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Material of war being loaded onto vessels and piles of invasion equipment readied in USA and Britain.

War materiel in the United States amassed to serve as D-Day invasion equipment for invasion of France during World War II. At a U.S. port, airplanes are lifted to the decks of ships that are loaded with freight for invasion preparation ports. Materials of war being loaded into vessels. A ship convoy underway at sea. In a British port, piled up material and equipment for invasion armies preparing for war. African American soldiers unload ships. Tires, soap, tobacco, candy and refuse cans. Rolling stock, tanks, gasoline drums, pontoon boats, railroad cars, locomotives, boats, trucks, ambulances, guns and bombs are seen. Rows of gliders, fighter warplanes, and various airplanes are shown parked and ready for shipment. Bomb shells stacked and ready.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058145
U.S. citizens invited to send vacation photographs taken abroad to OSS in the United States during World War 2

Public service announcement to be shown to American citizens going to move theaters during World War II. U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services, precursor to Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovan asks the public to send in vacation photographs taken abroad. Narrator explains that photos of overseas ports, docks, railroads, and places of strategic importance in cities can be useful for the U.S. war effort (for intelligence and targeting purposes). Women workers remove pictures from mail sacks, view them for useful information, and sort them. Men examine images by magnifying glasses. Closeups of example photos are shown. Colonel L. E. Norris takes a look at photographs at his desk and holds up a card with his name and address. Narrator invites viewers to send photographs to Colonel Norris as a civilian contribution to the war effort and says, "it's one way you can help win the war."

Date: 1942
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058203
Germans shell Leningrad in Soviet Union during World War II, while Russian civilians cope with deprivation

Germans fire artillery to shell Leningrad heavily during World War II. Russian people work in factories continuing war production while bundled in warm clothing due to cold. Baker cuts loaves of bread into ration pieces. People move on snow covered streets. Close-up view of German soldiers readying and firing a massive Karl-Gerät (040/041) self propelled siege mortar (also known as Thor or Mörser Karl). Writing on side of the mortar says, "Thor." Other large German rail guns and a variety of German field artillery fire shells at Russian targets in Leningrad A building collapses from shelling. Men and women factory workers continue factory production of war materiel and supplies throughout bombing campaign by Germans. A woman operating a grinder. Rapid montage of scenes of men and women forging iron and creating weapons and arms including shells and grenades. A woman stacks finished artillery shells. A woman war production welder operating a welding torch. People in streets transport dead bodies on sleds and coffins on runners in the snow, as people die from cold, disease, hunger and bombing.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058276
U.S. forces launch attacks against Japanese targets from the Aleutian Islands during World War II

Film opens showing animated map of Pacific and avenue of attack against Japan via the Aleutian Islands in World War 2. . Scene shifts to the Aleutian Islands, where American P-47 aircraft are seen parked on an open ramp in severe winter weather. Next, American Army truck convoys are seen traversing subarctic Canada on the Alcan highway, with supplies to sustain U.S. forces in the Aleutians. U.S. soldiers and airmen are seen obtaining various items and playing volleyball on a ramp at an airbase. Fog shrouds the Aleutians keeping aircraft grounded. Soldiers look at maps and plan targets. Aircrews are briefed about their mission and targets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over snow-covered peaks. View looking down on a B-24 headed toward Japan. Airmen in a headquarters plotting the disposition of aircraft reporting to them by radio. View above thick clouds with nothing in sight. (But exploding bombs are heard.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058422
American war equipment sent to China through India (WW2)

'U.S. Speeds war aid to China by way of base in India '. A large war equipment box from the United States unloads in India during World War II. Indian workers push a large box on a cart. Railroad cars load with tanks. Camel carts carry war supply boxes along a road. Mechanics work on a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane in a hangar. Supplies from a truck loaded onto C-47. Chinese pilot in cockpit of C-47 as he pulls over canopy.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058488
War veterans return to colleges to complete their education in United States.

United States Veterans Administration's role for the war veterans of World War II. An enactment shows students in a classroom. War veterans return to educational institutes to complete their education as Veterans Administration supports them with subsistence allowance. Veterans in a lab getting technical training. A war veteran at his study table.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058769