Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program

Gilbert G. Gonzalez

Shedding light on the current debate over immigration reform and the use of “guest workers” in American agriculture, this historical documentary examines what was known as the Bracero Program—a system put in place from 1942 to 1964 to recruit Mexican farm laborers for temporary work in the United States. The film presents ample testimony from surviving braceros as well as family members and descendants of these displaced workers, who typically went north expecting not just high wages but also humane treatment and working conditions—expectations that were rarely if ever met. Featured experts include Mexican activist and politician Victor Quintana, Bracero Program in California author Henry Anderson, and several others. Extensive archival material is also included. The DVD contains both an English and a Spanish version of the program. (58 minutes)

General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman

Biography Channel

General George C. Marshall, the subject of this Biography program, was instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II. In 1948, as Secretary of State in the Truman administration, Marshall initiated a program of economic and technical assistance to speed rebuilding of the postwar European economy. (45 minutes)

General Omar Bradley

Biography Channel

Five-star General Omar Bradley was one of the main American field commanders in Europe and North Africa during World War II. This episode of Biography follows his distinguished military career from West Point, to the invasion of Normandy, to the Battle of the Bulge, and on to victory. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

John Wilkes Booth: Assassin in the Spotlight

A&E

Southern actor John Wilkes Booth’s deadly passion for the Confederate cause escalated in April 1865 with a plot to kill Abraham Lincoln and overthrow the U.S. government. This program traces the history of that conspiracy and the follows the life of this talented but twisted man whose actions would earn him celebrity for all time—but not for his work on the stage. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

At Ease (The Color of War)

History Education

Allied servicemen of World War II spent the majority of their time in what normally would be called “everyday activities.” In this program, former soldiers recall the interludes between the interminable marching and the periods of deadly fighting. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Color of War. (45 minutes)

Silent and Deep (The Color of War)

History Education

This program takes a look at submarine warfare during World War II. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Color of War. (45 minutes)

Victory (The Color of War)

A&E

This program spotlights the final year of the Second World War—for Allied servicemen, the most difficult of all. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Color of War.

Dressed to Kill (The Color of War)

History Education

This program takes a close look at the World War II combat soldier: the uniform that protected him from the elements, the weapons he used to attack the enemy, and the insignia and medals that distinguished him from his comrades. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Color of War. (45 minutes)

General Howe: Conqueror of New York

Biography Channel

The British General William Howe came to America to fight during the Revolutionary War. Although he was sympathetic to the Colonists, he brilliantly led his troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This episode of The Conquerors goes on to explore Howe’s battles against General George Washington at New York, Fort Lee, New Jersey, and in Pennsylvania at the Battle of the Brandywine. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Viet Cong (Declassified)

History Education

Piecing together recently disclosed stories from allied and enemy sources, this program analyzes why U.S. commanders in Vietnam made the mistake of fighting the Battle of Hamburger Hill as they had fought the battles of World War II. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

History's Mysteries: The Greensboro Massacre

History Education

This episode of History’s Mysteries exposes the gripping, inside account of one of the most shocking crimes in modern American history: the Greensboro Massacre. On November 3, 1979, members of the Communist Worker's Party held a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. A caravan of Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis drove into the center of the protesters. Screamed insults from both sides escalated into physical confrontation. The Klansmen and Nazis removed an arsenal of weapons from their cars and began firing into the terrified crowd, killing five and wounding eleven. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (48 minutes)

Samurai Warrior (In Search of History)

History Education

This program, a study of the samurai code of honor, sheds light on the history of Japan while helping to explain how the samurai mentality left an enduring imprint on the psyche of future generations. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Bitter Standoff (The Korean War)

History Education

As American casualties mounted, U.S. policy shifted from liberation of Korea to containment of Communism. In this program, General Matthew Ridgway replaces an insubordinate MacArthur and turns back the enemy tide during two years of the war’s bloodiest fighting. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Korean War. (45 minutes)

Army Corps of Engineers (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

Throughout the 19th century, the defense of America was the main task of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It eventually took on the closely related duty of civil works. Because of the incredible diversity of projects the Army Corps of Engineers has taken on, it continues to remain on the cutting edge of science and technology. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Nuclear Tech (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

Nuclear energy gained notoriety from the atomic bomb, but weapons are not the only way to utilize nuclear technology. From powering spacecraft to providing clean energy, the amazing power of nuclear technology has yet to be fully realized. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Spy Technology (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

The secret gathering of intelligence has been practiced for thousands of years and spies have proven to be highly inventive. Over the last 100 years methods of spying have become much more technologically sophisticated and invasive. From the days of code cracking early computers to modern satellite reconnaissance, has the line between legitimate surveillance and police state tactics become blurred? Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

World War I Tech (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

WWI exposed the dark side of the industrial revolution. Technological achievements that created mass production and new forms of transportation were put to use with devastating efficiency on the battlefield. Learn how tanks, aircraft, trenches, artillery, and chemical weapons were all revolutionized during this global conflict. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Spartacus (Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire)

History Education

This program profiles Spartacus, a gladiator with a gift for leadership who conducted a tremendous slave revolt against the Roman Republic. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire. (45 minutes)

Missiles of the Cold War (Rockets!)

