How to go to war - British Pathé

How To Go To War

: Six-Gun Tanks From USA (1942); New American tank called the General Lee is demonstrated by a Canadian regiment in Britain.

: Compressing Foods (1943); Peter West compresses food extracts to make concentrated rations for servicemen.

: Help For The Needy (1941); Story of bombed out family in Southwark from their rescue to entering temporary accommodation.

: Food Minister Speaks On Rationing (1939); Footage of the Food Minister Mr WS Morrison informing the public about food rationing.

: The Queen Visits A Preserving Depot (1940); Rural housewives show the Queen how they are preserving plums in cans.

: The Queen At Food Centres (1940); The Queen talks with children at food distribution centres in London.

: British Soldiers In Camp (1914); Soldiers being served sandwiches and tea.

: Feeding The French Army In The Trenches - Army Meal At The Front (1915); Army cooks serving French soldiers hot meal on Western Front.

: Veg Stew (1941); A look at how special wartime vegetable stew is mass produced.

: Ration Boxes - 1942 (1942); American food rations & bubbling geyser in Iceland.

: Just Like Mother (1942); WAAFs in white learn about carving meat and cooking, then make meals for RAF men.

: Making Biscuits AKA Africa Takes The Biscuit Issue Title - "Put And Take" (1941); Mass production of biscuits for the army in Africa.

: Litter In Libya (1941); The navy and R.A.F. fight in Libya, and allied soldiers collect equipment left by the Germans.

: Christmas Rations For Troops (1944); Soldiers get good rations to celebrate the last Christmas of the war.

: Wartime Dish (1940); Actress Wilma Vanne demonstrates how to make a wartime snack from roe and potatoes.

: The Little Things Of Life (1940); People show how they can economise in wartime life - especially over cigarettes and sugar.

: New Us Tanks (1942); Tanks are made at an American factory, then tested under battle conditions in the testing range.

: Invasion Scenes Europe: Us Troops (1940); Footage of German prisoners of war and American soldiers in Europe.

: Invasion Scenes Europe: Us Troops (1944); American troops fighting in snow, probably in Ardennes.

: Eden Visits Troops In Middle East (1942); Secretary of State for War, Anthony Eden, visits troops in the Middle East.

: War In The Desert (1942); Good material of War in the North African desert - compiled for El Alamein Anniversary.

: Red Cross In The Front Line (1942); A visit to a Red Cross hospital that lies 12 feet below ground level at El Alamein.

: Quattara Depression - 01/07/1942 (1942); Shots of the depression at Quattara - troops in the desert between Quattara and Alamein.

: General Auchinleck Up Front (1942); General Auchinleck checks on troops activities around El Alamein.

: El Alamein Desert Advance - 1942 (1942); El Alamein desert advance of British troops.

: El Alamein (1945); Monty talks about El Alamein on the third anniversary of the battle.

: Alamein Today (1943); A short film showing El Alamein today.

: All Roads To El Alamein (1942); British army prepare for Battle of El Alamein and move to next positions.

: Invasion Scenes; Good shots of American troops and German POWs during early days of Invasion of France.

: Desert Supplies (1942); All troops dispersed across desert get their supplies on time.

: Work For 300,000! (1933); Adolf Hitler wields his spade to start the building of Germany's Autobahns.

: German Motor Industry (1937); Hitler opens German Motor Industry Show.

: News In A Nutshell; News in a Nutshell includes - two ships run aground, a farm fire, Amy Mollison's crashed aeroplane and London's Dairy Show.

: Cunard - Liverpool (1920); Great shots of musical comedy stars Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert in rehearsal on ship.

: The Old Germany (1925); Monarchists in Germany celebrate the 110th anniversary of Bismarck.

: The Fall Of The Mighty (1919); Lorraine citizens tear down Wilhelm I statue.

: German Newsreel; German newsreel featuring Erwin Rommel inspecting beach defences, Panzer division etc.

: German Troops In Paris (1940); Footage of the German army entering Paris. France.

: D-Day From German Perspective; German footage of the D-day invasion.

: Time To Remember - Liberation 1944 - Reel 3 (1944); Documentary of events in Europe from just before D-day until the liberation of Paris.

: Factory-Made Invasion Harbour (1944); A large portable harbour is transported across the Channel for D-day.

: D-Day Plus Six Years (1950); D-day Anniversary Ceremony at Arromanches and Bayeux.

: Libya (1942); Desert gun emplacements and Rommel's General Cruwell is taken prisoner (Fall of Tobruk).

: Rommel Goes West (1942); Good footage of the 8th Army advancing across the desert and US troops land in Africa.

: Rommel On The Run (1942); Stirring item shows the Axis troops in retreat across the desert as the 8th Army advances.

: Until The Day (1943); Touching film showing work of the Red Cross in providing prisoners of war food parcels and other services.

: Good News For Farmers (1941); Cattle and food arrive in Britain from the Republic of Ireland.

: French Troops (1939); Various shots of French troops during the early part of WWII preparing defences.

: Union Defence Force Issue Title Look Out! (1944); Soldiers learn how to drive jeeps and tanks - no soundtrack.

: Over There (1943); American invasion exercises with great beech landing scene.

: Modern Light Brigade Dublin Issue (1941); U.S. army soldiers test out new small troop carriers, look like jeeps.

: Jumping Jeeps (1943); Americans testing their jeeps on very rough terrain.

: Invasion: Convoy Troops Landing (1944); Material showing American convoy at sea and jeeps being unloaded. France.

: Invasion Scenes - Europe (1945); Allied jeeps and lorries drive down flooded roads in Cleve, Germany.

: Big Scale Manoeuvres In USA (1941); The American First Army Corps carry out big scale manoeuvres in Carolina. USA.

: Torbruk - 1941 - 1942 AKA Tobruk - Germans In The Desert; Rommel and his German troops on the move in North Africa.

: The Great Offensive (1942); The Eighth Army advances across the desert with Rommel and Afrika Korps in retreat.

: British Legion Visits Bayeux (1955); British ex-servicemen and families visits relics and beaches of the War.