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Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955. Brehon Burke Somervell photograph collection.

Title: Brehon Burke Somervell photograph collection. 1910-1975.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following wars: Mexican Border Troubles, World War II (WWII). General description of the collection: Brehon B. Somervell photograph collection consists of photographs that General Somervell kept from his distinguished and significant service to the United States (U.S.) Army and his nation. Although there are a few photos from his West Point days (1910-1914) and a few postcard photos from the Mexican Boarder (circa 1916), the bulk of this collection reflects his service from 1940 until his retirement in 1946. The vast majority of the collection, however, deals with his tenure as commanding general, Army Service Forces (1942-1946). The photos reflects his toured war plants, construction sites, U.S. and foreign cities and war theaters; his participation in conferences of many kinds; speeches; medals and awards; association with many VIPs of all our allies. One huge album gives an overview of the entire scope of the services of supply operation during WWII.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (1268 photographs)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48072741 View

Littlejohn, Robert McGowan, 1890-1982. Robert M. Littlejohn papers, 1942-1946.

Title: Robert M. Littlejohn papers, 1942-1946.

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, reports, albums, summaries. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: WWII -- ETO. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: ETO, American Graves Registration Command - Europe. General description of the collection: Robert M. Littlejohn papers include personal and official correspondence reflecting his role in Europe; much material covering general information about quartermaster operations in Europe from 1942-1946; report by Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell on communications zone in European Theater; summary of source materials on quartermaster operations.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes, 1 scrapbooks.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47904896 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JULY 10]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JULY 10]

Part 1, golf: Patty Berg wins the Women's Open. Part 2, sailors attend mass in Sampson, N.Y. Part 3, Col. Hobby is sworn in as the first WAC; Gen. Marshall speaks. Shows Gen. Somervell. Part 4, John D. Rockefeller gets out of a 1902 auto in Tarrytown, N.Y. Part 5, Britain's King George VI reviews troops in Tripoli with Gen. Montgomery and is cheered as he disembarks in Malta. Shows Gens. Clark and Patton. Part 6, attacking Japanese planes are driven off by allied P-38's after they set fire to fuel stores on a base in New Guinea. Natives unload barrels of gas from transport planes.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98789 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE ARMY SERVICE FORCES

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE ARMY SERVICE FORCES

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35632 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [OCT. 2]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [OCT. 2]

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98709 View

Gross, Charles P. Charles P. Gross photograph collection.

Title: Charles P. Gross photograph collection. 1914-1945.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military organizations: U.S. Army Transportation Corps; Ports of Embarkation. General description of the collection: The Charles P. Gross photograph collection includes several photos of various groups of cadets in the USMA class of 1914 and reunions held by that class. The rest of the collection contains photos of the latter part of his career from colonel to major general, an engineer officer, and chief of transportation during WWII. Numerous photos deal with ports of embarkation and christening of various types of ships. There are photos of VIP visits, receptions, medal presentations, reviews, and retirement ceremonies. Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell is featured in numerous photos.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (441 photographs)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52605351 View

Blair Moody Papers, 1928-1954, 1934-1952

Title: Blair Moody Papers

Detroit newspaperman and United States Senator from Michigan. Correspondence chiefly concerning his 1952 senatorial campaign and his newspaper work in the United States and abroad during World War II; scrapbooks of newspaper articles written by Moody and published for the most part in the and ; tape recordings of public affairs radio program; photographs and motion pictures of public affairs interview programs. Detroit News Barron's

ArchivalResource: 27.5 linear feet (in 29 boxes), 29 film reels, 60 phonograph records, 37 GB (online)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-8634?rgn=main;view=text View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 5]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 5]

On the Casablanca Conference. Personages: Pres. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Brazilian Pres. Vargas; Liberian Pres. Barclay; British Adm. Mountbatten; Gens. Wilbur, Patton, Marshall, Clark, Arnold, and Somervell; French Gens. Giraud and de Gaulle; E.R. Stettinius; Adm. King; British Adm. Pound; British Gen. Brooke; and Elliott and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. The President visits Natal, Brazil, tours the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia, and reviews U.S. troops in Casablanca. A bugler blows taps at the military cemetery in Casablanca.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98745 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST WAR BOND CUSTOMER

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST WAR BOND CUSTOMER

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35818 View

General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. SECNAV FORRESTAL amp; ADM. HEWITT OFF BEACH HEAD. SOUTHERN FRANCE

Title: General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. SECNAV FORRESTAL amp; ADM. HEWITT OFF BEACH HEAD. SOUTHERN FRANCE

1) MS Adm. Hewitt & Sec. of Navy Forrestal piped over side.2) HS PT with Secretary & party pulls away.3) MS CU German wounded brought aboard ship from LCM alongside-SV.4) MS Gen. Somerville & Under Secretary of War Patterson piped aboard.5) MS Adm. Hewitt greets Under Secretary of War Patterson.6) MS PT underway, city & harbor BG.QUALITY: GENERALLY GOOD.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77376 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 2]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 2]

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98839 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE YALTA CONFERENCE

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE YALTA CONFERENCE

Reel 1, Gens. Wood, Smith, Marshall, and Somervell deplane in Malta; British Gen. Alexander, Adms. King and Cunningham, Amb. Harriman, and Anthony Eden debark from a ship. Churchill salutes as Pres. Roosevelt debarks. The allied leaders enplane for Yalta after a conference. Molotov greets FDR, Churchill, Stettinius, Eden, and Hopkins as they deplane in Yalta. A Soviet honor guard is inspected. Stalin arrives at the conference site. Reel 2, FDR, Churchill, and Stalin pose. Shows views of Sevastopol. FDR entertains Churchill, Haile Selassie, Ibn Saud, and King Farouk aboard ship; Amb. Winant, Adm. Leahy, and Hopkins are present. FDR addresses Congress on the conference.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35891 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 10]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 10]