History Education

This episode of Rockets! looks at post-WW II rocketry and the creation of the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The U.S. military developed the science and technology that would explore the outer reaches of the earth's atmosphere. This effort was redirected during the Cold War, fueled by a desperate race with the U.S.S.R. to deploy nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and later to orbit the first satellite. National security and national prestige coalesce in the dawn of the Space Age. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (48 minutes)

The Day the Towers Fell

History Education

The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was documented by hundreds of photographers. Some were professionals who were already working in the area; others were amateurs who felt compelled to head toward the scene of destruction and photograph it. This A&E Special looks at the World Trade Center tragedy through the eyes of the people who risked their lives to capture it on film. Interviews with some of these photographers combine with a sobering array of their unforgettable images—many not previously available to the public—to paint an intensely intimate portrait of an outrage that changed the world. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Korea: The Forgotten War

History Education

Personal stories and sensational combat footage make this A&E Special the definitive account of the Korean War, a conflict that many feared would erupt into World War III. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (90 minutes)

Nuclear Terror

History Education

When the Soviet empire disintegrated in 1991, U.S. fears of nuclear annihilation receded with it. But today there is chilling evidence that Americans face a new kind of nuclear menace, not from a rival superpower but from terrorist groups and even individuals. Witness the arrest of an American accused of trying to develop a dirty bomb; a diagram discovered for a nuclear device at an al Qaeda safe house in Kabul; dozens of reported cases of attempted theft and sales of nuclear and radioactive material. Nuclear Terror asks: what is the threat of nuclear terror from rogue nations? What is the reality? And what can we do to protect ourselves? The answers can be chilling. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (43 minutes)

The Rape of Nanking: Massacre on a Monumental Scale

History Education

On December 13, 1937, Japanese troops overran Chinese forces and occupied the city of Nanking. This A&E Special unflinchingly documents the death and destruction that ensued as, over the following two months, more than 350,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were murdered. So sickening was the spectacle that John Rabe, a Nazi representative in the city, was moved to save a quarter million Chinese. The Rape of Nanking draws extensively on Rabe’s 1,200-page diary for a unique perspective on the events of that period, while interviews with descendants of the victims and eyewitnesses to the crimes—along with gruesome photos—testify to the grim facts of one of the most horrifying episodes of the 20th century. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (44 minutes)

Sherman’s March

History Education

Known affectionately as “Uncle Billy” by Union soldiers but reviled in the South as a brutal war criminal, General William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the truly enigmatic and complex figures in the American pantheon. His legacy was built during a five-week campaign of terror and destruction that ranks as one of the most daring endeavors in U.S. military history. Combining breathtaking reenactments with analysis from leading historians, this A&E Special retraces the steps of the 60,000 Union soldiers who stormed through the heart of the south, determined to bring an end to the bloody Civil War. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (91 minutes)

The Spanish-American War: First Intervention

History Education

This A&E Special presents the Spanish-American War—a “splendid little war” that marked America’s foray into modern geopolitics. The events both before and during the war serve as lenses through which to examine a period in U.S. history characterized by idealism and exuberance, on the one hand, and jingoism and opportunism on the other. This was a youthful America discovering its place on the world stage at the dawn of what was to become the American century. Key public figures of the era appear throughout, including Stephen Crane, Frederic Remington, Clara Barton, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Dr. Walter Reed, Admiral George Dewey, President McKinley, and Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (135 minutes)

Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor

History Education

Filmed as a long-overdue tribute to the defenders of Pearl Harbor, this A&E Special illustrates that the infamous Imperial Japanese sneak attack was so overwhelming in its surprise and force that practically every American soldier, sailor, and Marine who rallied himself to resist it inevitably became part of a doomed and heroic last stand. The program describes how badly these unsung heroes were let down by luck, circumstance, and bureaucracy—and in so doing shines an even brighter light on their valor. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

V-J Day: The Day That Changed the World

History Education

This A&E Special recounts the story of the dicey geopolitical and military endgame that began with the fall of Nazi Germany and ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan on the day that has come to be known to history as V-J Day. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Hiroshima

A&E

In 1942, the United States government embarked upon an endeavor it hoped would put a quick and definite end to World War II. Under extraordinary secrecy and with unlimited funds, the top scientists of the day were brought together to work on the Manhattan Project—and on August 6, 1945, three years of technological advancements were exploded above Hiroshima in the form of a uranium-fission bomb. This episode of Tech Effect profiles the technology surrounding that fateful moment. The advanced B-29 bomber, the sophisticated Norden bombsight, Mamiya and K-20 aerial cameras, telemetry canisters, and even Teflon have a place in this grim yet remarkable story. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.

