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A river no longer navigable in France due to a bombed out bridge during World War II. The French repair the bridge

Many commercial barges tied up next to one another along banks of a river blocked by a destroyed bridge in France during World War 2. Numerous tug boats also tied up along the river bank. View from one bank of the remains of the bridge completely blocking river traffic. A man rows a small boat from the near shore. Camera pans over the wreckage. Next workers are seen repairing the bridge. Water flows rapidly through an open section of new substructure. A barge loaded with men and steam driven equipment is on the up-river side of the bridge. Black smoke issues from burning coal or oil powering the barge. A single new walkway spans above the bridge opening. Next is a closeup of the work barge with steam rising from it. A different section of the bridge structure is seen next, with a gang of workmen on new bridge decking and others working from below on a barge. Closeup of workers installing the bridge decking. One is cutting excess length of a board, with a hand saw. Several men looking over the edge of the bridge deck at water flowing through spillways underneath it. Closeup of a diver in complete diving gear, including a metal helmet, working at the base of the bridge. Man climbing a ladder from a steel section of bridge. Worker using an Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Torch to remove a damaged section of steel. Tugboats plying the river. Local citizens watching the tugboats from atop a downstream bridge. as boat traffic resumes with the upstream bridge repaired. Closeup of tugboat passing under the bridge. Glimpse of tugboat under a graceful undamaged bridge. Closeup of a bulk carrier powered barge passing a bridge filled with spectators. A clamshell bucket grabbing material from the barge and raising it to load it somewhere.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067185
French General Charles de Gaulle decorates the Free French troops in France during World War II.

The Free French troops being decorated in France during World War II. A building. French General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle gets off a car. People at desks in a hall. The General decorates the Free French troops.

Date: 1944
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067186
American Forces advance against Japanese held areas of New Guinea during World War II.

Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific the the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. An American soldier sentry near a destroyed Japanese reinforced concrete bunker. Another looks at a destroyed Japanese coastal gun. More American soldiers looking over destroyed Japanese coastal defenses. A destroyed Japanese type 95 HA-GO tank. A U.S. troops look at a destroyed Japanese Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) bombers on a captured airfield. Animated map of New Guinea.showing Allied advance to Hollandia. U.S. aircraft carriers with their aircraft flying overhead. Closeup from behind of a Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft taking off from a carrier. Formations of U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in flight overhead. Escort aircraft carriers (called "Jeep" carriers by the narrator) are seen with decks full of airplanes. Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taxiing on a carrier deck. An F6F fighter plane taking off. A formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless airplanes viewed from above, flying over the sea. Gun camera films from U.S. aircraft strafing parked airplanes on Japanese airfields.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067287
Farmers plow and sow seeds in Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York.

The film 'Farm Offensive' about people producing food for war in Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York during World War II. Soldiers disembark from a warship. The soldiers move inland on a beach. They fire guns. A man drives a tractor. The tractor pulls a plow. Mules pull a machine on a farm. A tractor hauls a trolley carrying farm goods. A farmer on a seed sowing machine. The machine is pulled by a tractor.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067305
Farmers sow seeds in Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York.

A film about people producing food for war in Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York during World War II. Farmers at work in a field. A woman works in a field with a shovel. Two women sow seeds. A man sows seeds. A man presses mud with leg. Another man watches. The women cover seedlings. A water container kept on a side. A child plants a tree. A water flask kept on the ground near the child.

Date: 1944
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067306
Mexican farmers work on a field and in warehouses at Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York.

A film about people producing food for war in Victory gardens in Brooklyn, New York during World War II. Mexican farmers on a field. Women sort potatoes. The farmers load sacks on trolleys in warehouses. A farmer in a field. Hens feed on the field. A farmer carries a bucket filled with eggs. Farmers pick orchard crop from trees. They put the crops in crates. The farmers load crates on a trolley. A harvester in operation on a field.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067308