Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection 
of World War II Photographs (continued)

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77.09.4581

U.S.S. Iowa

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77.09.4584a

New York Bureau
Bombing Jap-Occupied Burma
An aerial view of two simultaneous raids on important objectives in Jap-occupied Burma. The picture shows bombs from American aircraft bursting in a Jap railroad yard (at left) and blowing up twin bridges near the town of Myitnge (top right). The bomb bursts are about a mile apart. The bridges carry main north-south communications in Burma.
Credit: ACME

6-?-44

77.09.4587a

New York Bureau
Death—Their Assignment
France – Two American soldiers lie dead beside their jeep. They were caught in a deadly German machine gun fire as they rolled down the ramp of their landing craft, and died as they left the tiny car to seek cover. In the background, a prime mover goes about its job of salvaging blasted equipment.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo via Army Radiotelephoto from ACME

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77.09.4590

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77.09.4591

Wounded being carried aboard British hospital ship.

3-29-30

77.09.1949

Protest Demonstration
NAPLES, ITALY -- This demonstration took the place of the planned 10-minute strike, abandoned in favor of the Allies war effort by the Italians in Naples. The vast throng of socialist, communist and action party members staged the demonstration on Sunday, March 12 against the Allies' support of the Badoglio Government of Italy. The American flag can be seen among the posters in the background.
Credit Line (ACME)

8-28-39

77.09.648

Cablephoto
London Children Mobilized for Evacuation
LONDON – London school children, emergency kits strapped to their backs, being mobilized for evacuation of the city. As this photo was cabled to New York, Aug. 28, arrangements were perfected for a poignant war rehearsal—the practice by school children all over Great Britain of the plan worked out for them to leave their homes in event of an air alarm, go to their schools, and accompany their teacher, as shown above, to previously designated refuges in the countryside.
Credit: (ACME Cablephoto)

9-6-39

77.09.1067

RADIOPHOTO
REPORTED BOMBED BY ALLIED PLANES
PARIS:- An unconfirmed report, Sept. 6, asserted that Allied planes had heavily bombed the German Rhineland industrial centers, principally around Aix La Chapelle (Aachen). Above is a general view of Aix La Chapelle. In center foreground is the City Hall (Rathaus), which in part dates back to the days of the Karolingian Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire of the Middle Ages.
Credit: ACME

9-6-39

77.09.1187

CRACOW REPORTEDLY CAPTURED IN NAZI DRIVE ON POLAND
CRACOW, POLAND – Air view of the Market Square in the important Polish city of Cracow, which the high command in Berlin announced Sept. 6^th had been captured by German troops. The announcement also said that German troops, smashing forward on four fronts, were closing in on Warsaw.
Credit: ACME

10-24-39

77.09.1332

POLISH PRISONERS GO TO WORK
GERMANY—Under armed guard, Polish military prisoners are shown on their way to work. It is reported the prisoners are being forced to work the land by their German captors.
Credit: Acme

10-25-39

77.09.4621ab

Radiophoto
British Minesweepers in Cleanup Job
London – Here is first picture permitted of British minesweepers at work somewhere in British waters.
Credit: ACME Radiophoto

11-3-39

77.09.1186

A DANGEROUS WAR TASK
A British mine-sweeping flotilla shown at dawn, going about its precarious duties, probably the most dangerous phase of the present war in Europe.
Credit: ACME

11-9-39

77.09.4098a

Ration Books Ready for Britons
London, England -- Millions of ration books are now ready for distribution under the government’s rationing scheme, which is to come into operation shortly. There are three kinds of ration books--for adults, for travelers, for children--in three different colors. Photo shows the ration books (left to right): a traveler’s, a child’s and an adult’s. Passed by censor.
Credit: ACME

