Summary

DOCUMENTARIES & NEWSREELS

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: DOCUMENTARIES & NEWSREELS
File Number: DN-LB-793 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1940
Subjects: WWII
Description: 18:01:15 1949, A Community Advisory Committee - Sd A Julien Bryan film American factories Production lines, huge machinery, turning gears Men & Women on production line Shot of older woman furiously working on production line AVs and street level views of Bridgeport, Connecticut factories Downtown Bridgeport street Servicemen, sailors walking down main street Business meetings, businessmen shaking hands 18:10:20 Bombing Rama VI (six) railroad bridge (Also on DN-LB-832) 18:12:48 GERMAN ARMY CAPTURES ENGLISH AND FRENCH PRISONERS, WWII German propaganda film 18:23:29 1944, RECOVERING STOLEN US EQUIPMENT, WEYWERTZ (?), GERMANY RETAKING OUTPOSTS NEAR GRAND SART (?), GERAMNY AIR ACTIVITY, ELSENBORN (?), BELGIUM MPs question German boy, boy leads soldiers to cache of stolen equipment c) LIB 1606 23Dec44 Elsenborn (?), Belgium Air Activity Soldiers watch vapor trails overhead, silhouette white flak, unidentified plane falls into flames Group of soldiers patching inner tubes, checking tires, vulcanizing patch on inner tube 18:30:57 1945, 703RD AND 3RD ARMORED DIVISION, BANEAUS (?), BELGIUM DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN ARTILLERY OP, BESQUEVILLE (?), BELGIUM a) Wrecked M-4 Tanks, burning M-7 105mm How motor carriage Snow-covered terrain near Manhay M-4 tank skids on hill, sniper fire, machine gunner firing, removing anti-tank mine, dead German soldier, armored infantry advances across open terrain M-10 motor carriage backs up steep hill b) Destruction of German Artillery OP Shells hit German OP church tower 334th FA Bn, 87th division watch artillery fire Birds fly from tower in artillery fire 18:38:29 1944, November 9th - ARMISTICE DAY IN PARIS, FRANCE SNOW, BUTGENBACH AND KRINKELT (?), BELGIUM 18:46:12 1945, GEN CHARLES DE GAULLE, NANATES, FRANCE COLLECTION POINT FOR THE DEAD, BASTOGNE, BELGIUM IDENTIFICATION OF BODIES, MALMEDY, BELGIUM a) LIB 2253 (M-1187) Nantes, France 14Jan45 General de Gaulle addresses crowd from window of City Hall, two French boys slide down hill b) LIB 2171 (M-1186) Bastogne, Belgium 13Jan45 Collection Point for the Dead US Soldiers examine frozen US soldiers in the snow, loading soldiers onto truck 6th Armored Division tanks near Bastogne c) LIB 2226 (M-1186) Malmedy, Belgium 15Jan45 Frozen bodies of US Soldiers unloaded and carried into building for identification, snow covered highway w vehicles 18:51:19 1944, GERMAN CIVILIANS, MUTZENICH, GERMANY WITHDRAWING, VAUX-LEZ-ROSIERES, BELGIUM AIRBORNE UNIT GOES INTO THE LINE, BOSSON, BELGIUM Children US troops on roads, in trucks Convoy 19:00:12 1945, MP RAID ON CIVILIAN HOUSE, NEUIELER (?), GERMANY Bottles, cans of juice food are taken from house Military Police headquarters Sign On roads, US soldiers inspect German prisoners Wounded 19:08:09 1940s, SCENES ABOARD CV CRUISER IN HEAVY SEAS FUELING AT SEA - CU, Observation plane aboard cruiser or BB MS, Observation plane being launched from cruiser (presumably San Francisco class) LS CU, USSSARATOGA or old USS LEXINGTON MS Bow of cruiser in heavy seas (spray going over bow) MS, DD coming along side of aircraft carrier MS, SBD in flight CU Camera going down front elevator F4Fs in deck planed on hangar deck with crews working CU, USS ELLET (DD-398) MS, Looking forward over flight deck Bow of the USS SARATOGA of the old USS LEXINGTON MS, SBDs on flight deck of aircraft carrier MS, SBD flies low over deck and drops message CU, Loading aerial bombs on aircraft CU, F4Fs taking off carrier MS, SBDs in preparation and taking off from carrier MS, SC Tanker refueling carrier in rough seas MCU, Transferring guard mail from tanker to ship in rough seas
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