# ALLIED CONVOYS IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC LOGISTICS OF "ROAD TO BERLIN" DOCUMENTARY 21244

Made in 1943, ROAD TO BERLIN was released as Official War Film #8. This industrial incentive film examines the logistical and tactical gauntlet that supplies sent to the European Theater faced to reach the front, including the German U-boat wolfpacks which at the time were exacting a heavy toll on convoys. The film opens with a wolf pack of submarines meeting northwest of the coast of Britain ( 1:00 ). American, Dutch and British ships are under torpedo attack ( 1:24 ). The Army Transportation Corp is charged with the shipment of men and equipment overseas ( 1:37 ) and behind this assignment are the many unending hours of work to obtain ships and outfit them for duty ( 1:45 ). Supplies are gathered and stored in strategic shipping locations all over the country ( 1:53 ). The office depicted on film is receiving information on the wolf pack of subs and are then able to brief their route and destination ( 2:30 ). A request is sent for an escort for convoys carrying men and supplies ahead of schedule ( 3:52 ). Shown is one of the largest general stores of the Army stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific ( 4:40 ) which includes warehouses, storage facilities, cranes, trucks, freights all handling the goods needed for war ( 4:46 ). At 5:39 African American factory workers are seen moving supplies. A request goes through a telephone switchboard at ( 6:00 ) to move a shipment deadline from forty eight hours up to twelve ( 6:41 ). This shipment has been earmarked for offensive…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/21244SignalCorpsRoadToBerlinVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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