Part 1, tankers burn in the Caribbean Sea after being torpedoed by a German submarine. Planes take off in search of the submarines. Part 2, Pres. Roosevelt delivers a message to Congress. Part 3, shows the wreckage of two trains which collided in Granby, Missouri. Part 4, women work in English steel mills. Part 5, an old tire is retreaded in Seattle. Part 6, Negro air cadets of the 99th Fighter Squadron graduate at Tuskeegee Institute, Alabama. Part 7 Gen. Marshall announces the re-organization of the Army into three branches. Shows Gens. Arnold, McNair, and Somervell. Part 8, a Boston warehouse burns. Part 9, a daredevil performs in Brooklyn, New York.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98654 View

Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. MOSCOW PACT A TRIUMPH FOR UNITED NATIONS [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. MOSCOW PACT A TRIUMPH FOR UNITED NATIONS [ETC.]

Part 1, Sec. Hull, Molotov, Eden, Averell Harriman, and T.V. Soong sign the Moscow Pact. Hull is greeted by Pres. Roosevelt in Wash., D.C. Part 2, Marines parade past the U.S. Capitol celebrating their 168th anniversary. Part 3, Gen. Clark receives an honorary degree from Naples University. Part 4, General and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Adm. Mountbatten, and Gens. Stilwell and Somervell meet in Chungking. Part 5, Army nurses take combat training and wade ashore in Italy. Part 6, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gromyko, and Lord Halifax sign an UNRRA agreement at the White House.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/38984 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE (ST. RAPHAEL) [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. PROGRESS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE (ST. RAPHAEL) [ETC.]

Part 1 shows aerial views of staging areas in Naples, Italy. Troops go ashore (Aug. 15) and advance with tank support. A bulldozer in St. Raphael is wrecked by a German land mine. Troops are welcomed in various towns. Gen. Patch decorates Fighting French of the Interior (F.F.I.) members in a ceremony at St. Tropez. Part 2 shows destroyed German fortifications near Pisa, Italy, and a dummy U.S. bridge. British troops are welcomed in Florence. Shows views of the city. U.S. engineers build a bridge across the Arno River. Churchill and Gen. Clark visit various 5th Army units. Part 3 (Reel 2), German film shows the St. Lo counteroffensive: tanks and infantry advance, U.S. tanks burn, antiaircraft fire downs planes, U.S. prisoners are grouped. Part 4 shows 6th Army troops in a staging area, boarding ships, and landing unopposed at Sansapor, New Guinea. Supplies are brought ashore and troops enter the deserted village. Part 5, an island in St. Malo harbor is shelled after Germans refuse to surrender. The 3rd Army battles for and occupies Nantes, Angers, and Orleans. The 9th Army (Reel 3) and Canadian troops capture Le Mans, Alencon, Argentan, Mortain, and other cities. Shows Gen. Le Clerc. A German ammunition truck is hit; Frenchmen receive arms; Spanish workers are captured at a Falaise factory; British troops take Mongolian prisoners; Canadian and U.S. troops meet, cutting German lines (Aug. 19); thousands of prisoners are interned. Eden, Sec. Patterson, de Gaulle, and Generals Eisenhower and Somervell arrive at Cherbourg for a conference. Part 6 (Reel 4), French patriots and Allied troops liberate Paris. Frenchmen draw arms, erect barricades, and battle Germans 6 days before the Allied entry. Troops are joyously welcomed. Snipers fire into crowded streets. Germans and collaborationists are escorted through angry crowds. Shows celebrations.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24308 View

Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. GENERAL SOMERVELL'S SPEECH ON UNIFICATION

Title: Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. GENERAL SOMERVELL'S SPEECH ON UNIFICATION

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/13802 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 18

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 18

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36184 View

Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. BRITISH-U.S. AIR MISSION INSPECTS FAR EAST BASES [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. BRITISH-U.S. AIR MISSION INSPECTS FAR EAST BASES [ETC.]

Part 1, Gens. Wavell, Arnold, Stilwell, and Somervell pose by a plane. Arnold and Chennault confer in China. The mission inspects Chinese troops with Chiang Kai-shek, and is met by Gen. Marshall in Washington. Part 2, U.S. troops and nurses parade in Australia. Part 3, PBY rescues fliers drifting in the Pacific. Part 4, shows the Texas-to-Illinois pipeline. Part 5, gliders are manufactured, loaded, and flown. Part 6, Madame Chiang Kai-shek visits Mt. Vernon and (with the Roosevelts) decorates Washington's tomb, speaks in New York City at City Hall, and is welcomed in parades in New York City and Chinatown. Part 7, Allied planes strafe equipment in Tunisia and ship in Mediterranean Sea.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/38947 View

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Motion Picture Films From the "Air Force News Review" Program Series. 1947 - 1961. U.S. AIR FORCE IN FIRST RAID ON FRANCE

Title: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Motion Picture Films From the "Air Force News Review" Program Series. 1947 - 1961. U.S. AIR FORCE IN FIRST RAID ON FRANCE

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/62184 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 7]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 7]

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98903 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. SUGGESTION POWER

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. SUGGESTION POWER

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35869 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. BRIEF FOR INVASION

