| A.B.C. OF THE WAR War poem with visual description. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | 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. | |


