Summary: Reel 1: WITH THE BLACK SEA FLEET. Shows Russian ships in the black Sea dropping depth charges, firing on German aircraft and shelling the shore. Shows U.S. 5th Army troops, including scenes of GI's repairing demolished roads and bridges in Italy. Personalities shown in this clip are: Gen. Mark Clark, Gen. Van Fleet, field Marhsal Montgomery and General Gruenther. THUNDERBOLTS OF DEATH. Series of scenes of P-47D's taking off from grass field in England, escorting B-17 formation, and GSAP footage of attacks on German fighters. Reel 2: NEW GUINEA. Scenes of Australian and American soldiers establishing beachhead on Lae. Reel 3: AROUND THE CLOCK IN STALINGRAD. Sequence of shots of Russian children doing calisthenics and Russian students rebuilding demolished buildings. RUSSIA-WAR IN THE MARSHES. Shows Russian soldiers, with special marsh equipment, fighting the Germans. MIDDLE EAST-ARMOUR ON PARADE; ATLANTIC CONVOY. Scenes of the British 9th Armored Division on parade, and the British Atlantic Convoy. NEW GUINEA-JUNGLE PARATROOPS. Sequence of shots of jungle paratroops; Gen, Douglas MacArthur with troops; and the first Southwestern Pacific mass parachute jump in the Markham Valley. Reel 4: SMASHING GERMAN WAR TARGETS. P-38's and P-47's in aerial dogfights with German aircraft; and scenes of B-17's bombing German industrial targets. RUSSIA-THE BATTLE FOR THE GUNS. Shows Russian soldiers defending their large artillery from the Germans, and firing small arms against advancing German troops. RAIDS ON BURMA. AV's of British bombers dropping bombs over targets in Burma. THE ITALIAN BATTLE FRONT. Shows street scenes in southern Italian town; and British mine detection crews working at captured Italian airfield. Reel 5: FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY. Scenes of supplies being unloaded from ship at an Italian dock. NEW GUINEA-AN EPIC OF JUNGLE WARFARE. Allied artillery firing at JAPANESE POSITIONS. ITALY-BOMBERS OVER THE SANGRO. British bombers dropping bombs along Sangro River in Italy. Reel 6: MIDDLE EAST-CAIRO. Scenes of field Marshal Smuts visiting British Embassy in Cairo, at parade grounds delivering Christmas message, and reviewing marching British troops. RUSSIAN ACTION ALONG THE BLACK SEA FRONT. Scenes of Red Army preparations to resist an attack by Nazi Panzer Units against harbor installations. Shows men moving supplies; CU of Russian officer ascending to observation post; German tanks in distance; CU & LS of Russian infantrymen making sorties against Germans with assistance of heavy artillery action; and CU of Russian tank crew after descending from tank. BURMA-ELEPHANTS PUSH FOR THE WAR EFFORT. Shows native mahouts and their elephants loading logs aboard trucks, pulling and pushing Australian artillery up a steep hill. Good (Basic: Dupe neg)