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. BRIEF FOR INVASION

Reel 1, troops land at Normandy; paratroops enplane in England. Shows brief industrial scenes; accumulated materiel; and Allied wreckage and dead after the Dieppe raide (1942). Describes how information about German defenses is gained. Reel 2 diagrams Ger. invasion defenses; shows railway guns, pillboxes, rocket launchers, and a fortified town. Reel 3, planes down enemy fighters and bomb and strafe targets Gen. Arnold describes materiel needed for aerial warfare. Gen. McNair speaks on the needs of ground forces. Reel 4, Gen. Somervell urges increased production {as miscellaneous industrial and war scenes are shown.}

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/37010 View

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. U.S. Army Air Forces Newsreels

Title: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. U.S. Army Air Forces Newsreels

Reel 1: newsreels focus on the attack on Pearl Harbor (chiefly the aftermath), with the remainder of Reels 1-4 covering the U.S. attack on the Philippines and USAAF training for war, building new planes, and pilot and gunner training. Reel 5: includes footage of Winston Churchill reviewing U.S. Army troops and meeting with President Roosevelt in Washington, soldiers being decorated, an airforce raid on Tokyo, and air meets around the U.S. Reel 6: newsreels show Army and Navy heroes being decorated, Army Day celebrations throughout the U.S, and General Douglas MacArthur attending a funeral of one of his aides in Australia. Reel 7: footage concentrates on aircraft production, and personnel training. Reel 8: features General James Doolittle speaking to a gathering of Army personnel about his experiences, and various newsreels describing air battles overseasincluding the battle at Midway. Reel 9: footage includes Wendell Willkie reporting to a large audience about his overseas travels to Allied nations as semiofficial envoy of President Roosevelt; training of female airforce mechanics; stepped up airforce activity; and military decoration ceremonies. Reels 10-11: are devoted largely to airforce personnel training and equipment manufacture and testing newsreels plus footage of bombing raids on Tokyo. Reel 12: features Captain Eddie Rickenbacker visiting the 94th Pursuit Squadron in Long Beach, California, and Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell delivering a speech on airforce activities. Chinese Flying Tiger pilots and R.A.F. pilots join U.S. airforce in Reel 13: footage and American paratroopers in North Africa are shown. Reel 14: duplicates earlier footage of Eddie Rickenbacker and James Doolittle.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/66949 View

Papers, 1940-1955.

Title: Papers, 1940-1955.

Papers deal mainly with wartime transportation problems and consist of processed copies of official correspondence, 1940-1955, arranged by subjects, including the coal strike of 1946, grain situation, locomotives, railroad car shortages, service orders, the Somervell controversy (Senate Resolution 185), troop movements, and the War Production Board; chronological reading file of outgoing correspondence for the Office of Defense Transportation, May 1944-June 1949, and the Interstate Commerce Commission, May 1949-December 1952; and a report "Comparative Compilation of Federal Transportation Statutes as of July 15, 1948" compiled by the Transportation Association of America.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MEETING OF ALLIED LEADERS, YALTA CONFERENCE

Title: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MEETING OF ALLIED LEADERS, YALTA CONFERENCE

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/66907 View

General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CHINAquot;S PART IN WAR AGAINST JAPAN

Title: General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CHINAquot;S PART IN WAR AGAINST JAPAN

1) LS Chinese marching on China"s great wall, animation showing Japanese attacking Chinese villages.2) LS Japanese troops goose-step down a street.3) LS American battleships underway.4) MS Gen. MacArthur.5) CU "Bull" Halsey.6) CU Roosevelt, Chiangki-chek, & others at conference meeting.7) LS B-24 taking off from airfield.8) MS Chinese being taught to use guns.9) MS Jungle scenes showing troops custing through.10) CU Chinese shooting gun, jungies in BG.11) LS Supplies are dropped from a C-47 by parachute.12) CU Gen. Somerville.13) AV Smoke covered mountains.14) MS Chinese trcops marching.15) CU Chinese pilots climb aboard planes.16) AV Dropping of bombs from bomb bays.17) AV Strafing attack on a small vessel at sea.18) MS Chinese laborers beating rocks for airstrip.19) CU Chinese using machine guns.20) CU Mortar being used by Chinese.21) CU Madame Chiang-Ki-Chek as she addresses Congress.22) CU Signed "To Tokyo", QUALITY: GOOD

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79897 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Bulletins. 1944 - 1944. ARMY SERVICE FORCES, ETC

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Bulletins. 1944 - 1944. ARMY SERVICE FORCES, ETC

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36114 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 6]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 6]

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98850 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Film Bulletins. 1939 - 1945. WAR BONDS

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Film Bulletins. 1939 - 1945. WAR BONDS

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24493 View

Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIES OVER GERMANY [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIES OVER GERMANY [ETC.]

