THE WORLD AT WAR (B&W, 43:21)
The U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures, 1942: "Here is a pictorial record of a decade of war that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Western Hemisphere. The material for this film was taken from the news reels and from the enemy films in the custody of the United States Government. Nothing has been staged. Every scene in this record is authentic. This film represents an attempt to record history in the making. The Editors are Americans, and therefore partisan, but every effort has been made to let the facts speak for themselves." Using material largely taken from secret government archives, the film presents President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor "Day of Infamy" speech; interventionist and isolationist speeches by U.S. politicians, including Wendell Wilkie; a violent German-American Bund Rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden; the invasion and exploitation of China; the Italian invasion of Ethiopia; Italian Fascisti at Japanese rally; the Spanish Civil War; the signing of the Munich Agreement that divided Czechoslovakia; the Anschluss of Austria; the invasion of Czechoslovakia; Hitler mocks FDR from the Reichstag; the invasion of Poland; Heinkel 111 and Junkers 87 Stuka planes bomb targets over Poland; strafed refugees in Polish countryside; the destruction of Warsaw; German troops parade through Warsaw; the Maginot Line; the invasion of Denmark & Norway; the invasion of Holland and Belgium; the bombing of Rotterdam; the German breakthrough of Allied lines; Dunkerque; the Fall of France; the French surrender at Compiegne; the bombing of London; the invasion of Russia; the fall of the Philippines; Lend Lease; U.S. arms manufacturing; Pan-American opposition to fascism; more.
GERMANY: 28 MONTHS AFTER D-DAY (Color, Silent, 46:07)
These striking images, filmed almost entirely in color, of destroyed German cities and factories were taken by Mr. George T. Fonda, Assistant to the President, Weirton Steel Co., during an investigation of German industrial production two years after the devastation of World War II. The objective was to report on German industrial production and manpower problems and to determine the factors deterring maximum production. The result was an historic documentation of the awesome destructive force of air power. As quoted from the titles cards: "Some shots of people in the street; but even urban areas seem bereft of people; By Army Plane from London to Berlin (note destruction in Berlin) aerials; Tempelhof Airport, Berlin; wealthy German residence; Goebbels residence in Berlin (damaged); American military headquarters (formerly Luftwaffe HQ); African-American soldier guarding headquarters salutes; General Lucius Clay and staff review troops; Ambassador Murphy; Frank Fritts, economic adviser to General Clay; colored map showing partioning of Germany; bombed out buildings; devastation; Germans scrounging in ruins; Schillstrasse; the Reichstag; 1870 Victory Column; the Tiergarten; Russian monument to 1945 victory; Hitler's chancellery and office; the bunker where Hitler died; Goebbels propaganda radio tower; small shops emerging from the ruins; Olympic stadium; by rail to Essen; ruins in Hamm and Dortmund; the Krupp works in Essen; Oberhausen; Huttenwerk; Duisberg; Huckingen; Gelsenkirchen; Zollverein Colliery (largest coal mine in Ruhr); production charts; British Administrative Headquarters; Cologne (80% destroyed); terrific footage of the Rhine from a boat, farmland on hillsides, includes castles, and other architecturally distinctive buildings; Weisbaden; Giesseheim, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. plant; Bierbrich; Dyckerhoff Portland Cement Co.; Russelsheim; Opel Autoworks; automobile factory; Heidenheim; J.M. Voith Co.; Voehringen; Wieland Werke - aluminum; Munich; man with amputated leg walking with crutches; small private enterprise emerging; a woman asking Mr. Murray where she might get materials to make dolls; Exposition Building in Munich; Beer garden in Munich where Hitler started out; food ration lines: Bavaria; animal drawn farm carts; German Tiger tank destroyed on Bavaria farm; American military headquarters in Munich; American flag waving in the wind.".
A CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY (1944, 17:13)
The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II is here explained according to the government's point of view.
CHILDREN OF JAPAN (1941, 10:10)
An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind documentary of the life of a typical Japanese middleclass family, filmed earlier the same year as the Pearl Harbor attack.
CLOSE HARMONY (1942, 10:35)
A film sponsored by General Motors where, in the midst of this attempt to show the positive need for good labor/management relations in America's burgeoning arms industry, resort is still had to the tired old alienating "step 'n fetch it" character black Americans & the American public both have had to put up with for generations.
FARMER HENRY BROWNE (1942, 10:40)
The U. S. Dep't of Agriculture shows how a black Georgian farmer does his part for the war, with his farm, his family and the service of his Tuskegee fighter pilot eldest son.
