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Panama-Pacific International Exposition: Opening day celebrations / crowds at the entrances / pan of Exposition proper / parades on Market Street and Van Ness Avenue / Tower of Jewels / Fountain of Energy / other buildings / day for night shots / submarines / Fun Zone at night / nighttime illumination of buildings showing use of fog machines and special lights / Uncle Sam's submarines. No audio. (13 minutes)
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This film shows the battle record of the 9th Infantry Division in World War II and new challenges to the "Old Reliables"as they secure the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam. Highlights include Operation Colby; the Mobile Riverine Task Force; use of Army-Navy flotillas and Armored Troop Carriers; the Reliable Academy; and Long Range Patrols. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the...
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Archival footage reveals post-war events from 1945-1949. Elements include: U.S. rehabilitation of Japan and Germany; Soviet expansion in Europe; wars in Indochina and Greece; and Berlin blockade. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This film covers key events that led up to World War II, reviewing the rise of Fascism and Nazism and the growing aggression of Germany, Japan and Italy. It shows Americans as complacent during the period, and failing to prepare militarily. It looks at the effects of the Great Depression in the U.S., and the Army's administration of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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The demands of wartime production and labor drew many men and women to Washington, D.C., for government jobs during World War II. Advertising agencies created propaganda films and posters that extolled the importance of contributing to the war effort. Many women entered the workforce for the first time during the war and were employed in many clerical and industrial jobs that were previously only held by men.
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On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers landed on five beaches in the Normandy region of France. After successfully taking the beaches from Nazi occupation, U.S. and British troops liberated a series of towns in the region and took thousands of Nazi soldiers prisoner. The landing was the first Allied invasion of what Hitler had deemed "Fortress Europe" and a major turning point in the course of World War II.
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In June 1944, under the direction of General Dwight Eisenhower, an Allied armada crossed the English Channel, carrying troops who would carry out the invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The D-Day landing proved to be the start of the downfall of the German army, as it allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in Western Europe.
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The B-17 bomber Memphis Belle was the first U.S. heavy bomber fighting in Europe to complete 25 combat missions and keep its entire crew alive. When a crew reached 25 missions they were allowed to return home, and the tale of the Memphis Belle provided a much-needed morale boost for other members of the Air Force.
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By January 1944 Allied troops occupied Sicily and Southern Italy and were steadily advancing towards Rome, a key goal in the operation. Although the Italian forces had surrendered and declared armistice in 1943, Germany immediately filled in strategic posts to defend against the Allied advancement. The "Winter Line" a series of German defenses running along Italy's Sangro river, slowed the Allied advancement, but ultimately the army pushed through,...
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The world was shocked by the reports sent by the Allies after they liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1945. Conservative British member of Parliament Mavis Tate visited Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen to survey the atrocities firsthand. In a film report that she made for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tate reproached those people who claimed the Holocaust had been exaggerated, adding that "the reality was indescribably worse".
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Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, agreeing to cease combat by 11:01 pm on May 8. The surrender was accepted by representatives from the Allied forces, in a schoolhouse in Rheims, France. World War II did not officially end, however, until the Japanese surrendered in September 1945.
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Battles between the Allied forces and Japan over the Solomon Islands were vital to the Pacific theater of World War II. At the beginning of 1944 joint U.S.-New Zealand forces secured Bougainville, bringing the Solomon Islands campaign to a successful close. Allied control of the islands was a significant victory against Japan.
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Near the end of World War II, Allied forces conducted near constant bombing runs of the German city of Berlin. After the German surrender on May 7, 1945, Berliners restarted their lives in the shattered city. Surviving on severely limited food rations and British aid, residents adapted as best they could. They moved their businesses onto the streets because of electricity rationing, and cut down trees in city parks to use as fuel. Many parents sent...
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Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie was exiled from his country in 1936 as the Italian forces invaded and annexed Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia. The British government aided in Selassie's return as part of a campaign against the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) during World War II.