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U.S. Army movies are loaded on and transported by ships, airplanes, dog sleds and camels to remote areas during World War II

Distribution of motion pictures to U.S. Military units during World War II. Men work in an office of overseas motion picture service in New York. Men tying a document related to shipment of films. Men discuss amongst themselves. The films are placed in wooden cases for shipment. Animated map shows various locations. An airplane in flight. Men unload the wooden cases from the airplane. A ship docked in a harbor. Men gather near the ship. A man enters a building in New Delhi, India. A sign outside the building reads: 'India Film Exchange Film Library'. A sign outside other building reads: 'Special Service Section'. Men stand outside the building. A car arrives near the building. The films are transported to remote areas with the help of dog sleds and camels.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062807
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II

U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt launches the new aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), successor to the earlier Yorktown (CV-5) lost in the battle of Midway during World War 2. The First Lady holds a bouquet and talks to an officer. People crowd at a shipyard for the launch and cheer. The ship begins to move down the ways prematurely, so Mrs. Roosevelt has to hurry with the Christening. View of the ship going down the ways and entering the water, at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia.

Date: 1943, January 21
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069155
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps filler depots, reserve depots, manufacturing depots and remount depots in the United States.

United States Army Quartermaster Corps depots in the United States. A port in the United States. Men at work in the port. The port of embarkation, during World War I, filled with the supplies for the soldiers being sent by the manufacturer due to the lack of sufficient depots for storage of supplies. Cars carry supplies to New York port. A map of the United States shows filler depots at ports of embarkation across the nation. A pictorial representation of New York port, being huge, taking supplies from three nearest filler depots. Another map shows reserve depots in four locations. Manufacturing depots in two locations - Philadelphia where clothing is manufactured and Jeffersonville hardware is manufactured. A manufacturing depot in which women sew different clothing. Workers at equipment in a manufacturing depot. The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot where items are manufactured and which is also a reserve depot for clothing. Rolled flags in wheel carts hauled by workmen in the depot. Workers during the inscription work of insignias on the flags. View of the insignia. Horses moving in columns on a path. Newly purchased horses and mules trained in areas provided by the Quartermaster Corps. Dogs bred in an area. The corps with the dogs. A map of the United States shows remount depots in three locations.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070049
U.S. propaganda film during WW2, "Know Your Ally: Britain" showing war battle scenes and scenes of life in England

'Know Your Ally: Britain' - An Allied propaganda film to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as to counter Nazi German propaganda aimed at weakening the alliance during World War II. Scenes in the United States of a college football game as a player makes a touchdown and a crowd erupts in loud cheering. Football team at blocking and tackling practice on a practice field. A World War 2 tank fires. British and American soldiers fire artillery and infantry forces running on a battlefield. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Views of soldiers of China, Russia, Britain and the United States. Allied troops march. Idaho, United States and Britain on a map showing population. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians on a road including cars and double-decker buses and pedestrians showing congested space in Britain. People talk to their neighbors. British policemen seen. British citizens emerge from underground transit system. Groups of British men, women and children in crowds are seen. Image of British Bobby police officer with hand up and narrator relates that British police do not carry a gun. Newspaper headlines about a strike, a catastrophe in Britain. Animated map of the Great Britain shows that it is surrounded by sea. Ships at sea. An old man and a boy sitting on a stoop with a model of a tall masted sailing ship. Brief views of cities in different parts of the world, including Sydney Australia; an unidentified South African port; an aerial view of the city of Wellington, New Zealand; parliament and government buildings in Ottawa, Canada; a large passenger ferry boat passing by with the skyscrapers of Manhattan New York City in the background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072087
The phenomenon of the collection of the snow layers and the occurrence of avalanches in the United States.

A film depicts the causes of avalanches. Mountainous region in the United States. Snow covered mountains. Men standing and working in the area. Every new snowfall adds a new layer of snow on the crust. The phenomenon is explained. The collection of the layers of snow and the occurrence of avalanches is explained. A diagram shows the phenomenon. Men trudging through the snow. Animated diagram shows the occurrence of avalanches.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076347
Men and women working in different war production factories for the production of raw materials and armament for World War 2 effort

The production of war materiel and supplies for soldiers and sailors in the United States during World War II. Newspaper headlines read: '1942 income 117 billions'. Men working in war production factories. Manufacture of aluminum and steel for the war effort. Sheet of aluminum rolling down conveyor in factory. View of assembly floor in a production plant building bomber aircraft. Brass being processed in factories, and hands of a worker sifting through new bullet casings in an ammunition factory. Use of copper exemplified in engine wiring and telephone communications applications. Steel being forged in factory. War ship being launched and a new Liberty ship SS Richard Bassett being launched from ship building slips on May 22, 1942. Tanks being built in a factory. Elevated view of many wood army barracks being built at an army base or camp. Then a view of homes being built as housing for war production workers. Lumber operations underway and coal miner in coal mines. A chart depicts the last year's production goals and then animated chart showing the production goals for the coming year shooting sky high. A sign on a door reads: 'Lt. Gen Brehon Somervell, Commanding General, ASF'. Lt. General Somervell seated at a desk in his office. He talks about engineers and technicians working for the U.S. Army and making materials go further to do more jobs than ever before.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076710