WW2 U.S. War Department Collection - VOLUME 7 DVD
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FILM 22:
1. Aerial Techniques in the Southwest Pacific: 100 Liberator fortresses and medium Mitchells bomb Hansa Bay. Wewak, New Guinea and Rabaul, New Britain, demonstrating skip and para-frag bombing. US fighters destroy a Japanese fighter, reconnaissance plane and dive bomber in the air. 2. Black construction units rebuild a Munda airfield. 3. The Fifth Army in Italy: General Mark Clark's 5th Army hits the beach at Salerno, drives for Rome and captures Naples and Avellino. Aerial shots of the decimation of Benevento. The 5th Army crosses the Volturno River with pontoon bridges. General Mark Clark delivers a message to American war workers. 4. With the Australians in New Guinea: US cargo planes drop supplies to Australian forces in the jungles of New Guinea, where they fight the Japanese with the aid of the natives. USA, 1943, B&W, 29 minutes.
FILM 23:
1. A US artillery unit, in action. 2. A B--26 Marauder base in England: B--26s dodge flak over the coast of France and then drop 500-pounders on German airfields in France and Holland. A B--26 crash-lands while returning to its base in England. B--26s are serviced by ground crews after a mission. 3."A Few Quick Facts": A cartoon describing the Iowa-class battleship and the average GI. 4."Battle of Hill 700": Japanese atrocities in Nanking by the infamous Japanese 6th Division. US forces battle the Japanese 6th Division in the battle of Hill 700 on Bougainville. 5. Hitting the Beach in Italy: LSTs being loaded with supplies and men prior to an amphibious invasion. US personnel unload cargo from LSTs using pontoon bridges and sea jeeps (“ducks"). German planes attack LSTs. 6. P--47 Thunderbolt pilots based in Britain are instructed before a mission. P--47s are readied for a mission by ground crews. P--47s rendezvous with bombers over the English Channel. P--47s dogfight with German fighters over France. 7. US soldiers at a Sunday service in the Pacific. 8. Allied planes attack a speeding German locomotive. Army railroad workers repair captured German locomotives and rail systems. 9. General MacArthur orders American and Australian paratroopers to move in at Lae, New Guinea. American and Australian paratroopers prepare for the jump and board C--47s. A patrol plane lays smoke to cover the jump. American and Australian paratroopers jump at Lae. USA, 1943, B&W, 40 minutes.
FILM 24:
1. From an American Army supply depot in Calcutta P--40 replacement motors are shipped to Burma via Indian railroads and the Ledo Road. American C--47"sky trains" drop supplies in Burma. Chinese troops led. trained and supplied by Americans fight the Japanese in the Burma jungles. At an American medical unit in Northern Burma, famed surgeon Colonel Gordon Seagrave treats the wounded. 2. Anti-aircraft guns, barrage balloons and fast fighters try to destroy V--1 missiles over Britain. A V--1 launching site is destroyed near Rouen. A V--1 missile is grounded nearby. 3. The Allied capture of Toulon and Marseilles. Germans scuttle the French fleet, including the battleship Dunkirk. French forces battle entrenched Germans new Marseilles. 4. The Canadian 1st Army captures Rouen, a major V--1 launching site, August 31st. A close-up look at German anti-invasion defenses on the French coast. 5. Rocket-firing RAF Typhoons and American Thunderbolt fighter bombers are loaded for bombing and strafing missions. An RAF Typhoon strafing mission smashes a German armored column destroying Panther Tanks. The British 2nd Army advances to Amiens on August 31st. The Allies capture Brussels September 4th. German prisoners of war are rounded up and placed in internment camps in Antwerp. 6. The wreckage of a Nazi convoy destroyed by Allied bombers north of Paris. American forces intercept a German evacuation train containing personnel and tanks. The American 1st Army advances northeast of Paris. American forces discover a Nazi torture chamber in Paris. US engineers ferry a bridge under fire at the Seine. Captured German weapons are destroyed. Verdun is attacked at night by German bombers and then liberated by Allied forces August 31st. The Allies cross the Merz River. USA, 1944, B&W, 33 minutes
FILM 25:
1. RAF and 8th Air Force report from Britain: French pilots flying three A--20s for the RAF slip into France and bomb a factory. US bombers fly into Germany and bomb an airplane factory. 2. Inspirational report of Marines in the Pacific. 3. Activities on Leyte and Mendova: Japanese planes attack landing operations on Mendova. US engineers reconstruct the San Jose Airfield. A P--38 crash-lands on a carrier. 4. Air ferry route to Russia: Canadian-built planes are transported to Russia via Alaska. 5. British troops advance on Pinwe. US engineers repair the Bengal Assam railroad. British sappers in action in Burma. General Pick conducts an inspection tour of the Ledo Road. 6. Nazi version of action in the East: Shots of German action in the Baltic. Diving Stukas over Warsaw. 7. Action before the German counter-offensive at Duren. Demonstration of a captured German 120mm mortar. Comparison of a US 81mm mortar and a German 120mm mortar. A knocked-out King Tiger Tank is put back into fighting shape by the 129th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion of the 7th Armored Division. 8. Survey of Allied bombing damage in Strasbourg and the remains of the Junkers aircraft-engine factory. 9. Battle of the Bulge: Incidents in the American defense of Bastogne. C--47s drop supplies to cut off American forces. German heavy equipment is knocked out by the 82nd Airborne Division. USA, 1943-44, B&W, 29 minutes.
Four Films on one DVD Total running time 129 minutes.
