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Fort Lewis Washington USA 1940 stock footage and images

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Army tanks destroy old buildings on grounds of Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army tanks advances through smoke screen and destroy old buildings with machine guns hidden in them in Fort Lewis, Washington. War tanks advance. Damaged old buildings. Rubble of the house scattered on ground.

Date: 1930, June 14
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046578
Soldiers march in formation to honor American actor and U.S. Army First Lieutenant Audie Murphy at Fort Lewis in Washington.

U.S. Army 44th Division honors American actor and U.S. Army First Lieutenant Audie Murphy at Fort Lewis in Washington. Audie Murphy along with officers standing and being greeted by people. He gives an autograph to a woman. Soldiers march in formation. Murphy and other officer review them from a reviewing stand. Mechanized units and tanks parade.

Date: 1954, August 5
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076498
Barrage balloons are inflated and sent aloft at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Barrage balloons are inflated by men. Men near gas cylinders. Balloons are sent aloft at Fort Lewis.

Date: 1941
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039309
Barrage balloons take off as the 3rd Observation Squadron learn the tactics of observation in the United States.

Barrage balloons being tested in the United States. Barrage balloons in flight. A motor being removed from a gondola and a basket being attached. Men get into the basket to study the tactics of observation from a captive balloon. A barrage balloon lifts off. Ground crew handles a steel cable. The 3rd Observation Balloon Squad learns the details of observation at Fort Lewis, Washington. An instructor trains recruits. A barrage balloon in flight at Fort Lewis. Goodyear barrage balloon comes out of a hangar at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. Tail of a barrage balloon in flight. A barrage balloon being filled with helium. It takes off and in flight during a test.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050730
Washington State Governor calls up contingent of the National Guard to maintain order in Centralia, Washington, following Armistice Day riot on November 11th, 1919

Opening scene shows some some people gathered near pieces of debris on the sidewalk outside the Roderick Hotel and a 1-cent to 1 dollar store in Centralia, Washington. This is in the wake of the Armistice Day riot in that city that took place in that city, on November 11, 1919. It involved clashes between members of the The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and members of the American Legion. A man steps out of a shattered and empty store front on the street. The Washington National Guard was called up by Governor Hart to restore order. Company F of the 3rd Infantry, was sent to Centralia by train on the evening of the 11th from Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. Soldiers of that Company are seen assembling and receiving orders from their officer in Centralia. Next, the soldiers begin marching as guards, on the street in front of the local police station. Some pedestrians watch from a sidewalk. A group of local people crowd together to watch something of interest in a building

Date: 1919
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045976
Women pick daffodils in a large outdoor garden and a military couple exchanges rings during a wedding in Orting, Washington.

A military wedding in Orting, Washington, United States. Women in costumes pick daffodils in a large daffodil flower field. Soldiers and officers gathered during the spring time wedding. Staff Sergeant William Melnick and Private Clara Owens, from Fort Lewis, exchange rings. Soldiers hold guns as they stand near. The newly married couple kisses. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, March 30
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067075