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Convoy of U.S. military trucks and jeeps in England prior to D-day, during World War II

American troops in England during World War 2. A convoy of American military trucks and jeeps proceeding on English country road. Convoy setting temporary camp near Truro, Cornwall, England. Trucks and jeeps lined up. Tents in a field along the road. Convoy being directed down Station Hill past Grammar School. At 00:24 Cornish engine house shown.

Date: 1943
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051441
Crewmen inspect flak damaged U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at an airfield in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. Crewmen inspect flak damage to B-17F, tail number 42-29487 named "Ritzy Blitz" (name not shown) of the 91st Bombardment Group, 324th Squadron, stationed at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. Severe damage is seen on left wing flap and left elevator.

Date: 1943
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061407
U.S. airfield as seen from the window of a U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 as it taxis across a field in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. A U.S. airfield in England seen from the side of the window of an airplane as it taxis across a field near hangars. A P-47 fighter aircraft seen on the field. U.S. airmen stand around. Airmen and U.S. Army Air Force officers walk around as a B-17 taxis to a parking area.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061416
Flak damaged U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 bombers parked on airfields in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. B-17 parked on an airfield shows damage caused during missions in Europe. The airplane is painted with image of Bugs Bunny and the name: "What's Cookin Doc?" Flak damage to the B-17. Damaged rudder. Flak demolished tail gun. A large flak hole on the airplane. Camera pans over several other B-17s. The first damaged B-17 shown, 41-24525, "What's Cookin Doc?" is from the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, at RAF Station Grafton Underwood. The rest of these battle-damaged aircraft are from the 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, England, including: B-17: 42-3031, "Nitemare" of the 324th Bomb Squadron; B-17: 41-24524, "The Eagle's Wrath,"of the 323rd Bomb Squadron; and B-17: 42-2990, "Dame Satan" of the 322nd Bomb Squadron. (Note: Subsequent to this clip, two of the aircraft shown, "What's Cookin Doc?" and "Dame Satan" were shot down with all aboard KIA, one shortly after this was filmed.)

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061418
Wartime nutrition public service film focuses on improving nutrition of American and British people. Also shows British war scenes.

Film on importance of good food and good eating habits during World War 2. Sweeping views of open farm land in the United States. Wheat harvesting by a harvester machine on a farm. Corn picked from stalks. Pigs in a pen. Cattle eat at a trough. Fish leaping on deck of a boat after being emptied from a net. Butcher weighs meat on a scale for a woman customer. Grocer puts meat, sugar, eggs, and other rationed items in a grocery bag. Scene changes to England, probably London, with smoking rubble on the ground from a blitz bombing run by German forces during World War 2. British firemen pour water on a blaze from fire hoses. A queue of British women and children citizens waits to receive food aid. Many of the British civilians look tired. A girl holds a large doll in her arms. A woman with a bandaged head holds a young girl child. Scene shows a British family at a table eating ration reduced portions of eggs, butter, and cheese. A British scientist holds a beaker and adds it to a large food preparation drum, adding vitamin enriched material to a food such as margarine, to aid with improving nutrition despite scarcity in the United Kingdom during World War 2. A box of butter is shown. Hand flips butter packet over to show label "Contains Vitamins A and D". British staples such as a wheat bread loaf and also beans, peas, and cereals are credited by the narrator as being "nerve conditioners, at a time when iron nerves are needed most." Footage of a British paratrooper in training jumping from a British aircraft. Next scene is in a steel mill as British men wearing protective glasses use shovels near a furnace. Scene of a British woman receiving cod liver oil and milk as a ration for a young child. Grocer at produce stand hangs sign saying "no tomatoes". But a victory garden sign behind shows someone pushing a shovel into the earth. People are shown working in victory gardens to grow fresh vegetables. All ages of older men and women and young children in England are shown working to tend victory gardens in plots large and small. Soldiers beneath a barrage balloon tend a garden with hoes. Scene in a community kitchen with a group of British citizens eating a meal. Next scene shows Americans in a restaurant and then in a diner ordering food at the diner counter. A woman orders and coffee is poured for her and two donuts are served. Narrator notes that the food nutrition choices made by many Americans are not good, and notes that malnutrition saps the strength of Americans. A woman secretary is seen typing and being frustrated and tired. A man welding lifts his helmet and rubs his head and face in exhaustion. A doctor and nurse examine and treat an eye of an American war worker. A U.S. Army recruitment or induction center is shown, with new recruits receiving medical examinations. Doctor uses a tongue depressor and examines a person's throat. A blood pressure machine takes a reading. An eye chart is shown. Doctor uses a stethoscope on a recruit's chest. Group of U.S. Army soldiers marching in formation. A group of new citizen recruits without uniforms marches.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038751
British R.A.F. bombing raids by A-20 aircraft in German-occupied France and over Germany in World War II.

World War 2 Newsreel footage of British air raids on German occupied France, titled "Day and Night R.A.F. makes Nazis take it !" Six Douglas DB-7/A-20 Havoc attack bomber aircraft (American made, but ordered by Britain) take off from England and are seen flying in formation over the English Channel. A-20 Havocs approach beach. A-20 Havocs over French countryside. Point of view footage looking out from cockpit of airplanes flying low over French countryside and approaching German held industrial and chemical plants in Lille making German munitions. View of bombardier pulling bomb release trigger, followed by bombs away view. Damage done by bombing seen. Port and buildings being bombed by A-20 bombers at St. Malo. Explosions seen in dock areas from the air. Back in England, RAF pilots suit-up in cold weather gear for night bombing flights over Germany. View of a line of carrier pigeons each in a box, to be carried in each plane and released if the pilot gets in trouble. A pilot carrying a pigeon in a box. Bomber crews consult together at their planes before boarding. U.S. airmen being trained join together with RAF flyers and board Avro Lancaster bombers for the night raids. Lancaster bombers taxi and takeoff. Halifax III taxiing and taking off. Hawker Hurricane or Spitfire fighters seen in flight ready to engage Nazi fighters. Views of actual bombing raid on a German city by Lancaster bombers. Incoming flak and anti-aircraft fire. Explosions on ground over targets in Germany. [Note: Interestingly, the film uses shots of a German Junkers 88 bomber, instead of a Lancaster, to illustrate the nose of the aircraft at night.]

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040825