WW2 U.S. War Department Collection - VOLUME 6 DVD
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FILM 18:
1. Monsoons hamper Burma operations: The rise of the Mogaung River covers Allied supply depots and washes out bridges. Lord Mountbatten confers with General Stilwell at Warazup Airport. 2. US Army engineers detonate Japanese aerial and naval mines on Saipan. 3. American and Free French forces enter Cecina and Siena, Italy July 2nd and 3rd. 4. Allied cargo is unloaded by Indian civilian workers at a Karachi port for the Burma and China fronts. P--47s and P--51s are unloaded and towed to the Karachi airbase. 5. US Army engineers introduce modern lumbering equipment in Burma: Gas-driven chain saws, caterpillar tractors and portable sawmills. Army engineers construct a pontoon bridge with Burmese limber. 6. Normandy operations: General Omar Bradley's forces enter La Haye du Puits July 9th. Generals Bradley and Eisenhower participate in artillery action. American soldiers inspect a captured German 10-inch railroad gun in the Cherbourg Peninsula. The Allies transfer gasoline from ship to shore off the French coast. British forces amass tanks and heavy equipment for the attack on Caen. 7. Seized Nazi film shows German PT boats on patrol and midget subs (“human torpedoes"). 8. Activities on the Ledo-Burma Road: Monsoons in Northern Burma stall Ledo Road construction. Eisenhower and DeGaulle view American troop parade in Paris. US C--47s drop supplies in Burma. 9. Operations in Northern France: Explosion of a German ammo dump in Cherbourg August 17th. Demonstration of the Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank. USA, 1944, B&W, 34 minutes.
FILM 19:
1. The fall of Cherbourg: Allies capture Actve June 26th. House-to-house fighting on the outskirts of Cherbourg. General Schlieben, Admiral Hennecke and 30,000 Germans surrender. German holdouts in pillboxes are blasted by American artillery at point-blank range. Russian prisoners are freed. 2. Germany's aerial torpedo, the V1 missile, is knocked out over Britain by a Spitfire. 3. Chinese Army officers are trained by American Army instructors at"Little Fort Benning" Yunan, China. Chinese officers practice a tear-gas attack and bazooka firings. 4. Activities on the Northern Burma Front: Myitkyina airfield is placed in operation by the Allies. Supplies are moved to the front by mule. General Merrill's Marauders cut through the Burma jungle to Myitkyina. Allied wounded at the front are evacuated to Ledo hospitals by C--47s. 5. General Marshall confers with General Mark Clark at 5th Army headquarters, meets with staff officers and presents Distinguished Service Medals in Italy, and inspects the Italian front at Grosetto by air from a Piper Cub. The US 540th Engineers restore the port of Civitavecchia on June 12th, sweeping mines and towing scuttled ships. 6. Allies take Elba: Royal British warships shell Elba as Free French and Allied forces invade the island June 17th. 7. US 90th Ordnance tests captured Japanese weapons type 48 75mm and type 94 37mm mountain guns are test-fired at an M3 light tank with special armor plating, and a type 99 anti-tank mine is tested against an M3 tank. 8. US Invasion of Saipan: US forces leave Hawaii for the invasion of Saipan. Initial landings are made by US Marines on the west coast of Saipan June 15th. US carrier-based aircraft bomb and strafe the southern part of the Marianas island chain. US Marines capture Aslito airfield June 25th. USA, 1944, B&W, 30 minutes
FILM 20:
