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Newsreel 'First Films! Invasion of Italy!' during World War 2

Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.

Location: Salerno Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040777
Newsreel 'Allies hurl back Nazis in Italy!' (WW2)

World War II Allied convoy underway at sea. Allied forces amphibious landing at Salerno at night, in Italy. Darkness illuminated by flashes of gunfire. Navy guns blast enemy positions and German planes. German warplanes bombing and strafing Allied ships. Several Allied ships burning. Helmsman on Allied landing craft looks back at German plane falling into sea, when he takes cover away from the tiller. General Mark Clark rides to shore in a landing craft along with his troops. 5th Army troops dig in furiously on the beachhead and dive into their foxholes as they come under German firing. British General Harold Alexander, commander of Allied 15th Army Group confers with U.S. General Mark Clark. Nurses arrive by C-47 aircraft and treat wounded soldiers. Views of destroyed German armor and artillery including German Pz.IV tank from 16th Panzer Division. Nurses and medics load Allied wounded onto landing craft for evacuation. German prisoners of war walk under armed escort and dig graves to bury their dead. Allied forces move forward on battlefront. Several Allied C-47 transport planes are seen flying low over the area.

Location: Salerno Italy
Date: 1943, September
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040779
Newsreel 'Chinese troops drive Japs from Changteh'

Chinese troops defeat the Japanese at Battle of Changde in China (spelled as Changteh in this footage flate). Chinese troops firing at Japanese enemy positions. Dead Japanese soldiers seen. Chinese General with other troops gathered. Japanese rifles and other military equipment is captured and examined by Allied military representatives. Japanese prisoners seen under guard by Chinese soldiers. Chinese civilians return to the ruined city. The civilians are given financial aid to buy food. A group of civilians gathered in front of a temple in Changde. (World War II period).

Location: Changde China
Date: 1943, December
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040787
Allied Forces invade Sicily during World War II

Allied Operation Husky in World War 2. Opening scene shows Allied ships in task force bound for the invasion of Sicily, Italy. Barrage balloons are seen in sky overhead. At first most of the ships seen are troop transports. Then a British Escort Cruiser is seen, followed by other British warships. The British Naval Ensign flying from the masthead of a warship. More views of battleships and destroyers. Aircraft carriers in line. View from ship in the task force as it passes island off Tunisia, and then passing Cape Bon, Sicily. A British destroyer pulls to the port side of the camera ship and transfers a person by bosun's chair. (Narrator calls him a "military expert.") Glimpses of life aboard the ships of the task force. Sailors swimming in a pool aboard deck. Others repairing shoes; washing items in small buckets; and reading "soldiers Guide to Sicily." Sailors use signal lamp to communicate with other ships. Sailors man and maneuver a multi barrel bofors anti-aircraft gun, on deck. Suddenly winds pick up and the seas become very rough. Next, the seas are seen very calm. Scene shifts to North African mainland, where several trucks full of British and American paratroopers move across the sand toward C-47 aircraft that will take them behind enemy lines in Sicily. C-47s are seen parked all over the area. Paratroopers don their chutes and battle gear as they prepare to board their aircraft. Closeup of a crew chief pulling propeller through on number one engine of a parked C-47 aircraft. British paratroopers assist one another with their gear. Officer makes final check of paratroopers under his command. Closeup of British paratroopers boarding their C-47 transport aircraft, and the plane taxiing in sand and taking off. Numerous C-47s taking off as daylight wanes. Allied warships bombarding the Sicilian shore in the nighttime. Troops engaged in amphibious assault on beaches of Sicily. Battle scenes showing black flak clouds in the sky and explosions near the assault and landing craft during the amphibious operations. Black smoke rising from Allied ships struck by bombs or shelling. A landing craft, filled with Canadian soldiers, leaves a transport ship headed for the beach. Other assault boats headed for the beach. Views from the Allied beachhead on Sicilian shore. British, Canadian and American troops making their way from landing craft to the shore, guided by ropes. The march along the shore. A British scout car arrives on the beach, followed by a truck. Then tanks come ashore from large landing craft. Some troops come ashore on a DUKW amphibian vehicle. Allied troops wade ashore and smile for the camera.

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 9 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040803
Gun camera footage of United States Navy warplanes strafing targets in Tokyo during World War 2

United States Navy planes strafing enemy held beach installations. Bombing on targets in Tokyo. Gun camera footage of aircraft firing at a moving train. Engine of the train is hit. Strafing of Marshaling yard. Rockets fired at building below. Heavy smoke rising up after strafing. View of a busy thoroughfare, densely populated area and waterfront. Low barrack type building seen.

Location: Japan
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040812
United States Navy Task Force units underway in Pacific Theater

Task Force units underway, as their voices acknowledge dispatch. One ship sends a signal message through light. Task Force underway. Hoist about to be put up. Man standing next to, Twin 40 Mount looks towards the underway Carrier. Flight deck show parked aircrafts. Ships underway.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040814
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