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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill exits from a building after a conference in Casablanca, French Morocco.

Events related to the Casablanca Conference. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill exits from a building. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Admiral Cunningham and Sir Alan-Brooke stand nearby. A group of British officers stand behind Prime Minister Churchill.

Location: Casablanca Morocco
Date: 1943, January 14
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050215
Production of petroleum at oil refineries and its transportation in United States, before and during World War II

Documentary titled, ' Oil Is Blood ' on production and transportation of petroleum and its by products in United States. Crude oil in a pit. Man takes samples from the pit. View of derricks at an oil drilling site. Derricks at sea. Exteriors of a building near the derricks. Service station attendants, pumping gas and cleaning the windshield, on a 1942 Lincoln Continental convertible, at a "Tydol Flying A" gas station. Scenes of busy highways and plenty of fuel give way to empty roads, closed gas stations, and restricted hours for obtaining fuel, as it is rationed during World War 2. Views of persons obtaining ration stamps and books. Various gasoline ration books including the "A" books (allowing the smallest amounts) and "B", "C", and other books allowing larger rations to more essential users. Oil rig "roughnecks" inserting new sections of pipe and proceeding to drill. Closeup of a "gusher" before it is capped. Men filling railroad tank cars with petroleum products. A long train of tank cars pulled by a steam locomotive. Animated map illustrates the ocean shipping lanes that formally served as means to transport fuel and oil, before the German U-Boat threat made them too dangerous for general use. Drums of fuel and oil being loaded aboard a ship to supply the Allies during the war. A convoy of ships heading to the war zone of North Africa.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050492
Laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipeline network between Texas and Illinois in the United States during World War 2.

A map shows pipeline network for the transportation of oil and its by-products in the United States, largely for the war effort during World War 2. Shows the laying of the Big Inch petroleum pipelines in Arkansas, Texas, and other locations. Tractors and explosives being used to clear the ground for laying the pipelines. Oil pipeline being laid across a river bed. A welder welds the joints. Pipelines being laid in trenches. Men operate valves to turn on the flow of oil in the new Big Inch pipeline. High octane aviation gas is filled in an aircraft at an airfield. Soldiers fill gas cans all lined up in a lot. An oil tanker in the background. Troops load gasoline jerrycans on trucks. B-17, B-26, and B-24 Bomber aircraft in refueling operations on various airfields. B-17 taking off and formation of aircraft in flight. Long lines of jerry cans being filled with gasoline by personnel near a railroad track. Close up view of gasoline dispensing nozzle in top of Jerry Can and a hand opening the next jerry can in line. Jerry cans loaded into trucks, transported, and unloaded by U.S. Army soldiers. Motor oil being poured into funnels for use in vehicles. Narrator declares, "Oil for freedom. American oil. The blood of the mechanized legion!" A formation of tanks and military vehicles move along a wide field. Narrator encourages sacrifice of American people giving up home comforts of goods and fuels made from oil so that they can be directed to the war effort.

Location: Texas United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050493
German mountain troopers climb up a mountain and fire a howitzer during World War II.

German mountain troopers during World War II. The troopers pull mule packs and climb a rugged snow covered mountain slope. German soldiers fire a 7.5 cm German mountain gun (7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36) emplaced on the snow capped mountain. Shell explosions on the opposite mountainside. Two German officers near the howitzer. One of them looks through a pair of binoculars. The other one uses a Battery Commander's scope (BC Scope).

Location: Caucasus
Date: 1943, January
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675050523
U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent at a camp area in the China Burma India Theater during WWII.

U.S. Military officers and Chinese Army officers in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Military officers on a bridge. They walk away together. Chinese soldiers near a field. Military personnel walk together. A tent. The path to the tent is marked with bricks. A military area with thatched huts. Soldiers and officers outside a thatched hut. Jeeps parked nearby. U.S. and Chinese military officers come out of a tent. The military personnel walk together.

Location: China-Burma-India Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050599
U.S. soldiers try to put up tents at a camp site in the China Burma India Theater.

U.S. Army in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. Soldiers stand near an information board. Soldiers at a camp site. They try to put up a tent. A soldier comes with wood he has collected. A tent is set up. Things are loaded in a truck. Jeeps and trucks drive along countryside.

Location: China-Burma-India Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050600
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