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U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower delivers a speech on the V-E Day in Paris, France.
U.S. Army General Dwight Eisenhower speaks on the V-E day in Paris, France during World War II. General Eisenhower delivers a speech in Paris on the Victory in Europe Day. The General states that he has the proud privilege of speaking for the fighting men in his theater who conquered Western Europe and destroyed more men than they themselves possessed. The Allies selected Germany as their first object because it was the one place that all the Allies could bring their weight to bear. General Eisenhower pays his tribute to the Soviet Russian Army, the Allied Forces in Italy, the French, the British and the Americans on the Western Front and to GI Joe and his counterparts whom he says were the real heroes of the war.
Strafing and attacking ground targets, ME-109 and FW-190, European Theater.
The 8th Fighter Command Operations, European Theater. 27-May-1944; Lieutenant R L Baker of 82nd squadron 78th fighter group flies the aircraft. Attacking the ground targets as seen via gun camera footage. Strafing of two flak towers. A decoy aircraft in flight. 29-May-1944; Captain B L McGratten of 335th squadron 4th fighter group flies the aircraft. Attacking ME-109 and FE-190. Aircraft fly fighter protection for formation of B-17's. Chasing and hitting of FW-190. 30-May-1944; Lieutenant J R Cook of 360th squadron 356 fighter group flies the plane. Strafing of large freighter, schooner and two small targets. (World War II period).
U.S. Army officers address 6th Army soldiers before New Guinea landings in the South West Pacific during World War II.
The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A U.S. Army officer at a podium as he addresses soldiers. A large number of soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division seated as they listen to him before New Guinea landings. Another officer addresses the soldiers. The soldiers at a map as they are being briefed. The soldiers in combat gear as they prepare for the landings. A sign reads 'Headquarters of the Sixth Army entrance'. A man at a wireless receiver set as he wears headphones. A picture of a woman on the desk.
Germany institutes measures to increase war efforts on the home front during World War II
Captured German propaganda film designed to encourage the population in the final days of World War 2. The closed Theater des Volkes (Theater of the people) in Berlin is seen at it's start. Steel gates are being pulled across the entrance of the Deutsches Opernhaus (German Opera House). Steel gates are drawn across the entrance to the Schiller Theater on Bismarckstrasse in Berlin. A sign announcing the open hours at a play house, is covered by a cardboard. Likewise a sign at an opera theater is covered. (Narrator states that Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Reich Minister of Propaganda, has been given the title: "Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War.") City trams are diverted to carry war supplies. View of men loading boxes into one. A tram pulling rail cars loaded with freight. An automobile being towed by a tram. Morale boosting slogans posted in various places. (one reads "Relentlessly determined to win victory." Another reads "With the Leader (Fuhrer) to Victory." Joseph Goebbels, addressing a rally of armaments workers in the Rhineland District, tells them (according to the Narrator) "Before we admit the enemy to German soil, and submit ourselves to his will, we will first work our hands bloody and work to our last breath." The assembled workers applaud enthusiastically.Men and women over 65 years of age are seen engaged in light manufacturing. German miners coming off shift volunteer to dig trenches and prepare earthworks. The receive tools and march to a work site. Views of men digging defenses in East Prussia where it became urgent as the Soviet army drew near in October, 1944. In another similar scene, many women are seen working alongside men building defenses. A group of Nazi officers pose for pictures ostensibly working to also dig fortifications. A huge civilian work force is seen digging deep and wide ditches to stop or delay invaders.