Bloody Resolve (World War II in HD)

History Education

In this program, the Marines assault Tarawa in one of the bloodiest battles yet waged, and MacArthur island-hops toward Japan. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series World War II in HD. (45 minutes)

1938 (Year by Year: 1929-1967)

History Education

Year by Year looks at 1938. Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of War of the Worlds panicked Americans across the country. In the U.K., Neville Chamberlain delivered his famous speech, “Peace in Our Times.” Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

1939 (Year by Year: 1929-1967)

History Education

1939 brought momentous events that changed the course of history. Year by Year looks at the beginnings of World War II and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s pledge of neutrality. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

1957 (Year by Year: 1929-1967)

History Education

John Glenn's 1957 Project Bullet completes the first supersoic transcontinental flight from California to New York, breaking a speed record, as covered in this episode of Year by Year. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

The Big Picture: Materiel Readiness

Nat'l Archives & Records Administration

This episode of the U.S. Army’s The Big Picture television series explores the value of material readiness in the U.S. Army. This program from the National Archives and Records Administration compares the relatively simple military needs of the Revolutionary War with the complex logistical operations of a modern army in the second half of the 20th century. Viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the needs of the modern army, from what the troops need to the tests of conflict. (30 minutes)

The Furies: Mussolini in Power

Cineflix International Media Limited

In 1936, Mussolini was on top of the world. In 1945, he was on the business end of Partisan machine guns. By what process did the man who aspired to Roman-style supremacy finally pay the piper? This program looks at the latter period of Italian Fascism, from the height of Mussolini’s reign to his fall from power and his death. Using colorized historical footage and reenactments, the film addresses Mussolini’s attempts to inculcate Fascism through the Italian school system, the signing of the Lateran Pact with the Vatican, Italy’s barbaric colonization efforts and ill-advised entry into the Spanish Civil War, Mussolini’s betrayal of his own family members, and the alliance with Germany—which eventually doomed both Italian Fascism and its maniacal leader. A part of the series Fascism in Color. (50 minutes)

The Silver Screen Revolution: American Cinema 1960–1980

Wichita Films

Rejecting Hollywood’s traditions, young American filmmakers in the 1960s forged a new cinema that held sway for two decades. This program revisits that period through detailed interviews with directors Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) and Lee Schatzberg (The Panic in Needle Park) and production designer Dean Tavoularis (The Godfather trilogy, Apocolypse Now). Scorcese talks at length about the upheaval of the Vietnam era and the challenges of getting Mean Streets made; Schatzberg, in conjunction with legendary producer Dominick Dunne, describes how studio management changes affected Panic; and Tavoularis shares recollections from his long collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola. (52 minutes)

Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers

Butler Films

Beginning in 1935, a group of New Deal–sponsored photographers roamed the American landscape, capturing the human face of the Great Depression. This film tells the story of the mammoth project, supervised by Roy Stryker of the Farm Security Administration and later made part of the Office of War Information. Viewers will encounter the poignant, iconic images and personal challenges of photographers Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, and other visionaries. Interviews with Parks, Louise Rosskam, and Bernarda Shahn—wife of painter and photographer Ben Shahn—shed light on a period in which artistic innovation formed a response to social and economic despair. (56 minutes)

Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude

The University of Memphis

The first major documentary study of Winslow Homer, this program features over 180 images of Homer oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and illustrations, combined with in-depth commentary from respected art scholars and historians. Viewers will learn about Homer’s childhood, early work as an engraver, frontline Civil War experiences, European sojourns, and eventual renown as the reclusive dean of 19th-century American painting. (2 parts, 55 minutes each)

The Ghosts of My Lai

Java Films

On March 16, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, American soldiers killed 504 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. After a brief overview of the war and the home front backlash against it, this program seeks to understand the massacre and its aftermath through the interwoven narratives of three U.S. soldiers—radioman Fred Widmer, helicopter crewman Larry Colburn, and photographer Ron Haeberle—who were present on that horrific day. The first participated in the slaughter, the second intervened in it, and the third revealed it to the world. In a Pittsburgh classroom and in present-day My Lai, these deeply scarred veterans tell their unforgettable stories with candor, grief, and insight. Viewer discretion is advised. (53 minutes)

Total War: The War Takes Its Toll on Day-to-Day Life

Peter Batty Productions

As the strain of total war increased on both sides, the Union and Confederacy each bitterly fought on in an effort to break the other's will. Topics in this program range from draft riots in the North and the Union's recruitment of African-Americans, to the hardships imposed on the South by the ongoing coastal blockade and Sherman's March to the Sea, to the wartime leadership of Lincoln and Davis, to the battles that shaped the beginning of the end of the Civil War: Chickamauga, Second Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Mobile Bay. Commentary by Eric Foner, Shelby Foote, James Robertson, Henry Steele Commager, and William Still is featured. A part of the series The Divided Union: The Story of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (5 Parts) (52 minutes)

United News, Release 4 (1942): U.S. Rushes New Bases in Pacific

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Equipment and supplies are unloaded. 2. Navy nurses model summer uniforms; women join the WAC; WAC Colonel Oveta C. Hobby; women dispatch carriers ride motorcycles. 3. A track meet at Madison Square Garden. 4. How V-Mail is handled. 5. A Japanese cruiser burns during a naval fight near Midway; Admiral Nimitz presents decorations; bombers are manufactured; midshipmen graduate and parade at Annapolis. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 5 (1942): U.S. Reveals Armed Might for Churchill

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at the White House and then view a mass parachute drop. 2. The Red Cross provides food as refugee children debark in New York City. 3. Seven brothers and their father (all Navy men) pose on a cruiser. 4. Air Force gunners assemble and disassemble guns; simulated aerial combat. 5. President Roosevelt and his cabinet greet King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House; Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana meet in Canada. 6. Tanks roll off an assembly line, are loaded on trains and planes, and advance in combat. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 7 (1942): Martyred Czech Village Lives Again in U.S.

