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USAAF A-26 Invader fly in formation in Germany during World War II.

U.S. bombers in Germany during World War II. United States Army Air Forces A-26 Invader in flight overhead. The aircraft fly in formation.

Date: 1945
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077322
USAAF C-47 Skytrain aircraft tow Waco CG-4A gliders in flight in Germany during World War II.

U.S. aircraft in Germany during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrains tow USAAF Waco CG-4A gliders. Aircraft in flight overhead.

Date: 1945
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077323
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2

Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077359
An airship lands aboard an aircraft carrier for refueling in the Atlantic Ocean.

A U.S. Navy airship lands aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A signal officer signals on the deck of the carrier. He gives landing signal. Advancing party men hold short lines and pass it on to short line party. Ground officer signals. Drag rope party steadies the tail of the airship as it lands. Crew members fasten the lines and when all lines are secured airship lands. Before take off ground officer signals. Short lines being let loose and it takes off. Another airship in flight in the background. In case of adverse weather an airship being refueled in mid air. A fuel hose being hoisted aboard the airship to be refueled without landing. An airship in flight over the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077419
Icebreaker, USS Burton Island stops at Kodiak island to load equipment and then proceeds on mission towards King Island, Alaska

The icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) en route to King Island in Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance mission. USS Burton Island stops at Womans Bay, Kodiak Island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. The U.S. troop transport submarine, USS Perch (SSP-313) moves slowly on the surface, past the camera. The USS Perch crew lines her afterdeck. Notable on the USS Perch, is a large rounded watertight container for storing amphibious landing equipment. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island. Crew fastens the helicopter securely in anticipation of rough seas through which she is later seen making way. Views of crew members removing rime ice from the deck, superstructure, and turret of a 5 inch gun. Small slabs of sea ice termed, "lilly pads," floating in the water. Rime Ice covering the railings of the USS Burton Island.

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077433
A wounded Vietnamese girl arrives for medical aid via UH-1 Huey helicopter in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

A Vietnamese woman exits a UH-1 Huey air ambulance helicopter as crew unloads her wounded daughter on a stretcher. The mother cries as she holds a child in her arms. Another Vietnamese woman cries after losing her family members during the Vietnam war. An upset older Vietnamese man and woman.

Date: 1966
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077439