Allied troops fresh from the war front receive a ticker tape parade while motorcycle dispatch riders take their final tests before deploying overseas. The American military builds itself up with Sold...
The British Royal Air Force bombards Essen, Germany as the Sullivan mother christens a new navy ship named after her five fallen sons. All this and plenty more World War II footage in this United News...
In the only World War II battle on American soil, US troops wrestle Japanese forces off the Alaskan island Attu while in the north Atlantic the US Navy forces a Nazi submarine to the surface. Further ...
From President Roosevelt in Washington, DC, to President Camacho in Mexico City, Mexico, this film shows the wheels of the war machine turning as West Point officers prepare for war and the citizens o...
From President Roosevelt in Washington, DC, to President Camacho in Mexico City, Mexico, this film shows the wheels of the war machine turning as West Point officers prepare for war and the citizens o...
Part 1, Molotov boards a plane at the Washington, D.C. airport. Shows Sec. of State Hull. Part 2, Sec. Hull and Ambassador Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement. Part 3, Grand Coulee dam is opened. Par...
In this United News Reel from 1942, Winston Churchill and FDR review airborne troops; the Red Cross provides refugee assistance; a Navy family of 8 pose on a cruiser, assembly lines are profiled; and ...
Part 1, Russian troops advance through villages behind artillery and tanks. A Russian ship in the Black Sea is bombed by German planes. A German submarine is hit by a depth bomb. Part 2, a Canadian so...
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