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. A town in Illinois is officially renamed Lidice. 2. The wreckage of Japanese submarines is raised from Australian harbor. 3. Timber is felled in Canada. 4. Cowboys ride at a California rodeo. 5. Flashbacks show scenes of five years of war in China. 6. Jeeps roll from an assembly line. 7. Generals Doolittle and Arnold decorate fliers; a practice bombing mission. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 8 (1942): War in the Pacific

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Japanese planes attack a troop convoy off New Guinea; the aircraft carrier Yorktown is bombed off Midway Island. 2. Brazilians are inducted into the army; U.S. and Guatemalan troops parade. 3. An ice carnival in New York City. 4. Planes fly in a practice bombing mission; marines learn to swim in the ocean. 5. U.S. troops and equipment are unloaded at a port in India; a camel caravan carries supplies into Burma as Indian troops move up through jungle terrain. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 10 (1942): U.S. Launches New Aircraft Carrier

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The aircraft carrier Essex is launched. 2. Henry Ford, on his 79th birthday, inspects the first Ford automobile manufactured. 3. Old automobiles race across the Connecticut countryside. 4. Americans pray in a cathedral. 5. Tanks are manufactured and tested. 6. Nazi spies are tried in the Supreme Court; F.B.I. agents with incendiary devices carried by the Germans who landed on the Atlantic shore from a submarine; J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Biddle. 7. Flyers don high altitude suits and fly in the stratosphere. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 14 (1942): Everybody Joins U.S. War Effort

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Celebrities in military service (Jackie Coogan; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Clark Gable; Joe Louis; Associate Justice Frank Murphy; Tyrone Power; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; James Roosevelt; James Stewart) and film entertainers on war bond tours (James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Bing Crosby, Irene Dunne, Greer Garson, Heddy Lamar); scenes of Hollywood and Washington, D.C. 2. Antiaircraft guns manufactured. 3. The Royal Air Force bombs France and Germany. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 65 (1943): Hamburg, Nazi War Center, Blasted by Bombs

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. 8th Air Force planes bomb Hamburg by day and fight off German fighters on their return to England; Royal Air Force planes prepare for a night mission. 2. The aircraft carrier Wasp is launched. 3. Volo Song wins at Goshen, New York. 4. Scenes at the Quebec Conference (Roosevelt; Churchill; Admirals King and Mountbatten; Generals Marshall, Arnold, and Portal; T. V. Soong; Mackenzie King. 5. U.S. planes bomb Bismarck Islands, and destroyers shell Solomon Islands. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 71 (1943): Arabian Prince Reviews Cadets at U.S. Naval School

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia reviews a parade of midshipmen. 2. Red Cross women ride camels in Egypt. 3. The allied military government in Sicily releases Sicilians from military prisons. 4. Generals de Gaulle and Giraud review French troops in North Africa. 5. Army troops enter villages north of Naples, Italy; Generals Eisenhower and Clark meet. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 72 (1943): Latest Films of the War in Italy

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Army units occupy villages north of Naples. 2. Planes drop supplies to airmen in Burma. 3. Polish patriots parade in New York City. 4. General Arnold inspects air units in England; Igor Sikorsky is greeted by Henry Ford. 5. Princess Martha of Norway decorates Norwegian soldiers in New York City. 6. President Roosevelt addresses Yugoslav airmen. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 78 (1943): Princess Juliana Makes First Visit to Dutch Guiana

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Princess Juliana reviews Dutch and U.S. troops. 2. A volcano erupts on the Pacific island of Niuafoo. 3. A sheep herd is moved across Grand Coulee Dam. 4. A Canadian farm. 5. Marines go ashore on Bougainville and establish a beach head. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 82 (1943): General MacArthur's Forces Win New Bases in Pacific

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Australian troops capture Madang, New Guinea. 2. A navy dirigible patrols for German submarines. 3. The Shah of Iran and his family. 4. A cannon is fired from a B-25 bomber; bombs are dropped. 5. Animals are rescued from an irrigation viaduct. 6. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes. 7. Roosevelt inspects the 7th Army in Sicily. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 87 (1944): Navy Flying Boat, World's Largest, Makes Record Hop

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The Mars and its crew en route to Hawaii from California. 2. Test-firing of a 240mm howitzer. 3. Women manufacture gun cotton. 4. Canadian motorcycle dispatch riders take their final cross-country riding tests. 5. SPARS go ice-boating near Boston. 6. A thousand families near Naples leave the caves where they had lived for safety from bombs and receive food from the U.S. Army; ship-to-shore oil pipelines are laid; Allied troops attack Ortona, Italy. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 88 (1944): Navy Launches World's Mightiest Battleship

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Margaret Truman christens the Missouri. 2. A bond rally in New York's Chinatown. 3. Copper is mined and smelted in Chile. 4. Tests of an Air Forces fire truck that uses carbon dioxide. 5. Canadian sailors take physical training in snow. 6. Allied troops fight in Italy, including scenes of the all-Negro 99th Fighter Squadron. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 90 (1944): War News from China's Armies in Southeast Asia

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Chiang Kai-shek and General Mountbatten inspect Chinese troops in Burma; the Chinese advance on Japanese positions. 2. The aircraft carrier Ticonderoga is launched. 3. Roosevelt presents a destroyer escort to French naval officers; Sengalese troops. 4. Soldiers land in the Marshall Islands; warships in action. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 91 (1944): Allied Forces in Action on India-Burma Fronts

