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Allied troop transport ships en route to a beachhead in France during World War II.
A convoy of Allied troop transport ships en route to a beachhead in France, during World War 2. The leading ship displays the number 321 on its bow. Allied troops play with a pet monkey on the deck of a ship. Colonel Kirke B Lawton smokes a cigar as he sits on the bridge of a British transport ship with British Naval officers. The waterfront is crowded with Allied vessels. Many barrage balloons fly overhead. Landing ships at the beachhead. Two U.S. landing craft are seen, numbered 512 and 72. Large Landing ships discharge their cargoes of trucks, tanks, and military vehicles of all sorts. An L-4 airplane being carried on a 2 and a half ton truck. U.S. and British tanks and troops moving inland.
Allied evacuation from Dunkirk, France, during World War II.
Evacuation of Allied Troops at Dunkirk, France, during World War 2. Opening scene shows black smoke rising from beach area. Sign reads "Dunkerque". A German Henschel He 126 aircraft rolls over and dives toward Dunkirk. A formation of British Spitfire aircraft are seen, providing air cover over the beach during the Allied evacuation. They have dogfight with a German Fockwulf FW 190 fighter and engage a Heinkel He-111 bomber, and down a German Dornier Do 17 bomber. Allied antiaircraft guns firing from the beach area down a Henschel He 126 aircraft. Contrails in the air from dog fighting airplanes. Gunners fire from open cockpit airplanes. An Allied airplane is downed and crashes in an explosion. German Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers dive on targets. View from cockpit of one aiming for a transport ship. The plane pulls out and releases a bomb that explodes in the water next to the ship. View from distance of bombs exploding on a ship. British ships and boats of all kinds being employed to evacuate Allied forces. Soldiers being helped to board them, including some wounded on stretchers. Survivors from bombed ship make way in lifeboats. More smoke on the horizon from bombed ships. A wrecked British Spitfire on the beach. A crashed German Messerschmitt Bf 109 on the beach. A crashed German Heinkel He 111 bomber, inland. View of bomb damage in City of Dunkirk. Roadsides littered with abandoned Allied vehicles and equipment. A dead Allied soldier lying next to a truck. Abandoned antiaircraft guns and variety of military equipment left on the beach.
Allied Forces push into Germany during World War II
Allied Winter offensive into Germany,on the Western Front in World War 2. Allied infantry seen advancing in snow. Brief view of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at the Yalta conference. Animated sequence showing "pincers" closing on Germany. The British 2nd Army closing in at Hungen,Germany. British infantry moving along a road. Two dogs accompanying them. The British taking German prisoners. Americans of the 7th Army recapturing strategic town of Bingen, Germany. U.S. Army combat photographer filming U.S. troops breaking into buildings. Bodies of dead German soldiers lying in the snow.Residents of Bingen emerge from cellars and other hiding places to be evacuated behind the lines. Families are driven to safety in American Army trucks .At Hagenau, Germany, American troops, under counterattack by German forces, blow up a key bridge. Aerial views of Malmedy, Belgium, where bomb craters line the terrain. Troops of the U.S.30th Division uncover snow-covered bodies of American prisoners of war, at the Baugnez crossroads, who were killed by their German captors . German prisoners of war, mostly airborne troops from 5 FJD, with hands raised, look on apprehensively.
The United States mobilizes and joins Allies in World War II. A montage of numerous World War 2 period images.
Film opens with views of goosestepping German, Italian, and Japanese soldiers during parade reviews in their respective countries. Emperor Hirohito, on a white horse. American battleships burning in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur decorating a soldier in Manila, Philippines. Air raid sirens sounding in Manila and residents hurrying to take cover. Heavy black smoke rising from a bombed site and emergency vehicles responding and rushing to several bombed and burning locations. A burning rickshaw amidst other bombing rubble and bodies of victims. U.S. Army General MacArthur greeted by Australian officials at his headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. Sign reads: Headquarters UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES in Australia. American flag flying on tall flagpole. View from ship underway in supply convoy. A battleship seen on horizon and a destroyer passing the camera ship. U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the "Lend Lease Act" of 1941. A U.S. industrial plant with four tall stacks emitting smoke. A steam locomotive belching steam. A locomotive pulling an open car and some tank cars. New 1941 Plymouth automobiles coming off a production line. A new M3 Medium Tank in a U.S. factory. View of Liberty Ships, including the "Zebulon Pike" and the "Henry Knox" under construction at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Terminal Island, California. U.S. Navy Destroyers constructed at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey. One is being launched, next to DD-446 (the USS Radford). A formation of U.S. Navy aircraft including Curtiss SBC Helldiver scout bombers and Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers. A tight formation of U.S. Army Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bombers in flight. A formation of U.S. Army Curtiss P-36 Hawk aircraft in flight. Closeup of a U.S. Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. Several huge gun barrels for guns under construction at a U.S. war plant. Large artillery shells lined up in a manufacturing plant. U.S. Army M3 Medium tanks under construction at a factory. Steam and smoke rising from a U.S. industrial plant. Aerial view of open pit iron mine. Sparks shooting up inside a steel plant. A virtual "forest" of oil derricks in the Western U.S. Coal being transported by railway. View from stern of a warship in a convoy. An Atlanta-class light cruiser leading three destroyers at sea. Transport ships in convoys to places like Australia, Britain, and the Middle East. Troops on a pier near a large transport ship. A stack of wartime supplies on a pier next to a ship destined for Russia. Glimpse of wake from a U.S. warship having triple guns astern. Silhouette of a U.S. Navy Enterprise-class Aircraft carrier, with an aircraft taking off from her deck. The aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga. U.S. Army soldiers marching on parade, followed by numerous jeeps with machine guns mounted in their rears. Young men being drafted into the U.S. military. A draft lottery being conducted. New recruits doing calisthenics. Trucks pulling artillery pieces. B-18 Bolo bombers flying over U.S. tanks. Closeup of M3 tank. Cavalry fording a stream. Soldiers on motorcycles. Troops crossing a pontoon bridge. A loaded troop ship. A troop transport at Newfoundland. Sentry in Trinidad. Troops encamped in Bermuda.Troopship docked in Greenland. Troops disembarking in Iceland. Formations of Curtis P-36 Hawk aircraft. Douglas DC-2 aircraft factory. P-36s with engines running. M3 tank suspended on factory crane. Officials of Pan American nations siding with Allies. Allied troops including Dutch, Belgian, Yugoslav, Greek, Czech, Filipino, Polish, Norwegian, Free French, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Canadian. British warships. British Hawker Tempest aircraft. British commandos. Russian troops on parade. Chinese troops on the Great Wall of China.
Atlantic Conference. A gangway is set between HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta. Roosevelt and Churchill converse.
In preparation for the World War 2 Atlantic Conference, crews of the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales and the U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, prepare a gangway connecting the two ships. British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill is seen pacing the deck of the Prince of Wales, as the crews are at work. A cat is seen on deck. Several individuals pass over the gangplank. Later, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are seen seated on deck of the USS Augusta, as members of their respective parties mingle and converse. Sailors from the USS Augusta mingle with British sailors aboard HMS Prince of Wales.
Ammunition supplies unloaded for the Battle of Somme in France during World War I
British Army at the Battle of Somme in France during World War I. Ammunition supplies obtained by the British forces. A large field with tents, soldiers, cavalry, artillery carts and supply boxes. Trucks loaded with ammunition boxes. Trucks move in and British soldiers unload ammunition boxes carrying artillery shells from the truck.
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