Allied troops fresh from the war front receive a ticker tape parade while motorcycle dispatch riders take their final tests before deploying overseas. The American military builds itself up with Soldiers and equipment for a world war, while pilot...

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Part 1, Molotov boards a plane at the Washington, D.C. airport. Shows Sec. of State Hull. Part 2, Sec. Hull and Ambassador Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement. Part 3, Grand Coulee dam is opened. Part 4, President and Mrs. Roosevelt greet King Ge...

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In this United News reel, Men, women and industry prepare for war while pilots help defend Australia from a Japanese invasion. (ARC 38911) Part 1, U.S. bombers take off and land at an Australian air base. Shows Gen. Ralph Royce. Part 2, Mrs. Roo...

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In this United News Reel from 1942, Winston Churchill and FDR review airborne troops; the Red Cross provides refugee assistance; a Navy family of 8 pose on a cruiser, assembly lines are profiled; and exiled Yugoslav royalty find a home in the Unit...

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From President Roosevelt in Washington, DC, to President Camacho in Mexico City, Mexico, this film shows the wheels of the war machine turning as West Point officers prepare for war and the citizens of Houston, Texas enlist in the Navy in retribut...

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This World War II footage follows reinforcements landing on Attu Island and "Flying Tigers" preparing for combat missions in the Pacific, as large crowds pray for the troops in Chicago. As paratroopers make a practice jump on Panama, Brazilian pr...

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Watch as Marines storm Guadalcanal, Roosevelt meet with Ecuador's President, Gen. Patton rendezvous in Casablanca and Gen. Eisenhower set up headquarters in Algiers in this World War II footage. U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal Push Back Japanese T...

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The Women's Army Corps enter full swing in this United News reel from 1942. Also featured is V-mail; Midshipmen graduating from Annapolis, Maryland; and the burning of a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific. In part 1, equipment and supplies are un...

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Hollywood joins the war effort in this installment of "Tracing World War II," from the holdings of the National Archives. Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Joe Louis and others show off their new military uniforms while the Royal Air Force takes on Germ...

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See what it took on the homefront to win the war abroad in this latest installment in "Tracing World War II," from the National Archives holdings. In part 1, Marines train in the U.S. and set up an operations post in the Pacific. Shows Adm. Byr...

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World War II scours the planet in this United News reel installment from the National Archives. Troops fight against axis powers from Guinea and North Africa all the way to France. In part 1, planes drop supplies to allied soldiers in New Gu...

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The battle rages on in the Pacific as Australian and American forces fight side-by-side in Guinea. This and plenty more vintage footage as the National Archives traces World War II through classic United News footage. SUMMARY In part l, U.S. and...

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In this vintage United News footage from World War II, new Navy Reservists join the war effort while Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery, and Marshall continue their respective campaigns to defeat the axis powers; and the 2nd US Army and British 8th A...

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In the only World War II battle on American soil, US troops wrestle Japanese forces off the Alaskan island Attu while in the north Atlantic the US Navy forces a Nazi submarine to the surface. Further south, allied troops take Tunis, wresting from ...

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The British Royal Air Force bombards Essen, Germany as the Sullivan mother christens a new navy ship named after her five fallen sons. All this and plenty more World War II footage in this United News production, one of thousands of films at the N...

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This United News reel footage starts with an inspection by President Roosevelt, and captures the most recent war efforts across the battle lines in this installment from the National Archives. SUMMARY Part 1 shows Pres. Roosevelt at camps and ...

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In just 76 hours, US Marines take one of the most vital islands of the Pacific campaign in this vintage World War II United News footage. Later on in the video, FDR meets with Churchill first in Cairo, Egypt, and then again in Teheran, Iran, this...

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Volcanoes erupt in Mexico as the US Army practices beach assaults elsewhere. Mounted Coast Guardsmen—also featured in the National Archives Fall 2009 issue of Prologue Magazine—patrol the coasts with an eye for trouble. To read the Prologue a...

