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1st Allied Airborne Army troops take off from a field in the European Theater during Operation Varsity of World War II.

A film titled 'First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945' about the successful airborne crossing of the Rhine river by the 1st Allied Airborne troops during World War II. Aerial views of aircraft and gliders on ground. US Army Air Forces C-46, C-47 aircraft and CG-4 gliders on a field. British Halifax and Sterling bombers. Troops of the US 17th Airborne Division near the aircraft. Soldiers load equipment into gliders and aircraft. Jeeps, vehicles and other equipment loaded onto gliders. Aircraft lined up on a field. Troops don gear and board the glider and aircraft. Propellers turn as aircraft prepare to take off. Aircraft tow gliders as they take off. Gliders and aircraft in flight.

Location: European Theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 5 min 11 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

1st Allied Airborne Army troops land in Germany during Operation Varsity in World War II.

The successful airborne crossing of the Rhine river by the 1st Allied Airborne troops during World War II. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. British 6th Airborne Division gliders, British Halifax, Sterling bombers and US Army Air Forces C-47 and C-46 aircraft take off from an airfield in the European Theater. British 6th Airborne Division troops in the field. Airborne troops are briefed. Soldiers synchronize their watches. Soldiers don equipment as they prepare to take off. Airborne troops board an aircraft. A personnel at the control tower orders to take off. Aircraft and gliders take off. An aircraft taxis for take off and crashes. Aircraft in flight. Troops aboard an airborne aircraft. Paratroopers jump and descend. Aircraft in flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur. Soldiers fire rifles. Soldiers enter a village and take German prisoners.

Location: European Theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 6 min 34 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US Marine Artillery Battery firing 105mm howitzers. Buildings being destroyed by artillery fire.

U.S. Marine artillery battery firing 105mm howitzers. Smoke arises due to the firing. Marine watches through the binoculars. View of buildings being destroyed by artillery bombardment. Montage of artillery, machine guns, troops advancing at end of film.

Location: European Theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 41 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

P-38 planes complete mission and land at base, including crash landing

P-38 planes over German targets. US Pilots destroy enemy targets by firing aircraft machine guns. A P-38 plane pilot contacts US Air Force Base for crash landing. P-38 plane hits the surface and burns. Other P-38 plane contacts for emergency landing. Ground officers observe the burned P-38 plane.

Location: European theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 4 min 38 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Soldiers of United States 591st Engineering Corp head for home from the European theater of war

A newsreel titled '2,000,000th G. I, head for home' shows soldiers of United States 591st Engineering Corp head for home after 22 months from European theater of war. Charles Hudgins being presented a plaque by an officer as other soldiers look on. They bid 'adieu' to their dear ones before embarking onto a ship.

Location: European theater

Date: 1945, December 13

Duration: 1 min 7 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Flexible pipelines to supply gasoline being laid out under the water in the English Channel during World War II.

' Operation Pluto ' about the British operation to lay down under the sea pipe lines to supply gasoline in the European theater during World War II. A map of France. Flexible pipelines to transport gasoline between France and England are tarred and wrapped in Britain. Pipelines being manufactured and piled up in a yard. Ships and boats underway in the English Channel as the pipes are being laid.

Location: European Theater

Date: 1945

Duration: 2 min 26 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

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