Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1399B

00:09:07 2	TITLE: WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT: VOICE OVER, HOW STRONG IS THE ENEMY TODAY ?", HOW HARD IS THE JOB AHEAD?" PREPARED BY WAR DEPARTMENT, DEPT. OD STRATEGIC SERVICES.
00:10:13 68	VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN CAPTURED FILMS OF SEPT. 12, 1943 RESCUE BY ELITE GERMAN COMMANDOS, OF BENITO MUSSOLINI, FROM ITALIAN IMPRISONMENT, AFTER BEING IMPRISONED BY ITALIAN FASCIST GOVERNMENT. THE RESCUE WAS ORDERED BY HITLER HIMSELF.
00:11:20 135	TO 00:13:16.VARIOUS SHOTS MUSSOLINI, IN BLACK FEDORA AND COAT BEING PLACED ON SMALL PLANE AT RESCUE SITE AND FLOWN TO LARGER PLANE AND THEN DIRECTLY TO HITLER. PLANE LANDS,IS MET BY HITLER AND MUSSOLINI'S SON VITTORIO. AFTER BRIEF MEETING WITH HITLER, EL DUCE IS FLOWN TO HIDING PLACE.
00:13:26 261	MS JAPAN'S EMPEROR HIROHITP WITH ADOLPH HITLER. HUGH ADORING, CHEERING CROWDS. GERMAN SWASTIKA AND JAPANS RISING DUN SYMBALS. VOICE OVER ASKS, "HOW STRONG ARE THEY? VOICE OVER, "FIRST JAPAN".
00:13:43 278	TO 00 18 23 VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE FORCES ATTACKING KOREA, MANCHURIA,CHINA. ACTION SHOTS JAPANESE ON THE MARCH THROUGH THESE COUNTRIES. TYHEN THEY STRUCK AT US.
00:13:46 281	CAPTURED FILM OF JAPAN ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ON DEC. 7, 19421. VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS LAUNCHING BOMBERS FROM CARRIERS. FILM OF THE AIR ATTACK AS SEEN BY BOMBER PILOTS.
00:15:15 370	MAP OF WORLD SHOWS JAPAN SHOWS HOW JAPAN EXTENDED ITS EMPIRE THROUGHOUT THE FAR EAST. ACTION SHOTS OF BATTLE IN BURMA, JAVA, INDO-CHINA AND NEWLY CONQUERED OTHER ZONES WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY RICH IN RESOURCES AND SLAVE LABOR.
00:15:35 390	MAP SHOWS WHERE JAPAN GAINED MOST OF THE WORLD'S RUBBER, TIN, A GOOD SHARE OF THE WORLD'S OIL JAPAN IS SELF SUFFICIENT IN BASIC INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. POWER, IRON, COAL, ETC.
00:16:01 416	"JAPAN'S FOOD SUPPLY IS AMPLE". VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE WORKERS UNLOADING FOOD SUPPLIES, MEN, WOMEN WORKERS IN RICE FIELDS AND OTHER CROPS. ARMED JAPANESE SOLDIER WATCHES SLAVE LABORERS WORKING THE FIELDS IN CONQUERED LANDS.
00:16:22 437	CROWDS SHOPPERS, PEDESTRIANS WALKING ABOUT IN TOKYO. VOICE OVER, "IN 1931, WHEN SHW BEGAN THE RAPE OF CHINA JAPAN HAD A POPULATION OF 75 MILLION, WITH 1 1/2 MILLION MEN IN ARMS, AND 3 MILLION PRODUCING WEAPONS.
00:16:24 439	GOOD SHOT JAPANESE DIVISION SOLDIERS MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA. SHOTS OF DEFENSE PLANT PRODUCING WAR MATERIALS/. "NOW THE JAPANESE DOMINATE A SUBJECT POPULATION OF 385 MILLION. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS BUILDING ROADS AND INSIDE WAR PLANTS. RIVITERS, WELDERS, ETC. AT WORK.
00:17:06 481	VARIOUS SHOTS BURNING, DESTROYED JAPANESE PLANES. VARIOUS SHOTS JAPANESE BOMBER, FIGHTERS IN FLIGHT. VOICE OVER, "ALTHOUGH JAPANESE HAVE SUFFERED SEVERE LOSES IN AIRCRAFT, THEY HAVE MORE FIRST LINE PLANES NOW THAN WHEN THEY ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR". FASTER, BETTER ARMED, MORE MANEUVERABLE" .
00:17:27 502	MAP OF JAPAN AND PACIFIC SHOWS WEB OF POWERFUL INTERLOCKING BASES AND MAJOR STRONGHOLDS. EXTENDING OUT FROM JAPAN AND MOSE OF PACIFIC OCEAN.
00:18:16 551	PAN GRAPHIC VIEWS OF DEAD JAPANESE, SCATTERED ALONG BATTLEFIELDS. VOICE OVER, "THE TASK IN DESTROYING THESE FANATICAL WARRIORS WAS NOT EASY".
00:18:30 565	TO 00:26:00 GERMANY - SHOTS DEAD, SURRENDERING GERMAN SOLDIERS EXITING BUNKERS,BUILDINGS. LONG LINES OF GERMAN POW'S. VOICE OVER "THE DESTRUCTION OF GERMANY IS FURTHER ALONG ....." .
00:18:54 589	VARIOUS SHOTS SHELLS EXPLODING, GERMAN ARTILLERY IN ACTION. VOICE OVER, "BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THAT ARMY TODAY IS STILL A FORMIDABLE FIGHTING FORCE. WELL EQUIPPED, HIGHLY TRAINED, BATTLE HARDENED". SHOTS GERMAN DIVE BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS, TROOPS CHARGING ACROSS BATTLEFIELD.
00:19:07 602	CU RIFLES ALL LINED UP IN RACK, GERMAN SOLDIERS GRABBING THEM AND LINING UP. VARIOUS SHOTS DIVISIONS TROOPS MARCHING, LINED UP.VOICE OVR, "GERMANY HAS 3 TIMES THE COMBAT DIVISIONS FROM BEGINNING OF THE WAR". CHART SHOWS DESPITE LOSES IN RUSSIA, TUNISIA AND SICILY, IT HAS REFORMED AND RE-CREATED 60 NEW DIVISIONS".
00:19:51 646	"EACH OF THESE DIVISIONS, HAVE BEN MORE AND WEAPONS THAN THE DIVISIONS DESTROYED".GOOD SHOTS PAN THOUSANDS ARTILLERY GUNS ALL LINED UP FACING CAMERA. MS WORKERS IN PLANTS ASSEMBLING RIFLES.
00:20:12 667	THOUSANDS OF WAR GERMAN WORKERS MARCHING TO WORK. "VOICE OVER, "THIS EQUIPMENT WAS PRODUCED BY INCREASING WAR WORKERS 50%". "YOU HAV TO WORK, LIKE IT OR NOT". ABOVE VIEW HUNDREDS WORKERS SHOVELING DIRT IN FIELD.
00:20:44 699	THOUSANDS PEOPLE GIVING NAZI STIFF ARM SALUTE DURING RALLY. NAZI FLAGS EVERYWHERE. "WORKERS MUST EAT". VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS ON FOOD LINES GETTING THEIR VITTLES. GERMAN SOLDIER SEATED ON GROUND, EATING. " GERMANY IS BETTER FED TODAY THAN SHE WAS IN 1918". HEY EAT BETTER TODAY THAN AT START OF WAR.
00:21:09 724	VARIOUS SHOTS DOWN-TRODDEN PEOPLE, CHILDREN NOT SO LUCKY. "THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STARVING IN EUROPE ARE THOSE THAT CAN'T OR WON'T WORK".
00:21:20 735	MS GOOD SHOT, SHIRTLESS MINER HAMMERING AWAY AT WALL OF MINE WITH JACK HAMMER. HOPPERS OF ORE ROLLING OUT OF MINE. "GERMANY SUFFERS NO DANGERS OF BASIC WAR MATERIALS. WEATHER COAL, STEEL, OIL, ETC....".
00:22:16 791	VARIOUS SHOTS STOCKPILES ARTILLERY SHELLS, BOMBS. WORKERS IN PLANTS PRODUCING SAME. STOCK PILES ARTILLERY GUNS LARGE AND SMALL, TANKS. GOOD SHOT SUBMARINE BEING LAUNCHED SIDEWAYS, AND CONVENTIONALLY.LOCOMOTIIVES MASS PRODUCTION.
00:23:02 837	TO 00:24: 07 - GOOD SHOT LONG LINES OF LOCOMOTIVES MOVING SIDE BY SIDE ALONG TRACKS IN FREIGHT YARD, AND TOWARDS CAMERA. LONG LINES OF FLAT CARS LOADED WITH ARMY TANKS.60 TON "TIGER" TANKS ROLLING ON ASSEMBLY LINES. AND IN COMBAT. PLANES BEING PRODUCED, AND IN FLIGHT.
