- Title: F-2369
- Summary: WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT: WWII WORLD WAR TWO. FILM OPENS WITH QUOTE FROM CHIEF OF STAFF MARSHALL "THE MISSION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IS TO DESTROY THE ENEMY BY OFFENSIVE ACTION" OVER GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES
- Description:00:02:09 - SEPTEMBER 12, 1943. MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN ITALY GERMAN PARATROOPERS RUN THROUGH MOUNTAINS. EXTERIOR JAIL. 00:02:46 - GERMAN PARATROOPERS BREAK MUSSOLINI OUT OF JAIL. JAIL BREAK. MUSSOLINI BOARDS PLANE IN ABRUZZI MOUNTAINS. PLANE IN FLIGHT 00:03:40 - PLANE LANDS, HITLER MEETS MUSSOLINI. MUSSOLINI'S SON ALSO PRESENT. 00:04:05 - HITLER & MUSSOLINI GET INTO MERCEDES DECORATED WITH NAZI SYMBOLS, LOGOS. 00:04:18 - HITLER, MUSSOLINI IN CONFERENCE WITH VON RIBBONTROP. 1943 00:04:50 - HITLER, GERMAN SOLDIERS NAZI SALUTE MUSSOLINI BEFORE HE BOARDS PLANE 00:05:24 - MS HITLER WITH PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN HIDEKI TOJO 00:05:36 - MONTAGE SOLDIERS IN JAPAN, KOREA, MANCHURIA 00:05:44 - JAPANESE TASK FORCE IN PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7, 1941, PILOTS BRIEFED. JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF DECK OF CARRIER. JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. 00:07:13 - WORLD GLOBE SHOWING GROWTH OF JAPANESE EMPIRE OVER FAR EAST POST-PEARL HARBOR 00:07:20 - JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN BURMA, INDOCHINA 00:07:24 - WORLD GLOBE SHOWING RUBBER, TIN, OIL RESOURCES IN OUTER ZONE. INNER ZONE RESOURCES ELECTRIC POWER, IRON, COAL 00:07:54 - JAPANESE LOADING CRATES OF FOOD, MAN THROWS CRATES 00:07:58 - JAPANESE WORKERS HARVESTING RICE AND OTHER CROPS 00:08:13 - MS JAPANESE FARMER HOLDING SHOTGUN 00:08:15 - JAPANESE CITY CIRCA WORLD WAR TWO. WWII 00:08:21 - JAPANESE SOLDIERS MARCH TOWARD VIEWER. 00:08:24 - JAPANESE WAR PRODUCTION FACTORY 00:08:27 - JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION 00:08:30 - JAPANESE FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS DURING WWII 00:08:33 - JAPANESE WORKERS SHOW OFFICIAL THEIR PAPERS AND WORKING 00:08:40 - JAPANESE WAR PRODUCTION, WAR FACTORY. INDUSTRY 00:09:02 - DOWNED JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES IN FLAMES BURNING 00:09:07 - JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION 00:09:17 - WORLD GLOBE LINES FROM JAPAN SHOWING BASES, POWER GROWTH WWII, INTER-LOCKING BASES. 00:10:05 - PAN DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS, WWII 00:10:20 - CU DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER'S HAND. BURNING CORPSE. GERMAN GRAVES WITH GERMAN CROSS MARKERS. 00:10:27 - GERMAN SOLDIERS SURRENDERING TO ALLIED TROOPS. 00:10:32 - GERMAN ARMY IN BATTLE, WWII. MS GROUP OF GERMAN SOLDIERS GRAB GUNS AT SAME TIME 00:11:15 - GRAPH SHOWING GERMAN ARMY DIVISIONS. FORTIFYING 25 LOST DIVISIONS WITH 60 MORE. 00:11:45 - MONTAGE GERMAN TANKS, CANNONS, ARTILLERY. 