WW2 U.S. War Department Collection - VOLUME 2 DVD
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FILM 3:
1. Multi-National work crews build American trucks in Naples. 2. Wau, New Guinea: Army Air Force transport planes make landings on an uphill airfield. Air Force meteorologists gather data. Japanese planes bomb Wau Airfield March 11. USAF P--39 fighters provide cover for transport planes evacuating wounded between Wau and Moresby. 3. An American invasion task force stages an offensive against Rendova and Munda. US infantrymen battle Japanese snipers and establish beachheads. 4. Adapted P--51 fighters with bomb racks (A--36) on strafing and dive-bombing missions against Nazi positions over Sicily. 5. A captured Nazi newsreel shows Hitler conferring the Fritz Todt Engineering Award on Albert Speer, Heinrich Himmler reviewing the Hitler Youth Corps and German war workers being honored at the Berlin Sports Palace. USA, 1943, B&W, 37 minutes.
FILM 4:
1. At Naples harbor the 5th Army prepares for the invasion of Anzio. The landing of men, supplies and heavy equipment at Anzio. Nazi aerial bombardment of Allied forces at Anzio. American forces clear mine fields and establish a beachhead. 2. Operations in Brittany: US forces shell a Nazi garrison at Cezan Island, near Saint-Malo, with a captured German 155mm howitzer August 18th. After light German resistance, the American 3rd Army enters Nantes August 10th. American forces liberate Aincher, and its citizens destroy the last vestiges of the Nazis. Units of the US Third Army battle elements of the German 7th Army. Allied forces discover 2,000--pound bombs at a German airfield. US forces encircle the German 7th Army. 3. A US armored column enters Alençon August 12th. The Allies advance to Sees. A French-manned American tank is shelled by a German 88mm gun. The Allies enter Argentan August 20th. A Canadian armored division closes a German escape route. French patriots volunteer for service at Mortagne August 13th. The Falaise-Argentan pocket is closed August 19th. Canadian and Polish forces unite at Tours. French forces round up German prisoners as General Elfeldt and his aides surrender. General Eisenhower consults with Secretary of War Patterson, General Somervell, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and General Charles DeGaulle in the Cherbourg Peninsula. 4. Big Three Session at Potsdam: President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes meet with Stalin and Molotov at Soviet headquarters in Potsdam July 18th. Churchill and Eden are replaced at the conference by the newly-elected Attlee and Bevin. Between sessions Truman meets Generals Eisenhower and Bradley and Admiral Leahy. American and British Chiefs of Staff meet at Potsdam. 5. Activities on Okinawa: A maintenance unit salvages engines from wrecked trucks. M4 thanks are equipped with anti-personnel mines (M2A1). Generals Hodges and Daniels meet at 10th Army Headquarters. The 95th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad disassemble and test-fire captured Japanese incendiary shrapnel rockets. 6. The Little David 914mm mortar is loaded with a T1 projectile and test-fired. USA, 1944, B&W, 33 minutes.
FILM 5:
1. Operations in France: The Allies capture Brest. 20,000 Germans surrender to the American 9th Army near Orleans September 20th. 2. Peleliu Operations: US forces mop up remaining Japanese in the final phase of the Peleliu campaign. The American invasion of Nagasabu Island September 20th. 3. Weasel M29--C: Demonstration of the Weasel M29--C amphibious transport vehicle in action on Bougainville and Leyte. 4. Construction of Ledo Pipeline by US engineers and construction units from India through Burma. 5. American personnel test captured German 155mm projectiles. 6. US Tank Demonstrations: A Sherman tank is fitted with new tracks for winter operations and carries an assault bridge attached to its turret. A US demolition team blows up a tank obstacle. 7. Battle of the Netherlands: The British 2nd Army liberates Tilburg. British and Canadian forces capture Antwerp. British Royal Marines stage raids in and near Westkapelle and Flushing on Walcheren Island. USA, 1944, B&W, 32 minutes.
FILM 6:
1. Chinese civilians are evacuated from Kweilin Liuchow by rail and sampan. US bombing raids stall a Japanese advance on Kweilin. Chinese forces build defenses for a last-ditch stand. General Joseph Stilwell consults with American and Chinese leaders at Kweilin. Chinese coolies aid in the demolition of the Kweilin airstrip by planting thousand-pound bombs along its runways. American demolition crews burn 550 buildings at the Kweilin airfield. Chinese troops demolish a bridge leading into Kweilin. 2. Supplies for the American 1st Army are unloaded from rail cars by civilian workers near Liege, Belgium. An American depot company operates a railway junction. Army engineers repair bridges new Pimster, Belgium. 3. Allies near the Po Valley: The 5th Army's advance is slowed down by a washed-out Bailey bridge at the Secchia River. A US field-artillery unit improvises a ferry to carry ammunition across the Saterno River. An Allied convoy moves through the mountainous terrain of the Gothic Line sector. A chemical company screens the movement of an Allied convoy. 4. American engineers rebuild a bombed-out Japanese airbase on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The 7th USAF Bomber Command maintains a weather center at Kwajalein. US personnel load bombs onto Liberators. 5. Invasion of Anguar: Elements of the 5th Fleet neutralize Japanese positions on Anguar with naval artillery. The 81st Infantry Division is the first to hit the beach September 17th. Flamethrowing units ferret out entrenched Japanese. A beachhead is established and supplies and heavy equipment are unloaded. The fight for Bloody Gulch. Obstructions are cleared for advancing armor and artillery. Infantry clean-up. A wounded man of the 81st is rescued under fire. The final phase of the invasion brings mortar and machine-gun action. The remains of a blown-up phosphate plant on Anguar. USA, 1944, B&W, 25 minutes.
Four films on one DVD Toal running time 126 minutes.
