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As the United States enters World War II, U.S. military forces are seen, deployed in various places throughout the world.
American troops are seen in arctic gear moving on skis through blustery snowy weather in Iceland, during World War 2. They were sent in 1941 to relieve British troops occupying Iceland since 1940, during World War II. A guard post at the American camp, with Quonset Hut in background. Closeup of U.S. sentry in arctic gear holding rifle with bayonet affixed. View from above, of numerous tents partially covered with snow in the American camp. Change of scene shows U.S. troops disembarking from transport ships at the British Isles. They march with their combat gear onto a square where Army trucks wait to transport them inland. Another scene shows the American troops, viewed from behind, parading in London. Other scenes show them marching in various areas of London. Saint Paul’s cathedral is seen in the background of one scene. A large number of American M3 Stuart Light tanks move on a railroad train in Britain. Scene shifts to the Middle East, where railroad cars and various military supplies for Russia are be offloaded from American ships. A Russian officer is seen signing receipts for war materiel, from a U.S. Army Technical Sergeant. A row of American Army trucks are lined up behind them. The Russian and American exchange salutes, and shake hands. Next, a troop ship carrying American troops is seen arriving at a port in India, where they disembark with their gear. An American Army Sergeant in a pith helmet pays attention to a little Indian girl. Scene shifts to China, in 1942, where Brigadier General Claire Lee Chennault, Commander of the China Air Task Force, of the Tenth Air Force, that replaced the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), is seen with Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes, Commander of the India Air Task Force. A colonel joins their discussions. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber is parked behind them. View of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter planes, with Flying Tiger markings, parked on a flight line. A B-24 bomber landing on a runway, between hills, deep in China. Closeup of Nationalist China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, saluting. Huge numbers of Chinese troops assembling in a formation. Next, an expeditionary force of American troops is seen arriving on a troop ship in Australia. They line the ship’s deck and wave. General Douglas MacArthur arriving in Australia to assume the office of Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area (SWPA). .Glimpses of U.S. Navy activities in Australia: setting up defenses of islands; unpacking a Kingfisher float plane and making it ready for use on a desert island. The final segments of the film show American forces in August ,1942 sailing to Adak in the Aleutian Islands, to strengthen American defenses there. Troops seen descending by rope ladder from the American transport ship USS J Franklin Bell (PA-34), into her landing craft for deployment on Adak Island. Scenes of landing craft reaching the beach and offloading troops, vehicles, and supplies. View of beach filled with supplies. One landing craft is clearly marked with ""P34" showing that it belongs to the USS J Franklin Bell ( later reclassified as APA-16).
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.
Fierce battle for Stalingrad and for Russian oil fields near Baku during World War II.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II years of 1942-1943. A poster shows Hitler cuff held by the Allies. United States ships at docks for aid and supply to Russian people. Fight for the control of oil field of Russia near Baku. Buildings and house of Stalingrad. German Army offensive on Stalingrad in order to take control of the oil fields. Civilians take arms to fight the invading German Army. German artillery and bombers raid Stalingrad. Fierce battle on the streets. Snipers fire from inside a house, artillery fire from a house. Bombing and infantry fight in every house of the city. Ruined city buildings and houses by war. German bombers on raid, shot by anti aircraft guns. Battle for Stalingrad continues on streets during Russian winter. Map shows British and United States forces land in North Africa. Soviet Army pushes back German Army in various cities and occupies them. Fresh cavalier troops arrive in Siberia. Russians Army commanders Marshal Nikolai Voronoff and others at a meeting. Operation Uranus: Soldiers of Soviet Army encircling meet from two ends as they prepare to attack German forces in Stalingrad and drive them out..
Documentary depicts fierce battle and recapture of Stalingrad and arrested Nazi generals in World War II.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. Soviet children and civilians celebrate Christmas of year 1942. Children talk and play. Munition factories of Russia still operating. War production workers at a munitions shell factory. Recapture mission of Stalingrad. Soviet artillery fires projectiles, Russian bombers drop bombs on German bases in Stalingrad. Flame throwers, tanks and rocket guns indulge in intense firing in snowy battlefield. Infantry soldiers advance on a frozen lake. Nazis in Stalingrad encircled and Stalingrad recaptured by the Soviet Army. Soldier loads artillery while overwhelmed civilians meet each other. Surrendered Nazi General prisoners walk under guard of Red Army.
