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Soviet men fighting as soldiers and guerrilla fighters against German invaders during WW2

A Soviet soldier recounts his wartime experience in a letter to his wife during World War 2, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Armored train cars leave a factory in the Soviet Union. Hands holding a letter written in Russian. Hands holding a letter written in English. Soviet soldiers on the ground fire at German bombers with anti-aircraft artillery at night. Soviet infantry and tanks move across a battlefield. Explosion from bombs dropped from bombers. Tank reserve moving behind Soviet infantry. Soviet artillery fires from under a camouflage net. Explosion from artillery fire in battlefield. A rapidly deploying smoke screen. Soviet infantry cling to pontoon bridge while under heavy fire. Soviet cavalry ford river with artillery cannon in foreground. A burning village after being set on fire by retreating German soldiers. A Soviet soldier inspects ruins of a village razed due to German “Scorched Earth policy”. An elderly Russian woman crying in despair. Soviet soldiers take rifles from dead bodies. Soviet defenders killed by German forces. A Russian man rings church bells in victory as village is liberated. Soviet tanks fire while advancing. An advancing tank runs over trees in the forest while infantry trails behind. A tank advancing through a razed village, with infantry trailing behind. A clock is seen still running on ruined wall on fire.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079159
Aftermath of German aerial bombing in Paris, France (WW2)

Aftermath of aerial bombing of Paris before the surrender of the city to German forces in World War 2. Thick clouds of smoke cover a burning suburb in Paris. Fire in the backyard of a house. Dead cattle lying on their sides. A modern brick apartment with damaged façade. Remains of cars bodies after bombing. Dashboard and wheel of burned car after German bombings. A street with damaged buildings, including a creperie. A destroyed corner shop, with cans of foodstuff still on shelves. Body of a burning truck. Apartments partially destroyed from bombing. Rubble and remains of a partially destroyed façade. Water flowing from water pipes of a bombed building. A burning truck, outside a Metro station entrance. A traffic barrier with the skulls and crossbones symbol, denoting danger. Smoke emanates from destroyed building façade.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1940, June 3
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079262
Ford executives inspect military planes as company promises to meet war demands for aircraft (WW2)

Ford executives meet with a U.S. military official as the company promises to build 5000 aircraft per day to meet war production demands in World War 2. Ford executives inspect planes. Charles “Charlie” Sorensen, Ford executive responsible for Ford’s defense contracts, speaks with United States military officer and inspects a Curtiss P-40 (possibly an XP-40) fighter. Edsel Ford, Charlie Sorensen and an officer inspect the fighter’s cockpit. Henry Ford, wearing a straw boater, observes the meeting. Propeller of the P-40 fighter plane. Henry Ford listening to a discussion. Military aircraft in flight over mountains as seen from an aircraft. Spectators watch and take photographs. View of aircraft in flight. Cockpit POV view of a group of bombers in flight. Aerial view of three United States Army bombers (likely Boeing Y1B-17 ) in flight. A Boeing Y1B-17 flying. A group of United States Army Boeing Y1B-17 bombers in flight.

Location: Dearborn Michigan USA
Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079263
Deployed Canadian soldiers spend time on board ship to Europe (WW2)

Canada deploys its army to fight in Europe during World War 2. Ships leave Canada carrying the 1st Battalion of The Hastings and the Prince Edward Regiment of the Canadian Army heading for London, United Kingdom. Canadian soldiers marching on deck. Canadian soldiers wear their life vests. Canadian soldiers play games on deck, including shuffleboard. Canadian soldiers wave at the camera on deck. Canadian soldiers march on the streets of London after disembarking from ships. Canadian soldiers marching by the Palace of Westminster and the Big Ben. Canadian soldiers enter the Buckingham Palace gates as they are being watched by onlookers. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the wife of King George VI, watches the Canadian soldiers’ arrival from a balcony. Canadian troops stand in attention. King George VI of the United Kingdom salutes to troops. Canadian soldiers leave the Buckingham Palace. Onlookers outside the Buckingham Palace. A Canadian soldier marches away.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079270
Scrap metal used in steel production to manufacture war materiel in the United States (WW2)

Naval artillery firing from warships during World War 2. Artillery fire during nighttime. A thick smoke from a battered ship after a naval battle. Smokestacks of a factory. View of a steel plant. Carts of scrap metal being brought to a steel plant. A horizontal charging machine empties boxes of metal and scrap into the furnace. Molten metal inside factory foundry ladles. Molten metal pours from ladle. A war production worker in steel factory. Coal burning in foundry furnace. A worker operates a machine to lift mold from newly cast blooms. Hot slabs of steel roll and take shape on factory assembly line. War Production Board headquarters in Washington DC. Chairman of the War Production Board, Donald Nelson, speaks about the importance of steel production to meet increasing war demands. “We must have a continuing flow of scrap in order to keep steel production at the level needed to meet our war requirements”, says Donald Nelson.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079271
Men building ships and making artillery shells (WW2)

Shipbuilding and shell production in the United States during World War 2. Men on scaffold work on a ship in dry dock. Man applies white paint to mark decking. Man takes out a molten metal from foundry furnace. Man working a shell casing on a lathe. Man operating a drilling rig moves shell casings. A group of shells are carted away. Men working on molten steel furnace and casting shells. Men arranging newly made shells.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079273
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