11-9-39

77.09.4472a

Air Raid Shelter for German Prisoners of War
Somewhere in England – While workmen in the foreground build an air raid shelter for their protection in case German bombers should drop their “eggs” in the vicinity, German prisoners of war can be seen exercising on the grounds of a large country mansion where they are interned for the duration. This picture, one of the first to be made of German war prisoners, who included members of German U-Boat crews, was rushed to the United States via Trans-Atlantic Clipper. Passed by Censor.
Credit: ACME

11-9-39

77.09.4473a

German Prisoners of War in British Internment Camp
Somewhere in England – This picture is one of the first to be made of German prisoners of war, captured and interned for the duration at a large country mansion. The prisoners, among them U-Boat crews, are pictured exercising on the fenced and well-guarded grounds of the mansion. Freedom for exercise, good food and liberty to listen to British Broadcasting Company News and programs is given them to make their confinement as easy as possible. Passed by Censor
Credit: ACME

11-13-39

77.09.2381

GERMAN DESTROYER ON PATROL DUTY IN NORTH SEA
GERMANY—According to German sources this picture was made aboard a German destroyer on patrol duty in the North Sea. As one officer scans the horizon for signs of smoke from foreign vessels, the other officer stands ready with microphone and earphones to communicate with the engine room.
Credit: Acme

11-17-39

77.09.3761

Soldiers Help With Threshing
France—Perhaps giving a hint of the lack of activity on the western front, these soldiers are helping with the threshing of wheat somewhere in France.
Credit: ACME.

11-19-39

77.09.2292

(left of caption torn, wrinkled, and illegible)
White Coats for Prague Police to Wear in Blackouts
PRAGUE – A trio of Prague policemen turning out in their new white coats for wear at night during (blackouts)…coats make police easily seen at night. …speculation as the whether this is to make ….targets or to distinguish from the black….Elite Guards of Herr Himmler, head of the Nazi…in the round up of demonstrating Czechs.
Credit (Acme)

11-22-39

77.09.4583ab

Western Front Bathing
On the Western Front – Behind the German fortifications on the Western Front, German soldiers avail themselves of a stream of water to take baths during their off-duty time. Passed by censors.
Credit: ACME

12-22-39

77.09.1654

German Contraband Control in Action
A ship of the German contraband control, which operates mostly in the North Sea, leads a vessel stopped for search to a nearby port. Germany’s efforts to halt supplies to the Allies have met with marked success, according to Nazi figures.
Credit: ACME.

12-22-39

77.09.2042

En Route to Davey Jones’ Locker
This picture, taken from a German scouting plane, shows a boat sinking in the North Sea. No information was given as to whether the ship struck a mine, was torpedoed or bombed by the planes.
Credit (Movietone News from ACME)

12-27-39

77.09.4129a

ANOTHER U-BOAT VICTIM
The British steamer S.S. Malabar sinking in the Atlantic, after being torpedoed by a submarine.  The ship broke in two during her final plunge.  The third engineer and four Lascar firemen were killed by the explosion, but 76 officers and crew were picked up by a British warship.
Credit: Acme

1-3-40

77.09.4287.a-b

FIRST CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND—Canadian troops, among the first Dominion Division to reach England for training to fit them for duty on the British front in France, raise a cheer alongside the quay as they arrived at an unidentified British port.
Credit Line (ACME)

1-3-40

77.09.4397a

British Airmen In Heligoland Battle
Somewhere in England – Thumbs up for victory, some of the British Airmen who took part in the recent aerial combat over the Nazi Heligoland Naval Base, are shown upon their return to their home base “somewhere in England.” According to British reports, twelve Nazi Messerschmittt Bombers were shot down, while the British lost seven planes.
Credit: ACME

1-7-40

77.09.3727ab

British Trawler Goes Down in the North Sea
On the North Sea—This is one of the series of exclusive pictures made of the sinking, in the North Sea, of a British trawler by a German U-Boat. Here is the trawler, her hull ripped apart, starting to settle at the stern.
Credit: ACME.
Caption from German sources, passed by censor.