JAPANESE RELOCATION (1943, 9:26)
The Japanese internment issue is again explained according to government policy, especially intending to show the co-operation and satisfaction of the internees in terms of being relocated, re-employed, re-educated and interned.
MY JAPAN (1945, 16:03)
This is certainly one of the most agitating of anti-Axis films in general and anti-Japanese films in particular, utilizing the racial stereotypes common for the period, here used with especial intensity, and put to the purpose of selling more war bonds for the 7th War Loan.
NEGRO COLLEGES IN WARTIME (Sponsor: U.S. Office of War Information)
The U. S. Office of War Information's exposition of the teaching and training of Black Americans for war, science, industry, agriculture, husbandry, meteorology, medicine, engineering and technical trades at black colleges.
OUR ENEMY: THE JAPANESE (1943, 19:51)
Former Abassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew narrates this Navy film which purports to educate its audience about the Japanese, their culture and way of life in terms of their relevance to the war, but instead of enlightening the viewer with insights into the shortcomings of said aspects, it results in a recitation of a wide range of racial stereotypes, ethnic misrepresentations and hatred.
THE NEGRO SOLDIER (1943, 40:23)
The great film director Frank Capra's much acclaimed and respected recruitment film tailored to convince African Americans of the value the nation put upon their military service in the past and of the need the nation had of their good service in the second world war.
CARTOON COLLAGE (1942-1945, 31:05)
Includes Bugs, Elmer and Porky performing "Any Bonds Today"; Warner Brothers "Tokio Jokio" and "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs"; "Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips"; Popeye in "You're A Sap, Mr. Jap".
A CEILING ON YOUR HOME (1945, 11:00)
The U. S. Office of Price Administration demonstrates to the public the need for their assistance in maintaining price controls in order to overcome post-war deflation so as to help veterans in obtaining housing and employment.
BRAZIL AT WAR (1943, 9:39)
An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind documentary of the life of a typical Japanese middleclass family, filmed earlier the same year as the Pearl Harbor attack.
BRAZIL GETS THE NEWS (1942, 10:01)
In an attempt to curry Brazil's favor and garner her support for war against the Axis, the U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs.sponsored & produced this propaganda piece on the alleged "free press" operating under the auspices of the country's dictator, President Vargas.
DESPOTISM (1946, 11:00)
Extraordinary film that seeks to explain how societies can be placed upon a graduated scale between democracy and despotism.
DOCTOR IN INDUSTRY (1946) - PART ONE (18:47), PART THREE (18:47) (PART TWO MISSING)
A history of 20th century industrial medicine, illustrating comprehensively how cooperation between the medical establishment and the health care industry resulted in the General Motors rehabilitation program for disabled World War II veterans.
GOOD NEIGHBOR FAMILY (1943, 16:49)
Here the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs makes a comparison between the U.S. and the rest of the Americas in an effort to establish that the Americas as a whole would do well to allow U. S. industry in particular into each respective American country to help bring about that burgeoning buorgeoisie that U.S. venture capitalism delivers.
GRACIAS AMIGOS (1944, 15:42)
The U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs back at it again, this time to make clear just how much of a material contribution South America was making to the supply needs of the United States, particularly important after so much of those supplies, most particularly rubber, were lost to America after Asia fell to the Japanese.
HOMES FOR VETERANS (1946) - PART 1 (24:32) & PART 2 (2:47)
The U. S. National Housing Agency presents this exposition of proposed solutions to the housing crisis resulting from the end of WWII.
HOUSING IN CHILE: ONE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO PROVIDE BETTER HOMES (1943, 18:11)
Another U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs production supposing to provide an accurate description of life in general and housing in particular in a country whose support during the war the U. S. wished to guarantee.
LIMA FAMILY (1944, 18:09)
The Office of Inter-American Affairs once again resolved to give the American people a rosy picture of life in the Americas,, but when the subject matter is an upper class Peruvian family and the opulent life they lead, it is not necessary to augment any details. Interesting & informative!
LIMA (1944, 15:37
Another Office of Inter-American Affairs production, this time concentrating on the history and notable features of the capital of Peru.
PROBLEMS OF HOUSING (1944, 10:42)
Seeks to display means by which homes might be modernized to become safe, beautiful and healthy to live in.
