A.B.C. OF THE WAR War poem with visual description.
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Tape Master:7810
Catalog #:316216
Clip Number:316216-1
Orginal Film:UN 1317 A
Timecode:01:34:49 - 01:38:10
Location:Europe
Year Shot:1946 (Estimated Year)
Audio:Yes
Color:No
Headings:HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Victory Garden
INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc
INDUSTRY: Metal, Iron & Steel
INDUSTRY: Munitions / Weapons / Armaments
LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc
MILITARY: Army, British
MILITARY: Army, Japanese
OCCUPATIONS: Women
PERSONALITIES: De Gaulle, Charles
PERSONALITIES: Hitler, Adolf (Fuhrer)
PERSONALITIES: Mussolini, Benito (Il Duce)
ROYALTY: British, George VI (Prince Albert, Duke of York)
ROYALTY: British, Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother, Queen Mum)
ROYALTY: Norwegian
TRANSPORTATION: Military, Tanks
TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military
TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military, Battleship
WEAPONS: Bombs
WEAPONS: Explosives
WEAPONS: Guns, Anti-aircraft
WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue)
WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: War Damage
WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Rationing & Shortages
WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work
WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Aviation
WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Boats & Ships
WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Weapons
Description:"A.B.C. OF THE WAR". Alphabetical list of the terms which helped to win the war with visual descriptions of them and appropriate poem.

A - airmen - shots of airmen on airfield with plane in background.
B - bombs - shots of piles of bombs.
C - cod face - close up shot of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
D - destroyer - destroyers at sea.
E - equipment - troops marching with all equipment.
F - free French - Charles de Gaulle inspecting Free French troops.
G - guns - antiaircraft guns in action.
H - Hitler - close up shot of Hitler speaking.
I - iron - men breaking iron fence - piles of collected iron to recycle.
J - Japs - Japanese troops marching.
K - King George - King walking along line of dignitaries.
L - land - men working in garden.
M - Mediterranean - battleships at sea.
N - Norway - King Haakon watching army parade and saluting.
O - observer - close up shot of airman talking.
P - Pilot - line of pilots.
Q - Queen Elizabeth inspecting WRAF's.
R - Rations - close up shots of piles of food.
S - shells - women working in munitions factory.
T - tanks - tanks advancing across field.
U - united - flags of UK, USA & USSR flying from one pole.
V - Victory - people giving V sign.
W - wreckage - wrecked German planes on destroyed airfield.
X - explosives - boxes of TNT.
Y - youngsters - children on platform and waving from trains during evacuation.
Z - zero hour - women working - close up shots of army, navy and air force man, several women etc., showing who won the war.
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