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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA WITH THE U.S. ARMY

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA WITH THE U.S. ARMY

Reel 1, French Foreign Legion troops and Spahis (Arab cavalry) pass in review at Sidi-bel-Abbes, Algeria. Gens. Mark Clark and Kenneth Anderson, Brit. Adm. Andrew Cunningham, and French Adm. Darlan review U.S. troops at Algiers. Tanks are loaded on LCT's at Algiers, escorted to Bone, Algeria, by British destroyers, and unloaded. Nazi planes bomb and strafe the harbor and the town. P-38's and Spitfires battle German planes. Reel 2, the air battle continues through the night. Tanks roll through Bone, across the desert, and up roads in the Atlas Mountains toward Tunisia. C-47 transport planes fly overhead. The tank convoy bivouacs for the night. Arabs sell chickens to U.S. troops. Reel 3, the tanks cross the Tunisian border. Nazi planes bomb an airport at Souk-el-Aba. Fires rage in a gasoline dump. Casualties are loaded into armored ambulances. C-47's land with supplies. Shows Thanksgiving Day preparations and captured Italian paratroops. Reel 4, Allied tanks deploy near Tebourba. Scout cars and halftracks move up. P-38's circle overhead. Allied field guns and antitank guns exchange fire with German Mark IV tanks. Nazi tanks retreat. German prisoners are collected. Shows destroyed Nazi equipment and enemy dead.

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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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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. TUNISIAN VICTORY

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

On the campaign for North Africa. Reel 1 shows planning Churchill visits Roosevelt in Washington. Joint military staffs form plans. Men and materiel are rushed to Brit. and U.S. ports of embarkation. Explains the need for an invasion. Reel 2 shows activities aboard troop ships and amphibious landings at Casablanca and Algiers (Nov. 1942) after French opposition is encountered. U.S. paratroops take Oran. Shows Gens. Eisenhower, Clark, and Giraud at Gibralter prior to the invasion. Reel 3 shows fighting and victory at Algiers. Gens. Eisenhower, Anderson, and Giraud review a joint parade. German films show troops being rushed to Africa, planes bombing and strafing, and Gen. Kesselring in the field. Allied troops enter Tunisia, capture Beja and Medjez-el-Bab, and reach Tunis but withdraw under counterattacks. Tanks battle. Reel 4, winter mud keeps the Allies camped in the mountains. Shows land and air battles. Materiel of war is massed, airfields and roads are built, religious services are held (Gen. Montgomery attends one). Reel 5 shows Christmas activities. Native children and pets are fed. Soldiers sightsee. Shows scenes of the Casablanca Conference. Personages: Roosevelt, Churchill, deGaulle, Giraud, Eisenhower, Alexander, and Cunningham. Churchill visits Gen. Montgomery. Shows Gen. Rommel and German troops behind the Mareth Line. The Allies resume the offensive; Eisenhower's plan is explained. Shows Gens. Doolittle and Spaatz. Reel 6, Adm. Cunningham and Gen. Alexander confer. Troops and artillery fight in the Mareth Battle. New Zealanders capture El Hammas. Shows land, sea, and air operations. Gen. Patton's forces meet British troops, thereby cutting German forces. Reel 7 locates Allied forces along the battle line and shows scenes of battle, particularly in the U.S. capture of Hill 609. Shows land, sea, and air warfare as the final offensive gets underway. Reel 8, planes and tanks reduce German opposition.Shows scenes of thousands of German prisoners, of wrecked equipment, and of citizens greeting Allied troops. Tunisian victory. Credits: [Dir. Roy Boulting, Frank Capra; Comm Bernard Miles, Burgess Meredith]

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

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

Part 1 Gunder Haegg and Gil Dodds run a 2-mile race in Los Angeles Coliseum. Part 2, WAVES graduate at Hunter College, N.Y. Part 3 shows uniforms of Army nurses. Nurses go through an obstacle course. Part 4, French Gen. Giraud visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, LaFayette Square in Washington, D.C., and Mt. Vernon. Part 5, allied planes and naval guns bombard Sicily as glider-borne and airborne troops invade Sicily. Shows British Gens. Tender, Alexander, and Montgomery; Adm. Cunningham; and Gens. Eisenhower and Patton. Flashbacks show Italian troops marching and Mussolini addressing a crowd. President Roosevelt discusses unconditional surrender.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. U.S. MARINES ON GUADALCANAL PUSH BACK JAPANESE TROOPS [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. U.S. MARINES ON GUADALCANAL PUSH BACK JAPANESE TROOPS [ETC.]

