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Prisoners of war arrive in Italy after evacuation from Romania (Operation Gunn, WWII)

15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. B-17 takes off from Romania. An injured prisoner of war (with head covered in bandages) takes a seat inside plane. A POW smiles while holding a newspaper. Another POW waving goodbye from a window. Groups of bombers in flight. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands in San Giovanni Airfield. Allied prisoners of war disembark from the bomber after landing. United States troops greet their comrades after their evacuation from Romania. A happy reunion for prisoners of war and their comrades in Italy. Former prisoners of war smiling outside the bombers. Chief of Staff Colonel Taylor speaks to the former prisoners of war after their arrival in Italy. Officer gathered, including Colonel Taylor, General Nathan F. Twining, General Bourne.

Location: Romania
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079891
Filipinos recover from Japanese occupation, POW prison graves, B-24s bomb Japanese near Manila (WWII)

United States troops fight the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Filipino civilians and American troops convene outside Palo Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration in Leyte. Palo Cathedral is converted into a makeshift hospital. Rows of dozens of wounded soldiers on beds inside the church. Faces of Filipino men and women...tired faces due to living under the tyranny of Japanese occupation. Radiomen with headphones typing. Typewriter writes important information from Filipino guerrilla fighters about the conditions of Japanese occupation. Paper in typewriter reads “Guerillas dispatching authentic photos Jap atrocities”. A man shows photos of badly injured Filipino civilians under the harsh treatment of the Japanese. Destroyed church in the Philippines. A wooden crucifix of Jesus Christ on the floor surrounded by debris. Japanese occupation sign reads “1. Salute to the Japanese Army Sentries. 2. Show your residence certificate and pass. 3. Don’t miss your way.”. Shadow of a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet pass by the sign. A truck passes by a walking Japanese sentry. A Filipino man sits on top of the rice sacks. Starving Filipino farmers sweep the floor for grains of rice. “Death rate American prisoners Bilibid increasing” reads the narrator. Graves of deceased American prisoners outside the walls of Bilibid Prison, a prisoner of war and civilian internee camp in Manila. Incarcerated United States soldiers stand behind prison bars inside Bilibid Prison. Face of an American man looking up, partially obscured by shadow. Far East Air Forces General George Kenney speaking to soldiers in the airfield. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber takes off from an airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far East Air Forces bomb targets in Luzon. Bombers strafing Japanese aircraft in airfield near Manila. Aerial view of Manila Bay.

Location: Philippines
Date: 1944, October
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079910
United States Artillery officers fire at German positions in Anzio, Italy (WWII)

United States soldiers fire at Nazi positions in Anzio, Italy during the Battle of Anzio (World War II). Artillery officers use binocular to view German positions before a battle. Soldiers stand behind trenches. Another soldier uses the telephone while viewing enemy positions in the battlefield. A Howitzer raises its barrel. Man turns the wheel of a Howitzer. Artillery officers with headphones speaking. The observation officer orders on phone to change the range of firing. Soldiers fire artillery under a canopy. Partially conceal Long Toms and Howitzers continuously fire.

Location: Anzio Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079911
Prisoners of war join the Italian Service Units engineers in the United States (WWII)

Italian prisoners of war (POWs) volunteer for the Italian Service Units, as part of the Engineers Corps. in the United States during World War II. Italian POWs take an outdoor basic English class at a camp in North Carolina. A United States soldier serves as their teacher. Blackboard is written with “English Ciao”. A prisoner of war writes on the portable blackboard. Italian Service Units part of the U.S. Engineers Corps raise their hands. A prisoner of war volunteer salutes and shake hands with a United States Engineers Corps officer. ISUs are wearing American uniforms with the Italian Service Unit insignia (“Italy”) on brassard worn on the left sleeve and stitched onto the standard garrison cap. An Italian Service Unit volunteer uses a jackhammer to crush a block of stone. Two volunteers sawing a log. Other volunteers learn carpentry. Italian Service Units marching and stand at attention on the field inside a camp.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079912
United States troops create a Shanty town made of glider crates in the United Kingdom (WW2)

Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079914
United States troops test new aerial and land military weapons (WWII)

The United States Army tests new weapons during World War II. United States Army Air Force bombers drop 100-pound bombs in a huge concentrated salvo over a field. Shells explode simultaneously. A medium bomber drops an aerial torpedo. Anti-personnel bombs burst in the air shortly after being dropped from a flying bomber. Fighter planes diving and dropping auxiliary gasoline tanks used as incendiaries. This is a WW2 example of napalm use. Gasoline tanks explode and burst into flames upon hitting the ground. Artillery officers fire phosphorus shells from mortars. Explosion from phosphorus shells. Soldiers testing flamethrowers on a tank. A group of soldiers use flamethrowers simultaneously, covering the screen with thick smoke and flames.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079915
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