Part 1, Flying Forts bomb industrial cities in Germany and battle German interceptor planes. Part 2, Gens. Stilwell and Somervell and Lord Mountbatten arrive in India for a conference. Part 3, shows scenes in Naples after the German retreat. A delayed action bomb explodes in a post office building killing several civilians. Part 4, the liner Normandie, recently salvaged, is moved from her pier in New York to be refitted. Part 5, Americans vote in several cities. Personages: Thomas Dewey, Wendell Willkie, Pres. Roosevelt. Part 6, Australian troops advance in New Guinea across wet, jungle terrain.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/38983 View

"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. BACK DOOR TO TOKYO

Title: "March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. BACK DOOR TO TOKYO

Reel 1 shows and explains allied tactics for attacking Japan from southern China. The Air Transport Command carries supplies from India to China. Chinese troops fight for the Peiping-Canton Railroad. Explains the need for better supply lines. Personages: Gens. Chennault, MacArthur, and Stilwell, Adm. Nimitz. Reel 2 documents Gen. Stilwell's activities in winning northern Burma and building the Ledo-Burma Road. Gen. Stilwell supervises the instruction of Chinese troops and accompanies allied forces through Burmese jungles. Explains and shows the deciding maneuver in the Burma campaign. Engineers work on the Ledo-Burma Road. Personages: Gen. and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, Adm. Mountbatten, Gen. Somervell, and Col. Seagrave.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/97616 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Film Bulletins. 1939 - 1945. GENERAL BREHON SOMERVELL VISITS WAR PLANTS IN MICHIGAN

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Film Bulletins. 1939 - 1945. GENERAL BREHON SOMERVELL VISITS WAR PLANTS IN MICHIGAN

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24436 View

George S. Patton Papers, 1807-1979, (bulk 1904-1945)

Title: George S. Patton Papers 1807-1979 (bulk 1904-1945)

The papers of George Smith Patton (1885-1945) span the years 1807-1979, with the bulk of the papers concentrated from 1904 to 1945. The collection documents Patton's military career, including his attendance at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1904-1909; his service on the Mexican border as a member of John J. Pershing's Mexican Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917; his service as an aide-de-camp to Pershing and later as a tank commander in World War I, 1917-1919; and his military career from 1938 to 1945. The majority of the papers chronicle Patton's World War II service and his success as one of America's most skillful combat commanders of armored troops. The papers consist of eleven series: Diaries, Chronological File, Family Papers, Correspondence, Military Papers, Military Library, Maps, Photographs, Speeches and Writings File, Miscellany, and Oversize. Most of the series relate to Patton's personal and military activities and his leadership in the development and tactical use of the tank as a combat weapon. Additional papers concerning Patton's service in World War I are in the Chester Fritz Library of the University of North Dakota located near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Diaries, 1910-1945, illustrate Patton's activities during the Mexican Punitive Expedition, World War I, and World War II. The volumes, particularly from 1942 to 1945, document Patton's daily activities and observations and reveal his candor about himself, personally and professionally. They include information about American ground combat operations in the campaign for North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the liberation of France, and the final assault on Germany. Annotated volumes covering World War II often contain additional detail expanding on the original volume entries. The original diaries are dated through 24 March 1945, while annotated transcripts continue to 3 December 1945. The Library did not receive the latter portion of the original diaries. Additional topics include Patton's honeymoon trip to Europe in 1910 and his fox hunting activities, 1932-1935. The Chronological File, 1901-1977, provides an overview of Patton's life, serving as a combination diary-scrapbook consisting mainly of diary entries, correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Approximately one half of the series is in transcript form. The originals of these transcripts are located in other series. This series also contains original items, primarily correspondence, that do not appear in any other series. The Family Papers, 1857-1979, consist mainly of Patton's letters to his wife, Beatrice Banning Ayer Patton, and his father, George S. Patton (1856-1927). Early letters chronicle Patton's struggle as a student at West Point. His letters to his wife are detailed and, like the diaries, contain frank assessments of commanders, subordinates, and military operations. Patton shared not only his achievements with his wife but also some of the negative incidents that affected his career, such as the reaction in November 1943 when the press reported that he had slapped two soldiers suffering battle fatigue in Sicily and his remarks in a speech in Knutsford, England, in April 1944 omitting inclusions of Russia as one of the countries likely to rule the postwar world with the United States and Great Britain. Both incidents threatened his career and almost resulted in his removal from the war. Also in the Family Papers are correspondence of Beatrice Patton and an autobiographical account of Patton's memories of his father. There is a significant amount of printed matter of George H. Smith, Patton's step-grandfather, concerning the Civil War battle of New Market, Virginia. Papers in the Correspondence series, 1903-1945, include incoming and outgoing correspondence between Patton and his staff, commanders, government officials, friends, and the general public. Because many of Patton's friends and colleagues were in the military, there is a significant amount of material in the chronological correspondence that relates to military matters. The official correspondence documents the planning of various combat operations, particularly for the Allied invasion of Sicily and D-Day planning for France and reflects Patton's varied duties as a commander. The topical correspondence includes fan mail, inquiries on casualties, furloughs and discharges, the slapping incidents in Sicily, and Christmas and get-well letters sent to Patton after his automobile accident in December 1945. The Military Papers, 1903-1976, consist of administrative files, Patton's personnel file, and a subject file. The bulk of the series illustrates Patton's duties while a combat commander from 1942 to 1945. The files include orders, citations, memoranda, speeches, training instructions, policy and procedural material, and reports concerning units Patton commanded. Speeches made by Patton to his troops during World War II were originally filed in the Military Papers, and this order has been retained. Duplicates of some of these speeches are filed in the Speeches and Writings File. Documents relating to Patton's personnel file include both personal and official papers. The official papers are included in a microfilm copy of Patton's file in the records of the Department of the Army. Prominent topics featured in the subject file are the cavalry, casualty information, denazification of Germany, displaced persons, and tanks. Much of the material relating to tanks concerns the development of that vehicle and the tactics of armored warfare. The series also contains material relating to Patton's death and funeral. The Military Library series, 1907-1947, includes class publications from West Point, intelligence and campaign reports, and other material relating to military tactics. The majority of the series consists of campaign reports pertaining to France and Germany. Items in the Maps series, 1906-1945, reflect Patton's interest in cartography. Most of the items are situation maps of the European theater and commemorative maps of the United States Third Army's operations in Europe. A map of Western Europe, marked by Patton in March 1944 prior to the development of campaign plans, illustrates with remarkable accuracy the projected route that the Third Army would take in its advance across France and Germany. The Photographs series, 1864-1958, consist primarily of items relating to Patton's military career, although there are a few family photographs in the "Miscellaneous" folders. Locations featured in the World War II pictures include North Africa, Sicily, England, France, and Germany. Also well represented are Patton's years at the military academy at West Point, his tenure at Fort Meade, Maryland, and his service with the Mexican Punitive Expedition. World War II "Miscellaneous" folders include photographs, some autographed, of Patton's superiors and fellow officers. Papers in the Speeches and Writings File, 1900-1947, consist chiefly of articles, speeches, reports, lectures, book reviews, memoranda, poetry, and memoirs. A few writings of others interfiled in this series with Patton's texts are listed in a partial index compiled by Patton. Prominent topics featured in Patton's writings include the saber, the cavalry, mechanization, tanks, and tank tactics. Patton's writings illustrate his early interest in armored warfare and indicate his belief in the tank as an important combat weapon long before its success in World War II. A 1937 paper entitled "Surprise" includes Patton's prediction of an attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. The Miscellany series, 1911-1966, includes biographical information, certificates and citations, reports, and printed matter relating chiefly to Patton's participation in the pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, his interests in fencing and swordsmanship, and his attendance at the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas. Also documented in the series are the various medals and honors awarded Patton during his lifetime and posthumously. The Oversize series, 1807-1951, consists principally of maps, overlays, photograph albums, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other printed matter. Prominent among Patton's correspondents are Harold Alexander (Earl Alexander of Tunis), Terry de la Mesa Allen, Henry Harley Arnold, Charles Fanning Ayer, Frederick Ayer, Omar Nelson Bradley, Arvin H. Brown, Mark W. Clark, Lucius D. Clay, Charles R. Codman, Willis Dale Crittenberger, Jacob L. Devers, Walter Francis Dillingham, James Harold Doolittle, Manton S. Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Riley Finlay Ennis, Harry Albert Flint, Hobart R. Gay, Charles P. George, Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr., Robert W. Grow, Wade H. Haislip, Thomas T. Handy, James G. Harbord, Ernest Nason Harmon, Guy Vernor Henry, Courtney H. Hodges, Kenyon Ashe Joyce, Alphonse Juin, Geoffrey Keyes, John Clifford Hodges Lee, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Porter Lucas, Lesley James McNair, George C. Marshall, Keith Merrill, Troy H. Middleton, Sherman Miles, Charles (August Paul) Noguès, Elmer Q. Oliphant, Floyd Lavinius Parks, Willard Stewart Paul, John J. Pershing, Charles L. Scott, William H. Simpson, Walter Bedell Smith, Brehon Burke Somervell, Carl Spaatz, Henry Lewis Stimson, Charles Pelot Summerall, Alexander D. Surles, Lucian King Truscott, James Alexander Ulio, Walton Harris Walker, Frederick C. Wallace, J. J. Bethurun Williams, and John Shirley Wood. Throughout his papers, Patton used nicknames, abbreviations, and code words to denote certain persons and operations. The following names and words are found primarily in his World War II diaries and correspondence and the chronological file for those years: "Ike," "d," "D," "Destiny"--Dwight D. Eisenhower "Brad," "tent maker"--Omar Nelson Bradley "P"--John Shirley Wood "Hap"--Henry Harley Arnold "Critt"--Willis Dale Crittenberger "Jake"--Jacob L. Devers "Tody"--Charles P. George "Van"--Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr. "Beadle"--Walter Bedell Smith "Tooey"--Carl Spaatz "Day"--Alexander D. Surles "Paddy"--Harry Albert Flint "Husky"--Allied invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943 "Bigot"--D-Day planning, 1944