Part 1, U.S. bombers take off from a Guadalcanal airfield. A long column of Marines advances behind artillery support. Adm. Nimitz decorates Gen. Vandegrift and others. Part 2, the cruiser Boise docks and Adm. King decorates members of the crew. Part 3, President Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, and Cordell Hull greet Ecuador's President at the White House. Part 4, Gen. Patton and French officers meet in Casablanca. Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Clark, and Adm. Cunningham establish allied headquarters in Algiers. Shows French ships docked at Toulon, France, prior to their scuttling.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. ITALY SURRENDERS

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. ITALY SURRENDERS

Italians in New York City celebrate Italy's surrender. U.S. troops land in North Africa. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at Casablanca. Allied planes bomb islands off Italy. Sicily is invaded by allied troops. Messina is occupied. The 7th Army and Britain's 8th Army land on Italy's mainland behind a naval bombardment. Italian warships speed to allied ports and are surrendered. President Roosevelt announces Italy's surrender. Other personages: Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Clark, Mussolini, Adm. Cunningham.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. BRAZIL MARKS 121ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. BRAZIL MARKS 121ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE [ETC.]

Part 1, Press Vargas reviews a military parade in Rio de Janeiro. Part 2, Canadian women work in shipyards and WACs repair an airplane. Part 3, 1,600 naval cadets race cross country. Part 4, movie stars James Cagney, Judy Garland, Greer Garson, Harpo Marx, and Mickey Rooney arrive at Washington, D.C., and attend a war bond rally at the Washington Monument. Part 5, Mrs. Roosevelt visits hospitals in the South Pacific. Part 6, shows the invasion convoy and the amphibious landing by the 5th Army at Salerno, Italy. Shows Gens. Eisenhower and Clark and Adms. Cunningham and Hewitt.

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Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976. Papers, 1939-1972 (bulk 1942-1956).

Title: Papers, 1939-1972 (bulk 1942-1956).

Journals relating to the oceanic theatres of World War II especially to anti-submarine warfare; and research notebooks used in Morison's writings. Journals contain wartime entries and a record of interviews with William H. P. Blandy, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Royal E. Ingersoll, Douglas MacArthur, Henry R. Moore, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Raymond Ames Spruance, Harold R. Stark, Richmond Kelly Turner, and others. Topics include the battles of Casablanca, Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, and Pearl Harbor, and operations Dragoon, Galvanic, Neptune, Overlord, and Torch.

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT VISITS ESPIRITU, SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES amp; AORE ISLAND RECREATION CENTER

Title: General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT VISITS ESPIRITU, SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES amp; AORE ISLAND RECREATION CENTER