00:11:56 - GERMAN "WAR WORKERS" IN WAR PRODUCTION FACTORY 00:12:01 - LONG LINES OF WAR WORKERS ON DIRT ROAD 5 ACROSS 00:12:06 - GERMAN LABORERS CROSS FOOT BRIDGE, CARRYING SHOVELS. HS WORKERS DIGGING 00:12:16 - GERMAN LABOR RALLY, WWII. MINISTER OF LABOR 00:12:38 - WAREHOUSE OF FOOD FOR GERMAN SOLDIERS. SACKS AND SACKS OF FOOD. HUGE ROW OF DEAD HANGING PIGS. BRATWURST. SAUSAGE 00:12:48 - MONTAGE GERMAN WORKERS, SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS EATING, WWII 00:12:59 - STARVING GERMANS, EUROPEANS WHO REFUSED TO WORK FOR THE NAZIS. 00:13:10 - MONTAGE NATURAL RESOURCES, WORKER DRILLING IN COAL MINES, FACTORY WORKERS, OIL MANUFACTURING, RUBBER FACTORY. GOOD MONTAGE OF WWII GERMAN WAR PRODUCTION. ARTILLERY FACTORY. ARMS PRODUCTION. WORKERS ASSEMBLE GUNS, CU AMMUNITION, BULLETS ON ASSEMBLY LINE. WWII GERMAN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH 00:14:38 - GERMAN SUBMARINE SLIDES SIDEWAYS INTO THE WATER. U-BOATS LAUNCHED 00:14:49 - HS LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY. MS ROW OF LOCOMOTIVES MOVE TOGETHER IN YARD. TRAIN RIDES OVER VIEWER. 00:15:02 - TIGER TANKS MONTAGE, GERMAN RAILROAD FLAT CARS CARRY TANKS, TANKS IN MASS PRODUCTION. TANKS IN WWII 00:15:24 - PLANE PRODUCTION, GERMANY WWII. FIGHTER PLANES 00:16:00 - MONTAGE FACTORY WAR PRODUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION 00:17:10 - MONTAGE HUGE ROCKET GUNS, LIFTED INTO POSITION AND IN USE. NIGHT FOOTAGE ROCKET GUN BARRAGE 00:17:51 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. HIGGINS BOAT HS SEA FULL OF BATTLESHIPS. 00:18:33 - ON DOCK, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WAR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. LOCOMOTIVES, CU FINGER PRESSING ON SIGNAL KEYS OF MORSE CODE MACHINE. BOMBER PLANE, ROWS OF SHOES FOR MILITARY USE. MACHINE GUN AMMO. CU SOLDIER PUTS ON GAS MASK. SOLDIER EATS. 00:19:00 - PARATROOPERS DROPPING, LANDING. TANKS ROLL OFF LANDING CRAFT. SOLDIERS ORGANIZING ARTILLERY. SHELL ON CONVEYOR APPROACHES VIEWER. JEEPS ON FLATBED CARS. SOLDIERS PILE HUGE TIRES IN CAMOUFLAGED BUILDING. SOLDIERS ROLL OIL BARRELS. UNLOAD FOOD CRATES. PILES OF LUMBER. ROW OF JEEPS. WAR PRODUCTS 00:19:23 - GENERAL EISENHOWER LEAVES BUILDING 00:19:34 - TANKS ON FLATBEDS, CRATES OF MOTOR OIL, AMPHIBIOUS "DUCKS" ENTER WATER. RADIO SET UP IN THE JUNGLE WALKIE TALKIES. WAR COMMUNICATION. SOLDIER TESTS LAND MINE. UNROLLING WIRE FROM BACK OF TRUCK, BUILDING ROADS, PIERS, 00:20:00 - SHIPS SUNK IN DAMAGED PORT. 00:20:07 - SOLDIERS WATCH PLANE TRYING TO LAND WITH DAMAGED LANDING GEAR. PLANE CRASHES 00:20:17 - MONTAGE DESTROYED ALLIED TRUCKS. DESTROYED TANK IN RIVER. 