river barge follows it. A tug boat moves and passes under a bridge.

Date: 1954, August
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031776
U.S. Navy Curtiss NC-4 flying boat taxis on the Tagus River for take off to Plymouth, England from Lisbon, Portugal.

U.S. Navy NC-4 flying boat in flight to Plymouth from Lisbon, Portugal. United States Navy Curtiss NC-4 flying boat taxis on the Tagus River for take off to Plymouth, England from Lisbon, Portugal. Lieutenant Commander Albert Cushing Read fly the NC-4. Men help in towing NC-4. Buildings in the background.

Date: 1919, October
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072805
A stalwart truck moves along a lofty area and fords a river in England.

A stalwart truck in England. The truck moves across a lofty area. The truck fords a river. Trees in the background.

Date: 1961, August 21
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070430
Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race. Oarsmen carry out their shell and row speedily at a sports meet, in Great Britain.

The Oxford versus Cambridge racing shell boat race in London, England, Great Britain on the River Thames. College men carry their racing shell to the edge of the Thames River and prepare for a race. Oarsmen sit in the shell assisted by two other men. The oarsmen start rowing and shell moves speedily forward on the Thames. Spectators watch the event. Racing shell in river. Oarsmen lift their shells out of water and walk as race finishes.

Date: 1900
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036714