ArchivalResource: 26,100 items; 78 containers plus 23 oversize; 40 linear feet; 10 microfilm reels

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Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960. William Adams Delano papers, 1902-1960 (inclusive), 1939-1960 (bulk).

Title: William Adams Delano papers, 1902-1960 (inclusive), 1939-1960 (bulk).

The papers consist almost entirely of social and professional correspondence. They also include an unpublished autobiography, The Reminiscences of William Adams Delano; printed matter; and a drawing made for the 46th anniversary of The Record.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft. (16 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153425 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. HAIL AND FAREWELL

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. HAIL AND FAREWELL

On the achievements of the Women's Army Corps. Gen. Somervell introduces WAC Col. Oveta Hobby, who speaks on the importance of women in the armed forces. Shows WAC's working in a motor pool; running office machines; drafting blueprints; working in a chemical laboratory; and parading. Gen. Marshall is shown with his staff.

ArchivalResource: Film Reel

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. NAVY PLANES DOWN JAPANESE IN PACIFIC BATTLE [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. NAVY PLANES DOWN JAPANESE IN PACIFIC BATTLE [ETC.]

Part 1, a U.S. carrier task force in Japanese waters repulses a Japanese aerial assault. Part 2, Gen. Somervell speaks at a West Point graduation. Cadets pass in review. Shows Mrs. Eisenhower and her son John. Part 3, Chinese air cadets see an Indian dance festival in New Mexico. Part 4, shows a military parade in New York City launching the 5th War Bond drive. Part 5, Gen. Clark reviews allied service women in Italy. Part 6, airborne troops jump from transports and troops land in gliders in a practice assault.

