Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) sweeps water off mines in Noumea, France during World War II. A LCM (mechanized landing craft) along side YMS (Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper). Pigs in well deck of the LCM. Two Electricians Mates attach pigs to flag poles. On of them puts a bolt into the base of the pig to hold the flag pole. Electrician's Mate puts flagpole in the base of a pig and ties a string to it. Three pigs afloat in water. Two men wearing life jackets and helmets drop an anchor and then a pig into the sea. Mines explode on the water surface. YMS shoots at the mines. Electrician's Mate put pigs over the side of the vessel. Men fire 3 inch gun aboard the YMS and an explosion occurs in the background.
World War 2 propaganda film documenting air raid in Vichy France. Men carry coffins. Civilians stands on either side and they holds flowers and wreaths. Trucks loaded with coffins pass by the streets. Coffins covered with wreaths and flags. French civilians gathers on either side of the streets for Funeral Procession. Women weep as the bodies of air raid victims are borne in a funeral procession. Injured victims and smoldering ruins of bombed buildings are seen. Civilians clears debris from a town and conduct funeral rites.
Propaganda film on Air Raid in Vichy France during World War 2. Civilians clears debris from a town. Demolished and destructed buildings seen. Refugee civilians evacuate wrecked buildings. Refugees receives blankets and food.
Propaganda film on Air Raid in Vichy,France during world War 2. Burning and smoldering ruins and smoke after the air raid. Demolished and destroyed buildings seen from aerial bombing. French civilian refugees evacuate the rubbled buildings.
Map shows coast of Europe with discussion of various places for a possible Allied invasion of France during World War 2. Normandy was chosen. German coastal defenses on English Channel and Atlantic shore (Atlantic Wall). German officers inspect defenses. Map highlights Cherbourgh, Le Havre, and Caen in Normandy. American workers building war machinery in defense plants and shipyards. Huge numbers of workers are seen in the yard of a U.S. defense plant. View inside a U.S. factory where numerous M3 Lee tanks are being manufactured on production lines during 1941-42. A welder at work. A woman using a saw and many other workers in a busy machine shop. B-17 bombers being built in a Boeing factory. Liberty ships under construction at a shipyard. A lookout watching the skies above a city, for enemy aircraft. A man and woman working together on a plumbing job. British women in Army uniforms working with typewriters. An American woman driving a forklift and loading a piece of ordnance on a railroad freight car. A rail yard filled with stream locomotives and freight trains. A line of trucks carrying war time cargoes. An army truck being loaded into the hold of a cargo ship. Ships underway in a harbor.
French civilians and a convoy of camouflaged German army vehicles on a street in Paris, France during its occupation by Germany. Army vehicles drive past on the street. A camouflaged army truck on a road. French civilians on the street. Flower vendors sell flowers. A group of people stands in front of the Bohemina Restaurant. French resistance rioters on the Champs Elysees. A torn picture of Marshal Petain being trampled underfoot.