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In this vintage World War II United News Reel production, the Navy gains two new cruisers and the 1942 Academy awards are presented to James Cagney and Greer Carson. SUMMARY Part 1, the Biloxi and the Astoria are launched. Part 2, shows work o...

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Gen. Eisenhower and his aides map the Normandy invasion. German pictures show the extent of their coastal defenses. Tanks, guns, locomotives, and other military equipment is massed on the English beaches. Troops practice loading operations. Landin...

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Part 1, Russian troops advance through villages behind artillery and tanks. A Russian ship in the Black Sea is bombed by German planes. A German submarine is hit by a depth bomb. Part 2, a Canadian soldier is furloughed to mine coal. Shows scenes ...

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Part 1, U.S. troops land on one of the Aleutian Islands and battle winds to put up tents. Airplanes take off from an island airfield. Shows Gen. Lloyd E. Jones. Part 2, the Dionne quintuplets are present as 5 cargo vessels are launched at the Broo...

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Part 1, nurses arrive at Port Moresby, New Guinea, and seriously wounded soldiers are evacuated. Marines count 100,000 yen captured when Japanese troops attempted an invasion of the Solomon Islands. The defenses of Guadalcanal are inspected by the...

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Part 1, allied planes bomb Pantelleria Island. Part 2, Gens. de Gaulle and Giraud inspect French troops in North Africa. Giraud decorates Gen. Eisenhower. Part 3, U.S. farmers sow potatoes. Part 4, Hindus gather for a religious ceremony in India. ...

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Part 1, Russian troops enter the city by land and sea after a naval and aerial bombardment and capture it after intense street fighting. Part 2, the Wright brothers fly at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Gen. Arnold honors Orville Wright in a Washingt...

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From dropping bombs to spraying insecticide, the Army Air Corps played a vital role in World War II. DESCRIPTION Part 1, U.S. planes bomb German cities. Gens. Clark and Alexander meet in Italy. Artillery pounds Nazi positions in Italy and ta...

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DESCRIPTION Part 1, many bombers strike Berlin and return to England, some badly damaged. Part 2, the Gripsholm arrives in New York harbor with soldiers recently freed from German prison camps. Part 3, Gen. Blamey reviews Australian veterans parad...

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DESCRIPTION Part 1, transport planes and gliders land troops on Myitkyina airstrip in northern Burma. Shows Gen. Stilwell and Gen. Frank Merrill. Lt. Col. Seagrave operates on wounded in a field hospital. Part 2, U.S. service women sightsee in Egy...

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Part 1, paratroops train and jump from planes. Part 2, Gen. de Gaulle presents the Legion of Honor to Gen. Mark Clark. Part 3, shows a Navy salvage crane at work off the Atlantic coast. Part 4, WAVES in Cedar Falls, Iowa, pick corn during a farm l...

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Part 1, troops fight at Anzio. Part 2, Under Sec. of State Stettinius returns from London. Part 3, SPARS, WAVES, and WACS model uniforms. Shows Navy nurses on Guadalcanal. Part 4, shows a baby contest in California. Part 5, the Forest Service uses...

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Part 1, crews of cutters and seaplanes plot courses of icebergs in the Atlantic. Part 2, Hoover returns from a survey of Europe's food problems and is greeted by Truman and Sec. Anderson. UNRRA supplies are distributed in Poland, particularly to c...

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Part 1 shows campaigning, voting (Apr. 10), and tabulation in Japan. A Communist incites a riot on Premier Shidehara's home. Part 2, MacArthur deplores war before the Allied Council for Japan. Part 3 shows the annual marathon in Boston. Part 4, Br...

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Part 1 shows delegates and the meeting at Jersey City, N.J. Herbert Lehman speaks on international understanding. Part 2 shows internal and external views of the flying boat Mars on the ground and in the air. Part 3 shows inside and outside views ...

