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Allies continue push across Normandy in summer of 1944, during World war II
One month after D-Day, Allied forces continue advances across Normandy,France. German General and high ranking staff surrender to U.S. Major General Lawton Collins. U.S. artillery pounds German positions. On shell has 'Happy 4th Adolph' written on it. General Eisenhower greets and American soldier in the field, as Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, stands nearby. Church bells ring and French population celebrates Bastille Day (July 14th). American soldiers join in dancing at a town square during the celebrations. U.S, troops march along a road, one wearing a bowler hat. U.S. troops, firing machine guns, mortars, and recoiless rifles engage the Wehrmacht 352nd Division and other German defenders in costly battles amongst the hedgerows of Normandy. German troops surrendering. Wounded U.S. troops being treated. U.S. Sherman tanks and infantry moving along the hedgerows. A fallen U.S. soldier inside a hedgerow. U.S. troops enjoy a lull in battle. One naps in a farm field, while another chases a chicken. One GI reads the Stars & Stripes newspaper and another reads a letter from home. Several U.S. soldiers bathe in a creek while being protected by armed sentries.
U.S. troops of 9th Infantry Division operating in Hurtgen Forest, Germany during Winter, 1944, World War II
U.S. 9th Infantry Division troops use mine detectors in the Hurtgen Forest of Germany during World War 2. A soldier sweeps for mines on a snow covered road. He detects something and marks the spot with a warning. U.S. troops setting up camp in the forest. They use trenching tools to dig foxholes. Medics assist a wounded soldier through the forest. (WW 2; World War 2)
German Army retreating from Vitebsk , Belarus, in advance of Soviet offensive, June, 1944, World War II
Map highlights Vitebsk region of Belarus. Roaring flames in the city, during World War 2. Refugees with a wooden cart mingle with retreating German infantry walking across a bridge over the Dvina River. A German tank with a huge log fastened to its side as extra protection. It is followed by another tank and three soldiers on a motorcycle and side car. Some infantrymen walk casually but another contingent marches in formation, smiling as they pass the camera. Domes of an orthodox church are seen in the background, as passing soldiers wave to the camera. Smiling German infantrymen walk next to picket fence. Line of refugees in horse-drawn wagons leaving the city. German gunners set up an artillery field piece. View of rail lines and station set ablaze by German troops. Explosions occur along rail line as German sappers detonate charges to destroy tracks. Smoke and haze covers the area. German officer looks through binoculars at smoke from explosion in distance. German soldiers bury Teller land mines along railroad bed. Closeup of a soldier setting mine in place and covering it with patch of grass. German antiaircraft battery set up overlooking Dvina River. Below, German army vehicles cross steel bridge.Sappers destroy another bridge. The Uspenski Cathedral in backgound at confluence of Dvina and Vitba Rivers. A huge explosion sends clouds of black smoke aloft, as German sappers destroy more buildings. A German soldier carrying a Panzerfaust recoiless antitank weapon runs to join another lying prone with an MG 42 light machine gun. More huge demolition explosions. German soldiers ready for combat. Huge fires rage in the city.
Scenes of people going about their everyday activities in Arabian city of Dubai, and environs, in 1944
Arabian City of Dubai, and environs during period of British rule (before creation of United Arab Emirates). Waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Dubai . (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.) Numerous boats and merchants clog the Dubai creek. Merchants unload their wares from boats. Trucks and businessmen line the wharf near the creek. Pottery is being carefully unloaded from a boat, one piece at a time and passed to a man who places them in a push cart. An oasis with palm trees A woman scoops a bucket of water.Two men are seen baking Arabian flat bread over fires. A boy washes himself in a pond.
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. 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 and his patient; school boys; and 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 politcal 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, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.
Allied victories over Nazis in European Theater in 1944 and 1945 during World War 2
Eastern Front battle of Soviet army as it repels the German Wehrmacht from a Soviet city, and captures German POW's. The German prisoners are marched into Soviet camps in winter snow covered landscape under guard of Russian Army soldiers. Aerial view of massive invasion force in English Channel on D-Day for the the Invasion of Normandy. View from landing craft of American infantry going ashore. Allied soldiers taking fire from German enemy during D-Day beach landings. Allied armies moving inland through France seen in combat with Germans in French villages and towns. Many German prisoners rounded-up and seen marching toward prison camps under British and U.S. Army guard.
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