Montage of scenes showing West 125th Street and vicinity in Harlem, New York City
Bus moving on 125th Street in Harlem, New York City, passes the Apollo theater. The theater marquee advertises Gloria Lynne, and the Jimmy Smith trio. The street is wet and parked cars along the curb show a dusting of snow. Up the street, the Loew's theater can be seen. Traffic in both directions on the street, including a large truck, and a small wheel loader construction machine. Closeup of the Apollo marquee, with illuminated lights circling its base. Poster at the entrance, with photograph of Gloria Lynne, and other featured acts. Beside the headliners, the poster mentions "The Wanderers," and "Kenny & Warren," and "Symphony Sid," who are pictured in the poster. Camera pans over the marquee area. Pedestrians walk past. Scene shifts to nearby Playland arcade. Coin-operated rides for children are shown near the entrance,including mechanical horse, automobile (dusted with snow), and helicopter rides. A Neon sign reads "Playland Admission Free. Shooting Gallery." Many cars drive on the street and pedestrians make their way across the street, between them, in the middle of the block. A bowling alley, named "Harlem Lanes," is advertised by a marquee that also touts a cocktail lounge, bar, and restaurant. A restaurant called "Palm Cafe," is seen, and above it a sign in office window reading "Beneficial Finance Loans." A street-level window advertises "Rudy Williams and his Rocking Combo." A Pawn shop advertises "Rhode Loans, Cash in a flash." Club Lido has a snow covered awning extended across the sidewalk and a sign above reading,""Lido Bar & Grill." View of the Reverend Oberia D. Dempsey's House of Hope and Upper Park Avenue Baptist Church on 125th Street. The main church entrance with schedule of services posted beside it. Camera focuses on the House of Hope sign, with messages calling for protection of women and children from the "Dreadful Narcotic Racket, and to rid Harlem from crime misery and fear. It also refers to the House of Hope as a Half-way-house and Rehabilitation Center for drug addicts coming from hospitals and other institutions. Sign cites Rev.O.D.Dempsey as Director, and Assemblyman Lloyd E. Dickens, as chairman, and appeals for support in their $100 thousand campaign. Another sign advertises the Mississippi Alabama Southern Relief Committee seeking to provide food, money, and clothing for the thousands of homeless and destitute.
The Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, Belgium, 1944 (WW2)
Animated map showing disposition of Allied and opposing German forces in Belgium during World War II. Highlighted places include the River Meuse, Bastogne, and Liege. Brief glimpse of German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, commander of the German Army Command in the West. German troops riding through forest over light snow on a King Tiger II tank. The tank churning up dirt and snow at high speed in another scene. German infantry moving through the forest at dusk. Illustrated map shows national flags delineating battle fronts and the German breakout (Bulge in the line) aiming toward Antwerp Harbor through Liege. Next are series of rapidly changing battle scenes showing American troops in house-to-house combat near houses and stores of towns, moving through smoke and mist, one throwing a hand grenade into an apartment building, helping one another move through buildings, setting off explosives, communicating on a field telephone, moving through burning rubble, and running across snow around industrial buildings. Dramatic camera shakes are seen during some of the nearby explosions. Two U.S. soldiers silhouetted against the snow as place a wounded buddy in a sheltered spot. One places a bandage around the neck of the injured soldier. American medics carrying wounded on litters, across a snowy field containing a several fallen soldiers. One soldier calls for a medic. Corpsmen moving on to a new battlefield. U.S. troops firing machine guns from atop Sherman tanks in a city as infantrymen crouch behind the tanks. Glimpse from inside, of a German soldier firing an Mg34 model machine gun out a building window. Embattled American troops and trucks moving past burning buildings. Closeups of American GIs dashing from building to building and firing from improvised shelter. A bazooka fired out a building window strikes a tank, which is seen burning. Individual soldiers running for shelter as Medical Corpsmen carry the wounded on litter the opposite way. Scene shifts to British forces moving in from further North, through the snow. Glimpse of women and children and aged folks, in Belgium, frightened by the goings on. An old woman holds a small girl who is crying. British infantry advancing into action across a snowy field. A British machine gunner firing from a protected position. U.S. troops entrenched in deep snow. December 24th, clearing weather allowed some Allied air support to aid the troops. Glimpse of aircraft contrails. Formations of Allied aircraft overhead. Aerial view of a formation of British Hawker Typhoon fighter bombers in flight. View from a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight with others creating thick contrails at high altitude. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a bomber in flight. American soldiers on the ground watching with binoculars. U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47 Thunderbolt overhead, break out of formation and dive to attack German ground targets. American GIs on the ground cheer as they watch. A huge explosion takes place near an American crew manning a heavy gun pointing point blank with zero elevation. American soldiers load rockets into a truck-mounted launcher. Several truck-mounted launchers firing their rocket barrages. U.S. infantry advancing atop tanks, in armored personnel carriers, and on foot. They carry axes, shovels, and similar tools along with their weapons. Army trucks entering a town. The infantry moving through a forest. More troops on vehicles of all kinds moving into a town.
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