Highballing to Victory

Highballing to Victory On the use of rubber in the War. 1940: Nazi rally, Hitler speaking at podium. Nazi soldiers in battle. Hitler & officers look at Eiffel Tower. 1944: French civilians at liberation smashing portraits of Hitler, carrying banner, holding newspaper ‘Paris is liberated’, crowds celebrating. American troops into French cities & villages from Normandy southwards. Red Ball Express convoys carrying American equipment including. tires thru French towns. US bombers on ground and in flight. 01:51:54 Russia: Crane loading Army lorries aka trucks. 01:52:06 Italy: Guns wheeled into position. Army motorcycles. Tanks, vehicles. AV army vehicles parked. Large pile of used tires aka tyres w/ workers. 01:52:50 US: Inside tire manufacturing factory. Woman worker. Vehicles on roads & streets in US. Towns & countryside. Military convoys. Shows the decline in civilian transportation. Describes the formal & combat wear on military truck and aeroplanes tires. Port, trucks lifted onto ships. Cargo ship burning at sea - destroyed vehicles on blackened deck. Burning & wrecked army vehicles by side of road, burning tires. CU tires repaired w/ hand stitching - destroyed in Italy - winding mountain road. Vehicle exploding. War planes taking off. B-24 bomber crash landing w/ perished tire exploding, other plane crashes, planes burning. GOOD. 01:56:14 World map w/ China & New Guinea. Chinese soldiers in convoy equipped w/ American weapons in jungle. AV airfield in India, other views, weapons & small plane loaded into transport plane. Taking off. In flight over Himalayas, mountains en route to China. Aerial of Burma airfield - Michenau ? Bulldozer, dump truck, plane. Burma mountains, Ledo Road Burma Road construction w/ Chinese coolies incl. children. US Army truck onto raft on river. 01:59:00 Road in Southeast Asia w/ US army vehicles. Weapons carriers & construction equipment. Chinese laborers. CU various army vehicles carrying supplies or weapons. WWII; Pacific War; War Effort; Industry; Note: Good photography.