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NVS0174 Subject: World War II (WW II) Tape #3 Source: BMT 05:00:00 BMT ISSUE 696A (10/8/42) CAPTURE OF THE SOLOMONS MS MERCHANT SHIP AT SEA. SHOT OF SHIPS PLOUGHING THEIR WAY THROUGH VERY HEAVY SEAS, THIS CAUSING A MIST. CU OF SHELLS GOING INTO BREECH OF GUN. BIG GUNS OF CRUISER FIRING BROADSIDE. LS GUNS FIRING. AA GUNS & POM-POMS FIRING. SMALL CRAFT OFF ISLAND LS NOT VERY CLEAR. AUSTRALIAN CRUISER WHICH HAS BEEN HIT STILL FIRING HER GUNS LS. SHOT OF SEA, WITH A PLANE HIGH UP IN THE SKIES. DESTROYER JUST OFF SHORE. GENERAL VIEW OF ISLAND SHOWING DAMAGED CAMPS. MANY JAPS LYING ABOUT DEAD. CU HEAP OF DEAD JAPS. AERIAL SHOT OF AERODROME WHICH MARINES HAVE CAPTURED. JAP PRISONERS LINED UP, BARBED WIRE IN FOREGROUND. PAN SHOT OF CAPTURED EQUIPMENT. LS SHOWING ISLAND WITH SMOKE STILL RISING CAUSED THROUGH DAMAGE INFLICTED BY THE MARINES. DITTO SHOT FROM BEACH. 05:02:28 BMT ISSUE 706 (12/14/42) RUSSIA STRIKES BACK RUSSIAN SNIPER AND ARTILLERY BARRAGE (PARTIALLY DUBBED WITHOUT THIS SCENE ON WW II TAPE 2). 05:04:02 BMT GOOD HITLER IMAGES (BROWN SHIRTED), RANTING. 05:04:32 BMT ISSUE 701 (11/9/42) ROMMEL ABOUT FACE THE NEWS THAT GENERAL MONTGOMERY HAD WON THE FIRST ROUND AND THE EIGHTH ARMY HAD SMASHED ITS WAY THROUGH WAS AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE AT HOME. ALEXANDER TALKING OVER MAP WITH OFFICERS ALSO ROMMEL TALKING TO HIS OFFICERS. TANKS GOING FORWARD WITH EXPLOSIONS ALL AROUND THEM, PAN SHOT OF TANKS. PLANES IN FORMATION, ARMOURED LORRIES ADVANCING, BREN CARRIERS. MOTOR LOADS OF GERMAN TROOPS (PRISONERS). HITLER. ROYAL NAVY TORPEDO AN AXIS SHIP. CAPTURED GERMAN GUNS AND TANKS. PRISONERS AND OTHER BOOTY. OUR TROOPS PASSING GERMAN DEAD AND BURNING WRECKAGE. 05:06:55 BMT ISSUE 711A (1/21/43) AXIS PLANS GO WRONG (PARTIAL DUB) ROMMEL & KESSELRING IN DESERT, CU OF BOTH; ROMMEL AT GERMAN HQ BERLIN ENTERS ROOM WITH GOEBBELS, VARIOUS SHOTS OF SAME. CU ROMMEL; HITLER PRESENTING ROMMEL WITH AWARD. MAP. MONTY GETS OUT OF CAR & WALKS TO CU. AERIAL SCENES OF CAUCASIAN MOUNTAINS, AERIAL SHOT OF GERMAN ALPINE TROOPS AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN, ON THE MARCH. SOLDIERS WITH PACK HORSES CLIMBING MOUNTAIN. SMALL ARTILLERY ON MOUNTAIN FIRING. THE MOUNTAINS BEING SNOW COVERED. JERRIES THROUGH FOREST CARRY RAFT CROSS RIVER KABAN. SHOTS OF SOLDIERS MARCHING, VARIOUS EXPLOSIONS AROUND. RAFT CROSSES RIVER AMID MACHINE GUN FIRE. LS OF ARTILLERY EXPLOSIONS, CU BREECH SHELLS HANDED UP, DIRECT HITS ON TWO RUSSIAN TANKS. ADVANCE ON INFANTRY, CU TANK, & OTHERS ADVANCING.JU88B IN FLIGHT, MS OF HEINKEL DROPPING BOMBS & MASSES OF INCENDIARIES. AERIAL SHOTS OF DIRECT HITS ON ROADS, RAILWAYS, ETC. VERY GOOD. TRACERS COMING UP AT PLANES, ALSO VERY GOOD. SEVERAL SHOTS OF FIRES, LS STALINGRAD, AS IN GR ISSUE 709. FINISHES UP WITH TANKS ADVANCING. (GOOD DOG FIGHT, AERIALS OF STALINGRAD, STREETV FIGHTING, GERMANS PENETRATING FACTORY DISTRICT, SOVIET DEFENDERS IN STREET FIGHT, ONE FALLS, TANK) 05:13:56 BMT ISSUE 713 (2/1/43) GALLANT END OF THE HORNET GS OF USS AIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET IN DOCK. CAMERA IS SHOOTING AS ELEVATOR FROM QUARTER DECK RISES TO FLIGHT DECK, RATHER EFFECTIVE. SAILORS PARADED ON FLIGHT DECK. LS OF HORNET. MARTLETS & AVENGERS ON FLIGHT DECK OF HORNET, ONE MARTLET MAKES OFF, ALSO IN FLIGHT. CU PILOT JAP PLANES ATTACKING HORNET, ACK-ACK FIRING, SHOTS OF CREWS FIRING POM-POMS, JAP PLANE CRASHING INTO SEA. GS OF HORNET ON FIRE, CREW ON SIDE OF SHIP LOWERING & RAISING BUCKETS OF WATER, IN AN ENDEAVOUR TO PUT FIRES OUT. HORNET BEING TAKEN IN TOW. LS OF HORNET ON FIRE & LISTING. SHIP HAS BEEN ABANDONED, HORNETS CREW TRANSFERRING FROM CRUISER TO DESTROYER WITHOUT THE SHIPS STOPPING. VARIOUS SHOTS OF STRETCHERS & BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR CARRYING CREW ACROSS WATER.XX FROM DESTROYER TO CRUISER. 