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    I. 'WOMEN WHO SERVE THE GUNS.' Australian civilian architects (male) orientate themselves from blue prints at a construction site where a modern munitions factory is being built. A train pulled by steam locomotive (3112) arrives at an unidentified ...

     
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    I. 'MID EAST-FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS VISITS CAIRO.' Field Marshal Jan C Smuts (South African Premier) sits on a bench in the garden of the British Embassy in Cairo, in the company of Lord and Lady Killearn (Sir Miles and Mrs Lampson) and their children ...

     
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    I. 'FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIS OVER GERMANY.' United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress bomber aircraft run up their engines on a taxi way as they await their turn to take off. Aerial footage shows USAAF B-17F stacked in ...

     
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    I. 'RUSSIA.' Russian infantry officers use binoculars to scan the horizon from the cover of a wooden dugout. Russian anti-tank crews fire a 184(r) Protivotankovaya Pushka obr 1930g 45mm anti-tank gun at unseen targets as Russian T34/76B tanks ...

     
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    I. 'CHURCHILL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' Cheering crowds greet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his arrival in Cyprus following his successful visit to Adana in Turkey for discussions with President Ismet Inn. Churchill chats to representatives ...

     
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    I. 'BOMBING OFFENSIVE.' Royal Air Force (RAF) Douglas Boston bomber aircraft (2 Group) fly at very low level over the sea to avoid detection by German early warning radar during the raid on the Philips radio factory at Eindhoven in Holland (December ...

     
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    I. 'INDIA.' Relief work in Midnapore district of Bengal after the cyclone. Hundreds of Bengali civilians queue at field kitchens to receive a grain hand-out and cooked food. Indian doctors use hypodermic syringes to vaccinate local civilians against ...

     
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    I. "Warrior of the week." An RAF Squadron Leader who flew Hurricanes in Russia and was awarded the Order of Lenin describes his experiences.

    II. "The other man's job. Steel strips for explosive drums." Manufacture of steel strip in the largest ...

     
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    I. "The other man's job. Making Tank Landing Craft." Scenes of women in a Scottish ship-yard building LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) of the type used in the invasion of Sicily. Working women are even entrusted with the launching of the craft.

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    I. "The other man's job. Steel tubes for victory." Strength and adaptability of steel tubular scaffolding make it a vital war product, used in the construction of "war-winning factories", Inglis bridges and mobile platforms for the maintenance of ...

     
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    I. "China aids growing Far East offensive." a. Chinese coolies construct airfields for the use of the USAAF using only manual labour. b. View of vast amount of supplies for use by MacArthur's forces. c. USAAF Flying Fortresses and Liberators bomb ...

     
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    I. "The other man's job. Making stings for Mosquitos." Manufacture of casings for 500 lb bombs. Casings are removed from casts, tested for flaws then transported to a filling factory. The Wing Commander who led the first Mosquito raid on Berlin urges ...