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02-24-43 |
77.09.3436 |
New York Bureau
U.S. Planes Bomb Airport Near Tunisia
In this photo which has just reached the U.S., powerful bombs are
shown as they dropped from a flying fortress of the United States Army
Air Forces, towards the axis-held airport at El Auina, near Tunisia.
Columns of black smoke mark spots on the field where bombs from other
American aircraft caused fires among the axis fighters and transport
planes, during the recent surprise raid. Note other axis aircraft
standing on air field (lower center of photo).
Credit line (ACME) |
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2-26-43 |
77.09.959 |
New York Bureau
Marine Battle Tricks
Camp Pendleton, Calif.—Marine raiders scale a mountainside at Camp
Pendleton where they are being taught savage methods for quick, quiet
annihilation of the enemy. A battalion under the command of Lt. Col.
James Roosevelt is now undergoing a tough course of instruction
including mountain climbing, cable sliding for descending
mountainsides at top-notch speed, construction of barriers out of
natural material, and other rigorous maneuvers.
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo, ACME. |
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3-1-43 |
77.09.956 |
New York Bureau
Death to Enemy Armored Forces
Aberdeen, MD.—These two U.S. Army anti-tank guns, shown at the proving
ground of the Army Ordinance Department at Aberdeen are guaranteed to
make it plenty tough for enemy tank and armored cars, the three-inch,
high-velocity gun, (at right), can knock out even the heaviest of
tanks with one shell at long range. At the left is the 37 mm weapon,
using canister shot as an anti-personnel gun, was extremely effective
against the Japs. The three-inch gun has been found superior to the
German 88-mm cannon, in actual firing tests with armor plate targets.
Credit: U.S. Army photo from ACME. |
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3-1-43 |
77.09.957 |
New York Bureau
Big, and Little “Tank Busters”
Aberdeen, MD.—Shown at the U.S. Army Ordinance Department proving
ground at Aberdeen, are these two deadly members of the Army’s
“tank-busting” family. The three-inch, super-powered shell (lower),
can knock out any enemy tank on which it makes a direct hit. The
37-mm. anti-tank shell, (upper), is used in smaller, high-velocity
cannon against enemy scout cars. Both shells are known as “fixed
ammunition,” meaning that their components (parts) are assembled as a
complete unit. In firing tests against armor plate targets, the U.S.
three-inch shell was found superior to the armor-piercing ammunition
of the German 88-mm. gun.
Credit: U.S. Army photo from ACME. |
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3-1-43 |
77.09.1676 |
New York Bureau
Sea of Patterns
This strange Herringbone pattern is etched by ships of an enemy convoy
off the Island of Pxis in the Ionian Sea. Anticipating an air attack,
which presumably followed, they began to disperse at full speed ahead
to make the target more difficult. Notice at upper left, one vessel
has started to spin a circle in an evasive tactic. The three center
ships are merchantmen laden with deck cargo.
Credit: BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE FROM ACME. |
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3-1-43 |
77.09.2943 |
CONTRAST IN EGGS
SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-PACIFIC—A goonie bird, nesting in the shelter of
a row of bombs, looks down to compare the size of its egg with those
big “eggs”, destined to blast at Jap positions somewhere in the
Pacific. Unaware, the bird proves again that “ignorance is bliss.”
Credit: ARMY AIR FORCE PHOTO FROM ACME. |
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03-01-43 |
77.09.3503 |
New York Bureau
German Tank Forces in Tunis
According to the caption on this German photo, which has just arrived
in New York by way of Lisbon, Nazi tanks are shown rolling through
Tunis. The caption, however, neglected to explain why the natives in
the picture --- as well as members of the one tank crew – are looking
at something other than the tanks.
Credit line (ACME) |
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03-01-43 |
77.09.3510 |
New York Bureau
Nazi Infantry Wait in Trench
The caption of this German photo, just received in New York by way of
Lisbon, says these soldiers are members of a German infantry division
waiting in a shallow trench for the signal to fellow heavy tanks
attacking United Nations troops “somewhere on the Tunisian front.”
Credit line (ACME) |
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03-01-43 |
77.09.3511 |
A German Column Bogs Down
According to the caption on this German photo, which has just been
received in New York, by way of Lisbon, this motorized column of Nazi
forces is shown halted along a road in North Africa as the result of
one night’s heavy rain. One truck, (foreground), is completely bogged
down after unsuccessfully trying to plow through flood in foreground.
Credit line (ACME) |
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03-01-43 |
77.09.3513 |
New York Bureau
Tanks for the Afrika Korps
In this photo from a German source, tanks for Marshal Rommel’s Afrika
Korps are shown as they were unloaded from a Mediterranean transport
at a North Africa port. Photo has just been received in New York by
way of Lisbon.
Credit line (ACME) |
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3-1-43 |
77.09.3934.ab |
New York Bureau
Look Out Below!
Columns of water shoot up from an exploding depth charge, which this
British Destroyer has just put overboard during an attack on an enemy
submarine, “somewhere on the high seas.” (Passed by Censors)
Credit: ACME |
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3-2-43 |
77.09.140 |
New York Bureau
Pillar of Fire Against Foe
Algiers – Enemy planes which recently raided Algiers were met by this
veritable wall of fire sent up by a massed battery of anti-aircraft
guns. Needless to say, few Axis planes broke through.
Credit: (ACME) |
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3-2-43 |
77.09.171 |
New York Bureau
The Mighty Dunquerque at Rest
Toulon Harbor -- The battleship Dunquerque lies scuttled in Toulon
Harbor with the French Fleet, from lesser auxiliary craft to
destroyers and battle-cruisers -- now crewless and derelict. The RAF
reported a few hours after the scuttling on November 27th that more
than fifty ships were damaged or partly submerged. Ships which were
not actually sunk had been dismantled by French sailors before
scuttling.
