U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda. A boat of the Governor of Bermuda Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham approaches USS Williamsburg. The Governor's boat approaches a gangway and comes alongside. Men disembark from the boat. A naval air base in Bermuda. The mast of USS Williamsburg in the foreground. USS Malabar tied up to a pier at the naval air base. A horse drawn carriage approaches the Governor's house. Truman drives in the horse drawn carriage. Truman's boat comes alongside a pier. He disembarks from the boat followed by two high ranking officers. Truman walks past accompanied by the officers. Truman and Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham. The Governor's mansion. USS Williamsburg approaches the pier. Line handlers on the pier. Truman's boat alongside the gangway of USS Williamsburg. Truman and party get into the boat. Truman in a boat chair with a rod and reel. The boat pulls away from the gangway.
American troops of the 45th Infantry Division, are seen in mountains after breaking through the first segment of the German Winter Line, near San Pietro Infine, Italy, in World War 2. It is Christmas Day, 1943 and they occupy Mount Lungo. They receive Christmas dinner in their individual mass kits and sit down on the ground to eat it. On December 28th, they employ pack mules and also use stretchers to retrieve remains of fallen 3rd Division defenders down the steep mountain trails of Mount Lungo. They place the carefully wrapped remains at the base of a bullet pock-marked stone structure. Scene shifts to Mount Sammucro where American troops take advantage of a brief lull in fighting. On 1 January, 1944, Second Corp reinforcements have arrived and Americans commence a new assault on the German Winter Line defenses, with an artillery barrage on German positions guarding San Vittore del Lazio. View of smoke rising from that town. Shelling of Mountaintop flanking Highway 6held by Germans. Groups of American troops firing mortars from valley below. Shells exploding on German positions. Closeup of American gun crew loading and firing a 155mm long tom field gun. Soldiers holding their ears when gun fires. Bombs dropped from American warplane aircraft explode near roads in the valley. Glimpse from U.S. warplane flying overhead, of smoke rising from German positions in the Winter Line. Soldiers of the 168th Infantry Regiment firing a recoiless rifle from wooded area. Shells striking at base of mountain. Troops of the U.S. 137 Infantry Regiment advancing on San Vittore. view in the Italian town on 7 January, 1944, when street fighting has ended. American soldiers are seen mingling with the civilian inhabitants. German military equipment destroyed and burning during the American Winter Line offensive. Captured German soldiers being taken into custody, searched, and processed as prisoners of war.
Italian fliers land their aircraft at an Allied occupied air base (probably in Southern Italy) to join the Allies for the war against Nazi Germany during World War II. A three-engine Italian Savoia-Marchetti bomber in flight. The aircraft lands at the airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. A hangar in the background. Italian fliers step from the aircraft. U.S. and Italian officer exchange greetings. Aircraft in formation. Italian fighter aircraft land and taxi at the air base. Officers and fliers. The fliers leave their aircraft. Italian fliers seated around a table eat American meal.
Behind opening slate, is a closeup of Barrage Balloon with cables attached. Next, a formation of German Ju-87, Stuka dive bombers peels off and begins diving attack against Allied target in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of bombs dropping. A formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. A German Dornier Do-215 long range bomber in flight (notable features: twin tail and tail wheel). A German Messerschmitt Bf-109 rolling over to attack a ground target. Low flying German warplanes attacking bases and supply depots. German planes strafing an Allied air base. A fire raging from bombing somewhere in England. Scene shifts to a formation of American barrage balloons creating a maze of wire cables to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from striking important ground targets.
Japanese troops surrender to British forces in Singapore at the end of World War II. A view of the England naval base in Singapore. The Japanese troops at the base. A Japanese guard with a bayonet. Japanese troops putting barricade away. A view of the city. The British troops disembark a ship. The troops with guns on their shoulders walk on the port. Singaporean civilians greet British troops on trucks. Starved British prisoners cheering from behind a fence. A prisoner smokes. The prisoners light each other’s cigarettes. The Singapore prisoners at the Japanese prison camp. Several views of the prisoners showing emaciation under Japanese captivity. Emaciated British prisoners of war only wearing white fundoshi or Japanese undergarments. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives for a meeting. Japanese delegation lead by General Seishiro Itagaki enters a hall for the meeting. The Japanese delegates and British officials in a hall for the meeting. Mountbatten investigates the surrender document. Itakaki signs the surrender document. People seated during the meeting. The British troops stand in formation in the background. The British flag is raised. (World War II period).
United States Army Quartermaster Corps overseas supply procedure in the United States. A pictorial representation of Quartermaster Corps overseas supplies reaching a port of debarkation. Quartermaster Corps unload supplies from a ship. A crane carrying loads of supplies at the port. A pictorial representation of Quartermaster Corps running the system of supply through communication zone to combat zone. Quartermaster Corps in a combat zone. The corps in a line beside a truck. The U.S. Army soldiers line up to take a shower. A train moving on a track. Trucks moving on a road. Boxes of supplies waiting to be picked up. The corps standing beside the boxes. Representation of a base depot near a port of debarkation where more perishable items are stored. Meat hung in the depot. An open air depot where less perishable items are stored. Stacks of materials in the depot. A truck moving away from the area. A pictorial representation of supplies being taken by rail, truck or boat from base depots to advance depots. Dummy depots to confuse enemy aircraft. Pictorial representation of supplies being taken from advance depots to regulating stations to maintain the regularity of supplies to combat divisions. Rail cars moving on a rail track and people in view. Representation of supplies being moved to a rail head. The supplies are moved from the rail head to the combat zone and by trucks to division distributing points. (World War II period).
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