00:24:09 904	VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS WORKING IN STEEL MILL. BLAST FURNACE, MOLTEN STEEL BRING POUNDED INTO RODS. SLAVE LABORERS WORKING ON GIANT CONCRETE STRUCTURES, FOR GUN EMPLACEMENTS. VOICE OVER, "MASTER OF THE BLITZKRIEG, WORRIED OF THE COMING ALLIED BLITZ".
00:25:15 970	HUGE GUN BEING PREPARED AND CLEANED. GERMAN WORKER CLEANS INSIDE BARREL OF HUGE CANNON. SO BIG HE ENTERS THE BARREL TO CLEAN IT. GERMAN SOLDIERS FIRE ROCKET LAUNCHER THEY DEVELOPED. ROCKET BARRAGE AT NIGHT SHOWS ITS DEVASTATING POWER.
00:26:03 1018	TO 00 43 30 WAR DEPART REPORT TELL OF ENORMOUS LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS AMERICA HAS TO OVERCOME WHEN SUPPLYING OUR, AND OUR ALLIED TROOP WITH WAR MATERIALS, INCLUDING STORAGE, SHIPMENT OF HUGE QUANTITIES OF SUPPLIES AND FOOD, NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN MODERN ARMIES.
00:26:11 1026	AMERICAN SOLDIERS POUR INTO DENSE JUNGLES OF MANDORA. VARIOUS SHOTS GIANT CONVOYS, PROTECTED BY NAVAL FORCES IN PACIFIC. "LOGISTICS IS THE SCIENCE OF GETTING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF MEN TO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME". VARIOUS SHOTS CARGO BEING UNLOADED AT PIERS. HUG STOCKPILES CARGO ON PIERS.
00:26:11 1026	VARIOUS SHOTS LOCOMOTIVES, TELEGRAPH SIGNAL KEYS, BOMBERS, SHOES AND OTHER ITEMS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE CARGOES. OVER 700,000 ITEMS.MANY SHOWN..
00:27:40 1115	MS GENERAL EISENHOWER EXITS BUILDING WITH AIDE, TOWARDS CAMERA. STOPS, POSES. "HE RADIOED FOR GREAT QUANTITIES OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS". LONG LINE OF FLAT CARS LOADED WITH TANKS, ROLL ON TRACKS. RATES LOADED WITH OTHER MATERIALS. MEN USING WALKIE0TALKIES, SWITCHBOARDS, MINE DETECTORS, ETC.
00:28:14 1149	VARIOUS SHOTS DAMAGED SHIPS IN HARBOR DESTROYED BY ENEMY BOMBERS, LS PLANE MAKING CRASH LANDING, DESTROYED VEHICLES IN VARIOUS WAR THEATERS, "ALL MUST BE REPLACED". SGT.INSPECTS GI RIFLES. "6 OUT OF 10 RIFLES HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR". 8 OUT OF10 MACHINE GUNS". SHOTS GIS FIRING MACHINE GUNS.
00:28:50 1185	MORE SHOTS CARGO BEING UNLOADED OFF SHIPS.INCLUDING REPLACEMENT MATERIALS AND FOOD. VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE QUANTITIES SUPPLIES PILED UP IN STORAGE YARDS.
00:29:48 1243	PAN LONG LINE OF TRUCK TIRES DELIVERED TO FRENCH ARMY. ENOUGH TO EQUIP 11 DIVISIONS. FRENCH GENERAL INSPECTS TROOPS AS THEY MARCH.
00:29:55 1250	VOICE OVER, "THEN THERE IS LEND LEASE". VOICE OVER, "LEND LEASE IS UNITED WARFARE. OUR CONTRIBUTION TO GREAT FIGHTING ALLIES. VARIOUS SHOTS WAR MATERIALS BEING SHIPPED AND STOCK PILED.
00:30:28 1283	VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES BEING CHANGED FROM AMERICAN STAR TO RUSSIAN RED STAR INSIGNIAS. "6500 AMERICAN PLANES HAVE JOINED THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE. VARIOUS SHOTS WAR PLANTS IN FULL PRODUCTION.
00:30:36 1291	LS GREAT SHOT, TRAIN PULLING LONG STRING OD FLAT CARS LOADED WITH MILITARY VEHICLES, ACROSS BRIDGE SPANNING TWO HILLS. NATIVE ARABS LOAD MATERIALS ON WAGONS BEING PULLED BY CAMELS.
00:31:01 1316	NAZI U-BOAT COMMANDER PEERS THROUGH PERISCOPE. UNDERWATER SHOT TORPEDO BEING FIRED. LS MERCHANT SHIP BEING HIT BY EXPLODING TORPEDO. VARIOUS SHOTS DEPT CHARGES BEING FIRED BY U. S. WARSHIPS..
00:31:29 1344	VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. SOLDIERS ADVANCING THROUGH DENSE JUNGLES IN SOUTH PACIFIC. VOICE OVER TELLS OF DIFFICULTY OF MOVING SUPPLIES IN JUNGLE CONDITIONS. "HEAT, RAIN AND MALARIA".
00:32:17 1392	GIS LOADING HEAVY EQUIPMENT ONTO CARGO PLANES. IN PLACE OF THESE SUPPLY DIFFICULTIES, THE ARMY OFTEN TURNS TO ITS AIR ARM". "BIG OFFENSES CANNOT BE SUPPLIED BY AIR SUPPLY ALONE"
00:32:36 1411	GIS UNLOAD EMPTY GAS BARRELS ONTO A HUGE PILE. "IN CHINA, THE PLANE THAT DELIVERS 4 TONS OF GAS, USES UP 3 1/2 TONS FOR ITSELF".
00:33:35 1470	ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW THE ADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING SUPPLIES FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO AUSTRALIA BY SHIP, AS OPPOSED BY CARGO PLANE. THE SAVINGS IN FUEL ALONE IS TREMENDOUS.
00:33:58 1493	VOICE OVER, "THE MAIN JOB OF OUR AIR FORCE IS FIGHTING". GIS AND NATIVE WORKERS UNLOAD HUGE AERIAL BOMBS AT BASE. GI LOADING MACHINE GUN BELTS INTO GUN IN PLANE TURRET. LS P-38 FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF AND OVERHEAD. AERIAL VIEWS U. S.PLANES ATTACKING GROUND TARGETS, ENEMY SHIPS.
00:35:25 1580	TO 00:39:05 VARIOUS SHOTS STRATEGIC AIR FORCE BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS OVER ENEMY TARGETS. "STRATEGIC BOMBING IS AIMED AT THE HEART OF THE ENEMY, LAYING WASTE HIS FACTORIES ATTACKING HIS MORALE".
00:37:10 1685	VARIOUS SHOTS NAZI ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING AT BOMBERS ON LAND AND AT SEA. LS TWO FLAMING BOMBERS HIT BY THE FIRE. GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF TO FIGHT THE BOMBERS. SHOTS OF AIR BATTLES. FIGHTER PLANES AS WELL AS BOMBERS BEING HIT.
00:38:40 1775	HUGE PILES OF SMASHED AMERICAN BOMBERS IN GRAVEYARD ON OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN. GERMAN WORKERS TRY TO SALVAGE PARTS. VOICE OVER, "WE MUST REPLACE THIS EQUIPMENT". GRAPHIC VIEWS DEAD FLYERS BEING REMOVED FROM PLANES.. "THESE MEN CAN NEVER BE REPLACED".
00:39:07 1802	ANIMATED MAP OF SOUTH PACIFIC AND ASIA SHOWS TREMENDOUS DISTANCES U. S. HAS TO TRAVEL IN DELIVERING WAR MATERIALS TO ALLIES IN CHINA AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES. MOST OF THEM BY AIR."IN NO OTHER THEATER OF WAR DOES SPACE DICTATE OUR STRATEGY SO DECISIVELY".
00:39:50 1845	FIGHTER PLANE LANDING ON BASE IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, SENDING UP A SPRAY OF WATER ON THE FLOODED RUNWAY. "THE NATURE OF THE TERRAIN, SEVERELY LIMITS THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF OUR AIRCRAFT .......". "STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN FROM HERE IS NOT FEASIBLE".
00:40:40 1895	PAN DOZENS NEW GUINEA NATIVES, WEARING ONLY LOIN CLOTH USING PRIMITIVE TOOLS TO CLEAR, BUILD RUNWAY FOR U. S. PLANES. VARIOUS SHOTS CARGO PLANES LANDING, NATIVES UNLOADING CARGO.