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SUMMARY Part 1: Shows the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. Part 2: UN delegate Stettinius, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Senators Connally and Vandenberg pose. Part 3: General Wedemeyer and Chinese citizens greet General Marshall in Shanghai (12/20/1...

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SUMMARY Shows the signing of the Japanese surrender documents aboard the battleship Missouri in the Bay of Tokyo on Sept. 2, 1945. Includes shots of the destroyer Buchanan and airplanes flying overhead. Personages: Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemit...

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SUMMARY Shows Japan's international activities, 1931-1945: troops embark for Manchuria; Shanghai lies in ruins (1937); Japans delegation leaves the League of Nations; war rages in China; Italian troops invade Ethiopia; Franco's troops guard Madrid...

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SUMMARY Part 1, Sec. of State Stettinius, Anthony Eden, Molotov, and Mackenzie King meet in San Francisco. Shows lights going on in New York City and Washington, D.C., as blackouts are lifted. Part 2, a Chinese orphan is adopted by the 14th Air Fo...

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SUMMARY Part 1, Georges Bidault speaks to delegates at the U.N. conference. Sec. of State Stettinius presides. Part 2, New York City celebrates VE Day. President Truman announces the German surrender. U.S. and Russian troops meet at the Elbe. Show...

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Details FDR's life and accomplishments in honor of his death. SUMMARY Part 1, Chief Justice Stone swears in Pres. Truman. Part 2 shows family scenes in Pres. Roosevelt's early years; the 1932 Democratic convention; the 1933 inaugural address; th...

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SUMMARY Part 1, 5th Div. Marines advance on Iwo Jima behind artillery, naval, and aerial bombardment. Part 2, Sec. of State Stettinius signs the Chapultepec Pact at the Inter-American Conference, Mexico City. Part 3, carrier-based planes bomb the ...

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SUMMARY Part 1, President Roosevelt is visited aboard a ship by Ibn-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia; Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; and King Faruk I of Egypt. Part 2, units of the 8th Army, 6th Army (37th Inf. Div.), and the 1st Cavalry Div. part...

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SUMMARY Part 1, Japanese oil fields in Indo-China and ships are bombed, and a tanker is torpedoed. Part 2, preparations are made for the Yalta Conference in Russia. Supplies arrive and communications lines are strung. Delegates arrive and are show...

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SUMMARY Part 1, Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House. Personages: Harry Hopkins, Sec. and Mrs. Stimson, Sec. and Mrs. Forrestal, Sec. Ickes, Adm. King, Sec. and Mrs. Stettinius, G...

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SUMMARY Part 1, naval guns bombard the beaches of Leyte and carrier-based planes bomb the island defenses. The amphibious assault begins. Shows Gens. MacArthur and Wainwright and Adm. Halsey. Part 2, Red Cross personnel pack food parcels for Ameri...

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SUMMARY Part 1, a U.S. carrier task force in Japanese waters repulses a Japanese aerial assault. Part 2, Gen. Somervell speaks at a West Point graduation. Cadets pass in review. Shows Mrs. Eisenhower and her son John. Part 3, Chinese air cadets se...

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SUMMARY Part 1, WAC mechanics service airplanes in Arizona. Part 2, the Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle celebrates the completion of its 5,000th Flying Fortress. Part 3, shows poses of military cameramen who will cover the invasion of Europe. Par...

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SUMMARY Part 1, shows an amphibious assault on the islands and troops fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. Part 2, Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek inspect an airbase in China. Part 3, 10 dirigibles are used to train pilots in Cal...

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SUMMARY Kwajalein is bombarded from the air, from naval guns off shore, and from artillery batteries on a nearby atoll. U.S. troops land and advance inland under a constant artillery barrage. Flamethrowers and pack charges are used against pillbox...

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SUMMARY Part 1, allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio. German prisoners of war receive medical care. Nurses arrive, tend the wounded, eat, and draw equipment. Part 2, in a practice rescue, a doctor reaches a soldier ...

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