ROADS SOUTH (1943, 17:16)
In keeping with their mission to give a positive view of America's neighbors to the citizenry, the Office of Inter-American Affairs continues their filmed quest with this analysis of the road & air transportation capabilities of Latin America in general.
THE ARMY NURSE (1945, 16:07)
The toil and achievement of the army nurse and her service to the fighting wounded is idealized and and celebrated - in the operating theater and out-on-the-town, as a nurse and as a woman ; ) .
THE SILENT WAR: COLUMBIA'S FIGHT AGAINST YELLOW FEVER (1945, 9:58)
The Spanish Flu epidemic which immediately followed the end of World War I taught the world that contagious disease was in fact a deadlier killer than warfare itself, and just as important to prevent. When Yellow Fever broke out in Columbia during the Second World War, the nation was thoroughly mobilized to fight the menace. This film documents that effort and the importance of that effort to the cause of the Allies in particular and the world in general.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (1944, 20:51)
You've heard about these kinds of films, and now you get to see one here - a public information film on the rising epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases during World War II which illustrates the dangers of and the available treatments for venereal diseases, especially syphilis.
WASTAGE OF HUMAN RESOURCES (1947, 10:17)
Unique film illustrating how preventable issues and maladies can waste human potenential, especially by sickness, alcohol, accidents, old age, poor living conditions and, especially apparent to its post-World War II audience, war.
YOUNG URUGUAY (1943, 17:08)
The U.S. O.C.I.A. returns, this time to document how the youth of neutral Uruguay were on the march toward better education, health, living conditions and opportunity. Whether or not these things were strictly accurate under the military dictatorship the country lived under was another matter, but the importance of good relations between the U.S. & Uruguay was very real at that time.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1946, 12:02)
The U. S. War Department assesses the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings on the cities themselves and their populations.
CAMPUS ON THE MARCH (1942, 18:07)
An analysis of the contribution the nation's colleges and universities were making to the war effort.
COAST GUARD SPARS (1943, 5:42)
The story of the induction of women into the U.S. Coast Guard and their contributions.
FOOD FOR FIGHTERS (1943, 9:50)
The importance of nutritious food and its logistical supply for the war effort.
HEMP FOR VICTORY (1942, 13:51))
While most folks attribute to hemp its use as a recreational drug under the name "marijuna", its usefulness for rope, parachutes, paper and much more was an integral and important part of wartime production.
HIGHBALLING TO VICTORY (1943, 18:11)
The continuing story of wartime transportation, with special attention to the problems of the rubber shortage and its effect on wheeled transport.
RING OF STEEL (1941, 8:36)
The U.S. Office of Emergency Management reassures the country with this illustration of the protection that American Armed Forces provide the country.
SAFEGUARDING MILITARY INFORMATION (1941, 10:21)
A how-to guide in keeping loose lips from sinking ships and other careless talk from aiding saboteurs.
TROOP TRAIN 1943, 13:15)
All aspects of what a troop train is, does and is provided for to keep the nation's soldiers moving during wartime.
U.S. NEWS REVIEW, ISSUE NO. 3 (1942, 18:31)
Government newsreel on the progress of the war, including "A Plywood bomber" (the Mosquito); "A Report From New Guineau"; "Home Front Slogan: 'Fix It'"; "Liberators Blast Naples"; "A Letter From Hocking"; "The United States Coast Guard Song".
WHAT TO DO IN A GAS ATTACK (1942-43, 13:52)
Info for the homefront on what a gas attack is, what it does, and how the simple household items of bleach and bicarbonate of soda can be employed against it.
ALL OUT FOR VICTORY (1943, 20:16)
A grateful acknowledgement of the contributions of disabled and handicapped workers to industrial war production.
CLOSE HARMONY (1942, 10:35)
A film sponsored by General Motors where, in the midst of this attempt to show the positive need for good labor/management relations in America's burgeoning arms industry, resort is still had to the tired old alienating "step 'n fetch it" character Black Americans & the American public both have had to put up with for generations.
CONQUER BY THE CLOCK (1943, 10:40)
Just as wartime industry was expected to run like clockwork, it was also hoped this film would enable and inspire workers to live their lives likewise.
DEADLINE FOR ACTION (1946, 36:43)
Another extraordinary film by the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America film, this one touting the accomplishments of left-wing labor union activities in the period immediately preceding the post-war communist baiting era.
MANPOWER (1943, 8:32)
The power of and need for good hard labor from good hard laborers is explained and celebrated.