05:16:10 BMT ISSUE 713 (2/1/43) CASABLANCA CONFERENCE ELEVATED SHOTS OF CASABLANCA, ALSO OF ANFA HOTEL. GS OF DAMAGED SIDE OF JEAN BART. GS ANFA HOTEL SURROUNDED BY TREES. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN STANDS BY CAR, SHEDS GREATCOAT. HANDS TO MARINE, STOOPS TO PICK UP GLOVES AND PAPERS FROM GROUND. TWO CLOSE SHOTS OF BROOKE, DILL AND POUND THROUGH GROUNDS INTO CAMERA. BRITISH AND US STAFF SEATED AT TABLE. VARIOUS CLOSE SHOTS OF COUPLES AS FOLLOWS: MARSHALL & BROOKE. ARNOLD AND PORTAL. KING & POUND. MOUNTBATTEN & SOMERVELL. GS BROOKE TALKING TO STAFF. CHURCHILL AS AIR COMMODORE AT WAREHOUSE, INTERIOR SHOTS - SAILORS PARADE AND CHEERING. CHURCHILL OUTSIDE BUILDING WITH HIS SON RANDOLPH. ALEXANDER IN ARMY CAPE WITH TEDDER FOLLOWING UP GANGWAY OF WARSHIP - SAILORS PRESENTING ARMS. ALEXANDER AND TEDDER ALONG DECK OF SHIP TO CABIN. WRENS IN CABIN TYPING AND PRINTING PAPERS ON GESTETNER MACHINE. ROOSEVELT IN STATIONARY JEEP. ROOSEVELT IN JEEP ALONG ROAD INSPECTING US TROOPS. ROOSEVELT AND AMERICAN STAFF SEATED IN FIELD HAVING MEAL. CHURCHILL IN MUFTI WALKS THROUGH GROUNDS OF HOTEL PAST GUARD OF HONOUR WHO PRESENT ARMS, HE SAYS SOMETHING AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SHOULDER ARMS. CAMERAMEN RUNNING AROUND HIM AS HE APPROACHES TWO NAVAL OFFICERS AND SHAKES HANDS. CU GENERAL GIRAUD, ROOSEVELT, PAN TO DE GAULLE AND CHURCHILL. DE GAULLE AND GENERAL GIRAUD SHAKING HANDS, ALSO GIRAUD AND ROOSEVELT. DE GAULLE AND CHURCHILL. DE GAULLE AND GIRAUD WALK OFF. GROUP SHOT OF US STAFF - LEFT TO RIGHT: MR HOPKINS, GENERAL ARNOLD, SOMERVELL & HARRIMAN. SEATED L TO R: MARSHALL, ROOSEVELT, KING, GROUP SHOTS. WARD PRICE TAKING TO CHURCHILL STANDING. CU CHURCHILL SEATED GIVING PRESS CONFERENCE. 05:21:52 BMT ISSUE 714 (2/8/43) U-BOAT PERIL - EXCLUSIVE MOVIETONE SURVEY LORD WINSTON SPEAKS ON THE GRAVE MENACE OF THE U-BOAT. OUR SHIPYARDS CONTINUE THEIR INCREASED OUTPUT AND WOMEN ARE AMONGST THE WORK FORCE. CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOWS THE ACTIVITY ONBOARD A U-BOAT THAT IS OUT ON PATROL. SHIPS (FIVE) DOWN RUNWAY (STRAIGHT LAUNCHINGS). CU SIDE OF SHIP PAST CAMERA. U-BOAT BOWS BREAKING SURFACE. INTERIOR SHOT OF CREW AT POSTS, CRASH DIVES, COMMANDER DOWN CONNING TOWER. WATER BUBBLES RISING TO SURFACE VG. CREW WAIT WHILE DEPTH CHARGES EXPLODE, LIGHTS GO OUT, REPLACED. COMMANDER THROUGH PERISCOPE, SUB. SURFACES (BREAKING SURFACE) PATH OF TORPEDO, STRIKES MERCHANT SHIP, & EXPLODES, SEVERAL SHOTS OF SINKING. SURVIVORS IN BOAT, SURVIVORS IN PUBLIC HOUSE TELLS OF EXPERIENCES; FINISHES WITH SHIP IN CONVOY PASSING 05:25:58 BMT ISSUE 715 (2/15/43) HITLER ENTERTAINS DELIRIOUS MEETING OF AXIS BLOOD-BROTHERS. RECONSTRUCTED BY CHARLES RIDLEY. CUT STORY - (MOI) SHOT OF MASSES OF FLAGS, HITLER & MUSSOLINI ARRIVING IN CAR, CAR DRIVES ALONG RANKS OF PARADED GERMAN SOLDIERS. TROOPS MARCHING PAST, CU FEET, HERE THERE IS TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY. (BMN) HITLER & MUSSOLINI IN STAND EACH PERSUADING THE OTHER TO DEMONSTRATE THE GOOSE STEP, IN END HITLER LEADS, MORE TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY, THE CAMERA REVERSING EVERY NOW & THEN. HITLER