United States Army Air Forces 42nd Bomb Squadron in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen of 11th bombardment group, 7th Air Force. Men work in an asphalt plant. Derricks move coral and load it on trucks. A sign on a truck reads: '72nd Seabees U.S. Navy'. Men talk to the driver of the truck. Smoke rises in the foreground.
Opening slate in Russian reads "We will give the Country more bread." Soviet farmers are seen threshing grain with a machine in a field. A woman drives a cart full of grain pulled by a horse. Other horse-drawn wagons deposit more grain in front of the thresher. Men atop the thresher use pitchforks to guide grain into the machine. Closeup atop the thresher where men and women with pitchforks fill the input bin. Closeup of grain pouring from the threshing machine. More scenes of men and women handling harvested stalks and of grain pouring from the machine. Final scenes show huge piles of finished grain being stirred and handled.
Shows conflict between German U-boats and Allied convoys in Atlantic, during World War 2. Clip contains actual World War 2 footage, but sound effects, narration, and editing relate a fictionalized story. Destroyer escort with a supply convoy in the Atlantic. Sailor stands next to a steel drum depth charge chained to the deck. View of a surfaced German U-boat ostensibly tracking a convoy. Supply ships silhouetted against the sky in evening. Captain at periscope in submerged German submarine.The boat surfaces and crew goes on deck to view convoy through binoculars. Order is given to launch a torpedo. Explosion and fire seen as it hits a ship. Destroyer escort ship underway. U.S. sailors aboard convoy escort ship sight a German submarine periscope. View inside the U-boat when they know they have been detected. The U-boat crash dives and the Captain calls for silence. Crew on deck of escort ship begin launching depth charges in battle which explode to her stern. One damages the submarine and water enters it.
Animated map shows World War 2 supply convoy routes to Murmansk, Soviet Union. German Junkers 88 bombers, JU 87, Stuka dive bombers, Fokker D.XXI aircraft; and Dornier Do-17 bombers are seen as aircraft used to disrupt the convoy traffic. An officer aboard a convoy escort ship looks through binoculars. A group of German Stuka dive bombers peels off to attack the convoy. Escort warships fire antiaircraft guns at the attacking German aircraft. bombs striking a supply ship. German Me 109 aircraft flying over the convoy. An attacking German aircraft is downed and crashes into the sea. A bombed supply freighter rapidly sinks. Smoke rises from another burning ships. A long line of supply ships arriving at Russian port. Aircraft and tanks being offloaded.
A Chinese theatrical newsreel announces the bombing of Pearl Harbor by forces of Japan. Multiple inter-titles in Japanese describe the event. Japanese airplanes take off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The airplanes fly in formation towards Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They drop bombs on U.S. airfield, where airplanes are seen parked near hangars. An aerial view of attack by the Japanese airplanes. (World War II period).
Assassination of United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Past events show the activities of the President. The President waves towards a large crowd gathered on a street to greet him. The President with his wife and other officials standing on a platform and being greeted by people. The President with other dignitaries standing on a platform. Buildings along the sides of a street. The President standing in the balcony of a building with his family. People greet the President as he disembarks from Air Force One aircraft in Dallas with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, and other officials. People present flower bouquets to him. The President seated in a car with his wife. The car moves past people on a road. A crowd cheers for him. The President is shot dead. He is taken to a hospital where the doctors declare him dead. People cry standing on the streets. A newspaper headlines read: 'President Dead'. Exterior of the White House in Washington DC. The flag of the U.S. is lowered on the building. People pray in a church. Exterior of the UN Headquarters building in New York. Officials mourn in the building.
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