MEN AND JOBS (1944, 8:35)
Color film on the matching of men and women to the jobs their government needs them to do during wartime.
OLDSMOBILE "PLAYLETS" (1942, 5:00)
Six film shorts, five selling the last cars General Motor's Oldsmobile had available for sale "for the duration", and one proclaiming the company and worker's commitment to defense.
SUGGESTION BOX (1945, 8:53)
How that time-honored institutional practice comes in especially handy for the greater output and better production methods needed for the war effort.
SUPERVISING WOMEN WORKERS (1944, 10:10)
One of the earliest attempts to seriously offer guidance on how to treat, manage and motivate women workers.
TEST TUBE TALE (1941, 9:26)
Better living through industrial chemistry, brought by the wonders of nylon and other synthetic materials, is celebrated in this film, while the gathering gloom of the Second World War is felt if never mentioned.
THE ARM BEHIND THE ARMY (1942, 10:21)
The U.S. Army wanted everyone to know that good relations between management and labor was critical if the nation was to win the war.
THE GREAT SWINDLE (1948, 32:09)
It was inevitable that during the "after the war" times that labor would find opportunity to turn to management and demand more while sacrificing less. This film goes a very long distance towards doing just so, with the intention of recruiting membership for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers for the fight against corporate interests.
THESE PEOPLE (1944, 15:08)
A Frigidaire plant converts from consumer to military production when America enters the fray.
THREE CITIES (1943, 10:08)
A U.S. Office Of War Information film on how Norfolk, Virginia and Detroit, Michigan adapted to the urgent needs for housing and social services, and how Cash Valley, Utah citizens volunteered for important army railroad improvement work.
VICTORY IS OUR BUSINESS (1942, 10:09)
General Motor's classic worker motivational film encouraging workers to give all in the great struggle.
WHEN WORK IS DONE (1943, 8:55)
Another classic film, one that provides a glimpse into a day in the life of Sylacauga, Alabama, the model wartime factory town, complete with all the facilities and organized social activities that go along with it.
STILLWELL ROAD (1945, 51:02)
An overview of one of the most extraordinary achievements of military engineering of the second world war and as well as the twentieth century - the building of a road stretching all the way from India to China, cutting through dense jungle and blasting through impassable mountains - all while under constant threat of attack by the Japanese. The history of the Allies in Asia during the whole of the war is also analysed, specifically concentrating on the engineering and logistical on the one hand, and the constant battle and military campaigning on the ground and in the air on the other. Also includes archival footage of Gen. "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell, Gen. Bill Slim, Flying Tigers Gen. Claire Chennault, Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Claude Auchinleck, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Gen. Archibald Wavell & more.
ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC (1945, 51:59)
Completed just after President Roosevelt died and the Battle of Okinawa began in April 1945, this Armed Forces Information Film documents the fierce battles that raged throughout the Pacific Ocean between the Americans and Japanese during World War II. Stark battlefield footage of both naval and ground operations, taken by American and Japanese cameramen alike, graphically illustrate the epic struggle for control of this bloody theater of operations and its context as the largest surface area within which the hostiliities of the Second War War took place.
A LETTER FROM BATAAN (1944, 13:51)
Pete and Johnny die in the jungles of Bataan because of night blindness caused by malnutrition. Pete's ghost makes sure to bring the news back to his family that what they do and the sacrifices they make to help them will save their lives and help win the war. Co-stars Susan Hayward.
AVENGE DECEMBER 7 (1942, 1:45)
A war bond trailer encapsulating all the angst and bitterness of an American public still smarting from the humiliation of the Pearl Harbor sneak attack.
D-DAY MINUS ONE (1945, 16:45)
An excellent chronicle of the famed exploits of the U.S. 82nd & 101st Airborne Divisions that parachuted into France to engage in special operations in preparation for and congress with the 1944 invasion of France.
IT CAN'T LAST (1944, 18:29)
Pulitzer Prize winner Archibald MacLeish wrote this propaganda piece exhorting the American public to hang in there the best they could while our boys fought their way to victory.
NEWS PARADE: BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR / THE S.S. NORMANDIE FIRE (1942, 9:35)
The power of and need for good hard labor from good hard laborers is explained and celebrated.
OLDSMOBILE "PLAYLETS" (1942, 5:00)
Six film shorts, five selling the last cars General Motor's Oldsmobile had available for sale "for the duration", and one proclaiming the company and worker's commitment to defense.