GOOSE STEPPING IN FRONT OF TROOPS, SHOT OF ENGLISH PLANES, & FINISHES UP WITH HITLER RUNNING TO HIS CAR, A BOMB EXPLODING JUST AS HE REACHES IT. 05:26:42 BMT ISSUE 716 (2/22/43) VERSATILE WELLINGTONS THE FAMOUS BOMBER IS NOW BEING USED FOR LAYING MINES, HERE WE SEE IT DROPPING MINES IN THE SEA LANES OFF TUNISIA. CUT STORY - GS AERODROME SHOWING WELLINGTONS WITH TORPEDOES SCATTERED ABOUT. CU UNDERCARRIAGE OF PLANE, SHOWING MINE BEING HOISTED INTO PLANE UNDER FUSELAGE, BOMB DOORS CLOSING. RAF PERSONNEL ATTACHING FUSE TO MINE. SEVERAL SHOTS OF PLANES OVER SEADROPPING MINES. TORPEDOES ACROSS AERODROME TO PLANES. CU TORPEDO INTO POSITION AND DOORS CLOSING. RAF OFFICER GIVING ORDERS TO INDIAN (SIKH) PILOT, CU ENGINE TURNING - CU PILOT IN COCKPIT. WELLINGTON TAKES OFF, OVER SEA, TORPEDOES DROPPED. WELLINGTONS FLYING INTO CAMERA. CU TORPEDO TAIL. 05:28:12 BMT ISSUE 716 (2/22/43) STALINGRAD DEBACLE SOVIET NEWSFILM SHOWS THE GREAT VICTORY AT STALINGRAD AND THE FIGHTING IN SURROUNDING AREAS. HOW THE RED ARMY SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING BACK THE NAZIS AND TAKING THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS. RUSSIAN INFANTRY ADVANCING OVER SNOW COVERED PLAIN, IN SHELL HOLES FIRING RIFLES.TANKS ADVANCING FOLLOWED BY INFANTRY. RUSSIAN PLANES IN FORMATION BOMBING ENEMY, BOMBS DROPPING & HITS REGISTERED. PAN OF CAPTURED AIRFIELD SHOWING VARIOUS GERMAN PLANES ALL FOCKE WULFS. CU AMMUNITION BELTS LYING IN COCKPIT. CAVALRY RIDING PAST CAPTURED PLANES. TANKS ADVANCING ALONG ROAD, PAN OF RAILWAY, SHOWS MATERIAL LEFT BY GERMANS, RUSSIANS LOADING ONTO CARTS. SEVERAL ANGLE SHOTS OF ARMOURED TRAIN (ON BRYANSK FRONT) STEAMING ALONG TRACK, CU OFFICERS LOOKING OUT OF HATCH. CU BREECH, & GUNS FIRING. RUSSIAN TROOPS CHALKING NUMBERS ON HUNDRED OF CAPTURED BOOTY (ALL TYPES). VARIOUS CU OF PRISONERS, ALSO CU OF FEET STAMPING SAME TO KEEP WARM. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN CAPTURED GERMAN FELT BOOTS PARADING UP & DOWN IN FRONT OF COMRADES. VARIOUS ANGLE SHOTS OF PRISONERS MARCHING IN ENDLESS LINES. THESE ARE EXCELLENT SHOTS OF PRISONERS. TANK PASSING PRISONERS, ALSO ESCORTED BY SOLDIERS ON FOOT. LS OF PRISONERS PASSING OUT OF CAMERA. ALL THIS IS SHOT UNDER SNOW. 05:33:21 BMT EXTRANEOUS "SAVE FUEL" PSA, AND TRIPOLI REFUGEES RETURNING HOME. 05:35:45 BMT ISSUE 713A (2/4/43) RED ARMY SWEEPS FORWARD THE RED ARMY SWEEPS ON NALCHIK AREA - THE RED ARMY HAS MADE GREAT ADVANCES IN THE CAUCASUS STOPPING HITLER'S BID TO REACH THE OILFIELDS OF GROZNY AND BAKU. RZHEV FRONT - GREAT ADVANCES HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE IN THE CENTRAL FOLLOWING THE CUTTING OF THE VYAZMA-RZHEV RAILWAY. VELIKI LUKI - AT VELIKI LUKI THE SOVIET WON A GREAT VICTORY CUTTING THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN THAT TOWN AND NOVOSOLVIKI. AERIAL SHOTS OF INFANTRY ADVANCING OVER MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL SHOTS OF ALPINE TROOPS CLIMBING OVER ROCKS. FIRING RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. SMALL ARTILLERY. RUSSIAN TANKS THROUGH WOODS OUT INTO OPEN FIELDS. CAMERA SHOOTING FROM TANK AS SAME ADVANCES. CU GUN FIRING ON TANK. TREES KNOCKED OVER BY TANKS. VARIOUS SHOTS OF TANKS AS THEY CROSS FIELDS. SHOTS OF TRACER SHELLS BEING FIRED AT AIRCRAFT. LS OF BURNING BUILDINGS. RUSSIAN LOOKS THROUGH GLASSES. SHOTS OF ARTILLERY FIRING. TANKS ACROSS FIELDS. OVER TRACKS. MS SENTRY. PAN OF GERMAN ROLLING STOCK LEFT BEHIND. PAN OF WRECKED GUNS, RAILWAY LORRIES ETC. SHOTS OF DEAD GERMANS. GS SIX BARREL MORTAR. MASS TANKS WITH FOREST BACKGROUND. GERMAN PRISONERS IN SINGLE FILE STAMPING FEET. CLOSE SHOTS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PRISONERS. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MARCHPAST WITH OFFICER ON STAND SALUTING. (ALL SHOTS ARE SNOW COVERED (NACCHIK, RZHEV, VELIKI LUKI) 05:40:45 BMT ISSUE 717 (3/1/43) THE GREAT SURRENDER - STALINGRAD ENCIRCLEMENT OF THE SIXTH ARMY. (PARTIALLY DUBBED) COUNTRY UNDER SNOW. LINES OF PRISONERS INTO CAMERA. MAP SHOWING STALINGRAD AND SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE. GS PLAINS WITH ARTILLERY FIRING. HEAVY ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIONS. LONG LINES OF ARTILLERY FIRING. VARIOUS SHOTS OF TROOPS ADVANCING OVER WRECKAGE - DEAD BODIES - GRAVES ETC., LT GENERAL BATOV GREETS GENERAL ROKOSSOVSKY AND MARSHAL VORONOV. THEY ENTER TRENCH AND LIGHT CIGARETTES. ARTILLERY ON OUTSKIRTS OF STALINGRAD. SHOTS OF RUINED BUILDINGS. SOLDIERS CRAWLING INTO POSITION DRAGGING MACHINE GUN ON SLEIGH. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MACHINE GUNS AND ARTILLERY FIRING. FIRING POINT BLANK AT CITY. SEVERAL SHOTS OF POWS COMING OUT OF BUILDING CARRYING WHITE FLAGS..FIELD MARSHAL VON PAULUS OUT OF CAR, WITH OTHER OFFICERS AND ENTERS BUILDING. WITH HIM IS LT GENERAL SCHMIDT. VARIOUS INTERIOR SHOTS. CU VON PAULUS AND RUSSIAN GENERAL TOLBUNIN. 05:45:14 BMT ISSUE 721 (3/29/43) LATEST FROM U.S. TUNISIAN FRONT OFFICIAL PICTURES TAKEN BY US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, MAKE THIS BRIEF DESPATCH OF A TYPICAL ACTION SOME TIME BEFORE OUR EIGHTH ARMY ATTACKED AT MARETH. JU88'S FLYING OVER TARGET & DIVE BOMBING, FIRING ON TANKS, EXPLOSIONS REGISTERED. VARIOUS SHOTS OF EXPLOSIONS, ELEVATED SHOTS (AERIAL OF GUN DUEL, DIRECT HIT ON HAYSTACK, & LS GERMAN TANK HIT, GERMAN (LS) TANK RETREATING, LONG HIGH SHOTS OVER THE BATTLEFIELD) 05:47:33 BMT ISSUE 721A (4/1/43) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (PARITAL DUB) SHOWS NOTHING FINER. FEW SHOTS OF 'BATTLE OF BRITAIN' & CRASHED PLANES. NIGHT SHOT OF LANCASTER TO. SHOT APPROACH PHILIPS WORKS, EINDHOVEN, FIRING GUNS. MASS SHOT OF SPITFIRES TO & IN FORMATION. LS ENEMY GASHOLDER FIRING AT SAME, WHICH IS FIRED. FLIGHT OF MUSTANGS IN LINE & ONE INDIVIDUAL SUNDERLAND OVER SEA, AV OF SUBMARINE IN SEA, ALSO AV COUNTRY. HURRICANE TAKE OFF IN RUSSIA, SNOW COVERED GROUND. ARABS BY PYRAMIDS LOOK UP AT BOSTONS OVER SAME. CU BOMBS FROM MITCHELL SPITFIRE. 05:49:33 BMT ISSUE 722 (4/5/43) BIG BLOWS BY FORTS IN ROUND THE CLOCK OFFENSIVE GSS OF FF'S ON AERODROME & GENERAL PAN OF AERODROME, FF'S TAXIING ACROSS AERODROME (UP TO & PAST CAMERA). FORMATION OF THREE IN FLIGHT. PLANES GETTING INTO FORMATION. VARIOUS SHOTS OF YANKY CREWS STANDING ROUND PLANES. RECEIVING ESCAPE GEAR. CU OF VARIOUS TYPES OF CREWS. ONE OF CREW WITH BLEEDING FACE, OWING TO BEING HIT BY SHELL WHILE ON RAID (PIECE OF). CREW KIT LAID OUT ON GROUND, PIECES BEING TAKEN AWAY, (FADING OUT) TILL ONLY ONE ITEM IS LEFT. PILOT DRESSED IN FULL KIT. INTERIOR OF PLANE CU OF WHOLE CREW AT POSTS. LS OF FF & THOSE WHO MAINTAIN SAME, STAND IN FRONT. (IN FORM OF TABLEAU, THEY FADE OUT ONE BY ONE, SIMILAR TO LANCASTER MAINT.). GS OF FF FROM ROOF OF HANGAR. CREWS DISPERSE TO PLANES. CU OF FF & MS (VERY GOOD). TRACTOR TOWING FF PAST CREW. FF TAXIES OVER AERODROME, CREWS LEAVING BRIEFING ROOM. CUT STORY - CU UNDER CARRIAGE OUT OF CAMERA TO MS OF FF BEING TOWED. MS OF TURNING PROPELLER & ENGINES STARTING. FORMATION OF FF & AERIAL SHOTS OVER WILHELMSHAVEN (THIS IS EXCELLENT SHOT). OVER VEGESACK BOMBS IN FORE FALLING & AERIAL SHOTS FALLING, SMOKE RISING FROM GROUND. GS FF LANDING CREW GETTING OUT, MS OF (INTERIOR) INTERROGATION. CREWS WALK INTO CAMERA ON NEW RAID (ROUEN) & CU OF TYPES. JACK RAMSDEN BEING ASSISTED WITH HIS FLYING KIT, SIDE OF FF. J RAMSDEN FIXES CAMERA TO SPECIALLY MADE DOOR, ALSO COVERS WITH HEATED BLANKET, MOVING CAMERA ROUND. FF CLIMBING. FORMATIONS OF FF'S OVER CLOUDS, VARIOUS SHOTS (VERY GOOD). AERIAL SHOT OF ROUEN BOMBS IN FORE FALLING. WOUNDED ON STRETCHER OUT OF PLANE. CAMERA PANS ROUEN AERIAL SHOTS, FORMATION OVER CLOUDS, CROSSING FRENCH COAST, & CAMERA PANS TO BURNING FF IN SEA NEAR COAST. AERIAL SHOT OF ENGLAND, & PLANES LANDING & TAXIING, J RAMSDEN OUT OF PLANE SMILING, SMOKING CIGARETTE, GIVES LIGHT TO YANKY. MS OF DAMAGED TAIL OF FF. YANK LOOKING AT HOLE OF WING (DAMAGED). COVERING BOMB SITE & CARRYING SAME AWAY, WALK INTO CAMERA. FINISHES WITH SHOT OVER CLOUDS OF FORMATION OF FF'S. CUTS (ADDITIONAL) GS. FF WITH ARMY VAN NEARBY. CU PUNCTURED TYRE OF PLANE, ALSO MS OF CRASHED LANDED FORTRESS. CU OF NAMES OF PLANES SUCH AS: JERSEY BOUNCE, SLEEPING PRINCESS. FF OVER SEA. DAWN SHOT OF FF'S IN LINE CROSS AERODROME FOR TAKE OFF. CREWS TESTING GUNS AT ELEVENTH HOUR. INTERIOR SHOTS OF GUNNERS, PILOTS, ETC. BALL TURRET GUNNER CLIMBING IN. DAMAGED TAIL GUNNER TURRET. OIL FILTER WHICH HAS BEEN SHOT UP. CU 1000LB BOMBS, & BEING HOISTED UNDER CARRIAGE. FF TAKES OFF INTO CAMERA. ONE SECTION SHOWS FLYING FORTRESS WITH DIAGRAM RINGS AROUND SAME. 05:55:20 BMT ISSUE 722A (4/8/43) AMERICANS BLITZ RENAULT WORKS B 17 FLYING FORTRESSES CARRY OUT A RAID ON THE RENAULT WORKS AT BILLANCOURT, PARIS. FILM OF THE ACTUAL BOMBING WAS TAKEN BY NEWSREEL CAMERAMAN JIM WRIGHT. YANKS ON ROOF OF CONTROL TOWER, FORTS PASSING IN FRONT OF HANGAR FOLLOWING ONE ANOTHER, SHOT OF CONTROL TOWER AGAIN. SEVERAL ANGLE SHOTS OF FORTS TAKING OFF. FORTS IN FORMATION, BOMBS IN FORE DROPPING & AERIAL SHOTS OF 'TARGET' SINGLE FORTRESS IN FLIGHT, FINISHING UP WITH AERIAL SHOTS OF RENAULT WORKS. 05:57:48 BMT ISSUE 722A (4/8/43) SECOND BATTLE OF BURMA BRITISH AND INDIAN TROOPS FIGHT THEIR WAY INTO THE JUNGLES OF BURMA, WHILST HURRICANES STRAFE THE ENEMY POSITIONS. VARIOUS SHOTS OF ASSAULT BARGES BEING TOWED ALONG RIVER. GS OF STEAMER. SMALL BOATS (SIMILAR TO CANOES) CARRYING BRITISH TROOPS, LANDING ON COAST, DISEMBARKING. VARIOUS SHOTS OF NATIVE CARRYING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING AMMO. ON BAMBOO STICKS. SMALL NATIVE BOATS ARE SANPANS. ARMOURED CAR CROSSES RIVER ON PONTOON. NATIVES BUILD JETTY, PILE DRIVING IN PRIMITIVE MANNER. BREN CARRIERS ENTERING RE-OCCUPIED VILLAGE. CU SV OF BURMA POLICEMAN. CUT-IN SHOTS OF MARKET SCENES, ALSO NATIVE BEING SHAVED. GENERAL HARTLEY WITH OTHER OFFICERS INTO CAMERA ALONG ROAD, HARTLEY WITH WALKING STICK. VARIOUS SHOTS OF TROOPS IN TRENCHES, IN JUNGLE, ALSO TWO SHARING CIGARETTE, PATROL THROUGH JUNGLE INTO CAMERA, SINGLE FILE. MS OF SNIPER FIRING, FROM LAYING POSITION. BREN CARRIER ALONG BEACH, JUNGLE BACKGROUND, CU DRIVER, & LS OF JUNGLE & COASTLINE. IN JUNGLE TROOPS WITH MULES WINDING THEIR WAY. INDIAN TROOPS MARCH THROUGH VILLAGE, INTO CAMERA. VARIOUS TYPES OF BRITISH TROOPS THREE ENEMY BOMBERS OVERHEAD, SMOKE RISING FROM TREES, CAUSED BY THEIR BOMBS, HURRICANES CHASING ENEMY BOMBERS. FIRING BREN GUN IN JUNGLE. BRITISH PATROL CROSSING SMALL RIVERLETTE. LS HURRICANES STRAFING ENEMY POSITIONS. 