00:20:28 - TANKS CROSS ALLIED BUILT BRIDGE 00:20:29 - OFFICER INSPECTS SOLDIER'S RIFLE 00:20:33 - MONTAGE AMERICAN SOLDIERS USING MACHINE GUNS WWII 00:20:36 - UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM SHIPS WWII. MONTAGE MILES OF STORAGE SPACE FILLED WITH WAR SUPPLIES, STRATEGIC RESERVES 00:21:36 - FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE LOOKING OVER WAR SUPPLIES, RESERVES 00:21:42 - MONTAGE WAR SUPPLIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. MUNITIONS. CRATE STAMPED "MINISTRY OF SUPPLY ENGLAND". WAR GOODS FROM ENGLAND, CHINA, RUSSIA, ALLIED WAR GOODS 00:22:04 - AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES IN FIELD. SOLDIER PAINTS WHITE STAR RED. 00:22:16 - WAR PLANT MANUFACTURING WAR GOODS 00:22:23 - TRUCKS ON FLATBED TRUCKS, LS CROSSING BRIDGE. MONTAGE DELIVERING WAR SUPPLIES ON TRUCKS, ON WAGONS PULLED BY CAMELS. DISTRIBUTION. 00:22:38 - SOLDIERS LINE UP DOCK, READY TO BOARD CARRIER 00:22:39 - SUBMARINE DECK FROM CROWS NEST. NAZI FLAG WITH IRON CROSS 00:22:40 - GERMAN SOLDIER OPENS SUB HATCH 00:22:50 - POV LOOKING THROUGH PERISCOPE. GERMAN SAILORS RUN TO BATTLE STATIONS. TORPEDO LAUNCHED, HITS TARGET. LS BATTLESHIP HIT, BLOWS UP 00:23:03 - AMERICAN BATTLESHIP, AMERICAN FLAG. NAVY SHIP SPOTS PERISCOPE, FIRES, UNDERWATER EXPLOSION. 00:23:18 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE PACIFIC WAR THEATER. WWII UNLOADING SUPPLIES ACROSS THE BEACH, THROUGH JUNGLE. JUNGLE WARFARE. DEFENDING BEACH HEADS 00:23:50 - ENGINEERS BUILDING ROADS, PACIFIC WAR THEATER. 00:24:01 - SOLDIERS LOAD DESTROYED JEEP INTO PLANE'S CARGO BAY PLANE TAKES OFF, CAMELS IN F/G 00:24:23 - MEN THROW GAS BARRELS OFF TRUCK, HUGE PILE OF BARRELS. PLANE FUEL SUPPLY 00:24:37 - ILLUSTRATION SHOWING CARGO ROUTE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO AUSTRALIA & HOW MANY TRIPS IT WOULD TAKE BY SHIP, AIR, HOW MANY MEN, FUEL ETC. WAR STATISTICS. AIR SUPPLY, SHIP SUPPLY 00:25:31 - WAR TRANSPORTATION MONTAGE. TAXIING PLANE "HELLS BELLS" PASSES VIEWER. BATTLESHIP. CU TRAIN WHEELS. TRUCKS ON DUSTY COUNTRY ROAD AND ON CITY ROAD 00:25:44 - SOLDIERS PERFORMING WAR-TIME DUTIES, ROLLING OIL BARRELS, MS RE-FUELING PLANE. MOVING BOMBS, REPLENISHING AMMUNITION. 00:26:03 - WWII AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES, SOLO AND IN FORMATION. TACTICAL AIR FORCE 00:26:26 - AIR-GROUND BATTLE, WWII CU BOMBS RELEASED FROM PLANES. 00:26:54 - STRATEGIC AIR FORCE PLANES AGAINST ENEMY'S INTERIOR FLYING OVER HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. BOMBING FACTORIES. 8TH AIR FORCE. 00:27:35 - WWII INDUSTRY, GERMAN WAR PRODUCTION FACTORIES AIR CRAFT PLANTS 00:27:55 - STRATEGIC AIR FORCE PLANES ATTACKING OIL PLANT 00:28:04 - BALL BEARING PLANT. MS BALL BEARINGS ON ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYORS. WAR INDUSTRY 00:28:17 - CU BOMBS FALLING, SCENES FROM A BOMBED GERMAN PLANT, AFTERMATH OF BOMBING 00:28:25 - AMERICAN AIR FORCE PLANES BOMBING GERMANY 00:28:30 - WAREHOUSE HOUSING ALLIED BOMBS, TONS OF BOMBS, BULLETS 00:28:46 - PLANES LEAVING FOR MISSION. STARTING AIR FORCE PLANES, PROPELLERS ROTATING, TAXIING PLANES, IN FORMATION, IN BATTLE, PLANE HIT, DROPS IN FLAMES. AIR-GROUND BATTLE. MS FROM BEHIND CANNONS, MANY HELMETS FLY INTO THE AIR AFTER BOMB HITS 00:29:26 - CU FRANTIC MORSE CODE SIGNAL BEING SENT 00:29:30 - WWII PLOTTING ROOM, WRITING ON STRATEGIC MAP 00:29:36 - FIGHTER PLANES STARTED, TAKE OFF ON MISSION, INTERIOR PLANE, GUNNER. 