PEARL HARBOR (1942, 3:20)
Classic propaganda film inciting agression towards both Japan and Germany immediately following entering into a state of war with those two nations.
REMEMBER THESE FACES (1945, 17:12)
Very intense, graphic, one-of-a-kind color film, created for the Seventh War Loan, of G.I.s in actual combat, intended to help sell war bonds. A classic production of the U. S. Treasury, War Finance Division.
TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER (1945, 16:43)
The continuation of democratic processes while the republic is at war is touted in this John Houseman directed skillful propaganda piece on the 1944 presidential election.
WHAT MAKES A BATTLE? (1944, 15:34)
An excellent exposition of the Battle of the Marshall Islands, extensively supplementing strategic analysis with plentiful use animations and battle footage.
AS THE TWIG IS BENT (1943, 10:49)
Classic anti-delinquency film made during the height of the national controversey over unsupervised juveniles during wartime.
EVERY MINUTE COUNTS (1944, 10:13)
The wartime crush of time between work and family is here explored and analyzed with an eye to aiding the viewer in maximizing their time utilization.
FREEDOM COMES HIGH (1944, 12:29)
A lovely young lady finds that her dashing volunteer husband has died in battle - and she finds the strength to understand the meaning of his sacrifice as well as the courage to carry on.
IT'S EVERYBODY'S WAR (1943, 15:07)
An exhortation by Twentieth Century Fox to all Americans to recognize their common interests and mutual commitment to waging world war.
MR. AND MRS. AMERICA (1945, 12:44)
The War Finance Division, Motion Picture and Special Events Division of the U.S. Treasury puts forth this propaganda piece to rouse the public to do their part in supporting the war effort, employing the services of Pacific theater veteran Eddie Albert, and including one of the last filmed appearances of President Roosevelt.
THAT BOY JOE (1944, 17:27)
It's that demon rum at it again, this time messing with the youth of World War Two America. The main point of this film is that a smoke-free, drink-free youth will help stem the tide of change that wartime conditions were fostering.
THE TOWN (1945, 10:11)
Josef von Sterberg directed this panorama of life during wartime in "Anytown, America", and the carefully chosen town is rural Madison, Indiana.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE (1944, 15:24)
Kimberly-Clark shows off the efforts of its workers in Neenah, Wisconsin to help mobilize their communities and themselves to meet the demands of wartime paper production.
WARTIME NUTRITION (1943, 10:21)
Classic production by the U.S. Office of War information on the activities and responsibilites of public welfare agencies proper diet towards securing the nutritional needs of the people.
GIANT KILLERS (1944, COLOR, 29:53)
EarthStation1.com is proud that the subject of this film is Elco, a concern who made their home in our hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, who made nearly 400 PT Boats during World War II. Bayonne still proudly displays the crane used to launch all these boats in a park adjacent to Route 440 on the Jersey City border, though the 21 buildings that made up the Newark Bay Elco facility have since been redeveloped as condominiums. Their boats were the largest PT boats manufactured and they served all over the world, one under the command of a young Navy lieutenant named John F. Kennedy, future president of the United States. Their construction was a model for others to aspire to, as was their plant and their labor force. This films sails us through the manufacture of these fine machines, proudly shows off its plant and gratefully celebrates its workers.
INSIDE FIGHTING CHINA (1942, 18:54)
Even now, some 3 generations later, many history books continue to wrongly insist that it was the long-suffering Soviet Union who suffered the most amount of casualties during World War II. The fact is, China suffered far, far more in casualties, and fought for a far, far longer period of time on at least the same savage scale. This film intended to tell these facts as they had so far developed to a 1942 audience in order to get them to understand China's importance and contribution to the overall war effort.
TARGET: JAPAN (1944, 13:24)
A March Of Time Production illustrating the extraordinarily leaps on military strength that the United States made from when it was laid so low after the Pearl Harbor attack to overpowering stamina and strength displayed in the Marshall Islands. Created with the intention of bracing an American audience to the hard, long-term task of advancing on the Imperial Japanese homeland.
THE FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY (1946, 19:23)
A landmark film produced immediately after the end of hostilities detailing the herculean effort that went into the American naval campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific theater. Contains awesome combat footage with especial attention on the horrific kamikaze attacks of the Battle of Okinawa and elsewhere. Produced by the Treasury Department in order to sell bonds to finance the enormous job left for the Navy to do.
THE 957TH DAY (1944, 9:50)
Documents the first day of the Pacific 5th Fleet's bold Battle of the Marianas and the amphibious invasion of Guam in July of 1944.