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Villagers help construct airstrips in India; newly won positions on New Guinea; British and Indian troops in Burma. 2. Women's gymnastics in Australia. 3. Quadruplets celebrate a birthday in Texas. 4. U.S. planes bomb railroad yards in Rome; U.S. Army troops advance from Anzio beachhead. 5. Yugoslav refugees debark in Italy. 6. General Eisenhower, General Montgomery, and General Arthur Tedder meet in London. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 93 (1944): Global War Finds United Nations on Many Fronts

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Allied troops fight in New Guinea, in the Italian Alps, and at Anzio; German POWs. 2. A doctor reaches a soldier by parachute and dog sled. 3. Italian naval cadets train on a sailing vessel. 4. Rockets are used as practice targets for antiaircraft gunners. 5. U.S. and British sailors on leave play winter games. 6. Flashbacks show B-25s taking off to bomb Japan. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 94 (1944): General MacArthur Leads Attack on Admiralty Islands

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. An amphibious assault on the Admiralty Islands and troops fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. 2. Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek inspect an airbase in China. 3. Ten dirigibles are used to train pilots in California. 4. Servicemen on leave visit the Taj Mahal and the ruins of Pompeii. 5. Fighters of the 8th Air Force down German planes. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 95 (1944): U.S. Bombers in First Daylight Raid on Berlin

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Bombers strike Berlin. 2. The Gripsholm arrives in New York with soldiers freed from German prison camps. 3. General Blamey reviews veterans in Sydney. 4. General William Shedd and Eleanor Roosevelt inspect garrisons in Puerto Rico; Mrs. MacArthur christens the Australian destroyer Bataan. 5. German prisoners in the U.S. shovel snow and work in a shoe shop. 6. Italian refugees are evacuated to southern Italy. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 96 (1944): Americans Win New Air Bases in South Pacific

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Manus Island is bombed from sea and air; soldiers fight in the jungle. 2. Wounded soldiers in Burma are treated; supplies are dropped to Fijian troops. 3. Princess Juliana visits Curacao Island in the Netherlands Antilles. 4. Ground and air crews of planes that bomb German-held territory. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 98 (1944): U.S. Navy Planes Bomb Japanese Ships in South Pacific

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Carrier planes sink a Japanese cruiser off New Guinea. 2. U.S. servicewomen view cherry blossoms. 3. Thomas Edison and an early movie camera; scenes of Broadway in 1896; Theodore Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" parade in New York City inaugural parade of 1905; Lillian Russell, Pearl White, and William S. Hart appear in early movies; Market Street in San Francisco in 1900; 4. Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower watch a parachute drop in England. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 106 (1944): D-Day

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. General Eisenhower and his aides map the Normandy invasion; German photos show the extent of their coastal defenses; tanks, guns, locomotives, and other military equipment is massed on the English beaches; troops practice loading operations; landing craft are tested in the English Channel; pictures of practice landing and airborne operations are used to dramatize the actual invasion on June 6, 1944. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 111 (1944): Last Liberty Ship Launched

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Henry Kaiser witnesses the launching of a liberty ship. 2. Henry Wallace meets Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking and plays volleyball with U.S. soldiers. 3. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau opens the U.N. Monetary Conference in New Hampshire. 4. President Roosevelt and others greet de Gaulle at the White House; General de Gaulle speaks to the American people from New York City. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 113 (1944): New Service Speeds Mail to U.S. Troops

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The handling of V-Mail. 2. Wheat is harvested at Walla Walla, Washington. 3. A new army gun carrier is tested. 4. How penicillin is manufactured. 5. Senator Barkley nominates Roosevelt at the Democratic convention in Chicago; Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the nomination in a radio broadcast from his railroad car in California. (8 minutes)

United News, Release 117 (1944): Allies Study Post-War Security

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Cordell Hull, Edward Stettinius, Alexander Cadogan, and Andrei Gromyko attend the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, D.C. 2. Celebrations in Reykjavik as Iceland becomes a republic; General William Key. 3. Shasta Dam is opened; views of the dam and its electrical equipment. 4. Japanese planes attack ships off Saipan; U.S. troops land on islands off New Guinea; troops fight and supplies are dropped on Guam; women and children are fed and treated at hospitals. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 118 (1944): Grasshopper Planes on Bougainville

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. A light plane conducts reconnaissance on Bougainville; artillery blasts Japanese positions; infantry units advance. 2. Governor Dewey welcomes the liberation of Paris. 3. Allied troops invade southern France; a coastal village is occupied after a raging battle between shore batteries and naval guns; French underground members welcome the allies. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 121 (1944): Roosevelt and Churchill End Quebec Talk

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. A military ball in Quebec; President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill receive honorary degrees from McGill University. 2. Horses and mules draw buses in Rome during a transportation emergency. 3. A Brazilian general reviews cadets at West Point. 4. Marine Corps combat cameramen behind infantry units on Guam. (7 minutes)

United News, Release 123 (1944): Third Anniversary of Victory Fleet

United News

This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Merchant seamen parade in New York City; Admiral Emory Land. 2. Secretary of State Hull, Under Secretary Stettinius, Dr. Wellington Koo, and Lord Halifax at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference; Donald M. Nelson and Generals Stilwell and Hurley in Chungking. 3. Amphibious landings on New Guinea and in the Palau Islands. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 124 (1944): U.S. Bomber Mission in Visit to Chile