00:30:01 - HIT FIGHTER PLANE MAKES IT'S DESCENT TRAIL OF SMOKE 00:30:30 - "GRAVEYARD" OF SMASHED AMERICAN BOMBERS. WWII 00:30:39 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS CASUALTIES OF WAR, CORPSES TAKEN FROM PLANE. TOWEL COVERING DEAD SOLDIER'S FACE 00:30:56 - WORLD GLOBE WWII SHOWING ATTACK ROUTES FROM AMERICA TO JAPAN 00:31:36 - PLANE LANDS IN THE WATERS OFF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. PILOTS GATHERED AROUND MAP 00:31:59 - STRATEGIC BOMBING PLANES IN FORMATION, POV OVER RUGGED MOUNTAINS 00:32:28 - SOLDIERS CLEARING LAND, NEW GUINEA. LOCAL NATIVE NEW GUINEANS CLEARING LANDING STRIP. PLANE ARRIVES WITH LIGHT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. MORE PLANES WITH HEAVIER EQUIPMENT 00:32:50 - LOCALS HELP UNLOAD SUPPLIES FROM PLANES, SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN NEW GUINEA 00:32:55 - SOLDIERS AND LOCALS CLEARING LAND FOR NEW BASE. BUILDING A BASE IN NEW GUINEA, WWII 00:33:15 - AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES ON ROUTE TO WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. CU PILOT'S HANDS ON WHEEL. GUNNER POV IN FIGHTER PLANE FIRING ON ENEMY BASE. SUB-ZERO FIGHTERS. 00:33:41 - CU SPRAY PAINTING DECALS ON PLANE. AMOUNT OF DOWNED JAPANESE PLANES PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON SIDE OF PLANE. PROUD SOLIDER GESTURES OK SIGN 00:33:50 - LARGER FIGHTER PLANES, NEW GUINEA BASE 00:34:09 - CHINESE WORKERS USING CRUDE IMPLEMENTS CIRCA WWII BREAKING UP ROCKS WITH MALLET. OXEN DRAWN WAGONS. 00:34:26 - SUPPLY ROUTE, SHIPS BRINGING SUPPLIES FROM AMERICA TO CALCUTTA, TRUCKS DRIVE THROUGH EASTERN INDIA, ELEPHANT AT SIDE OF THE ROAD. WOODEN ROAD SIGN "TO TOKYO". 00:34:42 - MEN RIDING ELEPHANTS CARRYING SUPPLIES THROUGH FOREST, BUILDING RAILROADS, CLEARING LAND, EMPTYING BUCKETS OF EARTH 00:34:48 - POV IN PLANE OVER HIMALAYAS, HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS 00:35:01 - CU RE-FUELING PLANE, ROLLING BARRELS OF OIL OUT OF PLANE, SUPPLIES, MUNITIONS SENT BY PLANE, WAR SUPPLIES. PLANE FLYING IN SUPPLY LINE 00:35:19 - STRATEGIC MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM SIBERIA TO JAPAN 00:35:47 - WWII FOOTAGE, 00:35:56 - HITLER IN MEETING WITH MILITARY LEADERS. 00:36:01 - WWII BATTLE FOOTAGE SOLDIERS. TRENCH WARFARE 00:36:18 - WWII MAP SHOWING EUROPE, DISTANCE FROM LONDON TO BERLIN. CHINA. TOKYO 00:36:56 - WWII AIR BASE SUPPLY YARD 00:37:05 - AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION, CROSSING BODY OF WATER. 