1. Japanese fighters raid a B--29 base on Saipan. The aftermath of the Japanese raid (damaged and destroyed B--29s and B--24s). 2. Activities in Burma: Near Ledo, parts for a 25-ton pontoon bridge are transported by railroad and semi-trailer to Myitkyina. US engineers assemble a pontoon bridge at the Irrawaddy River. War dogs are used to scout and track Burma jungle trails. Chinese troops at Michnaw are transported to China with supplies and pack animals by US C--47s. 3. Activities in East China: Chinese soldiers and civilians evacuate Kwaiyang ahead of the Japanese. US C--47s from Eastern China supply material for construction of the Ledo Road. 4. Activities on the German Rheineland Frontier: A knocked-out US roller-type tank-mine exploder (Model T1--E1). A US artillery unit in action. A US artillery barrage on Kiel. An examination of a German non-metallic TUK mine. 44th Division engineers probe and disarm plastic-and-wood anti-tank mines. A demonstration of a 105mm howitzer mounted on an M7 tank chassis. 5. Gateway to Berlin: The British 2nd Army speeds through Belgium. Belgian partisans receive supplies and arms from Allied airdrops. 2,000 Allied planes take off from England for bombing missions over Holland. Allied gliders and paratroopers land near Arnhem. British Lancasters loaded with"super bombs" pound the port of Antwerp. British Royal Commandos stage an attack at Westkapelle. Allied shipping arrives at Antwerp harbor. USA, 1944, B&W, 30 minutes
FILM 21:
1. Activities in Northern Burma: US anti-aircraft batteries at Myitkyina airdrome drive off 18 Japanese Zeroes. A US fighter crash-lands into a C--47. Wounded Allied personnel are transported to surgery tents by oxcart and then evacuated to hospitals by C---47s. US engineers replace a washed-out part of the Ledo Road with a pontoon ferry. Indian elephants haul telegraph poles and replace motor units temporarily washed out near Chapur. 2. Battle of France: US bazooka rockets are made more sensitive for hedgerow fighting. A demonstration of modified and unmodified bazooka rockets. Tanks are modified to cut through hedgerow. The aftermath of Allied bombing on Saint Lo. US sappers demonstrate detonation of new German anti-personnel mines. 3. 5th Army enters Pisa July 23rd. 4. Invasion of Guam: The 77th Division leaves Hawaii to take part in the invasion of Guam. Carrier-based US planes (Avengers, dive bombers and fighter planes) soften up Japanese resistance on Guam. Surface craft shell Japanese positions. USA, 1944, B&W, 29 minutes.
Four Films on One DVD Total Running Time 121 minutes.
1. Monsoons hamper Burma operations: The rise of the Mogaung River covers Allied supply depots and washes out bridges. Lord Mountbatten confers with General Stilwell at Warazup Airport. 2. US Army engineers detonate Japanese aerial and naval mines on Saipan. 3. American and Free French forces enter Cecina and Siena, Italy July 2nd and 3rd. 4. Allied cargo is unloaded by Indian civilian workers at a Karachi port for the Burma and China fronts. P--47s and P--51s are unloaded and towed to the Karachi airbase. 5. US Army engineers introduce modern lumbering equipment in Burma: Gas-driven chain saws, caterpillar tractors and portable sawmills. Army engineers construct a pontoon bridge with Burmese limber. 6. Normandy operations: General Omar Bradley's forces enter La Haye du Puits July 9th. Generals Bradley and Eisenhower participate in artillery action. American soldiers inspect a captured German 10-inch railroad gun in the Cherbourg Peninsula. The Allies transfer gasoline from ship to shore off the French coast. British forces amass tanks and heavy equipment for the attack on Caen. 7. Seized Nazi film shows German PT boats on patrol and midget subs (“human torpedoes"). 8. Activities on the Ledo-Burma Road: Monsoons in Northern Burma stall Ledo Road construction. Eisenhower and DeGaulle view American troop parade in Paris. US C--47s drop supplies in Burma. 9. Operations in Northern France: Explosion of a German ammo dump in Cherbourg August 17th. Demonstration of the Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank. USA, 1944, B&W, 34 minutes.