Credit: (ACME) |
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3-2-43 |
77.09.189 |
A Bit of Chiseling for Der Fuehrer
WESTERN DESERT -- Some exponents of Nazi art, with more enthusiasm
than ability, had time to decorate this rock wall with Hitlerian
homilies, before the British 8th Army chased the Germans out of Libya.
None of the artists, however, seemed to know the correct way to
reproduce the swastika -- they're all wrong. A British Tommy
nonchalantly lights a "fag" as he leans against the wall, which is "on
the way to Tripoli."
Credit: (ACME) |
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3-2-43 |
77.09.3035 |
A Word to the Wise—
NORTH RUSSIAN FRONT—Red Army men drag a large loudspeaker mounted on
runners into position for a “verbal” attack on Nazi outposts along the
Northern front. Using powerful amplifiers, the Russians keep the
Germans informed of the progress of the fighting in Russia—recently
all in favor of the Red. Passed by censors.
Credit: ACME |
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03-02-43 |
77.09.3512 |
New York Bureau
Communications in Tunisia
Tunisia - - A message is received via field telephone at an American
outpost set up in a hillside dugout in Tunisia.
Credit line (ACME) |
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03-02-43 |
77.09.3514 |
New York Bureau
Asleep in the Field
Tunisia - - Pvt. David Chittenden, of New York city, after an
all-night patrol, snatches a nap on the edge of his slit-trench, ready
to roll for cover at the approach of enemy raiders.
Credit line (ACME) |
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3-3-43 |
77.09.599 |
New York Bureau
“Bomb” Damages Runway
WESTOVER FIELD, MASS. – For the benefit of air borne engineers
training at Westover Field, a bomb explosion is simulated on a
stabilized earth runway. When the “bombing” is reported, the engineers
immediately load their miniature equipment into planes and set out to
repair the damage.
Credit: (ACME) |
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3-3-43 |
77.09.887 |
New York Bureau
Sea Lane Protectors
Taken inside one of the U.S. Navy’s great airship hangars, on “docks,”
photo shows parts of seven off-duty blimps. The non-rigid patrol ships
are a vital component of the naval forces that protect important sea
lanes off American shores, part of the Navy’s anti-submarine arm.
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo from (illegible portion of caption) |
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3-3-43 |
77.09.960 |
New York Bureau
Getting to Work
Westover Field, Mass.—Their equipment unloaded from the planes that
brought them to the site of a bomb explosion, airborne engineers,
training at Westover Field, begin to repair the damaged earth runway.
Credit: ACME. |
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03-05-43 |
77.09.3384 |
New York Bureau
Dead Men Litter the Streets
Flash from “one day of war”. This photo is from the march of time’s
“One Day of War”, a documentary film of one day on the far-flung
Russian front, recorded by soldier-photographers of the Red Army. Of
the 160 photographers assigned to the job, thirty were dead before the
day ended.
Photo shows: Side-stepping dead Germans and Hungarians, whose bodies
litter the street of a Russian village, Soviet guerillas pursue the
fleeing foe through the town.
Credit line (March of Time “One Day of War” photo from ACME) |
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03-05-43 |
77.09.3385 |
New York Bureau
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Flash from “one day of war”. This photo is from the march of time’s
“One Day of War”, a documentary film of one day on the far-flung
Russian front, recorded by soldier-photographers of the Red Army. Of
the 160 photographers assigned to the job, thirty were dead before the
day ended.
Photo shows: Ringing a joyous victory tune from a belfry in a
recaptured Russian village, this bell-ringer also sounds the death
knell for beaten Nazi troops. The bells resound mightily above the
body of a dead German machine gunner who lies on the floor of the
former German machine gun nest.
Credit line (March of Time’s “One Day of War” photo from ACME) |
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03-05-43 |
77.09.3386 |
New York Bureau
They Lie Where They Fell
Flash from “one day of war”. This photo is from the march of time’s
“One Day of War”, a documentary film of one day on the far-flung
Russian front, recorded by soldier-photographers of the Red Army. Of
the 160 photographers assigned to the job, thirty were dead before the
day ended.
Photo shows: Dead Germans lie, face down, on the churned-up earth,
where they fell when Soviet artillery and machine gun fire mowed them
down. Hundreds of thousands of Nazis littered the streets like this
as the Russians pushed through Stalingrad, Rostov, Kharkov and Kursk.
Credit line (March of Time “One Day of War” photo from ACME) |
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03-05-43 |
77.09.3387 |
New York Bureau
Their Homes Go Up in Flame
Flash from “one day of war”. This photo is from the march of time’s
“One Day of War”, a documentary film of one day on the far-flung
Russian front, recorded by soldier-photographers of the Red Army. Of
the 160 photographers assigned to the job, thirty were dead before the
day ended.
Photo shows” Women stand helplessly by, and watch their homes go up in
flame as Nazi troops flee their village in the face of a Red Army
Advance. Spiteful Nazis put the torch to everything that would burn,
leaving a flaming village to greet the attacking Reds.
Credit line (March of Time’s “One Day of War” photo from ACME) |
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3-6-43 |
77.09.894 |
New York Bureau
Hey—Wait For Me!
Washington, D.C.—Getting aboard the Sikorsky helicopter is an easy
matter for the tardy passenger who missed the takeoff. The pilot
merely drops a ladder and allows the plane to hover motionless. 30
feet above the ground, as his passenger climbs the rope ladder.
Because of its many military uses, the two-place helicopter has been
developed for the U.S. Army. Among its more important features is the
facility with which the helicopter lands and takes off in limited
space.
Credit: ACME |
