- Title: VM-1212
- Summary: THE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY (PART 2: CANADA 'S ROLE IN WWII
- Description:00:00:43 - VARIOUS SHOTS CONVOYS CARRYING WAR SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN, AT SEA, ARE ATTACKED BY GERMAN SUBS AND WARSHIPS. VIEW OF MERCHANT SHIP BEING BOMBARDED AND SUNK. MEN ROWING IN LIFE BOAT. "NEARLY 1/2 MILLION TONS OF ALLIED SHIPPING CARRYING PRECIOUS CARGO AND BRAVE MEN WENT TO THE BOTTOM IN THE WORST MONTH IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC". ABOVE VIEW MEN IN LIFE BOAT ROWING. LS SHIP GOES UNDER. 00:01:31 - LS SUBMARINE BEGINNING TO SUBMERGE. IRIS SHOT MERCHANT SHIPS POV PERISCOPE. MLS SUB SPEEDING ALONG SURFACE WITH CREW MANNING DECK GUN. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH BATTLESHIP "KING GEORGE V", GIVES POWERFUL PROTECTION TO THE CONVOYS. LS BRITISH BI-WING RECON PLANES TAKE OFF TO LOCATE THE BISMARK. MS BRITISH ADMIRALS PLAN FOR BATTLE WITH GERMAN BATTLESHIP "BISMARK". IN A DESPERATE RUNNING BATTLE, ALMOST TO THE FRENCH COAST, THE CATCH AND SINK THE BISMARK . LS VARIOUS SHOTS WARSHIPS FIRING BROADSIDES. 00:02:07 - LS CONVOY. AERIAL VIEW ALLIED BOMBERS PROTECTING CONVOY. "IN THE SECOND YEAR OF WAR, THE ALLIES ARE WINNING THE UPPER HAND IN THE WAR OF ATLANTIC". VARIOUS SHOTS WAR MATERIAL BEING UNLOADED AT PORTS. 00:02:42 - VARIOUS NATTLE SCENES IN DESERTS OF IRAQ WHERE THE BRITISH FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF OIL SUPPLIES FOR WHICH BRITISH NAVY DEPEND ON. THEY CAPTURE THE ENEMY FORTS ALONG THE PIPELINES AND SUBDUE THE REBELLION". MS GENERAL CHARLES DEGAULLE IS GREETED BY GENERAL WAVELL. ABOVE VIEW OIL STORAGE TANKS AND FIELDS. THE FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES PRESS ON TO PALESTINE. 00:03:04 - MS ROAD SIGN "NAZARETH TOWN" PAN TO ARMY TRUCK ON ROAD ENTERING NAZARETH. BRITISH SOLDIERS AND TANKS ADVANCE TO ANCIENT SYRIAN CITIES WHICH ASSUME NEW STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE", MEANS CONTROL OF OIL SUPPLIES IN MIDDLE EAST. 00:03:07 - LS FARM MACHINES HARVEST WHEAT. MEN AND WOMEN SHOVEL GRAIN INTO TRUCKS. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN TROOPS ATTACK RUSSIA FOR THEIR WHEAT AND OIL FIELDS. CU GERMAN MACHINE GUN TEAM FIRING. GERMAN TANKS ENTER BURNING FARM TOWNS. 00:04:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS THOUSANDS SOVIET TROOPS PARADE IN MOSCOW. JOSEF STALIN AND MOLOTOV WATCH FROM KREMLIN WALL. SOVIET LEADERS WATCH SOVIET PLANES DROPPING HUNDREDS PARACHUTE TROOPS. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES. POV GROUND AND AIR. 00:04:31 - SOVIET MECHANIZED DIVISIONS ON THE ATTACK. CU FACE SHOT SOVIET GENERAL. SHOTS OF OTHER GENERALS. SOVIET TANK DIVISION TOWARDS CAMERA. THEY FIGHT ON BATTLEFIELD NEARLY 2000 MILES LONG. 00:05:04 - ROYAL AIRFORCE GROUND CREWS LOAD BOMBS INTO BOMBER BOMB BAYS. BOMBERS TAKE OFF TO BOMB OIL REFINERIES AND HEAVY INDUSTRIES. BOMBS FALLING ON RAIL YARDS. AERIAL VIEW HEAVY WRECKAGE OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN WORK CREWS REPAIRING DAMAGE AT RAIL YARD. GERMAN TROOPS PERUSE PILE OF DESTROYED TRAINS. 00:06:08 - VARIOUS VIEWS CANADIAN WORKERS AT DEFENSE PLANTS PRODUCING MILITARY MATERIALS. FARMS PRODUCING FOOD. 00:06:45 - BRITISH AIRMEN TRAINING IN CANADA"S. WAER PLANES IN FLIGHT ON PRACTICE RUNS OVER CANADA. FIGHTER PLANE PEELS OFF FOR DIVE. 00:07:21 - END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1212