1) LA CU (Int.) MRS. ROOSEVELT speaking into microphone to a group of personnel.2) HA MS PAN Large group of men in audience listening to MRS. ROOSEVELT.3) LA MCU MRS. ROOSEVELT addressing group of men, SV.4) MCU MRS. ROOSEVELT walking down pathway escorted by an Officer.5) MLS Rows of palm trees, SV.6) MS ADM's barge coming alongside pier; MRS. ROOSEVELT and several Officers come from boat and walk down pier.7) MS MRS. ROOSEVELT & several Officers walk underneath a large sign overlooking entrance to recreation center on Aore Island.8) MLS Group walks up toward basket ball court where several men play basketball.9) MCU Many enlisted men running toward area where MRS. ROOSEVELT is going to speak.10) HA MS Large group applauding MRS. ROOSEVELT.11) MLS PB4Y-1 taxiing; personnel watch in FG.12) MS MRS. ROOSEVELT & several others being greeted by ADM. A.W. FITCH & MAJ.GEN. MURRAY.13) MCU MRS. ROOSEVELT, ADM. FITCH & several other Officers talking next to aircraft; MRS. ROOSEVELT is dressed in an American Red Cross uniform.14) MS PAN LtoR Automobile carrying dignitaries; autom stops as ADM. FITCH & MRS. ROOSEVELT get out.15) MCU (Int.) Sick Bay-MRS. ROOSEVELT pins an award on a patient then leans down & shakes hands with him.16) MCU MRS. ROOSEVELT leans over & talks to another patient lying on a cot.17) CU Patient looking down at Purple Heart pinned on his bathrobe.18) MCU Sedan on roadway; it stops as MRS. ROOSEVELT & ADM. FITCH alight.19) MS MRS. ROOSEVELT & several other people entering sick bay; MRS. ROOSEVELT talks to patients, SV. (Formerly 1312) Prod. by: U.S.NAVY (CPU 10) Length: 394'(included in 942') LCTs & BRITISH CONVOY IN POSELLYO HARBOR: ADM. A.B. CUNNINGHAM GREETS GEN. GEORGE PATTON ON PORT INSPECTION IN NAPLES, ITALY20) MS ADM. A.B. CUNNINGHAM, R.N. & CDR. W.A. SULLIVAN standing on a pier with several other Officers inspecting what is left of the Navy Yard in Naples after bomb damage, SV.21) HA LS LCU underway, UX.22) HA LS Two LCUs and an LCI at anchor in harbor.23) HA LS Several APs and an AK at anchor in harbor.24) HA LS AP, several LCUs and an LTI at anchor in harbor; part of the city of Naples in BG.25) HA LS Two LCUs underway.26) HA LS Three destroyers at anchor in Naples harbor; PAN several AKs, APs and small craft at anchor in harbor.27) MS ADM. CUNNINGHAM & party arriving and inspecting Royal Guard in Naples; he enters a car with ADM. MORSE, R.N. and leaves the area.28) MCU ADM. CUNNINGHAM and several British Officers talking on the dock at Naples.29) CU ADM. CUNNINGHAM speaking with a British Officer & an undt. U.S. Navy ADM.30) HA MCU ADM's barge coming alongside pier, SV, (all OF).31) MS ADM. CUNNINGHAM & several British Officers walking up pier, SV.32) MS ADM. CUNNINGHAM & ADM. MORSE leaving Allied Air Force Hdqtrs. in Naples.

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Thor M. Smith Papers. 1934 - 1980. Photographs

Title: Thor M. Smith Papers. 1934 - 1980. Photographs

This series consists of photographs compiled by Thor Merritt Smith during his lifetime. Most of the photographs are from Smith’s service in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, during which he was an intelligence, and then public relations, officer. This includes his time during 1944-45 as Chief of U.S. Press Policy Section and Public Relations Representative at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Advance Command Post under General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also from the WWII period are several photographs featuring Smith’s wife, journalist Mary Benton Smith, and their daughters; Smith's brother, Dale (a pilot); and other family members. Some of the family photos were taken upon Thor Smith’s return home from service. The remainder of the series includes later photographs such as ID photos of Thor and Mary Smith, portraits of Thor Smith in his Air Force Reserve uniform, and several photos from a post-war tour of U.S. activities in the Far East on which Thor Smith was invited by Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson in 1947. There are also photographs commemorating occasions when Smith hosted notables such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Earl Warren at the San Francesco Press Club. Additionally, the series includes a set of eight photographs taken by Mary Benton Smith on a trip she took to the Philippines in 1966. Other subjects appearing in the photographs of this series include: B-17 bombers, bombs, Christmas, GMC Duck, journalism, journalists, and war correspondents. The photographs feature locations in: England, France, Japan, Korea, and Germany (specifically, Torgau). Persons of interest also include: Frank A. Allen, Jr., Henry Harley Arnold, Omar Bradley, Harold Roe Bull, Harry C. Butcher, Erwin D. Canham, William C. Chase, Winston Churchill, Raymond Clapper, Andrew Brown Cunningham, R. Ernest Dupuy, Hans Georg von Friedeburg, William Milton Gross, Leslie C. Hollis, Roy Wilson Howard, Alfred Jodl, Ernest Joseph King, Laurence Sherman Kuter, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Bernard Law Montgomery, Kay Summersby Morgan, Merrill Mueller, George S. Patton, Jr., Bertram Home Ramsey, Jack Redding, Walter Bedell Smith, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Walter C. Sweeney, Maxwell Taylor, Arthur William Tedder, Charles Ralfe Thompson, Harry Truman, John Francis Martin Whiteley, and Edward Frederick Lindley Wood.

