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Various Allied Generals assume new commands in Italy during December, 1944, World War II.
On 12 December, 1944, at an airport in Naples, Italy, British General Sir Henry Nathan Wilson inspects an honor guard of American Military Policemen in formation. (Narrator states he is en route to replace the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill, in Washington, DC, USA) A contingent of British troops is also present as part of the honor guard, on the wet airport tarmac. (Narrator states that Wilson will head the British Joint Staff Mission and be personal military representative for Prime Minister Winston Churchill.) He approaches a line of U.S. military officers who salute him. Closeup of General Wilson With U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, next to U.S. Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt. Also with them (back to camera) is British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet. Next, General Wilson and his party are seen boarding a British Avro York four-engine Heavy Transport aircraft. View from the ground, of the aircraft cockpit and the engines running as it taxis out for takeoff. Change of scene shows troops gathered in open air battlefield environment. General Mark Clark, now Commander-in-Chief of the Allied 15th Army Group, decorates some members of the 5th Army, as General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (new 5th Army Commander) stands by his side. General Clark says farewell to members of the 5th Army and shakes hands with many of them. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Allied forces counter attack following German offensive on December 18, 1944 (Battle of the Bulge).
Film begins showing a sign in English pointing to the Tower Room of the Malmedy Protestant Church. Views of burning buildings from German counteroffensive (The Battle of the Bulge) begun December 18, 1944 during World War 2. Fire fighter pouring water from a hose. A substantial church building in background. Fire fighters directing stream of water upward onto side of a burning building. Closeup of fire fighter directing stream of water. Ice from fire fighting efforts. Change of scene to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery exiting a building with U.S. Major General Matthew Ridgway, Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps. They greet some British officers. Closeup of Montgomery and Ridgway walking together. A tank and driver silhouetted against light sky. Allied troops riding on a Stuart Light Tank. Armor moving along a rural road. Snow on the ground. British infantry walking in the snow and then marching along a cleared road. Trucks and armored vehicles in the background.Allied troops and vehicles passing substantial buildings, as they advance. Damaged buildings near a rail line. Allied forces advancing through rural area with many trees in background. Animated map showing the Allied push-back against the German offensive, showing British forces under Montgomery pressing from Malmedy and U.S. General Patton's advancing from Bastogne. Glimpse, from above, of allied bomber over enemy target. Bombs away view of bombs dropping from bomber aircraft and detonating on the snowy ground below. Allied troops moving in snow, beside a rail line and into a town. Four Allied soldiers make a fire and warm themselves, beside a parked snow-covered M4 Sherman tank. Then they begin removing snow from the tank. Army truck moving on snow-covered road. A jeep that slid off the slippery road. Other vehicles having difficulty on the snowy road. Trucks continuing to make their way along road through the forest.
Aslito Airfield as it appeared when ground men of the 318th Fighter Squadron arrived on 18th June, 1944, Saipan Island.
The Pacific Campaign of World War II on the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Aslito Airfield as it appeared when ground crews of the 318th Group arrived on 18th June, 1944. A U.S. Marine as he walks around inspecting the dead bodies of Japanese soldiers. Japanese mess kit showing spilled rice. Several dead Japanese soldiers lying around in the area. Destroyed Japanese aircraft with "NTP-1" written on tail. Demolished hangars and buildings. Fuel drop tanks lying around in the area. Surrounding installations showing the buildings that have been bombed or completely demolished. 804th Aviation Engineers at work clearing the area for camp site using heavy duty equipment such as bulldozers, graders, cranes, and half tracks. Damaged Japanese hangar.
Civilians and Military officers parade along Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany to celebrate birthday of Adolf Hitler in 1944.
German civilian raises Nazi flag on a building in Germany during World War 2. German civilians on streets carry Nazi flags. Civilians and Military officers parade in Berlin along Unter den Linden in honor of Adolf Hitler's 55th birthday, on April 20, 1944. A band leads the marching parade, passing through the Brandenburg Gate and along the streets of Berlin. People place Nazi German flags on buildings and on rubble and buildings destroyed by allied aerial aircraft bombing campaigns. Nazi flags atop rubble. A woman stands near a sign. German men, women, and children sign a book with well wishes for Hitler on his birthday View of wrecked buildings. A sign reads in German "Our walls collapsed, but not our hearts."
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. This segment covers election of November 7, 1944, in World War II
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States in the autumn of 1944. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads: "Conners for Congress. Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings, and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist leaning over his patient and talking while giving a dental treatment; two school boys arguing and one of them with an angry expression; various politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their political parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York City, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee (called "the zipper."). Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the "zipper" sign of the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.
Georgia Tech wins over the University of Tulsa by a score of 20-18 in the 1944 Sugar Bowl Game played in New Orleans.
College football Sugar Bowl game of 1944 between Georgia Tech and the University of Tulsa, played in New Orleans, Louisiana. A crowd in the stands. The game in progress. Georgia Tech University over the University of Tulsa by a score of 20-18
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