"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!

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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!

1943

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

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.

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