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B24 Liberators fly low over fields from Alexandria, Egypt to the Ploesti oil fields in Romania.
B24 Liberators fly low over fields from Alexandria, Egypt to the Ploesti oil fields in Romania.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
American military builds pontoon bridge over Volturno River during World War II
American jeep drives into ruined town / VS men unload heavy metal plate from truck / soldier with metal detector with construction group at river's edge / construction crane places pontoon segment on river / men at river / rope is...
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B-17 Flying Fortress bombers fly during World War II mission
[Excellent shots throughout] VS US Army Air Forces gunners aim machine guns out openings of their B-17 Flying Fortress bomber / POV from inside plane as bomb bay door opens, revealing ground passing below / POV out window of camera plane...
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Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer reviews Chinese troops during World War II
Douglas DC-3 taxis to a stop / Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, commander of US forces in China, steps from plane followed by Chinese officers, shakes hands with those gathered on tarmac / he reviews Chinese troops / VS jeep he's riding in...
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Soviet Gen. Ivan Susloparov decorates US Gen. Mark Clark in Italy during World War II
US Gen. Mark Clark, Commanding General of Allied Fifth Army, coming out of hut followed by Soviet Gen. Ivan Susloparov and other Soviet and US officers / US color guard standing in formation / cameramen standing on muddy road in front of...
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Madame Chiang, Chiang Kai-Shek, Winston Churchill, and Franklin Roosevelt at 1943 Cairo Conference
VS Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek, US President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (Soong Mei-Ling) seated outside in front of arbor, Churchill smokes cigar, photographers take photos,...
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SS Athenia and RMS Antonia in 1939
VS newspaper headlines announcing the loss of the SS Athenia, first British ship sunk by Germany in what would end up being World War II / hand points out words in headline / still the SS Athenia // VS similar ship the RMS Antonia at...
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USS Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Navy Day 1945 in NYC
VS aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt at berth at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, crew on deck and crane above ship, 'Franklin D. Roosevelt' can be seen written across stern
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Naval officers on boat look through binoculars to scan ocean during World War II
Naval officers wearing helmets on boat or ship watching ocean; one looks through binoculars / ocean / ship on ocean / officers, one looking through binoculars / soldiers on boat / officer on moving boat seen against sky and ocean /...
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US troops camouflage their tanks and vehicles on the Western Front during World War II
VS CU soldier holds rifle / rear shot two soldiers with heads sticking out of foxhole look at snowy field beyond / soldiers dig with shovel and pickaxe / soldier sits atop tank camouflaged with hay / VS soldiers place tree branches on...
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Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin sitting for photo opportunity at Tehran Conference during World War II
Sitting on porch of Soviet Embassy posing for photo opportunity left to right Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, photographers at bottom of steps to porch taking...
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Sherman tanks being assembled at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company in Hammond, IN
VS looking down on factory floor where Sherman tanks being assembled, workers on floor / looking down row of tanks on assembly line, mechanic working under one in front / various shots mechanics working on tanks / VS tanks and workers /...
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General Maxime Weygand, Governor General of Algeria, in Algiers during World War II
Two shots of Vichy French Gen. Maxime Weygand, Governor General of Algeria, sitting in office at desk while man standing next to him hands him documents to look at / CU Weygand / Note: exact day not known
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Four pilots receive their wings as the first class of African-American pilots in the US Army
Rear shot Col. V. H. Kimble, Commanding Officer of the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Tuskegee Institute, presents wings to the first class of African-American pilots; he is accompanied by Maj. Noel F. Parrish, the Director of...
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Officials of the newly reorganized US Army meet with George Marshall in Washington, DC
US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall, second from left, meets with officials of the newly reorganized Army; the group sits at a table, examining a map; seated, L to R, Lt. Gen. Henry 'Hap' Arnold, commander of the Air Forces; Marshall;...
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African-American pilots train at the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Tuskegee Institute
African-American pilot in cockpit of plane / training plane moves on Tuskegee Army Airfield / another pilot dons his goggles / training plane moves / VS training plane takes off, flies / three planes fly in formation / training plane...
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Brass band plays for crowd in German city
Men playing brass instruments outside in maybe city park, can see boys to side / MS two men, one playing tuba and reading probably music sheet in his hand / MS musicians playing tubas and trumpets; boy turns his head and stares into...
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US and Soviet airmen talk in front of US plane given to USSR in Lend-Lease program
Soviet airmen and US officer stand in front of US military airplane / 2-shot Russians smile; pan to smiling US airman
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Damaged icons of destroyed Nazi Germany in Nuremberg
Pockmarked wall underneath swastika with sculpted eagle behind / partially destroyed sculpture of another stone eagle / damaged framed portrait of Adolf Hitler with tilt to cobblestone street and devastated building / Note: exact day not...
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Ovens used to burn corpses of prisoners in Nazi concentration camp liberated at end of World War II
Row of ovens in room with doors open / view through open door of oven of charred human remains inside / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete
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American GIs patrol streets of post-WWII Nuremberg
VS American soldiers run through ruins of Nuremberg / the men assist wounded comrades / jeeps drive through empty streets / men walk the streets and carry wounded men / street with spires of St. Lorenz Church / men walking on either side...
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Ovens used for burning corpses of prisoners in Nazi concentration camp
Pile of bones of dead prisoners outdoors in concentration camp / closer view of pile of bones / pan across row of ovens in room with doors open / sign in German on wall of room / close view of three ovens with doors open / view of...
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American GIs on patrol in post-WWII Nuremberg
VS a US military tank cautiously emerges from underneath an arched bridge then rolls along with running GIs; they carefully walk alongside the vehicle; the tank's guns fire / the soldiers taking cover behind vehicles with the webbing on...