DigitalArchivalResource:

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. INVASION!

Title: "March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. INVASION!

On the activities of the Army Service Forces. Reel 1, military analysts Hanson Baldwin and DeWitt Mackenzie discuss European invasion routes. Supplies and equipment are stockpiled in the U.S. and abroad. Shows offices, activities, and heads of the Quartermaster Corps, Corps of Engineers, Army Map Service, Ordnance Division, Signal Corps, Medical Corps, and Transportation Corps. Personages: Gens. Arnold, Somervell, Reybold, Olmstead, Gross. Shows German defenses and Hitler studying maps with his generals. Reel 2, soldiers train and officers attend a class on military government. Shows the assembly, the loading on trains and ships, and the transportation of supplies, equipment, and personnel.

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/97603 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 8]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 8]

Part 1, football: New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins. Part 2, Gary Cooper, Una Merkel, and Phyllis Brooks entertain troops in New Guinea. Part 3 shows Pres. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek, and Gens. Arnold, Somervell, and Marshall at the Cairo Conference. Part 4, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Pres. Roosevelt meet in the Russian Embassy in Teheran, Iran. Shows Molotov arriving. Churchill presents Stalin with a ceremonial sword as Elliott Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Anthony Eden look on. Part 5 shows the war uses of paper and demonstrates how to save waste paper.

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98832 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. ATTACK SIGNAL

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. ATTACK SIGNAL

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36977 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 11]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 11]

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98939 View

George S. Patton Papers, 1807-1979, (bulk 1904-1945)

Title: George S. Patton Papers 1807-1979 (bulk 1904-1945)

