A Russian Film about the Battle of Gomel in World War 2. Film titled Srazhenie Za Gomel in Russian. Partisans led by 'Katya' join Russian troops. Russian soldiers proceed to Norrossika under enemy fire. Soldiers move forward in woods and fire submachine guns. Artillery fired. Commander in trench. Soldiers move in trenches. artillery are fired. Soldiers look through binoculars, and run in field. Bombs explode near them. Gun mounted tanks move forward in field.
Japanese forces entering Thailand, December,1941, in World War 2. Views of trucks filled with Japanese troops making their way through the countryside and into the capital, Bangkok. Japanese flags are visible many places. Japanese troops take up positions throughout the city. A Japanese soldier distributes leaflets to a crowd of local people. Among landmarks seen in the capital, Bangkok, are the Democracy monument and the American Consulate. (Note: Thailand declared war on the United States,January 25, 1942. After brief incarceration, the U.S.Ambassador, Willys R. Peck, left Thailand on June 29, 1942.)
Wreckage and debris in Munda, New Georgia Island, during World War 2. Workers clear field at Munda Point. Air Force construction team clear area using power shovel and road graders. Supply and ammunition base of the island. TBF planes taxi on runway. C-47 crew unload bomb carriers. Loaded bomb carriers move out towards flight line. Control Tower operators look at a P-39. It taxis and takes off. B-25 (Mitchell Bomber) makes forced belly landing.
A B-24 Liberator bomber with nose art painted name "Laden Maiden,"of the USAAF 5th Bombardment Group, sits with engines running,on Munda Point airfield, New Georgia Island, preparing to take off to bomb Japanese shipping near Truk, during World War 2. Broader view shows two squadrons of B-24s preparing for the mission as a rain storm sweeps the island. The aircraft begin taxiing for takeoff. One with nose art name "Tim-ber," shows 25 bombs, for missions, painted on its fuselage. One departing B-24 is seen to use a long takeoff run. Narrator describes difficulties encountered by one B-24 that had to ditch during the mission. Sequence shifts to post-mission scenes the day after the planes returned to Munda.Injured crew members from the ditched B-24, who had been rescued by a Navy PBY, are being transferred to a C-47 aircraft for evacuation to a medical facility. A B-24 is seen taking off on a new mission to bomb Japanese Naval base at Rabaul. View of control tower with several B-24s in formation overhead.
Civilians empty a village due to eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy during World War 2. An Italian woman holds a child. A little girl sits on the ground. Trucks drive in a village. Italian woman carries a box of belongings on top of her head. Civilians carry their belongings, such as luggage and a gramophone, and move towards a United States Army truck for removal from the area. An Italian woman smiles uneasily while carrying her belonging on top of her head. Hot lava pushing through the streets of the village destroys everything in its path. A wall of a building cracks and tumbles
U.S. Army Air Forces film about B-29 aircraft construction in the United States during World War 2. Workers in B-29 aircraft cabin. War production worker stands on stairs and works on the wing of a new B-29 at the factory. Technicians assemble parts of plane. B-29 plane under construction. Completed B-29 planes lined up in plant. Workers give finishing touches to the planes.
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