00:37:23 - AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT BASE, TANK LANDING SHIPS. MS FOUR SAILORS POKE THEIR HEADS OUT OF PORTHOLES. AMPHIBIOUS "DUCKS" 00:37:52 - WAR SUPPLIES UNLOADED FROM SHIPS. TANKS, AMMO 00:38:08 - FLEET OF NAVAL SHIPS AT SUNSET 00:38:32 - AMPHIBIOUS LANDING CRAFTS, HIGGINS BOATS, SOLDIERS STORMING THE BEACH. FIGHTER PLANES ABOVE 00:39:00 - SMALL DOG TIMIDLY WALKS ACROSS GRATED LANDING GEAR 00:39:20 - SOLDIERS FRANTICALLY DIGGING TRENCHES WHILE ENEMY ATTACKS FROM THE AIR WWII 00:39:38 - SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR LAND MINES. REMOVING LAND MINES 00:39:44 - SOLDIERS LAY OUT FENCING MATS FOR VEHICLES 00:39:50 - SOLDIERS BUILD TEMPORARY DOCK, TANKS CROSS DOCK JEEPS, TRUCKS, GUNS, ARMORED CARS 00:40:10 - SOLDIERS UNLOADING CRATES FROM BOATS. AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES 00:40:20 - MONTAGE DROWNED VEHICLES, SWAMPED BOATS VESSELS LOST DURING WWII, MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS LITTERS THE BEACHES 00:40:43 - EXPLOSION, SHIP HIT, SMOKE BILLOWING. SOLDIERS ATTACK FIGHTER PLANE. WWII LAND-SEA BATTLE. TANK LANDING SHIP ON FIRE. 00:41:36 - SOLDIERS CARRY DEAD SOLDIER ON LITTER. LIVES LOST DURING WWII 00:41:56 - ROBERT P. PATTERSON SITS BEHIND DESK TALKING 00:42:30 - MAP SHOWING PREPARATION STORES OF SUPPLIES FOR ATTACK ON SICILY 00:43:01 - ALLIED CASUALTIES , SICILY. DEAD SOLDIERS ON LITTERS. WOUNDED SOLDIERS WAITING ON LITTERS OUTDOORS. DOCTORS AND NURSES OPERATE ON SOLDIERS 00:43:18 - MAP OF EUROPE, WWII. AXIS EUROPE. SHOWING DEFENSE 00:43:37 - WORLD MAP SHOWING DEFENSES OF AXIS ASIA 00:44:12 - GENERAL WAINRIGHT TALKS WITH SOLDIERS WWII 00:44:18 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS AS PRISONERS ON CORREGIDOR AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY JAPANESE CAMERAS. WWII PRISONERS OF WAR 00:44:34 - AMERICAN AND FILIPINO SOLDIERS PRISONERS OF WAR HANDS IN THE AIR IN SURRENDER 00:44:41 - WWII PEARL HARBOR FOOTAGE EXPLOSIONS SUNK SHIPS 00:44:50 - TWO MEN EXECUTED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD 00:44:55 - HANGED MEN DANGLING FROM ROPES THAT TOOK THEIR LIVES. WWII NAZI EXECUTIONS IN RUSSIA 00:44:59 - MAN LEADS BLEEDING GIRL, WAR'S SMALLEST VICTIMS. WWII 00:45:05 - NAPLES POST OFFICE AFTER BEING BLOWN UP WITH A TIME BOMB 00:45:12 - MONTAGE DEAD CITIZENS WWII FACE DOWN ON GROUND AMID RUBBLE. TINY DEAD BABY. DEAD CHILDREN WAR'S SMALLEST VICTIMS 00:45:25 - SOLDIERS CARRY WOUNDED SOLDIER ON LITTER 00:45:35 - BLEEDING MAN IN SHOCK SITS ON CURB, WWII 00:45:38 - MOSCOW CONFERENCE, TRIO OF SMALL FLAGS ON DESK AMERICAN BRITISH SOVIET UNION DIPPING PENS AND SIGNING. ORIGINS OF UNITED NATIONS 00:45:54 - SOLDIERS IN BATTLE, WWII ALLIED FORCES. CU FEET RUNNING ACROSS NAZI FLAG 00:46:19 - FACTORY, WELDERS, WAR PRODUCTION. MALE AND FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS 00:46:41 - MS GUNNER HOLDING BAND OF MACHINE GUN AMMO WWII 00:46:52 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-2369