WE SAID WE'D COME BACK (1944, 13:02)
The taking back of Guam from the Japanese was a significant event in America's summer of '44, and just as THE 957TH DAY documented the first day of that endeavor, this film celebrates the fruits of all the labor that went into the effort afterwards.
ALL AMERICAN (1943, 27:27)
A cavalcade of films produced by the Army Signal Corps to promote the achievements of the Army Air Force to America's industrial labor force. Includes an overview of the USAAF rank and file; fighter pilots in the Aleutians and the South Pacific; a bombing raid on Wegesak, Germany; air transport; more.
FILM COMMUNIQUE, EIGHTH ISSUE (1944, 20:24)
Includes CAPE GLOUCESTER: 7TH MARINES (New Guineau); REPORT FROM BRITAIN (American and British air war against Germany); A 5TH AIR FORCE REPORT FROM NEW GUINEA; A FEW QUICK FACTS (supply line distances); A FIFTH ARMY REPORT FROM THE BEACHHEAD (Anzio).
FILM COMMUNIQUE, NINTH ISSUE (1944, 21:13)
Includes 15TH AIR FORCE REPORT (A Liberator bomber completes 110 missions); PRIVATE SNAFU: FIGHTING TOOLS (cartoon); BATTLE OF THE HILLS (Burma and the Ledo Road).
LIFE LINE (1943, 16:55)
Extraordinary film footage of the bloody amphibious invasion and seizure of Rendova Island in the Solomon chain from the Japanese, paving the way for the long range aerial bombardment of Japan by American B-29 bombers.
THE FIGHT FOR THE SKY (1944, 19:07)
Future American President Ronald Reagan narrates this overview of air combat over Fortress Europe between American P-51 Mustangs, P-47 Thunderbolts and even the twin-tailed P-38 Lightning and the ME-109 Messerschmidts and F-190 Focke Wulfes of the German Luftwaffe. Filled with stunning gun camera footage of aerial combat.
THE PRICE OF VICTORY (1942, 13:28)
American Vice President Henry Wallace explains to the greater American people in the first months of America's involvement in World War II what sacrifices were going to have to be made and the effort that was going to have to be spent to bring down and defeat the combined Axis forces of Germany, Japan and Italy.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 23 (1944, 24:48)
Includes 5TH ARMY PIERCES GOTHIC LINE; GERMAN INSTALLATIONS (Ostend beach fortifications and electronic aircraft jamming installation); INVASION OF MOROTAI ISLAND; C.B.I. (China, Burma, India): B-29S IN OPERATION; ALLIES CAPTURE MORE FRENCH PORTS: BOULOGNE, CAPTURE OF LE HAVRE; ALLIED ARMIES DRIVE ON GERMANY.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 24 (1944, 20:11)
Includes CHANNEL COAST ACTIVITIES (RAF raids on Dieppe, Boulogne and Calais); ORDNANCE REPAIRS (in Aachen and Nancy); GERMAN FRONTIER OPERATIONS: STOLBERG, AACHEN, METZ, NANCY, EPINAL, BELFORT; ADDITIONAL FILM AIRBORNE OPERATIONS: NIJMEGEN, ARNHEM, EINDHOVEN; TOULON HARBOR INSTALLATIONS; INVASION OF PALAU ISLANDS.
IT CAN'T LAST (1944, 18:51)
A cautionary drama interleaves a story about an fallen airman and the over-confidence of otherwise good man back in his hometown in order to illustrate the need not to become over-confident of victory before the war is won.
OFFICIAL WAR FILM W.F.39 BATTLE WRECKAGE (1944, 9:55)
A film "Exclusive for the Men and Women of American Industry" intended to provide such workers a view into where their labors were being employed in the war effort, with an eye to increasing production in order to make good losses in materiale.
THE WAR SPEEDS UP (1944, 16:46) (1942, 13:28)
Jose Ferrer narrates this analysis of how hardware losses in battle and the logistical difficulties in replacing them should be expected to become more difficult as the pace of the war increases.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 30 (NOVEMBER 1944, 17:42)
Includes R.A.F. SINKS "TIRPITZ"; FRONT LINE STEEL PRODUCTION; BOMBED BELGIUM RAIL NETWORKS; ALLIED ARMIES FACE RAIN AND SNOW; MEDITERRANEAN: RAIN SLOWS ALLIED ARMIES; BURMA OPERATIONS.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 32 (1945, 12:38)
Includes AACHEN FRONT; VOSGES MOUNTAIN FRONT; PACIFIC: SHARPSHOOTER COURSE FOR JUNGLE FIGHTERS; MEDITERRANEAN: ITALIAN FRONT (rain creates transport problems for advancing Allied armies); FIGHTING IN THE WARSAW SUBURBS (Russian offensive).
