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.
"China's manpower carves aerodrome from wilderness" Chinese workers use primitive tools to construct an aerodrome in China. A worker breaks a rock and mixes it with mud to prepare cement like material used in construction. 300 men pull a massive roller for leveling the ground. American aircrafts take off from the aerodrome.
'General MacArthur's forces launch drive on Japanese forces in New Guinea, during World War 2. Allied war equipment including airplanes unloaded at an Australian port. United States B-24, B-17 bombers launch an air attack on Japanese positions in New Guinea. Bombs dropped and cause an impact. Air gunner in one of the bombers looks down at impacting bombs.
Egyptian dignitaries wait for the arrival of King Farouk I of Egypt. King Farouk's car arrives, and various officials and dignitaries greet the king. Dignitaries salute and shake hands with King Farouk. Minarets in Egypt.
A reenactment shows American infantry men advance over a terrain under fire in Pacific Theater. Explosion occurs and smoke rises. Troops advance amidst heavy firing. (World War II period).
American flag on the stern of a ship. American Expeditionary Forces in Australia during World War 2.. A woman volunteer hands out biscuits to the American soldiers on pier. Unarmed soldiers march on the pier. Scene of parade and review of uniformed members of Women's Royal Australian Naval Service. I don't believe the worker handing out biscuits is Salvation Army. She is not wearing a Salvation Army uniform or badge.
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