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Fort Lewis Washington USA 1941 stock footage and images

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United States 3rd Army Division troops advance and fire artillery on field in Fort Lewis,Washington.

3rd Army Division troops advance in Fort Lewis,Washington. The United States 3rd Army Division troops holding rifles march on field. Mountains in the background. Troops walk across the suspension bridge. Tanks and trucks cross bridge. Troops advance and fire artillery on field.

Date: 1937, May 24
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073028
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
Formal Review of the Third Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, commanded by Major General Charles F. Thompson

Formal review in parade of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division by its Commander, also commander of Fort Lewis, Major General Charles F. Thompson. Thousands of soldiers also watch the review, some from spectator stands and some seated on the ground. View of 7th Machine Gun Battalion (printed on side of truck, passing in review). Seen are: Dirigible overhead; Two military bands; troops marching with shouldered arms with fixed bayonets; General Thompson accompanied by a civilian official, and many others in the reviewing stand; mules carrying supplies; trucks carrying machine guns; trucks pulling heavy artillery; numerous utility vehicles; a small black dog walking beside the troops; Color Guard; Red and white bunting draped on reviewing stand; Mules carrying parts of artillery pieces (one mule acts up and causes difficulty for its handler); Honor guard on horseback carrying the American Flag; Horses and mules carrying parts of artillery pieces; Heavy artillery; All spectators rise and salute the colors; Mount Ranier in the background; Loud speakers with four horns set on ground between bands and marchers. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040413
The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC and Paratrooper Demonstration at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in World War II

The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC, during World War 2, from December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, are seated in chairs on a portico of the White House. ( Roosevelt wears a black arm band, in mourning for his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who died on September 7, 1941.) Behind them stand representatives from various Allied nations. Scene shifts abruptly to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, June 24, 1942, where Prime Minister Churchill and U.S. Army Brigadier General William C. Lee, ride in back of an open white convertible car to inspect U.S. Army troops at attention in a massive formation. Next, the troops are seen marching. Churchill smoking a cigar is seated on a bench watching as the parade continues, to include soldiers in jeeps, and trucks. Closeup of U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George Marshall, conversing with Prime Minister Churchill. Next, Churchill, accompanied by General Lee, personally inspects Army paratroopers in their jump gear. Among others accompanying him is U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, wearing a pith helmet. Churchill listens on a portable radio, as paratroop commanders in flight give orders for their paratroopers to jump. Formations of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft are seen overhead, as hundreds of paratroopers jump from them and descend by parachutes. Churchill, seated on a chair, next to General Lee, watches the paratrooper demonstration. Secretary Stimson, sits behind him. British and American officers and soldiers stand behind and watch, as well. Closeup of Churchill with cigar in his mouth, shielding his eyes, with his hands as he watches the demonstration. The second person seated behind Churchill is British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, with his hand on an upright wood support. More views of parachutes floating down into an area of trees, and of more C-47s dropping paratroops from overhead.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072207
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