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Military Newsreels: 1943 Issue 11
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Synopsis: Allies Win The Sea And Air Battle In Fight For North Africa, Portable X-Ray Machine Saves Lives In The Field, President Roosevelt's Dog In The Spotlight, Gala Pageant Opens For Red Cross Fundraising Drive, Russian Films Of Nazi Defeat At Stalingrad...(read more)
- Date: 1943
- Duration: 00:08:51
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: North Africa, Tunisia, White House, Washington DC, United States, New York, Madison Square Garden, Stalingrad, Russia
Allies Win Sea, Air Battles In Fight For Africa
An Allied convoy nearing the coast of North Africa. Desperately the Luftwaffe tries to stop fresh troops and equipment reaching United Nations forces closing in on Rommel. But the convoy comes through and more and more like them. Bringing food, ammunition, supplies, troops from England and the United States in a never ending stream.
Attack by night and still Allied guns blaze defiance. The wounded come ashore as the Nazis air force makes its last attempt to dive bomb ships waiting to unload. And again the Luftwaffe is driven off.
On the Tunisian front British engineers render harmless land mines left to cover the German retreat. From the south the British drive is on in force as Americans push through the central sector. The wreckage of a shattered army lies strewn across the desert. In Africa the Nazis' days are numbered.
Shot List:
01:00:39:11
Convoy of ships come under air attack, bomb explosions near U.S. destroyer escort.
01:01:05:12
U.S, troops walk down gangplank (disembark) from ship.
01:01:40:29
British Engineers, sappers or miners, locate and disarm German mines.
01:01:59:18
Wreckage of German tanks of German Rommel's Afrika Korps litter the desert.
Portable X-Ray On Duty At Front
A United States Army medical unit gives a realistic demonstration of the latest forward step in war surgery. Under old methods much time was lost as doctors probed to find the exact location of a bullet or piece of shrapnel. Now right to the front line comes portable x-ray equipment which is set up and ready to function in eight minutes.
In less than forty seconds the machine not only locates the foreign body but registers the exact depth of the bullet beneath the skin. Pictures that save lives. Already the new unit has been cited for service at the front.
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01:02:14:04
Infantry soldiers follow M3 Half-Track armored personnel carrier.
01:02:23:20
Wounded soldier is carried on litter to field hospital.
01:02:28:25
Two Jeeps or Scout Cars driven fast over rugged road.
01:02:47:00
Shows use of potable X-ray machine in field hospital.
President's Pet Dog Takes White House Spotlight
The President's official home. American headquarters for leaders of the United Nations. Here Mr. Roosevelt lives working long hours into the night. But when seven o'clock comes here is one chap who usually gets his supper direct from the hand of the President. His name is Fala a three year old Scottie and the President's only pet. Fala's quite an accomplished dog and equally fond of his master. A rare and interesting glimpse into the human qualities of the man who is President of the United States.
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01:03:30:22
Image of clock face.
01:03:34:10
Image of Fala, famous Scottish Terrier and pet of Franklin D Roosevelt.
Gala Pageant Opens Red Cross Drive For Funds
America launches a nationwide campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross. Mrs. Roosevelt and Crown Princess Martha of Norway are among the notables at the New York Madison Square Garden to aid the cause. The huge throng is treated to patriotic entertainment by the world famous music hall Rockettes. Dramatizing its appeal for funds the Red Cross stages an impressive pageant as every American contributes freely to these international angels of mercy.
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01:04:15:14
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Crown Princess Martha of Norway.
01:04:30:20
Performance by the World famous music hall Rockettes.
Official Films! Nazi Defeat At Stalingrad!
The heroic defense of Stalingrad. The Soviet army turning the Nazis six month assault into the most ghastly military disaster in German history. Hands held high the beaten Nazis pour from house after house in abject surrender.
Hitler's generals give up too. Twenty-four including a field marshal. Here is Lieutenant-General von Daniels commander of the veteran 376th Division. Lieutenant-General Sanne commanded Hitler's pride the crack 100th Division that smashed through Belgium and France. Berlin says that German generals never surrender. Germany's Romanian allies Brigadier General Dimitriu commander of the 20th Romanian Infantry suffers the same fate as that of his German colleagues.
Five more Axis generals who failed at the Stalingrad Hitler vowed he'd take. Lieutenant-General Schlemmer whose 14th Tank Corp helped conquer Holland. Lieutenant-General von Drebber whose 297th Infantry invaded Greece. Lieutenant-General Rinaldi Medical Chief of the 6th German Army.
Biggest catch of all Field Marshal Fredrik von Paulus Commander-and-Chief of all Axis armies at Stalingrad. Taken to headquarters of General Shumilov for questioning von Paulus has much to answer for. He is the man who ordered the extermination of every civilian in Stalingrad. Calmly quietly General Shumilov reviews von Paulus' record. This is the von Paulus who two months before threatened the families of his own soldiers with death if one man should surrender. Berlin claimed he was only captured because he was gravely wounded. Actually a young Red Army lieutenant found him hiding in the basement of a department store and brought him in without a struggle.
These also gave up. Cold, starved, emaciated, defeated Nazi soldiers. Remnants of twenty-two Nazis divisions. Now they plod towards a Russian prison.
Proudly the Red flag flies again over the heroic city of Stalingrad as endless lines of Nazis prisoners write the final chapter in the Battle of Stalingrad. Here the might of the German 6th Army met the courage of a people fighting for life and liberty.
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01:05:13:25
Stalingrad battle scenes.
01:05:34:02
Point-of-view (pov) Russian machine gun nest.
01:05:44:19
Germans surrender, white flag and raised hands.
01:06:01:08
German Generals surrender at Stalingrad.
01:08:49:02
Thousands of German 6th Army soldiers plod toward Russian POW camp.
