British artillerymen load and fire 5.5 inch field gun, under camouflage netting in the North African desert, during World War 2. One soldier talks on radio. A squad of soldiers leaves their trench and moves forward.They march single-file across the sand, and pause to fix bayonets on their weapons, before charging across the terrain. They dive down into prone positions, near a dead German soldier. Shells from German artillery fire explode close in front of them.One shell almost strikes them. They continue to advance with shells bursting all around them.
Truck convoy of British troops moving across desert in North Africa, during World War 2. Light observation planes fly low overhead. British troops load a disabled tank aboard a flat bed truck while shellsl burst all around them during the operation. Brief view of British paratroopers seated inside a transport aircraft. British troops refueling and rearming a tank. A large number of German and Italian prisoners of war are assembled under British guard, in the desert.
U.S. officers General George C Marshall, HH Arnold, Brehon Somervell and Lesley J McNair seated around table and discussing map in Washington DC, USA, during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill at a meeting in Casablanca, French Morocco.
During World War 2, American 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, troops march on a road near Fedhala in French Morocco. Native Moroccans pass on road. Close-up views of the faces of some of the marching U.S. army soldiers.
Events related to the visit of President Franklin Roosevelt to a war production plant in United States during World War 2. A group of United States Navy personnel stands at attention. Views of a war plant under construction. President Motorcade moves down a road. Secret Service Agents stand on running boards.
Film starts showing view from a hilltop of the port of Yalta, Crimea, during World War 2. A Soviet soldier stands behind barbed wire next to several street signs. One points toward Livadia (site of the Yalta Conference). A woman with a small child walks along a winding sidewalk overlooking the port. The Medved'-gora (Bear mountain) is seen in the background. A motorcycle with sidecar drives down a road. A Soviet soldier walks past destroyed structure. Camera pans over other destroyed buildings. Street scene showing three-story apartment buildings with porches, lining the road and pedestrians walking along the street and sidewalks. No motor vehicles are seen. Closeup of civilians standing in a group that includes several men, a woman, and some school age children. A boy in the group wears a military style cap. Children gather near a cartoon poster depicting Adolf Hitler with bandages on his head. Two Soviet men converse near the displays. Another cartoon poster with 1941 on it, shows Hitler and his cronies using periscopic artillery binoculars as they hungrily eye the Kremlin as a target. Below it in juxtaposition, with date 1945, is a cartoon showing Hitler in rubble, completely overwhelmed by Soviet military might. A woman with a boy and girl are seen at an open shop window where a woman is dispensing drinks. The boy is drinking one and the woman gets one too.
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