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United States Military prepares a new base at Aleutian Islands in Alaska for its bombers on Japanese mission, during WW II.

United States Military lands at Aleutian Islands in Alaska to prepare a new base for its bombers to bomb Japanese positions, during World War II. U.S. soldiers in ships, boats and landing tractors land on the Aleutians. Soldiers unload materials from the boats. Soldiers try and put up tents fighting chill winds. General Lloyd E. Jones, in charge of the operation. Soldiers from a post watch the sea.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036893
Dionne quintuplets, 5 identical sisters from Canada, present at launch of five cargo vessels in the United States

Dionne quintuplets, the five identical sisters from Canada, present at launch of five cargo vessels at Walter Butler Shipbuilders in Superior, Wisconsin. Luggage belonging to the five Dionne quintuplets. The Dionne sisters and their parents wave from a moving train. The Dionne sisters each launch a ship one after the other assisted by a U.S. Navy officer. The Dionne sisters and their mother walk escorted by navy officers.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036894
British Eighth and U.S. Army advance in to Tunisia defeating German and Italian Armies in North Africa during World War II.

British Eighth Army advances in to Tunisia defeating German and Italian Armies in North Africa during World War II. General Montgomery briefs British soldiers near sea coast. Tanks and trucks advance into Tunisia on a road with wrecked German machine gun post near road. General Eisenhower and General Montgomery during a meeting. Highland fighter troops on victory march on roads of a town in Tunisia. A British warship in sea and an anti aircraft gun alert on a post on Mediterranean Sea shore. United States Army advances in trucks and fights German resistance in a battle. Graves of German soldiers nearside roads. U.S. and British soldiers meet from two ends. Soldiers meet and shake hands with warmth. U.S. and British bombers on a mission to Nazi posts. Aerial views of B-25 bombers and B-26 bomber aircraft en route to targets. Nazi anti aircraft guns fires at bombers. Posts destroyed by series of bomb explosion. Surrendered Italian and German soldiers in large numbers. Injured Nazi soldier treated by Allied medics. Views of General Eisenhower, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Field Marshal Alexander. A French General is also shown (possibly General Georges Barré).

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036895
Documentary titled 'Why We Fight, The Battle of Russia' depicts history of battles fought by Russia defeating invading armies.

A documentary titled 'Why We Fight, The Battle of Russia' depicts battles fought by Russians, fighting military raids from other nations. Dramatized scenes of invasion of German knights in 1242. Town Pskov destroyed and civilians roped. In the battle of Novgorad, the Russians under emperor Alexender Nevesky defeat the Germans in a fierce battle. The Swedish attack Russia and get defeated by Russian army in battle of Poltava in 1704. French troops retreat in a frozen desert after getting defeated by Russians in 1812. German Kaiser Wilhelm II inspects World War 1 troops on Eastern front in 1917. Russian army of cavaliers and infantrymen march for battle. Map shows a part of Russia, Ukraine occupied during the battle. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036930
A brief description of Russia (Soviet Union or USSR)

Animated map on globe of world shows extent of the USSR from East to west and North to South (9 million Square miles). Miners extracting her natural resource minerals. 110 million acres of forests and timber being felled. Coal on a conveyer belt. A "forest" of oil derricks in a Soviet field. Oil tank cars moving on a railroad. Iron and steel mills. 370 million acres of farmland. Farms being worked. Tea, tobacco, and cotton crops. Herds of ranch animals. Corn,oats,hops,rye and wheat being harvested by machinery. Huge parades of people parading in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Dancers on floats in the parade. Cossacks from the Don River Valley demonstrate horsemanship. Map showing Ukraine, Russia,Hungary, Romania,and other adjoining areas. Musicians playing balalaikas accompany dancers. Ukranians,Moldovians and Beserabians in local costume. Map of the Caucasuses between the Caspian and Black Seas. People from that region dancing and playing instruments. Armenians,and people riding on horseback from tribes of the Caucasian mountains. Uzbeks blowing long horns. Turkmen with horses. Mongols playing stringed instruments. Views of people from further East and North approaching Siberia. Some hunting with rifles. Views of Moscow. Moscovites walking on a summer day. Man riding in a horse-drawn carriage. Cars driving on a street. All kinds of vehicular traffic in Moscow city, including trams. Outside views of Soviet factories. Soviet soldiers. Soviet bricklayer, traffic cop, and sailor are shown. A riveter at work. Soviet school children. An old fireman.Nurse in a hospital. Civil engineer with transit. A window washer. A sales girl. Housewives. A Postal clerk. A radio announcer. A stewardess on an airliner. A chemist in a laboratory. A typist at work. A harpist playing and a ballerina dancing as an orchestra plays. Soviet citizens walking across a field. Narrator refers to their love for the soil. Animated map sums up Russia's size and characteristics. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 8 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036931
Various European nations occupied by German Nazis and their conquest for Russia during World War II.

Battles fought by Russians fighting military raids from other nations. Animated map shows Nazi forces' conquest in various nations of Europe. Newspaper printing press operating with rollers spinning quickly. Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Generals in discussion with a map. Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian troops parade prior to Nazi occupation. Admiral Miklos von Horthy of Hungary, General Ion Antonescu, King Michael of Romania and King Boris of Bulgaria. Nazi military marches through Hungarian cities. Benito Mussolini walks in Italy. Yugoslavian cities bombed by Nazi planes during invasion of Yugoslavia. German Stuka aircraft dive bomb their targets. Map shows Hitler's conquest on various European nations. Greek soldiers march. Soviet Russian munition factories and war production plants in operation producing cannons, tanks, armament, shells and ammunition. Russian troops march. Warships on alert in sea. Soviet men in civilian clothing gathering together to drill and march as they enter military service as new recruits during military mobilization. Soviet soldiers in training during World War 2.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036932