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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.

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. KING GEO. VI OF ENG. VISITS ADM. HEWITTquot;S FLAGSHIP

Title: General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. KING GEO. VI OF ENG. VISITS ADM. HEWITTquot;S FLAGSHIP

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. U.S., BRITISH amp; FRENCH SAILORS amp; MARINES MARCH IN PARADE, TOULON, FRANCE

Title: General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. U.S., BRITISH amp; FRENCH SAILORS amp; MARINES MARCH IN PARADE, TOULON, FRANCE

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA [ETC.]

Part 1, Gen. Eisenhower and British Admiral Cunningham review allied troops in North Africa. Part 2, Sec. of State Hull lands in Cairo en route to Moscow. Part 3, Russian planes bomb a German convoy in the Arctic Ocean and Russian sailors beat off a German aerial assault. Part 4, Canadian fishing vessels leave a village on the Gaspe Peninsula and return laden with cod. Part 5, 5th Army units occupy Naples and advance through mud north of the city. Gen. Clark leaves for the front. Refugees return to Naples.

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

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

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Film Reports Relating to World War II. 1948 - 1948. CAMPAIGN IN SICILY

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Film Reports Relating to World War II. 1948 - 1948. CAMPAIGN IN SICILY

Reel 1 shows Brit. Adm. Cunningham and Gens. Eisenhower, Tedder, Montgomery, Patton, and Doolittle. U.S. planes bomb Pantelleria; Brit. inf. go ashore. Shows masses of Ital. POWs Axis planes bomb an Allied supply, ship off the island. Brit. engrs. repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike objectives in Italy. Troops Transports assemble in the harbor at Alexandria; Gens. Eisenhower and Patton are aboard the Monrovia. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land on Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Steel mesh mats are laid down: bulldozers are taken ashore. Gen Patton and 3rd Inf. Div. units land. Axis planes attack the convoy, exploding an ammunition ship. Reel 2 shows debris on the beach near Gela and masses of Ital. POW's. 3rd Div. troops clear minefields. Shows Gen. Truscott. Motorized artillery is moved to the front. Allied antiaircraft mistakenly downs friendly transport planes near Gela. The 45th Div. advances on Rogusa. Ital. POW's repair roads. The 3rd Div. enters Palermo; Gen. Eisenhower inspects debris in the city; antiaircraft repels an Axis attack. Reel 3 shows debris in Palermo's harbor; a smoke screen shields the harbor. Allied and Axis wounded are evacuated. Ger. troops are evacuated from Messina to the mainland. Allied Military, Govt. agents distribute rations, supervise medical care, and Institute war crime trials. Pres. Roosevelt reviews Allied, troops from a jeep.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. ROMMEL'S DEFEAT IN AFRICA [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. ROMMEL'S DEFEAT IN AFRICA [ETC.]

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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. News of the Day