The papers of George Smith Patton (1885-1945) span the years 1807-1979, with the bulk of the papers concentrated from 1904 to 1945. The collection documents Patton's military career, including his attendance at the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1904-1909; his service on the Mexican border as a member of John J. Pershing's Mexican Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917; his service as an aide-de-camp to Pershing and later as a tank commander in World War I, 1917-1919; and his military career from 1938 to 1945. The majority of the papers chronicle Patton's World War II service and his success as one of America's most skillful combat commanders of armored troops. The papers consist of eleven series: Diaries, Chronological File, Family Papers, Correspondence, Military Papers, Military Library, Maps, Photographs, Speeches and Writings File, Miscellany, and Oversize. Most of the series relate to Patton's personal and military activities and his leadership in the development and tactical use of the tank as a combat weapon. Additional papers concerning Patton's service in World War I are in the Chester Fritz Library of the University of North Dakota located near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Diaries, 1910-1945, illustrate Patton's activities during the Mexican Punitive Expedition, World War I, and World War II. The volumes, particularly from 1942 to 1945, document Patton's daily activities and observations and reveal his candor about himself, personally and professionally. They include information about American ground combat operations in the campaign for North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the liberation of France, and the final assault on Germany. Annotated volumes covering World War II often contain additional detail expanding on the original volume entries. The original diaries are dated through 24 March 1945, while annotated transcripts continue to 3 December 1945. The Library did not receive the latter portion of the original diaries. Additional topics include Patton's honeymoon trip to Europe in 1910 and his fox hunting activities, 1932-1935. The Chronological File, 1901-1977, provides an overview of Patton's life, serving as a combination diary-scrapbook consisting mainly of diary entries, correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Approximately one half of the series is in transcript form. The originals of these transcripts are located in other series. This series also contains original items, primarily correspondence, that do not appear in any other series. The Family Papers, 1857-1979, consist mainly of Patton's letters to his wife, Beatrice Banning Ayer Patton, and his father, George S. Patton (1856-1927). Early letters chronicle Patton's struggle as a student at West Point. His letters to his wife are detailed and, like the diaries, contain frank assessments of commanders, subordinates, and military operations. Patton shared not only his achievements with his wife but also some of the negative incidents that affected his career, such as the reaction in November 1943 when the press reported that he had slapped two soldiers suffering battle fatigue in Sicily and his remarks in a speech in Knutsford, England, in April 1944 omitting inclusions of Russia as one of the countries likely to rule the postwar world with the United States and Great Britain. Both incidents threatened his career and almost resulted in his removal from the war. Also in the Family Papers are correspondence of Beatrice Patton and an autobiographical account of Patton's memories of his father. There is a significant amount of printed matter of George H. Smith, Patton's step-grandfather, concerning the Civil War battle of New Market, Virginia. Papers in the Correspondence series, 1903-1945, include incoming and outgoing correspondence between Patton and his staff, commanders, government officials, friends, and the general public. Because many of Patton's friends and colleagues were in the military, there is a significant amount of material in the chronological correspondence that relates to military matters. The official correspondence documents the planning of various combat operations, particularly for the Allied invasion of Sicily and D-Day planning for France and reflects Patton's varied duties as a commander. The topical correspondence includes fan mail, inquiries on casualties, furloughs and discharges, the slapping incidents in Sicily, and Christmas and get-well letters sent to Patton after his automobile accident in December 1945. The Military Papers, 1903-1976, consist of administrative files, Patton's personnel file, and a subject file. The bulk of the series illustrates Patton's duties while a combat commander from 1942 to 1945. The files include orders, citations, memoranda, speeches, training instructions, policy and procedural material, and reports concerning units Patton commanded. Speeches made by Patton to his troops during World War II were originally filed in the Military Papers, and this order has been retained. Duplicates of some of these speeches are filed in the Speeches and Writings File. Documents relating to Patton's personnel file include both personal and official papers. The official papers are included in a microfilm copy of Patton's file in the records of the Department of the Army. Prominent topics featured in the subject file are the cavalry, casualty information, denazification of Germany, displaced persons, and tanks. Much of the material relating to tanks concerns the development of that vehicle and the tactics of armored warfare. The series also contains material relating to Patton's death and funeral. The Military Library series, 1907-1947, includes class publications from West Point, intelligence and campaign reports, and other material relating to military tactics. The majority of the series consists of campaign reports pertaining to France and Germany. Items in the Maps series, 1906-1945, reflect Patton's interest in cartography. Most of the items are situation maps of the European theater and commemorative maps of the United States Third Army's operations in Europe. A map of Western Europe, marked by Patton in March 1944 prior to the development of campaign plans, illustrates with remarkable accuracy the projected route that the Third Army would take in its advance across France and Germany. The Photographs series, 1864-1958, consist primarily of items relating to Patton's military career, although there are a few family photographs in the "Miscellaneous" folders. Locations featured in the World War II pictures include North Africa, Sicily, England, France, and Germany. Also well represented are Patton's years at the military academy at West Point, his tenure at Fort Meade, Maryland, and his service with the Mexican Punitive Expedition. World War II "Miscellaneous" folders include photographs, some autographed, of Patton's superiors and fellow officers. Papers in the Speeches and Writings File, 1900-1947, consist chiefly of articles, speeches, reports, lectures, book reviews, memoranda, poetry, and memoirs. A few writings of others interfiled in this series with Patton's texts are listed in a partial index compiled by Patton. Prominent topics featured in Patton's writings include the saber, the cavalry, mechanization, tanks, and tank tactics. Patton's writings illustrate his early interest in armored warfare and indicate his belief in the tank as an important combat weapon long before its success in World War II. A 1937 paper entitled "Surprise" includes Patton's prediction of an attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. The Miscellany series, 1911-1966, includes biographical information, certificates and citations, reports, and printed matter relating chiefly to Patton's participation in the pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, his interests in fencing and swordsmanship, and his attendance at the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas. Also documented in the series are the various medals and honors awarded Patton during his lifetime and posthumously. The Oversize series, 1807-1951, consists principally of maps, overlays, photograph albums, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other printed matter. Prominent among Patton's correspondents are Harold Alexander (Earl Alexander of Tunis), Terry de la Mesa Allen, Henry Harley Arnold, Charles Fanning Ayer, Frederick Ayer, Omar Nelson Bradley, Arvin H. Brown, Mark W. Clark, Lucius D. Clay, Charles R. Codman, Willis Dale Crittenberger, Jacob L. Devers, Walter Francis Dillingham, James Harold Doolittle, Manton S. Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Riley Finlay Ennis, Harry Albert Flint, Hobart R. Gay, Charles P. George, Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr., Robert W. Grow, Wade H. Haislip, Thomas T. Handy, James G. Harbord, Ernest Nason Harmon, Guy Vernor Henry, Courtney H. Hodges, Kenyon Ashe Joyce, Alphonse Juin, Geoffrey Keyes, John Clifford Hodges Lee, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Porter Lucas, Lesley James McNair, George C. Marshall, Keith Merrill, Troy H. Middleton, Sherman Miles, Charles (August Paul) Noguès, Elmer Q. Oliphant, Floyd Lavinius Parks, Willard Stewart Paul, John J. Pershing, Charles L. Scott, William H. Simpson, Walter Bedell Smith, Brehon Burke Somervell, Carl Spaatz, Henry Lewis Stimson, Charles Pelot Summerall, Alexander D. Surles, Lucian King Truscott, James Alexander Ulio, Walton Harris Walker, Frederick C. Wallace, J. J. Bethurun Williams, and John Shirley Wood. Throughout his papers, Patton used nicknames, abbreviations, and code words to denote certain persons and operations. The following names and words are found primarily in his World War II diaries and correspondence and the chronological file for those years: "Ike," "d," "D," "Destiny"--Dwight D. Eisenhower "Brad," "tent maker"--Omar Nelson Bradley "P"--John Shirley Wood "Hap"--Henry Harley Arnold "Critt"--Willis Dale Crittenberger "Jake"--Jacob L. Devers "Tody"--Charles P. George "Van"--Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr. "Beadle"--Walter Bedell Smith "Tooey"--Carl Spaatz "Day"--Alexander D. Surles "Paddy"--Harry Albert Flint "Husky"--Allied invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943 "Bigot"--D-Day planning, 1944

ArchivalResource: 26,100 items; 78 containers plus 23 oversize; 40 linear feet; 10 microfilm reels

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. Convoy to Kunming

Title: Records of the Office of the Secretary of War. 1791 - 1948. Motion Picture Films. 1942 - 1946. Convoy to Kunming

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/13719 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE, 1944

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE, 1944

Reel 1, Marshal Dill, MacKenzie King, and Gens. Marshall, Somervell, and Arnold arrive for the conference. Churchill and Roosevelt arrive, inspect troops, and pose with their wives. Includes scenes of committee meetings, the message center, and of Roosevelt's dog, Falla, doing tricks. Reel 2 shows a press conference, a tea party, and a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including Gens. Arnold, Noble, and Alan Brooke and Adms. Leahy, King, and Cunningham. Mackenzie King gives a reception for the delegates. Churchill and Roosevelt receive degrees at McGill University.

