Summary

WWII HOME MOVIES #2

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: WWII HOME MOVIES #2
File Number: DMG-2 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Home Movie
Year: 01/01/1942
Description: Color 1942 Home movies from WWII The filmmaker, a dentist, served as a medic in North Africa, Italy and France, and participated in the liberation of Dachau This reel shows soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland, Britain, and Algeria 00:20:34:00 Color 1942 Waterfall in Northern Ireland Belfast, Ritz movie theater, marquee says GONE WITH THE WIND dogs playing on lawn coastal landscapes Allied destroyers in Londonderry harbor landscapes of Newcastle, England 00:26:00:00 Color 1942 Aerials of Britain, farmlands air-to-air clouds air-to-air British fighter plane [the Bulfort (?), similar to the Spitfire, but with a tail-gunner] church or cathedral mansions on cliffside [no location given] soldiers in courtyard of brick building [American medical officers stationed in Liverpool] destroyers and other ships in harbor, seen through porthole 00:33:33:00 Color 1942 VS North Africa: Oran, Algeria, harbor Arab children in street, smiling at camera donkey cart soldiers haggling with fruit seller soldiers eating oranges soldiers look at wreck of airplane [American medics around French plane shot down in Algeria] soldier brushing teeth (on moving train), Atlas Mountains in background desert mountains and landscapes soldiers horsing around, one man naked, bathing [Algeria]
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