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

Summary: Coverage of outstanding news events from 1937 to 1943 including scenes of naval action in the Pacific, the British offensive in Libya, the invasion of North Africa, Battle of Stalingrad, naval action in the Atlantic, troops and sailors training, the rescue of Eddie Rickenbacker, lend lease, the bombing of Genoa, the Hindenburg disaster, and rationing and war productions on the home front. Photographed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and Twentieth Century Fox. Reel 1: 1) 7' Medium Close Up (MCU) of commentator John B. Kennedy speaking. 2) 22' SENSATIONAL WAR FILM. BRITISH BLAST ROMMEL, ARMY FLEEING LIBYA, NEWS OF THE DAY. 3) 29' Scenes of USAF B-25 bombing desert supply bases, German General Erwin Rommel fleeing invading forces, German fighter falling in flames and British 8th Army troops advancing through rain and mud at Hell Fire Pass; artillery firing and Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery at the front (Fall of 1942). Also shows infantry advances and wrecked and burning German motorized and mechanized equipment, wrecked German aircraft, many German prisoners, German General Ritter von Thoma, Commander of Afrika Korps under Rommel being taken prisoner and greeted by Montgomery -- swastika comes down and the Union Jack goes up. 4) 295' HE REPORTS TO THE NATION. DONALD NELSON URGES SPEED ON HOME FRONT. NEWS OF THE DAY. 5) 302' Sequences of Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board, speaking on the need to speed up war effort. 6) 392' THE WOMAN'S PAGE. 1943 FASHIONS FOR WAR WORKERS. COMMENTARY BY ADELAIDE HAWLEY. NEWS OF THE DAY, CHICAGO. 7) 401' Scenes of clothing styles for women factory workers. 8) 471' NEWS OF THE DAY. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. 9) 473' U.S. Army nurses and Australian Women's Army Corps (WACs) marching through streets of Sydney. 10) 522' WITH THE YANKS ON NEW GUINEA BATTLEFRONT. NEWS OF THE DAY. 11) 529' Scenes of U.S. troops advancing from Kokoda through New Guinea jungles toward Japanese bases of Buna and Gona, U.S. light field gun firing on Japanese positions and Japanese planes from Rabaul scoring direct bomb hit on U.S. supply craft which blows up. Also shows New Guinea natives bringing in U.S. wounded; U.S. cruiser sinking two Japanese destroyers and Japanese prisoners on deck of cruiser. 12) 647' HOMECOMING OF A HERO SHIP. NEWS OF THE DAY. SAN FRANCISCO. 13) 655' Scenes of cruiser, San Francisco, returning through Golden Gate from the Battle of Solomons, sailors waving from deck and Admiral E .J. King presenting Congressional Medal of Honor to the 31-year old commander of the cruiser. 14) 741' NEWS OF THE DAY. NEW YORK. 15) 744' Ten thousand Merchant Marines march at dedication of Merchant Marine Service Training Station in New York. 16) 802' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: NEWS OF THE DAY. METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER RELEASE. 1) 7' MCU of commentator John B. Kennedy, speaking. 2) 22' FIRST FILMS OF RICKENBACKER'S DRAMATIC RESCUE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 3) 28' Medium Long Shot (MLS) Catalina flying boat in air and men aboard rubber life raft at sea. Also shows Captain Eddie Rickenbacker being helped from Catalina flying boat at Navy Base hospital in the Pacific after being rescued from rubber boat with six other men. Also shown is Lt. James Whitacre and Captain Cherry. 4) 173' REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT. LEND LEASE AID SPEEDS VICTORY FOR THE ALLIES. NEWS OF THE DAY. 5) 182' Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Lend Lease administrator, gives seventh report to Congress on lend lease operations for period ending December 11, 1942 and to President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House -- also shows scenes of equipment on dock in Russia. 6) 321' FOUR OF FOUR THOUSAND LOST AS U.S. TRANSPORT HITS MINE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 7) 327' Scenes of the troop transport, President Calvin Coolidge, which was sunk by a mine in the Pacific. Aerial Views (AVs) of rescue boats during rescue operation in oil-streaked sea where transport sank. 8) 399' TREASURY CHIEF HAILS SUCCESS OF BOND DRIVE. A REPORT BY MR. HENRY MORGANTHAU. NEWS OF THE DAY. 9) 405' MCU of Henry J. Morgenthau speaking on the war bond sales program. 10) 469' THE WOMAN'S PAGE. WOMEN TAKE OVER MORE MENS' JOBS. ADELAIDE HAWLEY. 11) 475' NEWS OF THE DAY. WASHINGTON. 12) 479' Series of scenes of women's section crew working on railroad. 13) 533' MACARTHUR SEES YANKS GET TOUCH. NEWS OF THE DAY. AUSTRALIA. 14) 543' Scenes of Gen. Douglas MacArthur watching Yank training in Australian training camp, yanks learning judo and how to disarm enemy, infantry advancing and artillery firing. 