FILM 19:
1. The fall of Cherbourg: Allies capture Actve June 26th. House-to-house fighting on the outskirts of Cherbourg. General Schlieben, Admiral Hennecke and 30,000 Germans surrender. German holdouts in pillboxes are blasted by American artillery at point-blank range. Russian prisoners are freed. 2. Germany's aerial torpedo, the V1 missile, is knocked out over Britain by a Spitfire. 3. Chinese Army officers are trained by American Army instructors at"Little Fort Benning" Yunan, China. Chinese officers practice a tear-gas attack and bazooka firings. 4. Activities on the Northern Burma Front: Myitkyina airfield is placed in operation by the Allies. Supplies are moved to the front by mule. General Merrill's Marauders cut through the Burma jungle to Myitkyina. Allied wounded at the front are evacuated to Ledo hospitals by C--47s. 5. General Marshall confers with General Mark Clark at 5th Army headquarters, meets with staff officers and presents Distinguished Service Medals in Italy, and inspects the Italian front at Grosetto by air from a Piper Cub. The US 540th Engineers restore the port of Civitavecchia on June 12th, sweeping mines and towing scuttled ships. 6. Allies take Elba: Royal British warships shell Elba as Free French and Allied forces invade the island June 17th. 7. US 90th Ordnance tests captured Japanese weapons type 48 75mm and type 94 37mm mountain guns are test-fired at an M3 light tank with special armor plating, and a type 99 anti-tank mine is tested against an M3 tank. 8. US Invasion of Saipan: US forces leave Hawaii for the invasion of Saipan. Initial landings are made by US Marines on the west coast of Saipan June 15th. US carrier-based aircraft bomb and strafe the southern part of the Marianas island chain. US Marines capture Aslito airfield June 25th. USA, 1944, B&W, 30 minutes
FILM 20:
1. Japanese fighters raid a B--29 base on Saipan. The aftermath of the Japanese raid (damaged and destroyed B--29s and B--24s). 2. Activities in Burma: Near Ledo, parts for a 25-ton pontoon bridge are transported by railroad and semi-trailer to Myitkyina. US engineers assemble a pontoon bridge at the Irrawaddy River. War dogs are used to scout and track Burma jungle trails. Chinese troops at Michnaw are transported to China with supplies and pack animals by US C--47s. 3. Activities in East China: Chinese soldiers and civilians evacuate Kwaiyang ahead of the Japanese. US C--47s from Eastern China supply material for construction of the Ledo Road. 4. Activities on the German Rheineland Frontier: A knocked-out US roller-type tank-mine exploder (Model T1--E1). A US artillery unit in action. A US artillery barrage on Kiel. An examination of a German non-metallic TUK mine. 44th Division engineers probe and disarm plastic-and-wood anti-tank mines. A demonstration of a 105mm howitzer mounted on an M7 tank chassis. 5. Gateway to Berlin: The British 2nd Army speeds through Belgium. Belgian partisans receive supplies and arms from Allied airdrops. 2,000 Allied planes take off from England for bombing missions over Holland. Allied gliders and paratroopers land near Arnhem. British Lancasters loaded with"super bombs" pound the port of Antwerp. British Royal Commandos stage an attack at Westkapelle. Allied shipping arrives at Antwerp harbor. USA, 1944, B&W, 30 minutes
FILM 21:
1. Activities in Northern Burma: US anti-aircraft batteries at Myitkyina airdrome drive off 18 Japanese Zeroes. A US fighter crash-lands into a C--47. Wounded Allied personnel are transported to surgery tents by oxcart and then evacuated to hospitals by C---47s. US engineers replace a washed-out part of the Ledo Road with a pontoon ferry. Indian elephants haul telegraph poles and replace motor units temporarily washed out near Chapur. 2. Battle of France: US bazooka rockets are made more sensitive for hedgerow fighting. A demonstration of modified and unmodified bazooka rockets. Tanks are modified to cut through hedgerow. The aftermath of Allied bombing on Saint Lo. US sappers demonstrate detonation of new German anti-personnel mines. 3. 5th Army enters Pisa July 23rd. 4. Invasion of Guam: The 77th Division leaves Hawaii to take part in the invasion of Guam. Carrier-based US planes (Avengers, dive bombers and fighter planes) soften up Japanese resistance on Guam. Surface craft shell Japanese positions. USA, 1944, B&W, 29 minutes.
Four Films on One DVD Total Running Time 121 minutes.
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