06:00:36 BMT ISSUE 723 (4/12/43) MARETH VICTORY - OUT OF TUNISIA, NOW FOR THE LAST ROUND-UP CU SOLDIERS FEET MARCH OUT OF CAMERA ACROSS DESERT (PATROL). MS CRUSADER TANKS LEAD TRANSPORT ALONG ROAD, SHOT INTO CAMERA. CU STACKS OF SHELLS. GRANTS TANKS ON ROAD INTO CAMERA. LS MARETH HILLS AND GS OF ARTILLERY BATTERY DUSK FALLING, NIGHT, BARRAGE COMMENCES. SILHOUETTES OF SOLDIERS BY GUNS (25 POUNDERS). DAWN, GS OF TRENCHES, DUG-OUTS AND TROOPS CROSS WADI; OTHERS RUN WITH WHITE TAPE, MINE CLEARING, DIG AND MAKE TRENCHES. PAN OF TRENCHES, BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS. TROOPS ALONG TRENCH INTO CAMERA. BRITISH AND GERMAN WOUNDED STAND TOGETHER, AWAIT ATTENTION. CU GERMAN SOLDIER WOUNDED (HAND BLOWN OFF) AND BRITISH WITH WOUND IN CHEST. (CU) FIRST AID RENDERED. CU BREECH OF ARTILLERY ENCLOSED IN CAMOUFLAGED NETTING AND FIRING, LOADING, FIRING. MS OF BOFOR IN TANK DITCH. LS OF SHELL HITS. PAN OF ABANDONED ENEMY TERRITORY. CU GENERAL MONTGOMERY WITH GENERAL FREYBERG, SHOTS, ALSO WALK THROUGH CAMP. AERIAL SHOTS TRANSPORT COLUMNS OVER DESERT AND PAN. VARIOUS EXPLOSIONS. TWO SOLDIERS BEHIND HEDGE HAVE CIGARETTE, DUCK AS BOMB FALLS (VERY REALISTIC). SMOKE RISING FROM EXPLOSION. FORMATION OF JU88'S FLYING THROUGH ACK-ACK, ONE LEAVES TRAIL OF SMOKE AS IT CRASHES (NOT SEEN TO CRASH) CU SPITFIRE PILOT IN COCKPIT, LOOKING FORWARD. CU PROPELLER AND STARTING OF ENGINE. SV LINE OF SPITFIRES TAKE OFF (EXCELLENT SHOT) AND CLIMB INTO CAMERA, BANKING, ETC. LOOK DOWN SHOT OF BALTIMORE BOMBER OVER SEA (VERY GOOD). VARIOUS SHOTS OF FORMATIONS OF BALTIMORES AND BOSTONS DROPPING BOMBS (EXCELLENT SHOTS). AERIAL OF HITS REGISTERING. BASKETS OF BOMBS DROPPED SIMULTANEOUSLY. AERIAL OF EL GUETTAR. JEEPS ALONG ROAD. YANKS IN SAME. PASS ON THE SENED. OUTSIDE BUILDING. NAMES OF TOWN ON SAME. ALSO WITH MAKNASSY. YANKS PATROL STREETS. BRITISH BRIGADIER WITH AMERICAN OFFICER IN TRENCH. LOOK THROUGH FIELD GLASSES. FORMATION OF MITCHELL BOMBERS OVER SEA AND COAST, THROUGH FLAK, DROP BOMBS. AERIAL OF COUNTRY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY WITH GROUP OF SOLDIERS. PRISONERS IN HUNDRED MARCH ACROSS DESERT, ESCORTED BY AMERICANS. CU TYPES OF EIGHTH ARMY SOLDIERS. 06:08:18 BMT ISSUE 723A (4/15/43) 'U' BOAT WOLF PACK - RECENTLY CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOWS THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF A U-BOAT WOLF PACK (LIBRARY MATERIAL) INTERIOR OF SUBMARINE, SAILOR AT CONTROLS, CU SUBMARINE SURFACING. SUBMARINES (GERMAN) ARRIVE AT DOCKS, VARIOUS SHOTS GS OF SUBMARINES, & ELEVATED SHOTS SHOWING CREW ABOARD, ALSO ON DOCKS. CU PENNANT FLYING, SHOWING HOW MANY ALLIED SHIPS THEY HAVE TO THEIR CREDIT, SUBMARINE ENTERING, REINFORCED CONCRETE DOCKS, ROOF ALSO OF REINFORCED CONCRETE. GS OF SUBMARINE COMING INTO CAMERA, ALSO GS OF SAME INSIDE DOCK. MS OF OUTER DOCKS SHOWING THESE CUBICLE LOCKS. THIS IS A CAPTURED GERMAN REEL, EITHER TAKEN AT LORIENT, FRANCE OR WILHELMSHAVEN. 06:09:29 BMT ISSUE 723A (4/15/43) THE CLEARING OF BUNA IN THE PACIFIC THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE FOUND THAT THE MOPPING UP OF JAPANESE IN THE BUNA AREA TAKES A LOT OF DOING. REMNANTS OF THE ENEMY FORCES ARE HIDING IN CAMOUFLAGED, FORTIFIED JUNGLE POSITIONS AND IT TAKES A LOT TO FINISH THEM OFF. BRITISH PATROL THROUGH JUNGLE, PASSING OTHERS SEATED AT WAYSIDE. PAN OF THE ABOVE, SOLDIER CLEANING BREN CARRIER, ALSO ANOTHER WORKING ON TANK. TANK PLOUGHING ITS WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE, PAN OF JUNGLE, VARIOUS ANGLE SHOTS OF TANK MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH JUNGLE. SOLDIERS WALKING-CRAWLING ALONG THROUGH UNDERGROWTH, THROWS HANDS GRENADE, OFFICER DIRECTING FIRE OF RIFLE FIRED BY SOLDIER. PLANES PASSING OVER HEAD, CU BREECH OF COASTAL CAMOUFLAGED GUNS, FIRING SAME, HITS ON BEACH, GS OF BEACH WITH JUNGLE FORE, ALSO GS OF COAST FROM SEA, WITH EXPLOSIONS OCCASIONALLY. 