15) 611' WAR AND SPORT ON A FLAT TOP IN THE PACIFIC. NEWS OF THE DAY. 16) 618' Shows three-man crew from downed torpedo-bomber who were rescued and transferred from destroyer to aircraft carrier in the Pacific, by means of a breeches buoy. 17) 694' Scenes of crew, protected from sharks by the crafts anti-submarine torpedo net, swimming alongside carrier. 18) 788' UNITED STATES TREASURY WAR SAVING STAFF PRESENTS THIS WEEK'S MINUTEMAN FOR DEFENSE. MADELlNE ROSE, LEMON PACKER, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. 19) 808' Madeline Rose speaks of the need for vitamin C for war workers and soldiers -- also points out the high content of vitamin C in lemons for a lemon packing plant. 20) 887' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: NEWS OF THE DAY. A METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER RELEASE. 1) 9' MCU of commentator John B. Kennedy, speaking. 2) 24' LATEST FILM, BATTLE OF STALINGRAD. NEWS OF THE DAY. 3) 29' Scenes of the flaming ruins of Stalingrad on the Volga, Russian infantry advancing through ruins, Germen dead and Russian civilian refugees. 4) 144' WITH THE YANKS IN NEW GUINEA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 5) 151' Shows U.S. troops landing on beach near Buna aided by New Guinea natives who carry supplies ashore and troops playing cards on the shore. 6) 233' NEWS OF THE DAY. NEWS FILMS FROM NORTH AFRICA. 7) 239' Scenes of North African invasion convoy at sea, naval and antiaircraft guns firing at night, U.S. flag being taken ashore, street fighting and snipers. 8) 329' MARINE 13, HOME FROM THE WAR EAGER FOR MORE. NEWS OF THE DAY. CHICAGO. 9) 339' Shows George Holly, 13-year old Marine being interviewed -- Holly joined the Marines at the age of twelve. 10) 395' THE SPORTING PAGE. WINTER SPORTS FOR HE-MAN. COMMENTARY BY BILL STERN. NEWS OF THE DAY. CHICAGO. 11) 404' Scenes of Chicago Polar Bear Club members wearing bathing suits, swimming in icy waters of Lake Michigan and playing in the snow and ice. 12) 454' ATTENTION AMERICANS! RICKENBACKER SPEAKS FOR OUR FIGHTING MEN. NEWS OF THE DAY. 13) 463' Scenes of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, after Pacific rescue, debarking from aircraft and being welcomed by Mrs. Rickenbacker and sons, David and William and Major General Henry H. Arnold, Commander of the U.S. Army Air Corp. Also included are scenes of Capt. Rickenbacker reporting to Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, and making a speech in behalf of greater war production. 14) 577' HOLIDAY GREETING FROM AMERICA'S GLOBAL WAR BATTLEFRONT. U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORP FILM. NEWS OF THE DAY. 15) 584' TO YOU WHO STAY AT HOME, WE THE SOLDIERS OF YOUR COUNTRY AND OURS, SEND THIS CHRISTMANS GREETING: A PRAYER TO VICTORY AND PEACE. 16) 610' Scenes of troops attending Christmas services at New Caledonia, Iceland, Panama, Australia, Alaska and in the desert. 17) 660' Scenes of troops and nurses singing Christmas carols. 18) 748' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: NEWS OF THE DAY. A METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER RELEASE. 1) 9' MCU of commentator John B. Kennedy speaking. 2) 23' THE EPIC OF CARRIER X. FLATTOP WINS ROUND TWO OF TERRIFIC BATTLE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 3) 33' Scenes of U.S. task force and aircraft carrier under Japanese air attack, guns firing, Japanese planes falling in flames and Douglas' Dauntless bombers on deck of carrier. 4) 456' 1942-1943, THE TURN OF THE TIDE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 5) 465' Scenes of British troops and tanks arriving at Bengazi, ships burning in the harbor, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, map of Europe and Africa showing the war front, Russian troops advancing through snow, German dead and German graves in Russia, Josef Stalin speaking, map of the 1943 Russian second winter offensive, General Douglas MacArthur, troops advancing on New Guinea, Japanese prisoners and dead on Guadalcanal and a map of Japan. 6) 755' UNITED NATIONS FACE 1943 CONFIDENT OF THE TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY. NEWS OF THE DAY. 7) 766' President Franklin Roosevelt speaking. 8) 792' Scenes of Adolph Hitler speaking and hostages being shot in Europe. 9) 824' Scenes of the Statue of Liberty, United Nations flag flying, pictures of Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Chiang Kai-shek and Franklin Roosevelt and the U.S. flag flying. 