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U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt signs Selective Service Training Act of 1940. American men are drafted for military service

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses officials in Germany. German military aircraft in flight . Bombs falling on targets. German troops march through streets. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, at a desk in his office, signs the Selective Service Training Act of 1940. Officials mix serial numbers in a glass container. President Roosevelt announces the serial numbers of the men drafted into the U.S. Army. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets await the announcement. Selected men are shown in all places and in all walks of life, in the United States. They undergo a medical and physical checkup at the induction center to begin service as new military recruits. Those inducted receive basic training and begin tours of duty in the U.S. Army. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073569
U.S. Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve units operating together in combat, in Korea, and returning home after the truce

Soviet military forces in massed formations at Red Square, in Moscow, Russia. Joseph Stalin stands on balcony above. Scenes of rebellion in Europe and Asia. A map of Korea. June 25, 1950, as Korean War war broke out between North and South Korea. Buildings burning. Refugees fleeing. View of United Nations building on East River in New York City, where American ambassador Warren Austin is speaking. View of the Capitol in Washington, DC. President Truman, speaking, committed U.S. forces to action. U.S. Reservists are recalled to active duty to fight in Korea. Some are seen getting off a bus at a military base reception center. Recalled reservists with full field gear, starting their journey overseas, and later seen in Korea. U.S. tanks moving over the road manned by soldiers with World War Two experience. Numerous scenes of heavy artillery firing, mostly at night. U.S. regular Army, National Guard, and Army reserve soldiers engaged in fire fights in Korean War using tanks, artillery, mortars, and rifles. Soldiers administer first air and assist wounded comrades. American troops slogging through rain and snow in Korea. Soldiers eating from mess kits, and reading the Stars and Stripes newspaper, during a lull in combat. North Korean officers arriving, in snow, for armistice talks. Following the truce, American soldiers are seen packed up and heading home from Korea.

Date: 1953
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073573
American struggle for recognition as an independent nation, is illustrated by reenactments of battles in the War of 1812

John Charles Daly standing in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States, speaks of the period prior to the establishment of the U.S. Medal of Honor. Reenacted scenes of the War of 1812 are shown, including British and American naval engagements and Americans fighting British regulars in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 .

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073607
Color scenes of WWII including Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and Pacific campaign.

Montage of scenes dealing with Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Bombs exploding and ships on fire; Japanese airplane diving from formation; a jeep driving past a burning airplane; hangars burning; Sailors firing anti-aircraft guns from an American ship; A New Orleans class American Cruiser firing her 8-inch guns; A South Dakota Class battleship firing her 16-inch guns; Group of American M3 Stuart light tanks in a field; U.S. Aviation Cadets marching between rows of Boeing Stearman Model 75 training biplanes; American soldiers marching in huge formations; Paratroopers in training jumps from towers; Troops climbing aboard a troop ship, from a landing craft; Marines in a landing craft carrying a large American flag; Landing craft in an amphious assault; Troops coming ashore from a Higgins boat, during training; An amphibious invasion task force at dusk; Troops wading ashore during the invasion of France in World War II, with barrage balloons aloft and support ships offshore. Staged scene of soldier on transport ship using flash light to read letter from home. Capital warships firing heavy guns and soldiers descending rope nets to enter landing craft. Soldiers landing on shore from Higgins Boats during training, and then on the shores of Normandy during the D-day invasion. American tank crew on an M26 Pershing tank. Major General George Patton with 1st Armored Division patch on his uniform sleeve. General George Marshall. General Dwight D. Eisenhower decorating an officer. Lieutenant General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Paratroopers jumping en masse from C-47 transport planes. German forces retreating in trucks along a road. Japanese General Yoshijirō Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signing Surrender document aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II, in the pacific. Glimpse of troop ship arriving in a U.S. harbor. View of U.S. military cemetery. Scene shifts to John Charles Daly, speaking in front of wall with names of Medal of Honor recipients, in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, in 1968.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073611
U.S. servicemen are kept informed through Stars and Stripes newspaper, radio and television telecasts in the United States.

American servicemen are kept informed through newspaper and radio telecasts in the United States. A man operates a recording machine and records the interview of an officer. Printing of Stars and Stripes newspaper. A truck loaded with bundles of newspaper moves through streets. Soldiers aboard a ship underway at sea read a newspaper. They listen to the radio. A man operates a recording device at a American Forces Radio and Television Station. American military men watch television shows. Newspapermen discuss news material. Broadcast technical specialists operate devices at a station.

Date: 1975
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073615
Personnel edit recordings at the American Forces Radio and Television Station in Washington DC, United States.

American Forces Radio and Television Station facility in Washington DC, United States. A man checks recordings of news, sports and special events at a station. The recordings are edited to remove commercial messages. Officials read program details at a operating schedule board. Men work at a station and feed the programs to a American Forces Radio and Television Station by short wave transmitters.

Date: 1975
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073623