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Various Allied soldiers and workers engaged in World War II

Close-ups of Soviet soldiers aiming their rifles. British soldiers, carrying Enfield rifles, advance in rocky terrain. Allied Colonial troops fighting in jungles. Paratroopers jumping from an airplane. American soldiers following an armored vehicle through heavy foliage, and then running through a street and taking defensive positions during combat in a battle damaged town. An American M3 Lee medium tank (with name “Andy” written on it) firing its heavy gun in the center of a town. Its Shell bursts in a building and blows part of it into the street. The troops continue advancing and walk over a sign on the ground,displaying a swastika. Scenes shift to home fronts of Allied countries, where people are working in machine shops, forges, welding shops, and war plants, fabricating weapons. Final scene shows two American soldiers firing a Browning M1917 water-cooled machine gun.

Date: 1943
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058396
Paratroopers enter U.S. aircraft C-47 preparing for a mission in World War II.

U.S. Army paratroopers enter U.S. military transport C-47 preparing for a drop during World War II. Paratroopers in a line enter the aircraft. Interior view of the C-47 aircraft as the soldiers enter. Close up of two paratroopers talking to each other. Paratroopers in the plane readying for takeoff. Another aircraft in the background. Close up of the face of an American paratrooper in the aircraft seated and ready for takeoff.

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041942
Loading of 37 mm antitank guns and jeeps into gliders

United States soldiers carry 37 mm antitank guns and load it into a glider. Several soldiers enter the glider while loading. A soldier drives a jeep and loads it into a glider. Other soldiers stand near the glider. Aerial view of the ground. C-47 transport aircraft and towing cable in view. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041943
USAAF Curtiss P-40 and B-24 Liberator aircraft take off to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Curtiss P-40 aircraft takes off from an airstrip. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator heavy bomber aircraft takes off. B-24 aircraft in flight. B-24 aircraft taxis on an airfield. View of the landing gear of B-24 aircraft while its takes off. B-24s take off. Landing gear of B-24 aircraft retracts into wing. B-24s fly in formation.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072531
Paratroopers board a C-47 Skytrain aircraft and Waco C-G4 gliders to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Soldiers jump from a platform during training exercises. Group of paratroopers gathered at an airfield. Aircraft parked in the background. Paratroopers walk in a single file. Soldiers enter United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Waco CG-4 military glider. Soldiers seated aboard CG-4 military glider. Paratroopers board United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft. C-47 aircraft takes off from an airfield. C-47s fly in formation. C-47 aircraft takes off as it tows a CG-4 military gliders. Pilots at control of CG-4 military glider. Aircraft fly in formation.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072534
German and Japanese forces capture towns; Allied workers make ammunitions in factories (WW2)

German forces during remilitarization of the Rhineland: German Army supply wagons and German soldiers cross Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany, to reoccupy Cologne and the Rhineland on March 7, 1936. Change of scene to Japan in late 1930s. Emperor Hirohito of Japan inspects troops on his white horse, Shirayuki. Japanese soldiers bow in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Japanese men holding banners. Japanese soldiers and cavalry advance. Japanese soldiers stand in formation and march on a street. Japanese Navy officers view a map or chart and discuss their plans and strategies for attack. Japanese soldiers fire artillery and other weapons in battle. Japanese war production worker in munitions plant making shells. Change of scene to American workers in war production factories in the United States making shells, bullets, and various munitions during World War 2. Elevated view of large American tank factory floor with many Army tanks being assembled. War production workers building Army trucks and new trucks being driven off of assembly line. Rows of U.S. Army tanks and artillery on the ground. U.S. Army soldiers board a troop transport ship. A submarine is spotted by a sailor. A hand presses a button to launch torpedoes to attack a ship. View through periscope as torpedo moves just below water surface toward target. View in open water of torpedo moving through water. Torpedo strikes a ship and explosion rocks ship. Formation of torpedo aircraft and dive bombers in flight over an area. Ships on fire with black clouds of smoke rising above. British navy sailors firing anti aircraft guns from a British ship. Sailors and officers aboard ships watch enemy airplanes through binoculars. U.S. Navy sailor manning a machine gun aboard ship watches the skies overhead.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062662