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Italian raiding bombers attack the seaport of Haifa, a vital oil shipping center. in Palestine

Italian aircraft attack the British Mandate of Palestine during World war II. Italian Royal Air Force raiding bombers conduct the first air raid on the Holy Land seaport of Haifa, a vital oil shipping center. Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero bombers in flight. The crew in the aircraft. Bombs dropped. The aircraft bombard the coastline and the port. Smoke due to heavy explosions during the bombardment.

Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057824
A NAM meeting and U.S. naval and air forces advance in preparation for World War II.

The United States on alert in the beginning of World War II. A National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) meeting. The NAM President talks addresses the group. He talks about the national defense requirements and ways to meet the mass production. The Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine plant in Hartford, Connecticut. Workers in line arrive for work. Men work to manufacture engines for American bomber and fighter aircraft. Manufactured engine parts stacked in stands. U.S. Navy Curtiss-Wright CW-22Bs in flight. A naval task force underway at sea below. The ships advance amidst explosions.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057831
Young American men enlist as Naval Reserves and military forces advance in preparation for World War II.

The United States in preparation for World War II. Men stand in line for physical examination. Navy doctor checks lungs of each man with stethoscope. Young American men enlisting and new recruits being sworn in as Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Station in New York. Men working in war production factories to manufacture aircraft, ships, guns, and armament as part of the war production effort building war materiel. Large gun and artillery barrels are shown in production factories. Coastal guns fired. U.S. military tanks, jeeps and trucks advance. Aircraft in flight. Tanks advance in training drills over land obstacles, including ramps that cause a tank to become briefly airborn. Lines of tanks in practice drill maneuvers at night. Machine gun emplacements firing tracers at night and hitting practice targets.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057832
U.S. military personnel, civilians, and monuments in Washington DC and New York near start of U.S. involvement in World War II.

The United States on guard at the beginning of World War II. The U.S. Capitol dome in Washington DC. U.S. troops and Boy Scouts marching in review. New York City: Children in a park, rivers, farm, fields, baseball and football games in NY stadiums, services in St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Statue of Liberty and the U.S. flag. The voice of Kate Smith singing 'God Bless America'.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057833
Spectators watch B-17 and B-a8s in flight during the dedication ceremony of McChord Field in Washington.

Ceremonies at the dedication of U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC) base McChord Field near Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington. A large crowd gathered for the event. USAAC Douglas B-18 Bolos and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on the ramp. Several aircraft parked around hangars. The spectators cheer and clap. B-18As in flight overhead. People watch the airplanes in flight.

Date: 1940
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057834
An Air Corps Training detachment student flies a Ryan PT-16 trainer aircraft in San Diego, California.

The United States prepares for World War II. The Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego, California. U.S. Army Air Corps Ryan PT-16 trainer aircraft take off. An Air Corps Training detachment student in the cockpit. The aircraft in flight. The pilot makes the aircraft do turn about, rolls, spins and other aerobatics.

Date: 1940
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057835