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American workers and OSS in World War 2 work to estimate the loss of German military manpower in battle.

Film outlines process of U.S. military and War Department to estimate the German military manpower losses from 1939-1943 during World War II. Scenes of German military forces in battle. German tank on the battlefront smashes down a tree and German soldiers follow, running behind it. Dead bodies of soldiers lay on the battlefield. Airplane falling from sky to ground after being hit. German Soldiers fire rifles during battle. German soldiers carry wounded on litters and German medical staff treat the wounded soldiers. A wounded soldier on a hospital bed. Nurse leans over hospital bed and talks to a wounded soldier. A study made to find out the number of soldiers returning to their jobs after being injured. A man reads a magazine which reads: 'Estimate of non battle causalities'. German soldiers march through Arc de Triomphe in Paris during occupation of Paris by Nazi Germany. Headline of a newspaper reads: 'Germans silent on Russian gain'. Brief scene of Soviet leader Stalin speaking at a microphone. Cavalry soldiers, likely Soviet, crossing a battlefield. Scenes of World War I German troops being reviewed by officers. Civilian or OSS men lean over a German map and discuss among themselves. They study the map. Scene of men and women at a German news stand buying German newspapers in order to obtain obituary information. OSS personnel translate casualty reports from German newspapers to help estimate deaths of German soldiers and determine force strength. An operations room with American staff analyzing German newspapers. View of a Boeing 314 Clipper Flying Boat aicraft taking off from water. The reports from World War I and II, allied forces, chart, graphs and NARS computers used to estimate German Army's manpower loss. African American women workers operate keypunch machines recording battle casualty statistics which yield punch cards for further data analysis. Punch cards being created and being loaded in sorting and reading machines bearing brand "International" (for International Business Machines or IBM). A document entitled "analysis of obituaries." Man in an office studying a map and a document. A woman helps him as she enters numbers into a Remington Rand adding machine. They estimate the officers killed in war and the number of the killed enlisted men, in order to estimate the total battle loss. They compare the data of soldiers missing, killed, wounded, and unfit for duty from 1939 to 1943.

Location: Germany
Date: 1943, May
Duration: 12 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045524
Views of Lexington Main Street and University of Kentucky on 'By Request' program for American soldiers.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Sergeant in broadcasting studio for the Army Navy Screen Magazine feature called: "By Request." She holds a letter received from 43 American soldiers ("foxhole buddies") in New Guinea. They ask "By Request" to show them scenes from the University of Kentucky, where they trained, and some shots of Lexington, Kentucky. The program continues with motion pictures of the requested scenes, beginning with the Phoenix Hotel and a theater on the Lexington Main Street. Pedestrians on the side walk and cars parked by the roadside. Keith's Bar and Chop House. Bartenders and waitresses serve beer. A roller coaster, known as the Wildcat (after UK's mascot) at the Joyland amusement park, located on Paris Pike north of town. The University of Kentucky campus. GIs and women soldiers on campus. A sign for the University. Soldiers take pictures by the statue of James Patterson on campus. (Given the lack of foliage on the trees, this film was obviously taken sometime between November and March. ) (World War II period).

Location: Lexington Kentucky USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031222
Lockheed C-130B Hercules aircraft in flight and copilots at controls in the United States.

C-130 annual report shows Lockheed C-130B Hercules in the United States. Lockheed C-130B Hercules in flight. Shows a copilot at controls. Aerial view of Lockheed C-130B Hercules wing tip above heavy cloud bank. Lockheed RC-130A Hercules in flight. Observers at instruments. A Lockheed C-130B Hercules lands at La Paz Airport, Bolivia. A Lockheed C-130B Hercules lands at Goroka Airport, New Guinea.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031744
Newsreel 'Allied forces in action on India-Burma fronts" shows airfield construction and Allied officers

Natives learn to build airstrips in India for Allied Forces. Indians using primitive tools. Indian women are also seen working to build air field runways and landing strips. A U.S. Army B-25 bomber aircraft lands and taxis. General MacArthur, General Krueger and General Rupertus inspect newly won positions in New Guinea. In Burma British and Indian troops advance. Explosions seen as British Army forces fire mortars. (World War II period).

Location: India
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040780
The USS Lexington entering World War II in the Pacific Theater and unrelated scenes of aircraft carrier warfare

A newsreel compilation of several unrelated shots. A P-40 of the 57th Fighter Group takes off from deck of the USS Ranger (CV-4). In an unrelated shot, a view looking back past tail of an aircraft after takeoff, with the USS Enterprise behind. A Douglas SBD Dauntless airplane takes off from a Yorktown class carrier. View back past its tail in a pre-war shot as an airplane leaves the Lexington behind. On Feb. 20, 1942, during World War 2, while en route to attack Rabaul,in New Guinea, the Lexington is attacked by eighteen Japanese planes. She shoots down several of them. Machine gunners firing. Bombs bursting in water near the ship. An F4F with collapsed landing gear near edge of flight deck. Black smoke rising from burning Japanese plane in water. Sky blackened with flak. Machine gun tracer bullets visible. Inserted scenes show the stern of a British carrier, and views of a bombing attack in the Mediterranean against a British Illustrious class carrier. Another inserted scene shows a lone sailor running the length of the flight deck on the USS Enterprise in the Battle of Santa Cruz. A Japanese airplane bursts into flames. Another is struck and dives trailing smoke.( An inserted view of U.S. Douglas TBD Devastators peeling off and launching torpedoes.) Douglas Dauntless aircraft recovering back on the Lexington. Flight deck full of aircraft as the Lexington makes way in the Pacific. Animated segment showing numerous drawings of aircraft carriers and airplanes headed toward Japan. (Inserted view of Four U.S. aircraft carriers, USS Lexington, USS Ranger, USS Yorktown, and USS Enterprise seen together in prewar maneuvers.)

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1942, February
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675054242
Men learn leather craft, carpentry, painting and sculpting in the United States.

The United Service Organizations (USO) of the United States during World War 2. Recovering soldiers learn arts and crafts at a Port Moresby hospital (New Guinea) with support from the American Red Cross. A man works on a leather craft machine. A man cuts a wooden plank while learning carpentry. Men make paintings and sculptures. Two men read. A man writes a letter. Men play cards.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058026
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