"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Continuation of "U.S. War Department Report: HOW STRONG IS THE ENEMY?", 1944. Reel 3. VO: "The enemy IS strong. But your Army is determined to accomplish its mission."
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
MSs LSs U.S. troops make an amphibious landing on Rendova in the Solomons from a convoy offshore. U.S. Marines advance through a jungle. Aerial view of a large number of ships. Var shots from ship of other U.S. Navy ships.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Shots of transport ships at docks, with supplies stacked up on wharf; ship being unloaded. VO talks about the great quantity of equipment required. Shows examples of various types of things that must be shipped incl. CU signal key. MS bomber side view w/ rows of bombs and row of swastikas & sinking ship painted on side. (showing 'hits'?), gas mask, munitions, food; paratroopers landing in mountains; tanks coming ashore, a couple factory shots; vehicles being transported by railroad in western USA. Tires stacked in shelter; men (Arab troops?) rolling oil drums; CU boxes of rations being stacked, more shots of large quantities of things.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
War materiel needed for invasion of Sicily. MS / CU Gen. Eisenhower at his headquarters, along with British General Sir Harold Alexander coming out of house. Equipment on train. MS crates marked "Mobil oil". LS DUKW heading into water. MS soldier on field phone, with switches attached to a tree in jungle. CUs of communications equipment - -radio sets, telephone switchboard; MS truck drives down road unwinding cable. Army engineers lifting beam. Army trucks crossing a pontoon bridge. Airplane taking off in desert. MS 2 soldiers rolling train wheels. Half-sunken ships blocking harbors.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Replacement & Repairs of Damaged Equipment. Aircraft's landing gear damaged; accident on landing strip in desert. Var shots of damaged vehicles in Assan, in Sicily; tank stuck in river; pan up to show trucks crossing pontoon bridge. High ang MLS rifle inspection for U.S. troops. CUs machine gun firing in forest. Another sequence showing ship at dock, cranes lifting supplies; var shots of vast quantities of materiel. VO says part of our strategic reserves are used to arm allies.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Supplies are delivered to General de Gaulle and his Free French forces. GV unloading at docks. High angle LS stockpile location. CU General Giraud and General De Gaulle. MLS French troops marching in Africa. Var shots of Lend-Lease supplies being unloaded from convoys in China, England, and Russia. Shots of American aircraft sent to Russian Air Force. MS Russians painting red star over the white star on side of airplane.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Montage of shots illustrating the distribution pipelines of war materiel. Factory scenes; military vehicles transported via railroad, crossing bridge over canyon, crossing vast expanse of land. A camel-drawn cart being loaded with crates at a desert airfield. Camel train. GV dock scene.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Nazi flag. Var CUs U-boat crew as they load torpedo, sight, torpedo firing, LS ship explodes. MLS gun on a U.S. Navy transport. Var shots as they blow up a sub.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
U.S. troops in Pacific. Driving on muddy jungle road, troops in jungle, Marines unloading supplies on beach & through jungle. Artillery in jungle. Earth-moving machines (engineers'). Soldiers push gun (?) up ramp into airplane. The supply plane taking off; MLS group of camels turn their heads, watching plane (offscreen) Brief aerial over China - clouds, mountains. Soldiers toss empty oilcans into pile.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Animation showing transport methods, breaking down the requirements in craft, men & fuel for transporting materiel via air.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
MS front of transport plane taxis; "Hells Bells" painted on it. Var short transportation shots; vs U.S. & Allied soldiers pushing oil drums. Black soldier directs as bombs are lifted by crane off truck. Trucks rolling through town.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
CUs/MSs of aircraft being prepared, loading ammunition, fueling, 2 shots Lockheed P38 Lightning Airplane flying over. Air to air looking down at squadron flying over rather rugged terrain. Close shot plane turning. LS plane turning upside down, then diving- -down - -down - -down- - LS aicraft in flight CU guns firing; cut to aerial of ground being hit. Air support of ground forces- -LSs airplanes flying very low. Ship being hit. air to air MS bomber. CU bombs being released. Aviation montage w/ aerials from var angles of groups of airplanes flying; bombers dropping bombs, and of hits. CU co-pilot/navigator studying map. CUs pilot. More air to air shots. View from plane of bombs falling. CU gunner. VO discusses strategic bombing of enemy war industry. Bombs falling over Germany.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
GV German factories. Var shots aircraft plant interiors, as VO lists some of those that have been attacked.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Air and Aerial shots as B-24 bombers raid the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania (under German control).
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
MSs/CUs machines in ball bearing plant at Schweinfurt, which was attacked by the U.S, striking a great blow at armament production.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
Air shots of bombs being dropped. Shots bombed plants. Air to air plane drops bombs. Aerial over river valley, w/ smoke coming from several places on ground. (Ruhr industry?) Bombs being loaded on plane CUs munitions. VO: "We and our Allies have already dropped over a million tons of bombs on Nazi Europe. We need millions of tons more. " bombers taking off. Squadron flying over. Air to air bombers. VO: "We and our Allies have already dropped over a million tons of bombs on Nazi Europe. We need millions of tons more ." Var shots German anti-aircraft batteries. Plane falling in flames.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
GV on German boat. Various shots men and a few women workers at German control center, plotting location of Allied aircraft on chart; operators w/ headphones relay the info so that fighter planes can be sent there. Var shots planes take off. Cool LS airplanes in dark sky w/ very white clouds. MS front view twin guns lowering, we see gunner. Var shots planes battle in the air; B-17s fall in flames.
"How Strong is the Enemy?" pt 4: U.S. Materiel & Transport
GVs wreckage of U.S. planes near Berlin. Dead bodies of crew being lifted out of plane, carried away.