00:41:26 1941	VARIOUS WING CAMERA SHOTS FIGHTER PLANES STRAFING ENEMY AIRFIELD, DESTROYING ENEMY PLANES ON GROUND. PAN HEAVY BOMBERS ATTHE NEW BASES. "THEY ARE NOT BASES FOR STRATEGIC BOMBING AGAINST JAPAN, BASES NEAREST JAPAN ARE IN CHINA"
00:42:21 1996	VARIOUS SHOTS CHINESE WORKERS USING PRIMITIVE METHODS TO BUILD RUNWAYS. VOICE OVER, "CHINA DOES NOT HAVE THE MATERIALS OR INDUSTRIAL SKILL CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING OUR BASES". VARIOUS SHOTS CHINESE WORKERS USING HAMMERS TO BREAK BIG ROCKS INTO SMALL. MS OX PULLED WAGON.
00:42:42 2017	VOICE OVER TELLS OF DIFFICULTY OF MOVING WAR MATERIALS TO CHINA. "AFTER TRAVELING 13,000 MILES TO CALCUTTA, THEN OVERLAND TO EASTERN INDIA THROUGH 500 MILES OF PRIMITIVE COUNTRY, NO MODERN ROADS. AND A COUNTRY SCOURGED BY MALARIA". SHOTS OF NATIVES ON ELEPHANTS MOVING GOOD THROUGH JUNGLES.
00:43:30 2065	MAP SHOWS WHY IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO USE BASES IN SIBERIA TO BOMB JAPAN. ALONG THAT ROUTE THE JAPANESE HAVE DEPLOYED 1/2 MILLION TROOPS. "IF WE OR THE RUSSIANS USE THESE BASES TO ATTACK JAPAN,JAPAN WOULD IMMEDIATELY ATTACK". MOST IMPORTANTLY, RUSSIA WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A 2 FRONT WAR".
00:43:30 2065	MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE BOMBARDMENTS BY ARTILLERY AND ROCKETS. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ATTACKING UNDER ARTILLERY FIRE. MAP OF USSR, MANCHURIA AND JAPAN. "VOICE ONE, "THERE IS NO ONE EASY SOLUTION TO OUR ATTACK AGAINST JAPAN". MORE REASONS SHOWN AND EXPLAINED.
00:45:34 2189	TO 00:48:50 VARIOUS SHOTS PREPARATION FOR AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT. VARIOUS SHOTS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS. GIS STORMING BEACHES, DIGGING FOX HOLES. "IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF EQUIPMENT. SHOT OF WAR SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED OF CARGO SHIPS, STOCKPILES ON DOCKS. CONVOYS AT SEA.
00:48:50 2385	HUGE EXPLOSION. VARIOUS SHOTS ENEMY PLANES ATTACKING CONVOY. LS HUGE EXPLOSION ON LIBERTY SHIP ROBERT ROE, WHICH WAS LOADED WITH MUNITIONS, HIT BY ENEMY BOMBS. MORE SHIPS AFTER BEING HIT BY ENEMY FIRE. HUGE PILES OF DESTROYED MATERIALS. "THESE ARE THE EXTRA COST OF AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS".
00:50:11 2466	TO 00:55:04 - MS UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR ROBERT R. PATTERSON, SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK, SPEAKS OF THIS WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT. "TELLS US WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND WHY WE HAVE TO DO IR". ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE ATTACK ON SICILY, AS HE SPEAKS.
00:51:10 2525	VARIOUS HOTS MEDICS CARRYING WOUNDED AND DEAD ALLIED SOLDIERS ON STRETCHERS AS VOICE OVER PATTERSON TELLS OF THE NUMBERS OF CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY ALLIES. MAP OF EUROPE AS PATTERSON TELLS OF THE DIFFICULT TASK AHAED.
00:52:21 2596	SHOT OF GENERAL WAINWRIGHT ON COREGIDOR PRIOR TO AND AFTER HIS BEING CAPTURED BY JAPANESE. SHOTS AMERICAN PRISONERS AFTER FALL OF COREGIDOR. VARIOUS FAMILIAR SHOTS OF SHIPS EXPLODING DURING ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
00:53:01 2636	GRAPHIC SHOTS JAPANESE SOLDIERS SHOOTING TWO CHINESE IN HEAD AS THEY KNEEL, TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS. GROUP RUSSIAN CIVILIANS HANGING FROM POLE. OTHER GRAPHIC SCENES. PATTERSON, "THESE ARE NOT ACTS OF WAR, THEY ARE CRIMES AGAINST DEFENSELESS PEOPLE .....". MORE GRAPHIC SCENES.
00:53:47 2682	VARIOUS SHOTS, FOREIGN DIGNITARIES AT MOSCOW CONFERENCE. MORE WAR SCENES.. WORKERS IN DEFENSE PLANTS.
00:55:00 2755	THE END