1. Aerial Techniques in the Southwest Pacific: 100 Liberator fortresses and medium Mitchells bomb Hansa Bay. Wewak, New Guinea and Rabaul, New Britain, demonstrating skip and para-frag bombing. US fighters destroy a Japanese fighter, reconnaissance plane and dive bomber in the air. 2. Black construction units rebuild a Munda airfield. 3. The Fifth Army in Italy: General Mark Clark's 5th Army hits the beach at Salerno, drives for Rome and captures Naples and Avellino. Aerial shots of the decimation of Benevento. The 5th Army crosses the Volturno River with pontoon bridges. General Mark Clark delivers a message to American war workers. 4. With the Australians in New Guinea: US cargo planes drop supplies to Australian forces in the jungles of New Guinea, where they fight the Japanese with the aid of the natives. USA, 1943, B&W, 29 minutes.
FILM 23:
1. A US artillery unit, in action. 2. A B--26 Marauder base in England: B--26s dodge flak over the coast of France and then drop 500-pounders on German airfields in France and Holland. A B--26 crash-lands while returning to its base in England. B--26s are serviced by ground crews after a mission. 3."A Few Quick Facts": A cartoon describing the Iowa-class battleship and the average GI. 4."Battle of Hill 700": Japanese atrocities in Nanking by the infamous Japanese 6th Division. US forces battle the Japanese 6th Division in the battle of Hill 700 on Bougainville. 5. Hitting the Beach in Italy: LSTs being loaded with supplies and men prior to an amphibious invasion. US personnel unload cargo from LSTs using pontoon bridges and sea jeeps (“ducks"). German planes attack LSTs. 6. P--47 Thunderbolt pilots based in Britain are instructed before a mission. P--47s are readied for a mission by ground crews. P--47s rendezvous with bombers over the English Channel. P--47s dogfight with German fighters over France. 7. US soldiers at a Sunday service in the Pacific. 8. Allied planes attack a speeding German locomotive. Army railroad workers repair captured German locomotives and rail systems. 9. General MacArthur orders American and Australian paratroopers to move in at Lae, New Guinea. American and Australian paratroopers prepare for the jump and board C--47s. A patrol plane lays smoke to cover the jump. American and Australian paratroopers jump at Lae. USA, 1943, B&W, 40 minutes.
FILM 24:
1. From an American Army supply depot in Calcutta P--40 replacement motors are shipped to Burma via Indian railroads and the Ledo Road. American C--47"sky trains" drop supplies in Burma. Chinese troops led. trained and supplied by Americans fight the Japanese in the Burma jungles. At an American medical unit in Northern Burma, famed surgeon Colonel Gordon Seagrave treats the wounded. 2. Anti-aircraft guns, barrage balloons and fast fighters try to destroy V--1 missiles over Britain. A V--1 launching site is destroyed near Rouen. A V--1 missile is grounded nearby. 3. The Allied capture of Toulon and Marseilles. Germans scuttle the French fleet, including the battleship Dunkirk. French forces battle entrenched Germans new Marseilles. 4. The Canadian 1st Army captures Rouen, a major V--1 launching site, August 31st. A close-up look at German anti-invasion defenses on the French coast. 5. Rocket-firing RAF Typhoons and American Thunderbolt fighter bombers are loaded for bombing and strafing missions. An RAF Typhoon strafing mission smashes a German armored column destroying Panther Tanks. The British 2nd Army advances to Amiens on August 31st. The Allies capture Brussels September 4th. German prisoners of war are rounded up and placed in internment camps in Antwerp. 6. The wreckage of a Nazi convoy destroyed by Allied bombers north of Paris. American forces intercept a German evacuation train containing personnel and tanks. The American 1st Army advances northeast of Paris. American forces discover a Nazi torture chamber in Paris. US engineers ferry a bridge under fire at the Seine. Captured German weapons are destroyed. Verdun is attacked at night by German bombers and then liberated by Allied forces August 31st. The Allies cross the Merz River. USA, 1944, B&W, 33 minutes
FILM 25:
1. RAF and 8th Air Force report from Britain: French pilots flying three A--20s for the RAF slip into France and bomb a factory. US bombers fly into Germany and bomb an airplane factory. 2. Inspirational report of Marines in the Pacific. 3. Activities on Leyte and Mendova: Japanese planes attack landing operations on Mendova. US engineers reconstruct the San Jose Airfield. A P--38 crash-lands on a carrier. 4. Air ferry route to Russia: Canadian-built planes are transported to Russia via Alaska. 5. British troops advance on Pinwe. US engineers repair the Bengal Assam railroad. British sappers in action in Burma. General Pick conducts an inspection tour of the Ledo Road. 6. Nazi version of action in the East: Shots of German action in the Baltic. Diving Stukas over Warsaw. 7. Action before the German counter-offensive at Duren. Demonstration of a captured German 120mm mortar. Comparison of a US 81mm mortar and a German 120mm mortar. A knocked-out King Tiger Tank is put back into fighting shape by the 129th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion of the 7th Armored Division. 8. Survey of Allied bombing damage in Strasbourg and the remains of the Junkers aircraft-engine factory. 9. Battle of the Bulge: Incidents in the American defense of Bastogne. C--47s drop supplies to cut off American forces. German heavy equipment is knocked out by the 82nd Airborne Division. USA, 1943-44, B&W, 29 minutes.
Four Films on one DVD Total running time 129 minutes.
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NTSC Region 0 encoding (Entire World)
