National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized. 1675 - 1958. Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division. 1918 - 1947. ACTUALITE ALLEMANDE

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National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized. 1675 - 1958. Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division. 1918 - 1947. ACTUALITE ALLEMANDE

1944

Reel 1, Part 1, is anti-Jewish propaganda. Shows the N.Y.C. slums, Jewish stores and businesses, Jewish brokers buying and selling stocks, and Mayor La Guardia. Part 2, Ger. troops hose out fires in the Cathedral of Rouen caused by Brit. bombs; shows the smoking ruins. Part 3, Ger. Min. Speer speaks to and presents medals to workers in a bombed factory. Part 4, a Ger. Gen. presents medals to a Ger. antiaircraft crew. Part 5, Ger. troops on the Russ. front fell trees and convert them into shelters. Part 6 shows the Anzio beachhead. Ger. paratroop units prepare for action. Tanks and artillery fire and troops counterattack. Reel 2. Part 1, Ger. "flak" ships in the English Channel open fire on allied bombers passing overhead. Messerschmidt 109 and 110 fighter planes take off and attack U.S. "Liberator" and "Fortress" bombers; allied planes fall in flames as their crews parachute to earth. Shows the wreckage of downed allied planes and captured pilots. Folke-Wulfe-190 fighter planes attack U.S. P-38 and B-17 planes and shoot them down in flames.

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La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

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Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. Known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive stature, La Guardia is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Though a Republican, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by other part...

Speer, Albert, 1905-1981

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