https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/17f8805f-b6ae-4c83-b9a0-26802ba6ccbd This episode of "The Big Picture" TV show, one of the "Army in Action" series, is titled "Global War". It presents events during WWII in 1943 including Allied assault on Sicily, landings in New Guinea, new offensives in Russia, the drive up the Italian mainland to Rome, and assaults in the Pacific Islands. Highlights include: The Ploesti oil refinery raid is seen at the 6 minute mark. The Munda Airfield on New Georgia are seen at 8 minutes. Soviet forces are seen at the 8:30 mark assaulting German positions. The collapse of the Mussolini regime and its aftermath are shown at the 11:00 mark, with German forces arriving en masse to Italy. The fall of Messina is shown at the 12 minute mark. The drive on Naples, landings at Anzio and the push that followed are seen at the 15 minute mark. Bombing of Germany by Allied planes is seen at the 21:30 mark. The Cairo Summit is seen at the 23 minute mark, including great shots of Roosevelt having sandwiches with Ike Eisenhower. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzKI-8dS8rI Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:27:24 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/17f8805f-b6ae-4c83-b9a0-26802ba6ccbd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.