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 33 (1945, 17:12)
Includes SCHOOL FOR JUNGLE LIFE; ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS: AACHEN, LIEGE, SARREBOURG, STRASBOURG, MULHOUS; ISLAND ICEBOX (a soldier's improvised personal refrigerator at Kwajalein); ADVANCE TOWARD ORMOC ROAD; CARRIER STRIKES IN ORMOC AND MANILA BAYS.
OFFICIAL WAR FILM W.F.14 - FILM COMMUNIQUE (1943, 19:49)
Contains HITTING THE BEACH (LST's and their use in amphibious invasions); DOG FIGHT (P-47 Fighters in Britain); SUNDAY MORNING (A Catholic mass on a tropical isle "somewhere"); CASEY JONES GOES G.I. (Allied attacks upon Germany railroads prior to D-Day invasion); HITTING THE SILK (MacArthur organizes paratrooper operations in New Guinea).
OFFICIAL WAR FILM W.F.15 - FILM COMMUNIQUE FOURTH ISSUE (1943, 20:19) (1942, 13:28)
Contains AERIAL TECHNIQUES (Southwest Pacific based bombers attack New Guineau and Rabaul, gun camera footage of aerial combat with Japanese planes); ROLL OF HONOR (the rebuilding of Munda airfield in the Solomon Islands after being reclaimed from the Japanese); FIFTH ARMY (The Salerno front).
UNITES STATES COAST GUARD REPORT NUMBER 5 - STORY OF A TRANSPORT (1944, 19:50)
The remarkable story of the troop transport christened by Eleanor Roosevelt as USS WAKEFIELD, formerly America's first great luxury ocean liner MANHATTAN until America's war declaration.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 42 (FEBRUARY 1945, 28:56)
Includes MEETING OF ALLIED LEADERS (Malta & Yalta Conferences); NAZI SHIPPING ATTACKED ALONG NORWEGIAN COAST; ST. NAZAIRE TRUCE FOR CIVILIAN EVACUATION; BOOTS IMPROVISED TO PREVENT TRENCH FOOT; CUB PLANES IN SNOW; BAILEY ASSAULT BRIDGE; ACTIVITIES IN BURMA; ARMY-NAVY PLANES HIT JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS (Osaka, Formosa, Manila Bay, Saigon); OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 5 (1944, 15:13)
Includes STOP THAT TANK! (Japanese tank strengths & vulnerabilities); SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED! (The B-29); IN THE SO. PACIFIC - NO FIELD CABLE? SIGNALMEN MAKE THEIR OWN; THE NETTUNIA "QUADS" - HOME-MADE GADGET STEPS UP BAZOOKA POWER; A NEW LAND MINE PROBLEM; MODERN DAY SPECIALISTS (Infantry)
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 6 (1944, 22:08)
Includes BEACHHEAD OPERATION (Anzio - with pieces on field bakery, barrage balloon unit, engineers & other support operations)
U.S. NEWS REVIEW ISSUE NO. 5 (1942, 15:30)
Includes SAFETY STYLES (Veronica Lake's hairdo removed from women's war work); UNMANNED MACHINES MEAN UNARMED MEN; OUR CHILDREN: A WAR PROBLEM; 1000 PLANE RAID (on Bremen); THE ARMY AIR CORPS SONG.
