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United States troops create a Shanty town made of glider crates in the United Kingdom (WW2)

Bomber towing a glider over an air base in the United Kingdom during World War II. Aerial view of a glider assembly field. Glider crates in assembly field. A soldier stands on the balcony of a “shanty” house made from glider crates. Sign reads “Shanty Town”. Soldiers open a glider crate. Men remove the glider carefully from the crate. Two men take a metal bed frame to the crate. A man stands by the door of a shanty house. “Vine and Hollywood” is written beside the door. Soldiers relaxing inside Shanty houses. Soldier sitting on bunk bed polishes his shoes while another writes letters. A soldier with headset listens to his homemade crystal set radio and reads a magazine. Specially constructed blinds of glider crate tiny house open. Troops lined outside a glider crate barber shop. A sign detailing the rates for a haircut. A barber shop made from scrap. A barber cuts the hair of a soldier inside makeshift barber shop.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079914
United States troops test new aerial and land military weapons (WWII)

The United States Army tests new weapons during World War II. United States Army Air Force bombers drop 100-pound bombs in a huge concentrated salvo over a field. Shells explode simultaneously. A medium bomber drops an aerial torpedo. Anti-personnel bombs burst in the air shortly after being dropped from a flying bomber. Fighter planes diving and dropping auxiliary gasoline tanks used as incendiaries. This is a WW2 example of napalm use. Gasoline tanks explode and burst into flames upon hitting the ground. Artillery officers fire phosphorus shells from mortars. Explosion from phosphorus shells. Soldiers testing flamethrowers on a tank. A group of soldiers use flamethrowers simultaneously, covering the screen with thick smoke and flames.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079915
Incendiary bombs moved from United States to England during WW2.

Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) handles the distribution of incendiary bombs in Europe during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Isbell of the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) makes calculations from his desk. An incendiary order addressed to the Commanding General is typed on a typewriter. Buses arrive at the motor pool of the United States War Department, now known as the Pentagon. Women disembark from the buses and head to the War Department. Employees working in the office inside the War Department. Men prepare bombs at an arsenal. Men hauling carts with large incendiary bombs in warehouse. A man stencils labels onto bomb that read, "PT-1 Incendiary," and "Bomb Burster." The United States flag waving on a ship. Ships carry a shipment of incendiary bombs to the United Kingdom. Incendiary bombs inside wooden crates are unloaded from ships. Steam locomotive train running on track as railroad signal activates. Incendiary bombs are removed from train cars. Two munitions are suspended on a crane. Trucks loaded with bombs drive out of the depot, passing past village cemetery. An Air Division Chemical Officer receives new shipment information. The Air Division Chemical Officer reads the document and updates bomb listings on chalkboard.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079922
Men unload large incendiary bombs, arming sky markers before storage in bomb dumps (WWII)

Incendiary bomb storage in Allied bomb dumps during World War II. Incendiary bombs are neatly stacked in a bomb dump. A truck backing on the right of the pile. Men unload wooden crates and large incendiary bombs from trucks. Man unloads crates containing 100-pound M47A2 bombs. Men unpack bomb from its wooden protective crate. 500-pound PT-1 Pyrogel-filled AN-M76 bomb is rolled off from the truck. The AN-M76 is also called "Blockburner" or "Goop". Technicians remove the shipping bands off the AN-M76. Truck crane carries an AN-M76 bomb. Stacks of AN-M76 bombs are stacked in the bomb dump. Men carefully place the bomb in the stack. Men flip the crate containing an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb. Men unpacking the M17 500lb Aimable Incendiary Cluster Bomb. Technicians remove the tape and cuts the wires securing the incendiary bomb. A man removes the protective frame of a bomb. The men roll an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb to a stack. Two men stand in front of a shed with a door sign “Bursters”. Man opens a crate, inspects bursters. A Chemical Warfare officer shows a sky marker (made from a converted M47 bomb casing filled with FM smoke producing solution) while other soldiers look on. The Chemical Warfare officer demonstrates the method of arming the sky marker with a modified US 101 fuse. A sky marker is sealed with a rubber washer and a plastic disc. A threaded aluminum fuse adapter and another fuze are inserted. A flange is bolted down. Men marking sky markers prior to storage in bomb dumps. Wooden sign reads “DANGER ACID”.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079923
United States Eighth Air Force command headquarters WW2.

United States Eighth Air Force officials deliberate and issue field orders to drop bombs during World War II. Writing on the frosted glass door reads “Operations A3”. A sign in door reads “No Admittance Briefing in Progress”. Daily operations conference headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. The commanding general shares his plan of action. Map of the United Kingdom and Ireland is seen behind the general. The assistant of the commanding general uses a long stick to point to a wall map. Eighth Air Force officials review a map on the desk. An official shows the commanding general a place on the map. The general makes a decision. An officer from the general’s officer makes a call. Men and women using teletype to write field orders and messages. Operational staff of air division headquarters discuss important details regarding the new field order. Operational staff member points to a large wall map. Other officers listen during a meeting. The chemical officer puts down his phone after a call.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079924
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress is parked in Wright Airfield, Dayton, Ohio during World War II

Graphic "B-29" with artist rendering behind. An early Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Wright Airfield (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Dayton, Ohio. A tracked vehicle tows the B-29 Superfortress on the airfield. Sideview of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Front view of the B-29 Superfortress, a Military Police walks near the plane. Military police near the engines of the bomber. An engine of the B-29 Superfortress as seen underneath the bomber.

Location: Dayton Ohio USA
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079936
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