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 ...
I. "Food for thought." Urges all factory workers to take advantage of the nutritious and appetising meals offered them by their canteens instead of taking sandwiches to work, which is a waste of their home-rations. Average canteen meal has a very high ...
A dramatised account, with actors from a local theatre company, of the reopening for war production of the Tyneside shipbuilding yards closed down by the Depression.
Opening scenes: weeds are cleared from a yard, and ...
"HITTING THE BEACH." Launch of LST, similar to type used in amphibious landings against Axis (Sicily, Salerno?). LSTs are loaded in Mediterranean port with armour and troops; pontoons lowered for off-shore landings. Amphibious ...
Record of a bombing raid by the USAAF on Japanese airstrips at Wewak, New Guinea.
Ambassador Grew asserts to camera that Japanese "have got to be beaten until they know they are beaten". Japanese have been "fanatical, resourceful, treacherous and murderous" in their aggression against China. ...
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I. ‘Latest Film of the War in Italy’ View from high ground over Aerno, during bombardment as soldiers look down into valley. Jeeps and vehicles on the move; overturned and destroyed ...
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I. ‘News of the War in Italy’ Allied Military Government Headquarters, Naples: large crowds of Neapolitan civilians queue for the opportunity to apply for jobs. Shots filmed on the ...
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I. ‘Flying Forts Battle Nazis over Germany’ Bombing raids on Marienburg and Schweinfurt. Numerous ‘Flying Fort’ (B-17?) bombers on ground; then flying in formation, seen ...
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I. ‘Novorossisk Recaptured by Soviet Forces’ Item concerning recapture of Black Sea Naval base Novorossisk. Soviet troops seen looking down on city. Heavy artillery bombardment of ...