10) 873' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: NEWS OF THE DAY. SUICIDE OF THE GRAF SPEE. 1) 8' Scenes of a German battleship, Admiral Graf Spee, in Montevideo Harbor, Uruguay, 17 December 1939, after battle with British cruisers Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter; Captain Langsdorf of the Graf Spee goes out in launch, Graf Spee is scuttled, explodes, burns and sinks and crew aboard arrive in Argentina and are interned. 2) 294' NEWS OF THE DAY. UNIQUE FLIGHT BY UNCLE SAM'S BOMBERS. NEWS OF THE DAY, CALIFORNIA. 3) 305' Scenes of U.S. Army Air Corps B-18A in flight over Death Valley -- the lowest point in the U.S., and over the Sierra Nevada range, the highest point in the U.S. 4) 406' NEWS OF THE DAY. FIRST FILMS OF THE HlNDENBURG DISASTER. 5) 413' NEWS OF THE DAY. APPALLING SCENES AS THE GIANT SHIP EXLPLODES ON ARRIVAL AT LAKEHURST, ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC PICTURES EVER BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN. 6) 429' Pictures of the German zeppelin, Hindenburg, after crossing the ocean, exploding and burning at Lakehurst, New Jersey on 6 May 1937. 7) 710' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: NEWS OF THE DAY. A METRO-GOLYWYN MAYER RELEASE.1) 8' MCU of commentator John B. Kennedy speaking. 2) 24' GENOA BLITZED IN NIGHT RAID BY Royal Air Force. NEWS OF THE DAY. 3) 30' Scenes of British Lancaster Stirling and Halifax bombers taking off at night, map of Italy, aircraft in flight, and AVs of flares and bombs exploding on Genoa at night. 4) 175' BAD NEWS FOR THE JAPANESE. NEWS OF THE DAY. SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. 5) 185' Scenes of P-38s being unloaded on dock at Australian port and assembled at airdromes in northern Australia and P-38 taking off. 6) 264' MORE RATIONING TO HELP WIN THE WAR. NEWS OF THE DAY. 7) 270' Scenes of office of War Information head, Elmer Davis and Food Rationing Director, Claud F. Wickard, speaking to the public about a plan to ration canned food by the point system, war ration book number two and activities inside ration board. 8) 400' NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA. NEWS OF THE DAY. LIMA, PERU. 9) 410' Scenes of President Manuel Prado in reviewing parade with tanks and jeeps -- President Prado is celebrating an anniversary. 10) 448' SANTIAGO, CHILE. NEWS OF THE DAY. 11) 452' Scenes of International Exposition in Santiago, Chile, Chilian president officially opening the Carnival of Commerce. 12) 482' ROOSEVELT'S MSSSAGE OF CHEER. NEWS OF THE DAY. 13) 490' Scenes of President Roosevelt giving Christmas message from White House. 14) 592' FRENCH LEGION JOINS OUR SIDE IN NORTH AFRICA. NEWS OF THE DAY. 15) 599' Scenes of Moroccan, Algerian and Singhalese troops in North Africa, French Colonial Army joining the U.S. forces to fight the Axis, French Gen. Auguste Nogues and Brig. Gen. J. H. Doolittle and Lt. Gen. D. D. Eisenhower presenting third star to Lt. Gen. Mark Clark. 16) 745' Total footage in reels. Reel 7: 20TH CENTURY FOX PRESENTS MOVIETONE NEWS. PRODUCED BY EDMUND REEKS, COMMENTARY BY LOWELL THOMAS. 1) 36' THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS COME TO U.S. AND LAUNCH FIVE SHIPS. PHOTOGRAPHED BY EMILE MONTEMURRO, DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. 2) 45' Scenes of the Dionne quintuplets participating in the christening and launching of five ships, and singing. 3) 125' SOUTH PACIFIC STRATEGY. MOVIETONE NEWS. Shows Admiral William Halsey and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. 4) 154' ON THE SPOT ACTION FIlM AS U.S. SUB SINKS JAPANESE BOAT. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY, DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 5) 165' Scenes of U.S. sub sinking Japanese boat in the Pacific. 6) 200' NAVAL ROOKIES TRAIN IN GIANT NEW STATION. MOVIETONE NEWS. 7) 210' Scenes of U.S. blue jackets training in new Naval Training Station. 8) 276' EISENHOWER VISITS BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN FIEET. MOVIETONE NEWS. 9) 290' Lt. Gen. Eisenhower and British Adm. Cunningham inspecting British battleship. 10) 325' ARMY HELICOPTER TO HUNT U-BOATS FROM SHIP'S DECK. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY, DESCRIBED BY ED THORGENSEN. MOVIETONE NEWS. 11) 333' Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter landing on deck of moving tanker and taking off for submarine search. 12) 395' WAR AT SEA. COAST GUARD CUTTER SINKS NAZI U-BOAT. PREPARED BY JACK HANEY, DESCRIBED BY LOWELL THOMAS. MOVIETONE NEWS. 13) 406' Scenes of convoy at sea, Coast Guard cutter, Spencer, picking up surviviors from torpedo ship and dropping depth charges which force the U-boat to surface, and scene of boat sinking. 14) 501' LEND LEASE SHIPS TO GREECE. MOVIETONE NEWS. 15) 508' President Roosevelt presenting the Crowell Crest to the Hellenic Navy at Washington Navy Yards, and the Greek ambassador responding -- Greek sailors board boat. 16) 589' Total footage in reel.