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. General George Brett decorates Chilean soldiers and attends a military show. 2. The funeral of Al Smith, with flashbacks from his life. 3. A victory garden produces watermelons for soldiers in the Pacific. 4. Princess Martha visits the Norwegian Naval Anti-Submarine School in New York. 5. British planes bomb Le Havre and Calais. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 129 (1944): President Roosevelt Returns to Washington

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. President Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Henry Wallace ride from Union Station to the White House; F.D.R. visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 2. Mail for U.S. troops is sorted at a New York City post office and at the front. 3. U.S. troops advance on Leyte; U.S. and Japanese ships battle in the Philippine Sea; Admiral Nimitz speaks after the naval victory. 4. Trucks carry military supplies to the front lines in operation "Red Ball Express." (11 minutes)

United News, Release 130 (1944): Battle of Angaur Island

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. An amphibious landing on Angaur Island in the Palau group; U.S. troops advance behind tanks and artillery. 2. Chief Justice Stone and Andrei Gromyko are present as the Turkish ambassador to the U.S. is buried in Arlington, Virginia; the procession from the Turkish embassy to the cemetery. 3. Under Secretary of State Stettinius and Gromyko speak at a U.S./U.S.S.R. rally in Madison Square Garden; Joseph E. Davies and Lord Halifax are present. 4. U.S. troops enter Aachen and capture German soldiers. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 133 (1944): Bomb Japanese Bases in Burma

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. B-25 planes bomb bridges and railways near Hsipaw, Burma. 2. Cotton is picked by machine in Mississippi. 3. Dr. Joseph Erlanger, Dr. H. S. Gasser, and others receive Nobel Peace Prizes in New York City. 4. Carrier-based planes bomb Leyte Island; Admiral A. W. Radford. 5. French and 3rd Army troops enter Strasbourg and advance in the Metz area; the 9th Army advances through German villages. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 134 (1944): B-29s Over Tokyo

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. U.S. planes bomb Tokyo and return to Saipan; Generals Haywood Hansell and Emmett O'Donnell. 2. The 6th Army advances on Leyte and cares for displaced Filipinos. 3. A plane in flight picking up men from the ground. 4. French and U.S. troops enter Metz, Strasbourg, and Belfort; General Walton H. Walker receives the German surrender in Strasbourg. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1009 (1944): Four Fronts

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. British and U.S. troops advance in northern France. 2. French troops take Sienna, Italy. 3. Allied planes attack a German convoy in the English Channel. 4. Soviet and captured German films show battle scenes along the Russian front. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1010 (1944): Battle for France

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Allied armored troops roll forward near Caen and care for French refugees; female collaborators are herded through the streets; General Montgomery greets villagers. 2. Plywood is processed and used in the manufacture of landing craft, gliders, and small fighter planes. 3. U.S. troops parade in Cherbourg on Bastille Day; General de Gaulle. 4. Hitler and Goering inspect air raid damage in Berlin. (8 minutes)

United News, Release 1011 (1944): Nazi Exodus from Rome

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. German troops retreat through the streets of Rome as U.S. troops enter and clear out snipers; Germans are captured. 2. Newly opened air raid shelters in London. 3. German positions near Cherbourg are bombed; U.S. troops liberate French villages. 4. Pope Pius XII blesses U.S. troops at the Vatican. (8 minutes)

United News, Release 1020 (1944): War Communique

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Churchill returns from the Quebec Conference; Allied troops on the offensive in Europe; the liberation of Vichy; demolished U-boat pens at Marseilles; the sunken French fleet at Toulon; coastal guns at Boulogne in Allied possession; demolished port facilities of Le Havre; the surrender of Brest; Dover, freed from years of German shelling; a truce at Calais for the evacuation of civilians and the subsequent attack on, and surrender of, the city; abandoned gun positions of Hitler’s Fortress Europe; the attack on Arnhem; Nijmegen Bridge; paratroops and glider-borne troops in action. the Dutch Resistance. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 1025 (1944): Western Air Front

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Aerial views of Aachen, Germany, after bombing; British planes bomb Cologne. 2. A German armament factory, set afire by Danes, burns in Denmark. 3. Allied troops attack the Scheldt Islands by land, sea, and air. (8 minutes)

United News, Release 1027 (1944): Armistice Day in France

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Ceremonies at Compiegne. 2. Allied troops advance through mud and snow in Europe. 3. The German battleship Tirpitz is bombed and sunk on the coast of Norway; flashback to Hitler at its launching in 1939; Air Chief Marshal Harris. 4. Japanese-American troops rescue soldiers of the 36th Division surrounded in France. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1031 (1944): French Honor American Heroes

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Members of the 5th Infantry Division, including General Stafford LeRoy Irwin, receive the Croix de Guerre at Metz. 2. U.S. soldiers help clear London rubble and rebuild homes. 3. General Eisenhower wishes a merry Christmas to representatives of Allied troops. 4. 17 Congressmen inspect battle lines near the German border and are greeted by General Patton. 5. Artillery bombards Kiel, and German troops surrender; Congressmen Matthew J. Merritt; Clare Boothe Luce; John Martin Costello; John Parnell Thomas. (10 minutes)

