The War Speeds Up
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2016-07-11

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964  (Most Recent)
Series: Documentary Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1944
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Date: 1944

Scope & Content: On the need for increased production of war materiel. Reel 1 shows the manufacture and combat use of artillery pieces, B-17 airplanes, tanks, and trucks. Reel 2 assesses the needed production. Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Spaatz, Clark, MacArthur, and Montgomery and Adm. Halsey are shows in the field. Hitler and Goring review German troops. Shows abandoned military equipment. Includes shots of military cemeteries and of infantry skirmishes near St. Lo, France.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 35865
Local Identifier: 111-M-1077

Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35865