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U.S. and British Army officers arrive at 43rd Division sector in Luzon, Philippines (WW2)

United States Army soldiers in Norzagaray, Bulacan, Philippine Islands during World War II. Commanding General of the 43rd Infantry Division Major General Leonard F Wing, British Army Liaison Officer Lieutenant General Charles H Gairdner, Commanding General of the Sixth U.S. Army General Walter E Krueger, and Commanding General of the XI Corps Major General Charles P. Hall talk. They stand at a ridge overlooking the Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan near Manila, Philippines. An officer looks at a map and points towards a location.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077040
U.S. soldiers of the 103rd Infantry slog through mud towards Tabogon, Cebu in Philippines (WW2)

United States Army soldiers in Cebu, Philippine Islands during World War II. Troops of Company 'A', 103rd Infantry Regiment, slog along in deep mud as they proceed towards Tabogon, Cebu in Visayas, the Philippines. A jeep is seen completely mired down in mud along the roadside. A soldier looks at the jeep. The feet of soldiers shown as they walk with some difficulty through the mud.

Date: 1945, May 15
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077041
Film illustrating participation of African Americans in U.S. history from Colonial times to after the Civil War

Opening scene shows African American congregation in church, during World War 2, listening to their preacher speak about liberty. Closeup of the Minister speaking. As he refers to the seed of Liberty taking root in Boston, a plaque on the gate of the Granary Burial Ground of 1660 is shown reading: "Within this ground are buried the victims of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770." The gate swings open revealing the cemetery. Next, an illustration of British Redcoats shooting into a crowd on that occasion is shown. Closeup of the illustration shows an African American, named Crispus Attucks, falling as the first victim of the gunfire. A monument to him on Boston Common, is then shown. Closeup of the monument. Excerpt from a film about the Revolutionary War shows reenactment of the battle off Concord. The 221-foot granite obelisk at Bunker Hill, Boston, is seen, marking the site of the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War. A musket is seen with a sign attached reading: "Gun belonged to Peter Salem, a colored man who carried it at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, and with it shot Maj. Pitcairn." (Refers to Major John Pitcairn, a Scottish Marine officer, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.) Illustration and painting of Peter Salem with his musket in the company of other patriots, is shown, as well as a glimpse of a mass reenactment of the battle of Bunker Hill. Next is seen the famous 1851 oil-on-canvas painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware, by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Closeup of one oarsman, identified as African American, Prince Whipple. Film Reenactment of the ragtag American army at Valley Forge in the snow, shows their suffering. Among them is an actor in the role of African American, Salem Poor, who had purchased his freedom from slavery and fought with Washington's army. A bell ringing and the American flag of 13 stars signifying the 1776 Victory. Film reenactments of pioneers including whites and African Americans working together, felling trees and building forts and barns, and the like. Scene shifts to a man of war ship under sail firing a salvo from its cannons. This is followed by illustrations of Commodore Perry in the battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812. In a dory with Perry is a black man named Tyler Thompson. War ships exchange gunfire. Narrator cites Perry's famous words of victory: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Scene shifts to a painting of American general Andrew Jackson and his troops, at the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815. A battle reenactment shows a black American soldier participating. Postwar view of American ship building activity. View of a large sailing vessel. Cannon fire ushers in the Civil War in 1861 as Confederates fire on Fort Sumter. Images of combat are overlaid by the statue of Abraham Lincoln in his memorial at Washington, DC. Next, settlers are seen heading West in a wagon train. Camera focuses on a black couple who are part of the wagon train. White and African American men work side-by-side building a railroad. An early steam locomotive races along the tracks. .

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077350
Training of Seabees at a training station in the United States.

A training film titled 'Seabee Specials Indoctrination' on training of Seabees. Aerial view of a training station in the United States. Seabees at work. Men aboard trucks arrive at the training station. An officer instructs them. They are taught about discipline, appearance and drill. They walk upstairs. Seabees seated in a room. A man instructs them. They learn about ship parts and gear. The Seabees on a training ship. They work and are being trained on the ship. An instructor instructs a student. The chief instructor supervises the activities. All parts of the ship must be checked carefully. Any damage must be checked.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077410
Seabees are trained about combination lock splice and making of cargo nets in the United States.

A training film about training of Seabees in the United States. The Seabees are trained by their instructor. They tighten a rope. The splice is called combination lock splice. A man wraps a tape around strands of a rope. Each strand goes over one and under the next strand. Cutting and tying of the strands. Men make cargo nets. The nets are loaded with supplies and are lowered in a landing craft and a ship. An instructor points out the parts of a winch for a student. 'Safety First' written on a side of the ship. Handling of load with help of the winch.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077411
Seabees load different equipment with the help of various instrument aboard a ship in the United States.

A training film on training of Seabees in the United States. Use of slings to handle case cargo. The Seabees load a ship. A case is tied with a sling. Gasoline and oil drums are taken aboard the ship. Wire rope slings are used to carry steel landing nets. Men aboard ships. The wire rope slings are used to carry heavy crates. Jumbo booms are used to load even more heavier things. Four winches are used to control the boom. Lumber being loaded. Mock up of a 25 foot landing craft being loaded. A truck loaded on the ship. Hatch covers are replaced. Everything is adjusted in position by the Seabees. The loaded ships underway at sea.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077412