OFFICIAL WAR FILM W.F. 13 (1943, 19:54)
This film "Exclusive for the Men and Women of American Industry", intended to provide such workers a view into where their labors were being employed in the war effort, features THE CASE OF THE TREMENDOUS TRIFLE, the story of the U.S.'s strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's ball bearing plants in general and the Schweinfurt manufacturing complex in particular.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 22 (1944, 25:29)
Includes OPERATIONS IN FRANCE: CAPTURE OF BREST/20,000 GERMANS SURRENDER; NEW FLYING BOMB LAUNCHING SITES; ALLIES MOVE ON GERMANY: AMERICAN 3RD ARMY/BRITISH 2ND ARMY/AMERICAN 1ST ARMY; E.T.O.: AIRBORNE OPERATIONS.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 28 (1944, 18:11)
Includes ACTIVITIES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS: BATTLE OF THE NETHERLANDS/GLIDER PICK-UP AT EINDHOVEN/AIR FORCE FIGHTER KILLS; MEDITERRANEAN: LIBERATION OF GREECE; C.B.I.: ACTVITIES IN BURMA; THE UNITED STATES NAVY PRESENTS: THE NAVAL BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 37 (1945, 21:39)
Includes (TITLE DELETED: LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES); NORTH AMERICA: AIR FERRY ROUTE TO SIBERIA; INDIA-BURMA: ADVANCE IN BURMA; EASTERN FRONT: NAZI VERSION OF ACTION IN THE EAST; FACTORIES IN PARIS SUBWAY; ACTIVITIES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS: DUREN/BOMB DAMAGE IN STRASBOURG/ADDITIONAL FILMS: BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
>COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 4 (1944, 17:49)
Includes CASSINO; JAPS AND JUNGLE: SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.
U.S. NEWS REVIEW ISSUE NO. 2 (1943, 19:54)
Includes SURVEY FINDS MUCH TRAVEL UNNECCESARY; MOBILE LAUNDRY FOR FRONT LINE TROOPS; ALCAN HIGHWAY FINISHED - NEW LINK WITH ALASKA; DAMIEN PARER, AUSTRALIAN CAMERAMAN REPORTS JUNGLE WARFARE (NEW GUINEAU).
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 17 (1944, 37:21)
Includes MEDITERRANEAN: INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE; E.T.O.: NORTHERN FRANCE; C.B.I.: OPERATIONS IN BURMA (features "The Chindits"); PACIFIC: JAPS ATTACK TASK FORCE (Battle of the Marianas).
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 34 (1944, 15:09)
Includes ACTIVITIES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS: 9TH ARMY FRONT/PORT OF ANTWERP/FIGHTER KILLS; MEDITERRANEAN: MALARIA CONTROL ON CORSICA; C.B.I.: B-29 CRASH IN CHINA; PACIFIC: JAP PHOSPHOROUS BOMBS; C.B.I.: CAPTURE BHAMO, BURMA ROAD LINK.
T.F. 21 OFFICIAL TRAINING FILM - FIGHTING MEN: BAPTISM OF FIRE (1943, 35:54)
One of the most extraordinary movies in the WORLD WAR II FILMS collection, and most probably one of the most extraordinary ones you'll ever see, this film teaches the combat soldier how to deal with his first experience under fire, how to overcome his fears, how to kill without guilt and how to do better at all these things over time.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 21 (1944, 19:14)
Includes MEDITERRANEAN: PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE/ACTIVITIES IN ITALY; C.B.I.: BRIDGE OVER SALWEEN RIVER; PACIFIC: CLEAN-UP AT AITAPE; E.T.O.: NORTHERN FRANCE AND BELGIUM/AMERICAN 3RD ARMY.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 35 (1944, 19:04)
Includes PACIFIC: JAPS RAID SAIPAN B-29 BASE; PACIFIC: G.I.'S GET WHOLE BLOOD FROM HOME; E.T.O.: "BLACK WIDOW" AND "JATO"; INDIA-BURMA: ACTIVITIES IN BURMA; CHINA: ACTIVITIES IN CHINA; ACTIVITIES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS: 1ST ARMY > DUREN, 3RD ARMY > SARREGUEMINES, 7TH ARMY > STRASBOURG.
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 36 (1943, 21:44)
Includes PACIFIC: OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: ORMOC LANDINGS/TROOPS LAND ON MINDORO; MEDITERRANEAN: ACTIVITIES IN ITALY: BOLOGNA; E.T.O.: SEIZED GERMAN FILM ON WORK MOBILIZATION/FIRST PHASE OF GERMAN COUNTER OFFENSIVE (Battle of the Bulge)/STAVELOT/MALMEDY/ST. VITH/BASTOGNE.
OFFICIAL WAR FILM W.F. 16 (1943, 19:54)
This film "Exclusive for the Men and Women of American Industry", intended to provide such workers a view into where their labors were being employed in the war effort, features P-47S COME TO TOWN (P-47s shipped to Europe); TWO MILLION DOLLAR HILL (Suppy Depots); A FEW QUICK FACTS (Air Transport, Chinese soldier wages; American naval war production); HAWAIIAN JUNGLE TRAINING; BLOODY TARAWA.