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 29]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 29]

On the events leading up to the Casablanca Conference. Includes views of Casablanca; Winston Churchill with Clement Attlee, on a battleship, and visiting troops; Pres. Roosevelt inspecting troops and conferring with Gens. Marshall and Arnold and Adm. King; Gen. de Gaulle decorating French troops; Gens. Eisenhower and Clark and British Adm. Cunningham at French Adm. Darlan's funeral in Algiers; war materiel aboard ship; a convoy; tanks and infantry advancing in Tunisia; an amphibious landing on Guadalcanal; Japanese POW's entering a stockade; Marine Corps Raiders; food being distributed to African refugees; Joseph Stalin; Gen. Patch; Gen. and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek; French Gens. Nogues and Giraud; and bombs being loaded on allied planes.

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels. 1943 - 1945. WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 116. [JULY 26]

Title: Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "War Pictorial News" Newsreels. 1943 - 1945. WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 116. [JULY 26]

Part 1, King George VI is driven through the streets of Tunis; inspects a captured Ger. tank; talks to Gens. Clark and Patton; inspects troops; rides with Gen. Montgomery in an armored car; knights Mr. Marshall Linnell; meets Viscount Gort on Malta; and rides through streets on the island. Part 2, sailors aboard Brit. destroyers observe Pantelleria; Gen. Eisenhower and Brit. Adm. Cunningham confer aboard a cruiser. B-17's and Lancaster bombers bomb the island; naval guns are fired; prisoners emerge from debris and surrender to Brit. troops. Sentries patrol the beaches; prisoners are massed in a field; tanks move through streets on the island.

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Harry C. Butcher Papers. 1910 - 1959. Photographs

Title: Harry C. Butcher Papers. 1910 - 1959. Photographs

The largest group of photographs in this series consists of images relating to Harry C. Butcher's service as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Naval Aide at the Allied Force Headquarters and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. The photographs depict Eisenhower's activities during the North African Campaign, the following campaign in Italy, and the planning and execution of the Normandy Invasion. Some of the activities include troop inspections, high-level planning meetings, visits by dignitaries and the press, and captured German and Italian general officers. There are photographs of Eisenhower and major Allied military and political leaders in England and elsewhere on the continent of Europe following the invasion at Normandy until after the surrender of Germany. Individuals depicted include Bernard Law Montgomery, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Henri Giraud, Mark W. Clark, Omar Nelson Bradley, George S. Patton, Arthur William Tedder, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and George VI, King of England. In addition to the military photographs there are images of Butcher's family and friends. A small number of photographs contain images of Abilene, Kansas and Eisenhower's family and childhood friends.

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