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35871 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 10]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 10]

Part 1, football: Notre Dame vs. Army. Part 2 Mrs. Roosevelt presents a movie ticket to a serviceman as Mayor LaGuardia looks on. Part 3, Army Air Force trainees in Florida train to survive in water covered with flaming oil and gasoline. Part 4, wounded veterans arrive in Washington, D.C. and go to Walter Reed Hospital in ambulances. Part 5, Gen. Somervell, Adm. Mountbatten, and Gen. Stilwell meet in New Delhi, India. Part 6, British troops advance through Burmese jungles; artillery, mortars, and machine guns fire; wounded are brought to the rear. Shows dead Japanese in trees and on the ground. Part 7, U.S. troops advance and artillery fires near Salamaua on New Guinea. A Japanese "pillbox" is blasted. Part 8, shows how to salvage tin cans for war use.

ArchivalResource: Film Reel

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98824 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 5]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 5]

Part 1 shows Canadian Army motorcycle dispatch riders on maneuvers in Camp Borden, Canada. Part 2, Gen. Vandegrift accepts command of the Marine Corps from Navy Sec. Knox as ex-cmdr. Gen. Holcomb looks on. Flashbacks show Vandegrift directing operations on Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Part 3, Bob Hope referees a child's boxing match. Part 4, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek, Pres. Roosevelt, Adm. Mountbatten, and Gens. Somervell and Stilwell arrive in Cairo for a conference. Shows aerial views of Cairo, the pyramids, and the sphinx. Part 5, shows views of Teheran, Iran, the site of a proposed conference. Part 6, on the Marine invasion of Tarawa. The invasion fleet is shown offshore. Marines land on Tarawa under cover of naval and aerial bombardment. Japanese pillboxes are blasted with grenades and flamethrowers. Plasma is given to wounded. Shows Korean slave laborers. Bulldozers clear an airstrip.

ArchivalResource: Film Reel

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98831 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. FIREPOWER

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. FIREPOWER

On the need for ammunition and guns. Troops board transports and supplies are loaded. Shows Gens. Campbell and Somervell, Under-Sec. of War Patterson, Adm. Blandy, and Sec. of the Navy Forrestal. Planes drop supplies to Chetniks in Yugoslavia. Shows brief peacetime scenes in Norway. Poland, Greece, and especially, Czechoslovakia. Chinese troops are shown and Russian troops parade in Red Square. Shows mining, lumbering. ammunition production, and the firing of various types of artillery.

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36976 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 17]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 17]

Part 1, football: Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants. Part 2, Adm. Mountbatten, Gen. Stilwell, Gen. Somervell, and Chiang Kai-shek confer in Chungking. Australian troops occupy recently abandoned Japanese territory near Lae, New Guinea. Trucks and motorcyclists struggle through the mud. Troops relax. Shows dead Japanese. Part 3, shows Thanksgiving scenes over the U.S., church scenes, a flashback to the Pilgrims, and close-ups of Gen. de Gaulle, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Winston Churchill.

ArchivalResource: Film Reel

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/98826 View

Audrey McMahon papers

Title: Audrey McMahon papers

The scattered papers of Audrey McMahon measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1935 through 1980. Found are correspondence, writings, notes and research files, and printed material assembled mainly during the late 1960s while assisting Francis V. O'Connor complete <emph render="italic">Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now </emph>(1969) and <emph render="italic">The New Deal Art Projects: An Anthology of Memoirs</emph> (1970) and, to a lesser degree, miscellaneous files relating to McMahon's activities as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey . Included are photocopies of original correspondence (1935-41) between McMahon and Holger Cahill and Brehon Somervell, held by the National Archives.

ArchivalResource:

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 26

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Army - Navy Screen Magazine. 1943 - 1958. ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 26

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36192 View

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Educational Films. 1942 - 1947. ON TO TOKYO

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Educational Films. 1942 - 1947. ON TO TOKYO

After Germany's surrender, military and civil leaders emphasize that another task lies before the U.S. Sec. Marshall describes logistical problems in transferring troops to the Pacific, and states that the rotation system of furloughs will continue. Gen. Eisenhower explains the need for additional troops in the Pacific. Gen. Stilwell states that no troops are being pampered in the U.S. Gen. Somervell explains that only combat troops from Europe will receive furloughs previous to transfer to the Pacific. Sec. Stimson states that U.N. members are sending relief supplies to Europe. Gen. Arnold explains the inability of air power alone to defeat Japan.

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24377 View

Marshall, Richard J. Richard J. Marshall photograph collection.

Title: Richard J. Marshall photograph collection. 1943-1948.

Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military units and organizations: VMI (Virginia Military Institute) Cadets. General description of the collection: The Richard J. Marshall photograph collection consists of photos from his family dealing with WWII in the Pacific Theater, General Douglas MacArthur, the VMI, and Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell. The Pacific Theater photos deal mostly with HQ subjects, many featuring General Douglas MacArthur. VMI photos are of reunions and cadets on the parade field. General Somervell is pictured visiting wounded soldiers in a hospital at an unknown location. Most of these photos are uncaptioned.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (184 photographs)

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AMERICA'S NEW ARMY

Title: "March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AMERICA'S NEW ARMY

On the reorganization of the War Department and the growth of the army. Reel 1, Gen. Marshall meets with the Div. of War Planning. Shows Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Hershey. President Roosevelt states that the war must be carried to the enemy. Shows heads of the Services of Supply (Gen. Somervell), Ground Service (Gen. McNair), and Air Forces (Gen. Arnold). Illustrates supply problems: infantry equipment is procured, ordnance material is contracted for, and medical facilities are administered. Reel 2, infantry, armored, and airborne units train and stage a battle. P-40's take off from an airstrip. Gen. MacArthur speaks on war production.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/97588 View