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British PM Churchill assess bomb damage in London,and war industries in US,and damage in Soviet Union and China during WWII.

A film about the industrial activities in various countries during World War II. London: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill with other officers inspects bomb damage in London. The bombed out buildings in London. Soviet Union: Destruction in Soviet Union. The Soviet people walk to new areas to rebuild industries. China: The Chinese men walk past a factory. A man rows a boat in a river. United States: Aerial view of the industries in United States. Aerial view of the smoke coming out of smoke stacks. The interiors of a factory being converted to war production. Old machines replaced by war machines. War production workers using machines to make tanks for war effort. A man observes through a eye microscope as he makes precision flight instruments. Women learn to operate new machines. Men operate lathes and other machines inside the factory.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067751
Launch of German V-2 rockets; a V-2 explodes in the launching pit at Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany; V-2 destruction in England

Launching of German V2 rockets (guided missiles) from Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany, during World War 2. German V-2 in launching position, technicians and equipment in area are preparing to launch the missile. Two civilian technicians and a uniformed German military officer walk across launch area toward V-2 rocket. Workers and technicians gathered around the V-2 base. The missile about to be launched. Smoke emitted from the exhaust section. Launching of V-2. Launching pit at Peenemunde showing a V-2 prior to launching. Rocket engine starts, rocket begins to rise slightly, and then the V2 rocket topples over and explodes in the launching pit. Another scene showing the successful launching of a German V-2 guided ballistic missile. Brief view of a street in England showing results of a V-2 impact on surrounding buildings. Scene of devastation and rubble from V-2 rocket explosion. Two British boys hand a chair to one another across rubble. Another V-2 impact site in England, United Kingdom, showing a row of houses with one or two completely destroyed a rocket.

Date: 1944
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071935
Winston Churchill, Jan Christiaan Smuts and Field Marshal Montgomery view Allied positions in France.

Allied troops in France during World War II. An Allied soldier watches through binoculars. Allied troops move into action. Troops walk in a trench. Army tanks in the background. A large crowd of French civilians gather as a French officer addresses them. French people show 'V' sign for victory. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Christiaan Smuts and Commander of Allied 21st Army Group British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery view Allied positions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072017
The U.S. officers being greeted by and meeting other officials in China.

U.S. officers arrive in China. Commandant of the U.S. forces in China General Albert Wedemeyer makes an inspection tour of the American installations in China. He comes out of an aircraft. Other officials greet him. U.S. Ambassador to China Patrick Jay Hurley arrives and meets Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill meets local leaders in Athens, Greece.

Date: 1944, January 25
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076585
Allied paratroopers and equipment land on the war front in Europe during World War II.

Nazi German propaganda against Allied paratroopers and airborne troops during the Normandy landings in World War II. Allied actions in Normandy, France. A map detailing the Allied occupation of areas in Normandy. Soldiers gather around a map in Europe. A man uses a stick to point to map. They discuss the map. The soldiers prepare their guns in a camp. A soldier puts a brassard with the United Kingdom flag (Union Jack) on the arm of another soldier. Insignia of the Parachute Regiment on a wall. United States paratroopers packing supplies. An airplane parked on a field. Paratroopers board the airplane. Airplanes take off from the field and fly in formation. The paratroopers descend and equipment is dropped from the airplanes. They land on the war front.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675076985
United States and British military officials convene for a high-level meeting (WW2)

Front pages of various American newspapers such as the New York World Telegram and Journal American reporting World War 2 related news with headlines such as “INVASION FLEETS AT STATIONS”, “INVASION “IMMINENT”! FLEET SET FOR ACTION” “ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL MAP INVASION STRATEGY”, and “INVASION THRUST AT EUROPE EXPECTED HOURLY IN LONDON”. United States and United Kingdom senior military officers gather for a meeting. Two officials read a report together.

Date: 1944
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079279