Lewis and Clark

National Geographic

In its time, their journey equaled a voyage to the moon. It took place before the American west became known as “the frontier,” when Europeans understood little about what lay within the continent. Courageous in spirit and unyielding in their dedication to the mission, Meriweather Lewis and William Clark led 31 people from the mouth of the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back. In doing so they engendered a riveting tale of adventure and exploration, which, more than 200 years after the launch of the expedition, serves as a rich departure point for the study of post-Revolution American history. A National Geographic Production. (42 minutes)

Blinding Horizon

National Geographic

Is al Qaeda capable of carrying out a nuclear attack against the United States? To answer the question, this program investigates the secret world of nuclear smuggling and the efforts of security and law enforcement officials to stop it. The video features Peter Bergen, author of the New York Times bestseller Holy War Inc. and the first western television journalist to interview Osama bin Laden. Specific topics include: documents found in Kabul that confirm al Qaeda’s keen interest in developing and deploying a nuclear device; bin Laden’s link to Pakistani nuclear scientists; and the questionable safeguards employed to protect nuclear materials in Russia. A National Geographic Production. (54 minutes)

United News, Release 1036 (1944): Winter Grips Western Front

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Military equipment slides on icy roads as units of the 7th Army advance; tanks bombard a town held by German troops. 2. The funeral of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey; flashbacks to Ramsey with General Montgomery in Africa and with General Eisenhower planning the invasion of Normandy. 3. Victory salvos are fired in Moscow to celebrate the liberation of Poland; flashbacks to Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender of Germany; Stalin and Russian generals. 4. U.S. planes bomb Germany; German fighters being shot down by aerial gunners. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1037 (1944): Battle Mud in Burma

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Burmese villagers and U.S. troops clear mud from roads. 2. U.S. troops in Europe improvise time-saving devices. 3. A demolished truck factory in France is rebuilt, and manufacturing resumes. 4. Soldiers of the 7th Army fight German troops near Strasbourg, France, and assist civilians; British and U.S. troops meet; soldiers clear roads during a blizzard and uncover bodies of soldiers massacred at Malmedy. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1040 (1945): Air War on German Supply

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Planes of the 9th Air Force strafe German trains. 2. French milliners make and model hats of wood shavings and paper for U.S. servicewomen; 3. 500 undernourished Dutch children travel to London to participate in a study of nutrition. 4. U.S. troops fight from house to house to capture a German town. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 136 (1945): Alaska-Russia Sky Route

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Many fighter airplanes in Alaska, a lend-lease shipment, are inspected and flown away by Russians. 2. German radio equipment and operators are captured by the Coast Guard on and near Greenland. 3. France joins the UN And Secretary of State Stettinius addresses the delegation. 4. The bombardment and occupation of Leyte; civilians return to their homes and welcome soldiers; children attend school. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 148 (1945): Manila Entirely Free in Savage Last-Ditch Battle

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. U.S. troops fight in Manila streets and care for refugees; Gen. MacArthur sees the American flag raised on Corregidor. 2. UNRRA loads ships with clothing for Europe; Henry J. Kaiser. 3. The War Memorial Building in San Francisco is readied for the United Nations; Secretary of State Stettinius and Senators Connally and Vandenberg visit President Roosevelt at the White House; Stettinius explains the U.N. purposes. 4. The 1st Army enters Cologne; Allied troops capture bridges across the Rhine. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 150 (1945): Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Chief Justice Stone swears in President Truman. 2. Family scenes from President Roosevelt's early years; the 1932 Democratic convention; the 1933 inaugural address; the 1941 signing of the Atlantic Charter off Newfoundland; F.D.R. at Casablanca, Cairo, and Teheran in 1943; the 1945 inaugural address; F.D.R. at Yalta in 1945; other leaders and personalities include Stalin, Churchill, Molotov, Chiang Kai-shek, General Marshall, Admiral King, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bess Truman. (8 minutes)

United News, Release 155 (1945): U.S. Turns to Japan after German Defeat

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Secretary of State Stettinius, Anthony Eden, Molotov, and Mackenzie King meet in San Francisco; lights go on in New York City and Washington, D.C., as blackouts are lifted. 2. A Chinese orphan is adopted by the 14th Air Force. 3. Survivors are taken from a bombed hospital ship. 4. President Truman greets his mother at the White House. 5. General Montgomery accepts the surrender of German troops in Germany. 6. General Jodl surrenders to General W.B. Smith in France; General Eisenhower is present. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 156(1945): Carrier Franklin Survives Savage Japanese Bombing

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The carrier Franklin is bombed in Pacific waters but limps home through the Panama Canal to an Atlantic port. 2. Crews of two German submarines surrender off the New Jersey coast. 3. German Generals Keitel and Jodl surrender to General Spaatz and Russian Marshall Zhukov at Berlin. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 157 (1945): Aircraft Carrier Is Named for President Roosevelt

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Eleanor Roosevelt, General Marshall, Admiral King, and Bernard Baruch witness the launching of the Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 2. Admiral Doenitz and Artur von Seyss-Inquart are captured in Germany. 3. B-29s of the 8th Air Force land in the U.S. 4. President Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to an infantryman. 5. Two traitors are tried and shot in Paris. 6. 37th Division troops enter Bagio on Luzo; Marine General Geiger observes U.S. troops entering Naha, Okinawa. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 158 (1945): Underseas Oil Line from Britain to Continent

