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Views of three versions of the Medal of Honor for different branches of the service shown at Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon

John Charles Daly speaks about the recipients of the Medal of Honor in various wars. He stands next to large facsimiles of the medal in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, United States. He explains the three versions of the Medal of Honor which include first for the U.S. Army, the second for the U.S. Navy , Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and the third for the U.S. Air Force. Dramatized past scenes show American colonial volunteers advancing on a battlefield and firing artillery against the British, during the Battle of Saratoga in the year 1777.

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073606
Allied prisoners are marched by German troops in a French town during World War II.

German troops invade France during World War II. A German soldier sleeps in a room. Several British soldiers with arms raised, are marched into and through a building, followed by large numbers of French prisoners, all under German guard. The Allied prisoners are marched by German troops across a town square. Allied prisoners being marched along a road in wooded area. A German Pz.II tank stationed at the side of the road.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073795
People rejoice as the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is out of jail and addresses the people in India.

A film about the various nationwide movements in India and contribution of the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi before independence in India. People rejoice as Mahatma Gandhi is out of jail. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi sits on a stage and is surrounded by a crowd. Gandhiji addresses the crowd from a balcony. A huge crowd gathered as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi addresses the people. A British India flag in the foreground. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi stands with other men on the balcony.

Date: 1930
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067731
The USAAC Boeing B-17 aircraft release bombs,and explosions over the city of Berlin in Germany during WWII.

A film titled 'Bombing of Berlin' about the British attack on Berlin in Germany during World War II. The United States Army Air Corps aircraft, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on an airfield in England. The aircraft taxis and takes off to proceed to Germany. The B-17 aircraft flies low over airfield. The fighter escorts follow. The B-17 aircraft release bombs on a plant in Berlin. Fires and bomb explosions over the city. The aircraft heads for England and lands on the airfield after raid. Flares help to direct aircraft. A B-17 aircraft with damaged landing gear makes a crash landing. The emergency crew near the aircraft.

Date: 1944, March 8
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067746
The Royal Air Force Curtiss P-40 aircraft dive in and bomb a monastery in Cassino,Italy.

A film titled 'Bombing of Monastery' about the British attack on a monastery in Cassino, Italy. An animation of the map of Italy depicting the attack on Cassino by the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force aircraft Curtiss P-40 aircraft dive in and bomb a monastery. Fire and smoke rise from the monastery. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, March
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067747
Allied paratroopers train during World War II, in England

A film titled 'Paratroopers Maneuver' about the British and U.S. paratroopers training in England during World War 2. Formation of Allied C-47 Skytrain in flight. Paratroopers in training seen in aircraft as they prepare to jump from the aircraft over RAF Ramsbury (USAAF Station 469) in Wiltshire county. Paratrooper soldiers inside the aircraft hookup to static lines. The jump master is photographed, by a camera strapped to his chest, as he descends with a cigar in mouth. Unusual view of face of paratrooper as he descends in mid air before parachute opens, and then relief and smile on his face as the chute opens and slows his descent.The paratroopers jump, descend and hit ground. The static lines are pulled back into the aircraft. Several paratroopers are pulled by strong breeze across the ground, before they can spill their chutes. One paratrooper being treated for injury suffered from collision with another trooper. Preparations made inside an aircraft to drop supplies. Supplies in parachutes dropped and land on ground. (These shots are taken flying just to the north of Ramsbury village and looking down on the woods and fields that are divided by Hilldrop Lane.) The airdrop of supplies is made by C-47 aircraft. The supplies descend and hit ground. (The C-47 aircraft in low flight formation drop the supplies in fields to the east of Hilldrop Lane just north of Ramsbury.)

Date: 1944, March 20
Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067748