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U.S. troops bivouaced on Guam during Marianas campaign of World War II
AUS troops bivouaced on Guam, during World War 2. American soldiers walk across a rough camp area. About a dozen soldiers relax under a makeshift tarpaulin lean to shelter. views of hills above U.S. troop positions. Several fallen Japanese soldiers lying in grass. A U.S. soldier patrols through underbrush for any hidden Japanese soldiers. Black smoke rises in distance and slowly spreads over the area.
A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zero fighter plane being tested at Wright Field, Ohio, during World War II
Army Air Forces records describe this as flight tests conducted at Wright Field on a Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 MK2-SSF Hamp fighter plane, Army Air Forces (AAF) No. EB-201. (Recognized later, as a variant of the Zero, these Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 planes were renamed "Zeke 32.") Flight tests were made from January 9th to March 10th, 1944, to compare this aircraft with AAF fighters and to verify tests made in Australia by the Special Duties and Performance Flight of T.S.-7, Directorate of Technical Services, Melbourne. Test pilot in the cockpit with engine running. Closeup of pilot (possibly Captain Ralph C. Hoewing, who became first Commandant of the AAF Test Pilot School). He takes off from the airfield. and is seen in flight. Various aerial views of the Zero are seen including: flying overhead and from above as it flies over Ohio farmland. The pilot enters a shallow climb; and is seen from above and behind. He performs a slow descending roll. Finally, he buzzes the airfield at low altitude and high speed, and then brings the aircraft in for a smooth landing. (Note: This aircraft was rebuilt by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit in Hangar 7 at Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Australia, from the wrecks of five Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zeke's captured at Buna, New Guinea, during the war.) [ Ref. WWW. hangar7.org.au ]
Numerous vehicles at the Arc De Triomphe and Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris.
Busy traffic in Paris. Street level views from moving vehicle of cars, trucks, and buses as they pass by the Arc De Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France. A line of cars including many Citroens. Workers seen commuting on buses. A dog in a passenger seat of a car. Elevated view of traffic stopped on street. Rows of cars before the Eglise de la Madeleine (Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France). Flag of France visible between two buildings. Elevated view of busy traffic circle. Sign for Au Bon Marche on store building.
Jewish Cantor, Leo Gollanin, and choir rehearsing on Yom Kippur Eve in Kottbuser Ufer synagogue, Berlin, Germany
Cantor and mixed choir rehearsing on Yom Kippur Eve. Cantor, Leo Gollanin, is seen singing in front of a mixed choir of Jewish men and women inside the Fraenkelufer Synagogue at Kottbuser Ufer 48-50, Kreuzburg, Berlin. Closeup of women holding sheets of music as they sing "Aus Dem Tuefe" ("From the Deep," referring to sober prayers). Scene shifts to the choir director, wearing a kippah (yarmulke), directing the choir. The women are assembled in a circle with men behind them. Scene shifts, again, showing the Cantor and singers from the front, in a wider shot, followed by another view from a balcony above.
Churches on fire and water is pumped from the river Thames to fight fires in London, England during Nazi blitz in World War II.
The work of London's fire guards during a German blitzkrieg incendiary bomb raid in Britain during World War II. Bombs fall and fire breaks out at night. Nighttime views following the Luftwaffe attack. London buildings and churches are on fire. St. Lawrence Jewry Church (Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA, United Kingdom) on Gresham Street, designed by Christopher Wren, in ruins. Views of damage to St. Brides Church (Fleet St, London EC4Y 8AU, United Kingdom) on Fleet Street. Firemen spray water on the buildings and churches. Firefighters team up to connect 6,000 feet of 3 1/2-inch firehose from fire boats in the Thames River, to reach burning buildings of London. Firemen seen in relay lines connecting fire hoses and working to extinguish blazing fires.
Allied leaders at the Casablanca Conference in Morocco during World War II. Allied forces battle Germans in Algeria and Tunisia
Film begins showing the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca. Inside, Allied generals meet to plan further steps in World War 2, against the Axis powers. Charles de Gaulle and French General Henri Giraud are seen walking together at an airport. Closeup of the two. View of Allied General staff members around a table. U.S. principals include Army Chief of Staff, General George Marshall and Air Force Chief, Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold. Views of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces, His deputy for land forces, British Field Marshal Harold Alexander, his deputy for sea forces, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham, and his deputy for air operations, British air marshal, Arthur William Tedder (1st Baron Tedder) Outdoors. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are seen seated, conversing. Churchill's airplane, named Commando, a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft adapted for passenger transport is seen ready to take him to Tripoli to greet the victorious British 8th Army. Churchill greeting British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Tripoli. Animated map shows battle lines and disposition of Allied forces along the Algiers-Tunisian front. View of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting defenses at the Mareth line in Tunisia. Fifteen divisions of German, and 7 divisions of Italian troops entering the front lines. German Tiger tank followed by a Panzer IV aus d tank. German infantry marching along a road. Seasoned German troops in camouflaged vehicles. Formation of German Focke Wulf 189 aircraft and view of one dropping bombs. General Rommel pointing to something at the front. Animated map showing the battlefront. (Narrator says German orders were to hold Tunisia at all costs.) View of Rommel, eating a sandwich as he studies document in a defensive position behind the Mareth line. German soldier using periscopic binoculars to view the front. German forces initiating an attack westward driving Allied forces back. Map show German forces advancing beyond the Kasserine pass. Rommel in a staff car, as he learns that the Allied forces have counter-attacked and are driving his forces back to the original battle lines. American infantry marching Eastward to reoccupy Kasserine Pass and beyond, past destroyed German tanks. Rommel's forces make an attack Southward toward the British 8th Army positions. View of new Tiger tank employed by the Germans. A British soldier removes the cover from their new 17 pounder anti-tank gun. View of burning Tiger tanks destroyed by the new British guns. (Narrator says 52 were left burning hulks.)
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