German 6th Army surrenders to Soviet forces at battle of Stalingrad in World War II
German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, enters a wooden building near Stalingrad where he surrenders the German 6th Army. He, and Arthur Schmidt, General-lieutenant, Chief of the 6th Army Staff; take seats,surrounded by Soviet Army officers. Scene shifts to the twenty two Divisions (300 thousand men) of the 6th Army trudging through the snow as they surrender. Most of them are seen in open fields near Stalingrad, Russia. Closeups of some make their way along a street in the city. Many wear makeshift shoes and other contrived clothing. They are clearly suffering from their lack of any cold weather equipment. Aerial view of a long line of surrendering German soldiers making their way on snow-covered street in Leningrad. Closeups of some of the German soldiers. One soldier walking slowly, alone, across a stretch of snow. He wears woven homemade coverings over his feet.He heads, alone, toward an open stretch of barren snowy land. Camera focuses on ice strewn Volga River. A dead German soldier lies on its bank. View of Russian countryside, the following Spring. An animated map depicts the extent of the Soviet advance in the previous winter with the occupation of 185 thousand square miles of territory (more than previously occupied by the German forces). Film shows weapons captured during the 6th Army surrender, including German aircraft, tanks, heavy artillery guns, light machine guns, rifles, artillery shells and small arms ammunition. Glimpse of dead German soldiers in the snow. Aerial view of rail cars containing captured German military supplies. Lines of surrendering German soldiers making their way in the snow. Numerous dead German soldiers in body bags, in the snow. Animated film reviews the German operation Barbarossa and subsequent events in the German invasion of Soviet Russian in 1941, 1942, and 1943. Glimpses of Russian troops dressed in white and British troops advancing. Film concludes with artistic representation of United Nations flags and troops marching to victory.
Soviet forces encircle German Army outside Stalingrad in November 1942; Soviet civilians celebrate Christmas 1942
Bombed out Soviet city seen in snow during World War 2. Map depicting U.S. and British forces landing and advancing in North Africa, and far North, the Soviet Army launching counteroffensive to push back the German Army advances in the Soviet Union. Animated map depicting Soviet forces pushing back on German forces and recapturing Schlusselburg, breaking the Axis ring around Leningrad. Map showing Russian forces bypassing German forces at Rzhev and recapturing Velikie Luki. Another Soviet advance was in the Voronezh area, pushing back German forces there and back over the Don River. Map shows Germans falling back from Grozny. Fresh reserve Soviet cavalry soldiers arriving on horseback from Siberia, riding horses on snow covered terrain. Views of reserve Soviet tanks and soldiers on foot arriving to assist at Stalingrad. Closeup views of reserve Soviet soldiers entering destroyed city of Stalingrad. Soviet Russian military officers Marshal Voronoff, Col. General Kosakoff, Lt. General Rakossovskvy, meeting to plan Operation Uranus strategy. Map depicts the result of their plans as two simultaneous attacks were launched; one encircling from the north of Stalingrad, counterclockwise, and the other from the South of Stalingrad, to perform a larger encircling around the encircled German forces. Footage (reenactment) shows Soviet soldiers from the north and south groups meeting on a snow covered field (in Kalach) as they complete the operation encircling the Germans in November 1942. The Soviet soldiers embrace and celebrate. Scenes of Soviet civilians celebrating Christmas in 1942. Civilians choosing a evergreen tree to serve as a Christmas tree. Soviet civilians riding in a truck on snow covered road. A Soviet child carrying a Christmas tree over his shoulder. Soviet children at an indoor Christmas celebration with dancing around a giant Christmas tree, an indoor slide, and a carousel. A small dog in a costume dances and twirls on its hind legs entertaining a group of smiling Russian children. Two Russian boys playing a game where each has to guess which hand is holding an item. The losing boy receives a finger flick against his nose by the winner. Carousel filled with children rotates around the Christmas tree. Scenes in Soviet ballistic and munitions factory as war production workers, both men and women, manufacture shells for the war effort. Young workers exchange greetings of Happy New Year as they work past midnight. Soviet soldier viewing war front through binoculars. Closeup view of wrist watch showing 12 o'clock midnight. A fellow Soviet soldier yells a new year greeting, followed by "Fire" as Soviet artillery open fire against German positions during night battle. Daytime views of snow covered battlefield show Soviet soldiers operating a long line of artillery as they blast German positions.