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Group of English women waits and then enters ladies shop to buy hosiery during world war 2

Crowd of women assembled outside a ladies shop in England, during World War II. When the doors open, they enter quickly to purchase ladies hosiery that is a scarce commodity. A doorman welcomes the women shoppers as they enter. A sales girl writes up sales slip for stockings seen on glass countertop. Sandbags are seen stacked up against the interior wall of the shop to protect against air raids.

Date: 1944
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060411
General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies with other officers in Europe for attacking the Germans.

Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Europe during World War II. U.S Army Air Corps P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft take off from an air base in East Anglia, England. P-51D number 44-13959 named “Proboscis" of 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, is seen closeup in flight . P-38 Lightning airplanes and P-51 Mustang aircraft strafe a German city. United States airmen relax and play billiards at a base camp. United States Army Air Force General James Harold Doolittle discusses war strategies at a headquarters. Officers discuss pointing at a map on a wall. An officer briefs pilots about a mission. The officer points at a large map on a wall and a blackboard.Pilot writes mission profile on back of his hand during briefing.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063585
War supplies transported by the U.S. Army and the U.S. soldiers land in islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

War equipment and supplies transported to different parts by the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Animation of a map depicts the routes taken by the ships to supply war equipment in different parts of the world. Men load supplies on donkeys. The donkeys loaded with supplies walk through rocky terrain. An aircraft loaded with supplies in flight. A warship in the Atlantic Ocean. A soldier observes through a binoculars. An aircraft in flight overhead the ship drops bombs. Explosions in water as bombs are dropped. A convoy of ships. American soldiers land in England. The soldiers disembark from the ships. A soldier carries supplies out of the ship. New Caledonia : Soldiers march out of a warship. The soldiers wave standing at the ship rail. Soldiers march holding flag of the United States. Flag of New Caledonia and the United States hanging out of a building. Iran : A stencil mark of USSR on a crate shows materials arrived from Soviet Union. Two soldiers greet and salute each other. Two soldiers standing in front of a vehicle talk. Egypt : Soldiers walk on a gangplank to unload supplies from a ship. Trucks parked. A train pulls past the trucks parked. A U.S. aircraft carrying cargo in flight. A U.S. aircraft stationed. Animation depicts the air routes of the U.S. Army air transport command. Men carry aircraft parts. Men stack crates. A U.S. aircraft drops supplies in isolated areas of New Guinea. Men look skywards as the aircraft drops supplies.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067763
Mixture of scenes from Cairo and Teheran converences with glimpses of Soviet troops on the move and views of bombers and landing craft as well as an atomic test in the Pacific ocean.

Opening scene shows Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek seated with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Madam Chiang in their Cairo meeting at a residence of the American Ambassador to Egypt, Alexander Kirk, on November 25, 1943, during World War 2. Foreign ministers of the countries stand behind their leaders. Closeups of the three Country's leaders. Scene jumps to Teheran, with Soviet Leader, Joseph Stalin, President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, seated on a veranda of the Soviet Embassy. Suddenly scenes of tanks, trucks, and Soviet troops moving on the Eastern front are seen. Some of the troops move by horse-drawn sleighs through the snow. A line of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 bombers taxiing on an airfield. View from a B-17 in flight. View f as a cluster of bombs falls from B-17 and explodes on the ground. Animated map illustrating paths of aircraft attacks against the German Atlantic Wall from England. Landing craft underway in an amphibious assault. Brief view from a ship of a post-war test atomic explosion in the Pacific ocean

Date: 1944
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071829
News media military analysts discuss the problems of Allies invading Europe to defeat Germany in World War II

Map of Europe and label "Invasion." Westbrook Van Voorhis leading a panel discussion about the problems arising from the Allied invasion of Europe in World War 2. He introduces panelists: Hanson Baldwin (military editor of the New York Times) Dewitt MacKenzie (Associated Press military analyst), and Paul Schubert (of Mutual Radio Network). He asks Mr. Baldwin about the importance of aerial bombing campaigns. Baldwin also stresses importance of a land invasion of Europe. Relief map of Europe highlighting major German cities. Asked about the merit of invading Italy on the way to Germany, Mr. Schubert cites the problem of the Alps and suggests other more effective invasion routes. Van Voorhis asks Mr. MacKenzie about best route into fortress Germany. He considers the criterion of ease of supply as most important, and suggests the Atlantic coast, near a good port and not far from England. Animated map shows this idea. When asked about this, Mr. Baldwin agrees completely, calling the conflict "a quartermaster's war." He adds, "The problem of victory is the problem of supply."

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075787
U.S. 9th Air Force B-26 aircraft drop bombs on communication lines in Normandy, France during World War II.

U.S. 9th Air Force air attacks against France on the D-Day during World War II. U.S. 9th Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft and gliders marked with invasion stripes on an airfield in England. Airborne infantrymen on the airfield. Men load equipment aboard a CG-4A glider. Infantrymen board the aircraft. Air borne medical units board the aircraft. Tug aircraft and gliders being joined by a line. C-47 aircraft taxi and take off towing the gliders from the airfield. Aerial view of the aircraft on the air field. The aircraft fly over a light house. Aerial view of an invasion fleet underway in the English Channel for the invasion of Normandy. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder in flight over the English Channel. Ships and landing crafts at the Normandy beach. U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauders blast communication lines in Normandy. Billows of smoke rises as bombs hit the targets. Aerial view of the invasion fleet heading towards Normandy.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077901