WWII - 1944, Military Newsreel: Solomon Islands; Locomotives; Hospital Ship; Football; Italy; Europe Bombing

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Military Newsreel: Solomon Islands; Locomotives; Hospital Ship; Football; Italy; Europe Bombing Main title. 19:15:51 Intertitle: Les Americains Bombardent Les Bases Japonaises. B-24 Liberator bombers & P-38 fighter planes over clouds; attacking coastline of Solomon Islands. 19:16:30 Oil drums floating in water, LST in background during invasion; gun emmplacement; Japanese fighter plane overhead. Burning black smoke from crash in coastal jungle fuel dump . 19:16:55 Men laying metal matting on runway; CUs. 19:17:14 Intertitle: Locomotives Canadiennes Pour Les Indes. Steam locomotive moved by overhead crane in factory; men working in boilers riveting, moving wheels, lowering body on trucks, women welding & riveting. Men wave as it leaves factory. 19:18:25 Intertitle: Soldats Blesses Rapatries Sur Un Navire Hopital. Hospital ship underway, soldiers & sailors waving from deck of Acadia; nurses & wounded on deck wave, smiling. Smaller hospital ship w/ wounded at railing. Doctors watch arrival. Dock w/ many empty stretchers waiting. Walking wounded helped off, stretchers carried off to ambulances. 19:20:05 Intertitle: Match de Football En Australie. Sailors & soldiers march into stadium, football teams run in, CU. Cheer leaders & crowd. Game w/ long run, tackles, cheering. 19:21:08 Intertitle: La 5eme Armee Progresse Sur Le Front D’Italie. General Eisenhower w/ ?? & Clark out of tent talking, walking, looking from hilltop at battle. Troops firing artillery into hillside. Advance along wall fighting & street fighting thru village / town. Jeeps past destroyed buildings & women shake GI’s hand; pour wine or ?? & soldier drinking. Kids given food. 19:22:38 Intertitle: Bombardement Des Objectifs Nazis En Europe. Planes & jeeps, pilots & crew to plane & boarding. A-20s take off. Woman plotting board; men at wall chart. Aircrew, flak, pilots & bombs seen in A-20, explosions on ground, cameraman. Bombs dropped. 19:24:24 Map of Europe animation showing movement. A-20s low over English Channel & very low over city roofs. Smoke rising from bombs in city. 19:25:08 The End logo. WW2 Fighting; Air Battles; Injured; USAAF; 5th Army NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk