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10-9-40 |
77.09.3898 |
American Tanks Arrive at Canadian Camp
Camp Borden, Canada – The latest batch of the old United States Army
tanks turned over to Canada for training purposes are shown being
unloaded from flat cars at Camp Borden.
Credit: ACME |
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10-11-40 |
77.09.1643 |
Finland
Rebuilds
HELSINKI, FINLAND—As Europe is razed by devastating air raids, Little
Finland is busy rebuilding, repairing similar havoc wrought by the
military claws of the Russian Bear when it came lumbering into the
frozen north. This photo shows some of the hardy Finnish women who are
working as hod carriers for brick-layers busy rebuilding in Helsinki.
Credit: ACME. |
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10-11-40 |
77.09.2385 |
ON GUARD ON THE ROCK
GIBRALTAR—Gun crew lined up by their weapons on Gibraltar, Britain’s
strategic fortress controlling the western entrance to the
Mediterranean. Gibraltar has been bombed repeatedly by Italian planes
and at lease once by French planes. It is often mentioned as an Axis
objective, to be conquered by a drive from Spain.
Credit: Acme |
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10-11-40 |
77.09.3091 |
Finland Rebuilds
HELSINKI, FINLAND—As Europe is razed by devastating air raids, little
Finland is busy rebuilding and repairing havoc wrought by the military
claws of the Russian bear when it came lumbering into the frozen
North. This photo shows men at work rebuilding in Helsinki against a
background of bomb blasted buildings.
Credit: ACME |
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10-11-40 |
77.09.4475a |
Field Kitchen On London Roof
London – Chef
Parkes sampling one of the meals he prepares in a field kitchen on the
roof of a well-known London store. Despite the interruptions of air
raid alarms, Chef Parkes is preparing lunches for hundreds of the
store’s customers. He whips up a four-course meal in this improvised
kitchen.
Credit: ACME |
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10-18-40 |
77.09.328 |
Richard Still Rides
LONDON -- When a bomb burst near the Houses of Parliament during a
recent German air raid, the bronze statue of Richard I (Richard Coeur
De Lion) escaped with but a bent sword. Note damage done to the
building in background.
Credit: (ACME) |
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10-18-40 |
77.09.336 |
London Newspaper Office Hit
LONDON -- The building housing the London Times, one of the world's
outstanding newspapers, was a victim of one of Germany's night air
raids on the central London area. The building is located in Queen
Victoria Street.
Credit: (ACME) |
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10-18-40 |
77.09.339 |
Night Raiders Concentrate on Central London
LONDON -- Three tall chimney stacks were left standing after an office
building had been wrecked in Chancery Lane - a center of the legal
profession - during a recent night air raid by Nazi bombers.
Credit: (ACME) |
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10-20-40 |
77.09.1684 |
Radiophoto
BRITISH BOMBER DOWNED IN BERLIN
BERLIN, GERMANY—German officers inspect the wreckage of the first
British plane to be shot in the streets of Berlin proper, during
action Oct. 20. The Nazis, charging that the British rading [sic]
bombers had syruct [sic] two hospitals, threatened a “thousand-fold”
revenge on England.
Credit: Acme |
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10-21-40 |
77.09.344 |
Army Pioneers Rest From Labors in London
LONDON, ENGLAND -- Sitting on the edge of a bomb crater these men of
the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps refresh themselves with buns and
tea before tackling their great task of clearing away wreckage caused
by German raiders. Evidently this bomb blew the top off an underground
railway. The end of a freight car and twisted rails can be seen in the
left foreground. The Government has ordered 5,000 of these men into
London to help the work of clearing away wreckage.
Credit: (ACME) |
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10-22-40 |
77.09.4217a |
DOG FIGHTERS LEAVE SMOKE TRAILS OVER LONDON
LONDON, ENGLAND..-- |
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10-23-40 |
77.09.337 |
Saves Prized Possession After Air Raid
LONDON, ENGLAND -- Smiling, despite the terror from the skies, this
London woman makes her way through the bomb-debris of a London street
carrying her prized possession, a potted plant, which she saved from
the ruins of her home.
Credit: (ACME) |
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10-27-40 |
77.09.2555 |
Radiophoto
San Francisco Bureau
U.S. Gasoline for Lamps of Indo China
Haiphong, Indo China – Natives carry 10-gallon crates of American
gasoline from the docks of Haiphong into shore. The gasoline, which
belongs to Standard Oil, is part of huge U.S. holdings in Indo China
now endangered by the Japan-Vichey Pact.