06:12:07 BMT ISSUE 727A JAPANESE CONVOY ANNIHILATED FIRST REPORT OF A VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC, THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN BEATEN BACK IN NEW GUINEA. THE RAAF AND THEIR AMERICAN COMRADES CARRIED OUT THE RAID ON A JAPANESE TROOP CONVOY. MAPS OF THE FAR EAST, ALSO AERIAL PHOTOS OF CONVOY ASSEMBLED OF RABAUL, ANOTHER MAP OF PACIFIC. LS OF CONVOY. KITTYHAWKS LINED UP ON AERODROME SSV. PILOTS BRIEFING OPEN AIR. INSTRUCTIONS BOARD, GROUP OF PILOTS RUN TO PLANES, BOSTONS & MITCHELLS TAKE OFF & ALSO FLYING AT SPEED. FLYING FORTRESSES FLYING INTO CAMERA. KITTYHAWKS, BEAUFIGHTERS, BOSTONS, IN FLIGHT, ALSO LIGHTNING. AERIAL SHOT OF LIBERATOR (LOOK DOWN SHOT BACKGROUND BEING GROUND). AERIAL LS OF CONVOY. CU BOMB DOORS OPENING, & BOMBS DROPPING OUT, & FALLING. FORMATION OF BOSTONS FLYING OVER BURNING SHIPS. VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS OF CONVOY, SOME OF THE SHIPS SMOKING ALIGHT. INTERIOR - PILOT OF BOMBER, LOOKING BACK AT REAR GUNNER. FIGHTER MACHINE GUNNING SMALL CRAFT, GOES IN THREE TIMES BEFORE GETTING DIRECT HIT, SHOT FROM ATTACKING PLANE. LS BURNING CONVOY. BACK VIEW OF PILOT. KITTYHAWK DOES VICTORY ROLL FINISHES WITH FORMATION OF BEAUFIGHTERS WITH AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN FADING IN & OUT. 06:17:02 BMT (FROM TUNISIA - VICTORY COMPLETE) GOOD STOCK SHOTS OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER 06:17:31 BMT ISSUE 731 (6/7/43) CHURCHILL TO CONGRESS - WINSTON CHURCHILL ADDRESSED THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (PARTIAL) MS OF CHURCHILL ADDRESSING CONGRESS (SOUND), CUT-INS OF CROWD APPLAUDING, CHURCHILL FINISHED WALKS OFF STAND & GIVES 'V' SIGN. GS OF STANDM (ROSTRUM) THE SPEAKER BEING MR SAM RAYBURN, ON CHURCHILL'S RIGHT IS MR WALLACE. GS IN GARDEN ROOSEVELT & CHURCHILL OFFICERS STANDING ROUND THEM, CU CHURCHILL VG. CU ROOSEVELT VG & CU BOTH. GS OF PAN OF GROUND WHICH INCLUDES IN ADDITION BROOKE, PORTAL, ARNOLD, MARSHALL & SOMERVILLE. CHURCHILL SOUND "THE HUN IS ALWAYS EITHER AT YOUR THROAT OR YOUR FEET." 06:18:59 BMT ISSUE 731A (6/10/43) GIRAUD AND DE GAULLE MEET AND AGREE THE FIRST NEWS OF GENERAL DE GAULLE'S ARRIVAL IN ALGIERS FOR HIS MUCH POSTPONED MEETING WITH GENERAL GIRAUD. CUT STORY - DOUGLAS PLANE LANDING ON AERODROME, GENERAL DE GAULLE OUT OF PLANE, CU OF DE GAULLE & GIRAUD, INDIVIDUALLY & TOGETHER. MS OF DE GAULLE BY CAR, & CLIMBS IN. GIRAUD & EISENHOWER WALKING PAST GUARD OF HONOUR OF FRENCH TROOPS, GS OF GIRAUD CONFERRING THE GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR TO EISENHOWER, GIRAUD THEM PLACES HIS SWORD ON EACH OF EISENHOWER'S SHOULDERS, & KISSES HIS TWO CHEEKS. 06:19:55 BMT ISSUE 731A (6/10/43) PREMIER'S "THANKS FOR VICTORY" VISIT MR CHURCHILL VISITS NORTH AFRICA TO SAY THANKS TO THE VICTORS (PARTIAL) MS CHURCHILL, EISENHOWER & MARSHALL, BROOKE & EDEN. CU SV OF CHURCHILL TO FINISH. KEYWORDS; SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL; FIELD MARSHAL SIR ALAN FRANCIS BROOKE, 1ST VISCOUNT ALANBROOKE; AIR MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR CONINGHAM; GENERAL GEORGE CATLETT MARSHALL; FIELD MARSHAL; ; DWIGHT D EISENHOWER 06:20:58 BMT ISSUE 732 (6/14/43) MASS LEASE/LEND FOR RUSSIA WAR MATERIALS ARRIVE AT A PERSIAN PORT FROM AMERICA EN ROUTE FOR RUSSIA. GENERAL SHOTS OF IRANIAN QUAY LOADED WITH VARIOUS SUPPLIES FOR RUSSIA, STACKS OF FOOD, INCLUDING HORMEL LUNCHEON MEAT (SPAM) PACKED IN CASES ETC. VARIOUS COMPONENT PARTS OF RAILWAY TENDERS, BEING UNLOADED FROM SHIPS, CU RUSSIAN BOOKING SAME IN. BOSTONS BEING ASSEMBLED, & LINE OF BOSTONS, ALSO LINE OF KITTYHAWKS. ELEVATED PAN OF CASES OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS IN CASES. GS OF LORRIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED. FEW START OFF ALONG ROAD. PAN OF STACKS & STACKS OF SUPPLIES AT PORT. (IN CUT STORY THERE IS A CU OF THE AMERICAN YELLOW STAR - ON PLANE - BEING PAINTED OVER IN RED COLOUR). SHOT OF RUSSIAN PILOTS WHO WILL FLY AMERICAN PLANES BACK TO USSR. 06:22:52 BMT ISSUE 733 (6/21/43) TWENTY FIVE NOT OUT THE FLYING FORTRESS MEMPHIS BELLE HAVING COMPLETED TWENTY FIVE MISSIONS OVER ENEMY OCCUPIED EUROPE IS RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES. DEVERS & EAKER ADDRESS CREW OF MEMPHIS BELLE & OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOT OF WOMAN PAINTED ON PLANE). EAKER WALKING PAST FORTRESS. GS OF PARADE. CU FUSELAGE SHOWS HOW MANY ENEMY PLANES & RAIDS THEY HAVE TO THEIR CREDIT. GS OF INSPECTION. TAKING FROM INSIDE PLANE, CREWS LUGGAGE BEING THROWN IN CENTRE GUN TURRET WINDOW, (INTO CAMERA). ELEVATED SHOT OF HAND SHAKES IN GENERAL & DE-BAGGING OF PILOT. MS OF PILOT & NAVIGATOR INSIDE PLANE. SV TAKE OFF OF FLYING FORTRESS, & VARIOUS SHOTS IN AIR. 06:24:39 BMT ISSUE 733 (6/21/43) MALTA IN REVERSE - PANTELLERIA'S ECLIPSE (ONLY MALTA PART TRANSFERRED) DESPITE TERRIFYING ODDS THE ISLAND OF MALTA HELD OUT AGAINST THE AXIS AND NOW THE SITUATION IS BEING REVERSED AS THE ALLIES POUND PANTELLERIA. CUT STORY - VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE BOMBING OF MALTA, AERIAL SHOTS OF BOMBING. MERCHANT SHIP ENTERING HARBOUR, ABOVE IS LIBRARY MATERIAL 06:27:18 BMT EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WALKING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, KING GEORGE VI, EQUUEN ELIZABETH THE ROYAL CONSORT, PRINCESS ELIZABETH, PRINCESS ANNE. 06:27:26 BMT ISSUE 741A (8/19/43) SUBMARINE WARFARE - ONE A DAY MORE AND MORE U-BOATS ARE BEING SUNK, MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE ATLANTIC CONVOYS TO GET THROUGH. AERIAL SHOT OF CONVOY, WIRELESS OPERATOR SENDS OUT MESSAGE, THAT ENEMY SUBS SIGHTED, AMERICAN (EITHER DAUNTLESS OR AVENGER) PLANE TAKE OFF FROM CARRIER, ANGLE SHOTS & OUT OF CAMERA. SHOTS OF FLYING OVER SEA, SUBMARINE SIGHTED, GUN BLAZING, HITS REGISTERING, CU BOMB LEAVING PLANE, STILL OF U-BOAT WITH DEPTH JUST ENTERING WATER (NEAR MISS) & SOME OF CREW ON DECK OF SUB. ANOTHER SUB SIGHTED, AERIAL SHOTS OF HITS & BOMBS FALLING NEAR & DIRECT HITS, SUB HALF SUBMERGED. 06:29:05 BMT ISSUE 742 (8/23/43) US SHIPYARD BREAKS RECORDS ALSO TANK STORY THE HENRY KAISER PACIFIC COAST SHIPYARDS ARE TURNING OUT POCKET AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. LADY HALIFAX, WIFE OF THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR, LAUNCHED ONE OF THEM, THE 'NATONA BAY. GS - AIRCRAFT CARRIER NATONA BAY BEFORE LAUNCHING. MS LADY HALIFAX LAUNCHING SAME, DOWN RUNWAY, OUT OF CAMERA. SHOT OF CARRIER AT SEA, ALSO THE WOLVERINE YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SHE HAS PADDLES. CU OF PADDLES WHILE UNDER WAY. AERIAL SHOT OF CARRIER. NIGHT SHOTS OF KAISER SHIPYARD, LIGHTS FULL ON, VARIOUS SHOTS; RIVETERS AT WORK, THROWING RIVETS ABOUT ETC., ALSO WELDERS AT WORK. END TAPE