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British troops fight Italians in Libya; Germany opens Eastern Front Campaign during World War II.
Images taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The North African Campaign, 1940: Convoy of British tanks, trucks, and infantry advance over the Libyan Desert. British soldiers fire artillery. Masses of Italian prisoners marched by British soldiers. Next shown is campaign on the Eastern Front, 1941, as Germany attacks Russia: Nazi tanks advance under Luftwaffe air cover into the Soviet Union. Aerial view of German Junker Ju 87 aircraft in flight. German tanks and armored vehicles rolling. Wide view of many German tanks rolling east. German soldiers leaping down from a hill with smoke all around as they battle in a Russian town. Russian Pe-2 bomber aircraft in flight. Interior view of pilot and crew in Soviet Pe-2 bomber while in flight. Soviet soldiers on tanks during a battle. Burning tanks. Soviet soldiers run toward battle front and pass a dead German soldier on the battlefield.
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 mop-up operations begin 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.
British troops attack and capture an Italian desert fort in Libya and take them as prisoners during World War 2
A film titled 'British forces rout Italian;take prisoners' shows wrecked airplanes as British troops fire at Italian positions to capture a desert fort in Libya. Britishers take over the fort and tanks roll into the town. Italian soldiers taken as prisoners of war are seen. British officers pose for a photograph.
German troops advance against Allies at Tobruk, in Libya, during World War II.
German soldiers battle against the British in their drive against Tobruk, Libya during World War II. Italian and German soldiers load and fire artillery. Fire and explosion at British positions. German General Erwin Rommel looks through binoculars. German soldiers seated near a trench. General Rommel speaks to the soldiers. The soldiers drink water from their canteens. Wrecked British armor. Black smoke rising from a number of knocked out British tanks. General Rommel confers with his officers from his command half-track "Greif." German soldiers tie a Nazi flag on the gun barrel of a British tank. Afrika Corps soldiers erect a prefabricated heavy duty wooden bridge over a small ravine. German armor advances past burning British vehicles. The Germans capture British supplies. A soldier seen carrying a large tin labeled "water." A contingent of the first captured British soldiers are marched toward the rear. Later, more than 20,000 British prisoners are seen streaming from Tobruk. German soldiers advance with captured British softskin vehicles. The artillery being towed by a truck. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks advance.
British war ships bombard seaport on Bardia, Libya (WW2)
World War II naval bombardment on Bardia, Libya. A British Navy officer aboard a British war ship looks through binoculars. Naval guns are fired. Black smoke rises up. The seaport is bombarded. A large number of prisoners walk. The prisoners are loaded on railroad cars. Prisoners board ships in large number.
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel with German troops advance into Tobruk, Libya, in North Africa during World War II.
German General Erwin Rommel, nicknamed 'Desert Fox' in Tobruk, Libya, Africa during World War 2. Rommel in discussion with officers. A noticeable sore or cut is seen on Rommel's lower right lip. German tanks, armored cars and Infantry advance near Tobruk. German guns firing on battlefield. A group of British soldiers is hit and seen falling to the ground from German fire. German soldiers advance and breach a barbed wire area with motorized infantry and tanks entering into Tobruk. German troops in the city of Tobruk for siege of Tobruk. View from moving German vehicle advancing on streets of Tobruk and passing some groups of British prisoners, some in pith helmets. Aerial view from German airplane of Tobruk coastal areas. Erwin Rommel seated at a table. Rommel is not wearing a hat. Sore still visible on lower lip of Rommel.