Credit: ACME |
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11-7-40 |
77.09.915 |
Illegible caption |
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11-8-40 |
77.09.1750 |
RADIOPHOTO
AUXILIARY CRUISER SUNK BY NAZIS
According to the German censor, this picture, radioed from Berlin to
New York, shows a British auxiliary cruiser just before it plunged
into the sea after a battle with a German warship. The German High
Command, in a recent communiqué, reported destruction of 86,000 tons
of British shipping in the North Atlantic.
Credit: Acme Radiophoto |
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11-14-40 |
77.09.4474ab |
Rescue’s End
England –
Survivors of a torpedoed British Merchant Ship shown alongside a
Canadian Destroyer, upon arrival at an unnamed English port. The
ship’s surgeon and the crew members may be seen preparing injured for
hoisting aboard while rescued survivors mingle with sailors on deck.
The Canadian warship rescue survivors.
Credit: ACME |
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11-25-40 |
77.09.261 |
Occupation Taxes French Ingenuity
PARIS -- Shortage of fuel in Paris has worked many changes in living,
working and travel habits since the German occupation. Faced with the
prospect of having to use his bicycle through the winter, in rain or
shine, this ingenious Frenchman constructed a shelter on it to protect
him from the elements.
Credit: (ACME) |
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11-25-40 |
77.09.1997 |
Nazi Channel Guns Bombard British Convoy
ENGLISH CHANNEL – Steaming under the noses of German coastal guns, one
ship of an English convoy barely escapes destructing when a shell
misses it by only a few feet. Germans claim to have destroyed part of
this convoy, driving the remainder back to port.
Credit: (ACME) |
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11-26-40 |
77.09.1639 |
First Italian Submarine Prisoners in England
LONDON, ENGLAND—A study of two of the Italian sailors of the first
group of Italian submarine prisoners in England as they are taken to a
train under an escort with fixed bayonets.
Credit: ACME. |
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11-26-40 |
77.09.1655 |
Bombing Greek Canal
This photo, released by the Italian Air Ministry, purports to show the
explosion of an Italian bomb dropped by a plane flying over the famous
Corinth Canal in Greece.
Credit: ACME. |
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12-05-40 |
77.09.3461 |
Free Libyans and Leader
Egypt – Members of the Senussi – a high religious order – who escaped
from Libya, kiss the hand of their leader, Sayed Idris, after arrival
in Egypt, where they will join the fight to overthrow Italian control
of Libya.
Credit line (ACME) |
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12-5-40 |
77.09.4089a |
London’s Spectacular
Night
London - One of the most unusual pictures made of London’s night-time
battle against invading German bombers, this photo shows England’s
defense against a new menace - parachute flares to offset moonless
nights and the blackout. Flares are seen in the center, with tracer
bullets fired by anti-aircraft units in an attempt to put them out
cutting streaks of brilliant light through the already-bright glare
above the city.
Credit: ACME |
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12-10-40 |
77.09.895 |
Navy Flier Sits Down Land Plane in Bay
New York—About to land his Grumman training plane at Floyd Bennett
Field, Ensign Robert Winston discovered that a wheel was locked and
could not be released. After dropping a note to field officials
explaining his predicament, Winston sat the plane down on the waters
of Jamaica Bay between two amphibians waiting for him, and climbed out
with his companion, E.J. Marrone, Assistant Machinist’s Mate, nothing
wet but their feet. Winston, a former test pilot, saw wartime service
in France and Finland. Photo shows the plane on the bay after the
occupants- with life preservers in rear of launch- had been rescued.
Credit: ACME |
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12-12-40 |
77.09.3450 |
Driving Italians Out of Egypt
Desert – With Indian troops, like these shown advancing behind a Bren
gun carrier, plays an important part in the fighting, the British
forces in Egypt have driven the Italian invaders from practically all
of the Egyptian coastline and are forcing them back toward Libya with
tremendous losses in men and materials.
Credit line (ACME) |
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12-13-40 |
77.09.1029 |
RADIOPHOTO
CARNARVON CASTLE
SHOWS SCARS OF BATTLE
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY – One funnel shot away altogether and with her
hull and superstructure carrying marks of direct shell hits and flying
shrapnel, the British Merchant Cruiser “Carnarvon Castle” is shown as
she limped into port after a running battle at sea with a German
Raider. At top is shown where a shell struck the promenade deck just
below the bridge, while at lower right a gaping wound marks a direct
hit by another shell. Shrapnel marks are profuse.
Credit: OWI Radiophoto from ACME |
