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Chindits with a pack train enter a Burma village and load and fire mortars during World War II.

The Chindits or the Indian 3rd Infantry Division of the British Indian Army in Burma in World War 2. The troops with a pack train consisting of mules enter into a Burma village. They load and fire mortars and machine guns. A Chindit looks through a pair of binoculars. Firing in the village toward Japanese held Mogaung. Chinese troops move to join the Chindits. The soldiers and the pack train move forward. The Chinese troops in a reunion with the Chindits exchange hats and greet. A plane strafes Japanese positions. Smoke due to explosions. Machine guns are fired. Japanese forces abandon Mogaung and Chindit and Chinese soldiers move in to the destroyed area. Dead enemy Japanese soldiers amid the ruins. Three Chindits posing near a Burmese Pagoda, honoring the mythical creatures that are their namesake guarding a Pagoda.

Location: Mogaung Burma
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033609
Allied bombers strafe enemy ground installations in France.

The Allied spearhead drives forward on the Western Front. British tanks move forward in France. Anti mine tanks move in front. Smoke in the distance. Allied bombers fly through flak to strafe and bomb ground installations. Allied planes bomb an enemy convoy off Helgoland, Germany (Heligoland). Enemy ships at fire. Allied spearhead advances forward. Half tracks and tanks move through a rubbled French town. The soldiers march. An Allied soldier picks and reads a leaflet. Allied tanks followed by soldiers. Soldiers aim and fire. A soldier marches a captured Nazi soldier. Allied planes bomb German supply vehicles. Explosion and fire as the bombs hit the targets. (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033610
Allied delegates arrive for the international conference at Lavidia Palace in Yalta (WW2)

The Yalta Conference in the Crimea. The town of Yalta. View of mountains and tunnel. People on the streets. Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) outside the town was built by Tsar Nicolas II. Most of the conferences are held in this palace. The palace building venue has sprawling gardens. A sickle and hammer sign. Guards outside the conference room. View of the conference room. Russian MPs (Military Policemen) near sign guard. Roads and entrance to the palace ground. Direct traffic into the palace ground. The cars enter the grounds and dignitaries get off. High ranking military and government officials arrive for an international meeting. Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin arrives at the palace and guards salute him. British Prime Minister Churchill with cigar in his mouth arrives with his daughter and he is greeted by Mrs. Bodeker. U.S. President Roosevelt at the table and the conference begins. Allied delegates around the table. Joint Communication Center is set up and soldiers work. Conclusion 1st part: BIG 3 surrounded by their Chiefs of Staff and civilian officials pose in the patio of the Lavidia Palace. A picture is clicked. The three leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin seated and state ministers behind them. The conference proceeds, delegates seated around a table. The conference ends and the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain release their joint statement. Substantial agreement passed. Franklin D Roosevelt's daughter and staff in a Jeep around the palace grounds (World War II period).

Location: Yalta Crimea Ukraine
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033670
Franklin D Roosevelt entertains Churchill, King Farouk, King Ibn Saud aboard a ship following the Yalta conference.

U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other officials at a conference in Alexandria, Egypt, during World War 2. On February 12th Roosevelt flies to Egypt with an escort of fighter planes and lands at an airport. The President's daughter, Mrs Boettiger (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger) steps off the plane, first. Insignia of the United States. President Roosevelt leaves by car for Great Bitter Lake on the Suez canal to board the warship which awaits him. The sailors salute King Farouk of Egypt when he visits Franklin D Roosevelt on the warship. Roosevelt and the King and his officials take lunch on the ship. The flag of the United States. Roosevelt and King Farouk seated. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrives and greets Roosevelt and his daughter. The President and the Emperor sit and talk. Next day another warship arrives. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, his sons and entourage. The King (also called King Abdulaziz) is escorted aboard to meet U.S. President and other officials. The sailors salute. Arab chieftains accompanying him seated on the deck. The King's four sons sit with Roosevelt. Colonel William A Eddy a retired Marine officer U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia acts as interpreter. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia returns to his ship and leaves. Roosevelt leaves for Alexandria. At Alexandria British Prime Minister Churchill and his daughter join Roosevelt on the ship for further talk. As he came aboard he is greeted by Admiral William D. Leahy. Mr Harry Hopkins already on ship. Edward Stettinius U.S. Secretary of State gets off and joins them, then ambassador Winant joined they are greeted. Officials pose for a photograph.

Location: Egypt
Date: 1945, February 12
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033671
U.S. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill of Britain meet on the USS Quincy CA-71 in Alexandria harbor

U.S. officials on the U.S. Cruiser Quincy (CA-71) at Alexandria harbor during World War 2. U.S. Marines on the deck. Ships at the harbor. Smoke rises in the background. President Roosevelt and Officials on the ship's deck. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill boards the ship and U.S. Marines salute him.The Destroyer, USS Nelson (DD-623) is seen slowly moving through Alexandria harbor.

Location: Alexandria Egypt
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033749
Sunderland patrol bomber takes off for a North Sea mission and in flight over the North Sea off the coast of England (WW2)

British flying boat patrol bomber Sunderland in England during World War II. Sunderland patrol bomber is parked and crewmen stand near the patrol. Sunderland takes off for a North Sea mission. Sunderland underway at the North Sea and takes off. A man looks through a camera. A man at the controls. Sunderland in flight over the North Sea. Nazi German U-boats in the sea.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940, February 12
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033940
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