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Steel pipe, tubing, and cable are manufactured; British ships lay an oil line across the English Channel. 2. Secretary of State Stettinius reports on the San Francisco Conference. 3. Naval guns bombard Okinawa; 7th Army units and 6th Division Marines use tanks and rocket launchers. 4. Berchtesgaden, Germany, in ruins; 101st Airborne Division troops recapture Goring's art works; Generals Von Runstedt, Kesselring, and Goring are captured. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 161 (1945): World Charter Signed

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Delegates arrive in San Francisco for the United Nations conference at which the World Charter will be signed. 2. President Roosevelt speaks to Congress about the San Francisco Conference shortly before his death. (9 minutes)

United News, Release 167 (1945): P-80 Is World's Fastest Plane

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The P-80 on a trial run. 2. Marshall Henri Petain is tried for treason in Paris; the segment also features Edouard Daladier and Albert LeBrun. 3. U.S. troops relocate an Okinawa village and construct an airfield on its original site. 4. President Truman, Stalin, Ernest Bevin and Clement Attlee meet at Potsdam. 5. Admiral Halsey directs the 3rd fleet in bombing and bombarding Japan. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 174 (1945): B-29s Fly from Japan to Chicago in 25 Hours

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Generals O'Donnell and LeMay land at the Chicago airport and later at Washington, D.C. 2. Hurricane devastation in Florida. 3. President Truman presents the Distinguished Service Cross to Secretary of War Stimson; Sergeant Joe Louis receives the Legion of Merit at Fort Hamilton, New York; Madame Chiang Kai-shek lands at Chungking and is greeted by the Generalissimo; British soldiers round up snipers in Hong Kong; The surrender of the Japanese Wake Island garrison. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 176 (1945): Sailing Ship Danmark Goes Home Again

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The Coast Guard vessel Danmark departs for Denmark. 2. President Truman presents the Medal of Honor to troops. 3. Teams plant underwater demolitions prior to an attack on the Borneo coast. 4. Secretary of State Byrnes reports on the Foreign Ministers meeting in London. 5. Courtroom scenes of the trial at Luneberg, of Nazis who served at the Belsen prison camp; includes scenes of the atrocities. 6. A parade in Washington, D.C. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 182 (1945): U.S. Carrier Roosevelt Leaves Navy Yard

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The Franklin D. Roosevelt carrier in the Hudson River. 2. German POWs in a U.S. Army school. 3. Workmen repair St. Patrick's Cathedral. 4. Soldiers patrol Rio de Janeiro as President Vargas resigns. 5. Clement Attlee meets with President Truman. 6. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson presents a farm to a war hero. 7. Premier Tojo and other war criminals at Omori prison camp; Army troops find cached silver in Japan; Japanese officers surrender to the British in Malaya. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 183 (1945): Superfortress Sets New Distance Record

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. A B-29 airplane lands in Washington, D.C., and General Arnold decorates the crew. 2. Disabled veterans are trained as watchmakers in a Bulova Watch Corporation School in New York City. 3. Japanese aliens board ships at Seattle, Washington. 4. Pre-Christmas parades are held in New York City and Hollywood; Jack Benny. 5. The daily routine of captured German generals in a U.S. prison camp in Germany. 6. General Eisenhower advises a congressional committee to pass universal military training. 7. General Yamashita is tried at Manila for war crimes. General R. B. Reynolds. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1045 (1945): Bastogne Defenders Honored

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The 101st Airborne Division is inspected by Generals Eisenhower and Taylor; the division is decorated and passes in review. 2. An English blockbuster bomb (22,000 lbs.) and aerial views of its use on German targets. 3. Five hundred Dutch children are entertained by American soldiers in England. 4. The use and repair of the only bridge across the Rhine at Remagen, Germany, and the ruins after its collapse; includes shots of the 1st Army fighting in Coblenz, Germany. (11 minutes)

United News, Release 1046 (1945): Rhine Barrier Smashed

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: Land and air operations against Germany in March, 1945; American airplanes conduct day and night bombings; Royal Air Force gliders and troop carriers take off from England; American airborne troops embark from France and land in Germany; elements of the 9th Army crossing the Rhine River; Prime Minister Churchill and Field Marshall Montgomery cross the Rhine and are shown with General Eisenhower. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 1048 (1945): Allies Overrun Germany

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The 9th Army fighting in Hanover, Germany, and scenes on other German fronts; includes shots of a captured train load of German V-2 rockets. 2. The death of President Roosevelt and selected events in his life: taking the oath of office in 1933; the inaugural parade of 1941; signing of the Atlantic Charter with Winston Churchill in 1941; stating his intention to run for a fourth term; at Yalta with Churchill and Stalin; scenes of the Roosevelt Family; and F.D.R. in the White House and fishing in 1929. (10 minutes)

United News, Release 1049 (1945): World Leaders Honor Roosevelt

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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Scenes at St. Paul's Cathedral and at Notre Dame Cathedral where services are held honoring President Roosevelt at his death; leaders shown include Ambassador Winant, Admiral Stark, King Haakon VII, King Peter II, Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth. 2. Homberg, Essen, and other German Cities are bombed. 3. The 3rd Infantry Division fights in Bromberg. 4. Investigations of atrocities at former German prison camps; General Eisenhower inspects one of the camps. (10 minutes)