1. Multi-National work crews build American trucks in Naples. 2. Wau, New Guinea: Army Air Force transport planes make landings on an uphill airfield. Air Force meteorologists gather data. Japanese planes bomb Wau Airfield March 11. USAF P--39 fighters provide cover for transport planes evacuating wounded between Wau and Moresby. 3. An American invasion task force stages an offensive against Rendova and Munda. US infantrymen battle Japanese snipers and establish beachheads. 4. Adapted P--51 fighters with bomb racks (A--36) on strafing and dive-bombing missions against Nazi positions over Sicily. 5. A captured Nazi newsreel shows Hitler conferring the Fritz Todt Engineering Award on Albert Speer, Heinrich Himmler reviewing the Hitler Youth Corps and German war workers being honored at the Berlin Sports Palace. USA, 1943, B&W, 37 minutes.
FILM 4:
1. At Naples harbor the 5th Army prepares for the invasion of Anzio. The landing of men, supplies and heavy equipment at Anzio. Nazi aerial bombardment of Allied forces at Anzio. American forces clear mine fields and establish a beachhead. 2. Operations in Brittany: US forces shell a Nazi garrison at Cezan Island, near Saint-Malo, with a captured German 155mm howitzer August 18th. After light German resistance, the American 3rd Army enters Nantes August 10th. American forces liberate Aincher, and its citizens destroy the last vestiges of the Nazis. Units of the US Third Army battle elements of the German 7th Army. Allied forces discover 2,000--pound bombs at a German airfield. US forces encircle the German 7th Army. 3. A US armored column enters Alençon August 12th. The Allies advance to Sees. A French-manned American tank is shelled by a German 88mm gun. The Allies enter Argentan August 20th. A Canadian armored division closes a German escape route. French patriots volunteer for service at Mortagne August 13th. The Falaise-Argentan pocket is closed August 19th. Canadian and Polish forces unite at Tours. French forces round up German prisoners as General Elfeldt and his aides surrender. General Eisenhower consults with Secretary of War Patterson, General Somervell, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and General Charles DeGaulle in the Cherbourg Peninsula. 4. Big Three Session at Potsdam: President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes meet with Stalin and Molotov at Soviet headquarters in Potsdam July 18th. Churchill and Eden are replaced at the conference by the newly-elected Attlee and Bevin. Between sessions Truman meets Generals Eisenhower and Bradley and Admiral Leahy. American and British Chiefs of Staff meet at Potsdam. 5. Activities on Okinawa: A maintenance unit salvages engines from wrecked trucks. M4 thanks are equipped with anti-personnel mines (M2A1). Generals Hodges and Daniels meet at 10th Army Headquarters. The 95th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad disassemble and test-fire captured Japanese incendiary shrapnel rockets. 6. The Little David 914mm mortar is loaded with a T1 projectile and test-fired. USA, 1944, B&W, 33 minutes.
FILM 5:
1. Operations in France: The Allies capture Brest. 20,000 Germans surrender to the American 9th Army near Orleans September 20th. 2. Peleliu Operations: US forces mop up remaining Japanese in the final phase of the Peleliu campaign. The American invasion of Nagasabu Island September 20th. 3. Weasel M29--C: Demonstration of the Weasel M29--C amphibious transport vehicle in action on Bougainville and Leyte. 4. Construction of Ledo Pipeline by US engineers and construction units from India through Burma. 5. American personnel test captured German 155mm projectiles. 6. US Tank Demonstrations: A Sherman tank is fitted with new tracks for winter operations and carries an assault bridge attached to its turret. A US demolition team blows up a tank obstacle. 7. Battle of the Netherlands: The British 2nd Army liberates Tilburg. British and Canadian forces capture Antwerp. British Royal Marines stage raids in and near Westkapelle and Flushing on Walcheren Island. USA, 1944, B&W, 32 minutes.
FILM 6:
1. Chinese civilians are evacuated from Kweilin Liuchow by rail and sampan. US bombing raids stall a Japanese advance on Kweilin. Chinese forces build defenses for a last-ditch stand. General Joseph Stilwell consults with American and Chinese leaders at Kweilin. Chinese coolies aid in the demolition of the Kweilin airstrip by planting thousand-pound bombs along its runways. American demolition crews burn 550 buildings at the Kweilin airfield. Chinese troops demolish a bridge leading into Kweilin. 2. Supplies for the American 1st Army are unloaded from rail cars by civilian workers near Liege, Belgium. An American depot company operates a railway junction. Army engineers repair bridges new Pimster, Belgium. 3. Allies near the Po Valley: The 5th Army's advance is slowed down by a washed-out Bailey bridge at the Secchia River. A US field-artillery unit improvises a ferry to carry ammunition across the Saterno River. An Allied convoy moves through the mountainous terrain of the Gothic Line sector. A chemical company screens the movement of an Allied convoy. 4. American engineers rebuild a bombed-out Japanese airbase on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The 7th USAF Bomber Command maintains a weather center at Kwajalein. US personnel load bombs onto Liberators. 5. Invasion of Anguar: Elements of the 5th Fleet neutralize Japanese positions on Anguar with naval artillery. The 81st Infantry Division is the first to hit the beach September 17th. Flamethrowing units ferret out entrenched Japanese. A beachhead is established and supplies and heavy equipment are unloaded. The fight for Bloody Gulch. Obstructions are cleared for advancing armor and artillery. Infantry clean-up. A wounded man of the 81st is rescued under fire. The final phase of the invasion brings mortar and machine-gun action. The remains of a blown-up phosphate plant on Anguar. USA, 1944, B&W, 25 minutes.
Four films on one DVD Toal running time 126 minutes.
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NTSC Region 0 encoding (Entire World)
