How does WWII Video Footage Exist?

first of all, it is not video but motion picture film. yes, one job in the military was to document with still and motion picture cameras the events of war. my uncle was a military photographer during WW2. besides the military films, there are some press corps photography done for newsreels. being a war correspondent is dangerous work. btw, all ww2 films were silent, the sounds of canons, bullets and bombs was added later in hollywood studios. this was about the time that kodak color film became available and a small amount of the footage was in color originally with 4:3 aspect. however most of the video you see today is "colorized", made widescreen and otherwise computer enhanced.

It's not video.

It's film, which of course can be transferred to video.

Journalists often take great risks to get pictures and footage of battles,

and many have been killed on the job.

There is no other way to do it, though.

Shot on 16mm and 35mm film by military cameramen. Yes, in a battlefield.