THE WAR, 1941-1944 Part 11

Description

Records world-wide war activities. Reel 1 (1941-42), Pearl Harbor is attacked. Pres. Roosevelt signs a mutual aid pact with 26 other nations. Churchill inspects damage in London. Shows destruction in Russia and China. Industry is converted to war production. Draftees are inducted and trained. German submarines sink U.S. ships. Wheat, factories, and bridges are destroyed by retreating Russians. Shows Cordell Hull. Reel 2 (1942), Japanese and German troops continue to advance on all fronts. U.S. and Japanese fleets are attacked by carrier planes off Midway. The British stop German armor at El Alamein, Egypt. Shows street fighting in Stalingrad. Shows British and Russian factories. Personages: Adm. Nimitz, Joseph Stalin. Reel 3 (1942), U.S. material of war is made and stored. Shows many ship launchings. Troops arrive in England and New Caledonia. Planes and ships deliver supplies in various sectors. Marines land on Guadalcanal. Reel 4 (1942-43), allied troops fight in New Guinea jungles. British armor routs the enemy in Egypt, capturing many Italians. U.S. and British troops land in French North Africa. Shows the scuttled French fleet. A Russian pincer entraps Germans; Romanians and Germans (including 24 generals) surrender. Shows Gens. MacArthur, Alexander, and Montgomery. Reel 5 (1943), the victory at Stalingrad is celebrated. F.D.R., Churchill, and de Gaulle confer at Casablanca. U.S. and British troops meet in Tunisia; Gen. Eisenhower greets Gen. Montgomery. Bizerte, Tunis, and many German prisoners are captured. Sicily and Italy are invaded. Mussolini is ousted. The Italian fleet surrenders to Gen. Eisenhower. Naples greets U.S. troops. Allied planes bomb and strafe enemy targets and down German fighters over Europe. Reel 6 (1943-44), Russian troops, guerrillas, and citizens celebrate their victory. Marines land and fight on Tarawa. F.D.R. and Churchill meet with Chiang Kai-shek at Cairo and with Stalinat Teheran. Shows Tito and Yugoslav guerrillas. Normandy is invaded; allied troops and French guerrillas battle Germans.

Collection

General Records of the Department of State

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations