Footage

Footage: Hitler Youth tell their stories

In a March 1945 German newsreel, Hitler Youth boys—like the ones GIs encountered in Heilbronn—talk proudly of their combat experiences.

To the Shores of Iwo Jima, Parts I and II

Thanks to heroic military cameramen, you can follow the US marines onto Iwo Jima in this 1945 Office of War Information film. Shown in two parts.

Battle of the Bulge on film

The Battle of the Bulge unfolds onscreen—along with a toughen-up message addressed to home-front civilians—in this 1945 army newsreel.

Carmen Miranda in full flower

Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda adds Latin spice to the 1942 film Springtime in the Rockies with her take on “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.”

Germany crushes the D-Day Invasion?

Watch a wartime German newsreel footage and see how the Nazi government made German civilians think the Allied invasion of Normandy was another victory for the Third Reich.

The Marianas Turkey Shoot in color

Pilots and carrier crews of US Task Force 58 demolish Imperial Japan's naval air power in the June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea.

US Navy forces Battle a U-boat

A destroyer and carrier-based planes take on German sub U-505 in a classic Victory at Sea episode.

The Andrews Sisters on the silver screen

The iconic vocal harmony trio perform the quintessential swinging WWII song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" in the Abbot and Costello movie Buck Privates.

Veronica Lake and her dangerous hair

In this clip from the US Office of War Information, the silver screen sex symbol with the peekaboo hair gets a look that's safe for wartime factory work.