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Japanese taken as prisoner by Russia at end of World War II are returned to Japan 12 years later

A repatriation ship carrying 1,025 Japanese taken as prisoners by Russia during the end of World War II arrives at the Port of Maizuru in Japan. Ashes of the dead Japanese being brought down the ship in white bags. Japanese captives held by Russia in Siberian camps disembark from the ship and meet their family and friends.

Date: 1957, January 7
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038589
B-17 bomber crews of U.S. 8th Air Force are briefed before their mission

American air crews attend a briefing session in England during World War II. The mission briefer points out their target as the German port of Willhelmshaven. He also points to the positions of B-17s in the mission formation. Among them is seen Captain Morgan's name (pilot of the "Memphis Belle") as one of the flight leaders. The aircrews "hack" their watches. Several crew members kneel as a Chaplain gives them a blessing before the mission.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038594
German Luftwaffe operations primarily in siege of Sevastopol in World War II

German ground crews hand crank JU-87 Stuka dive bombers to start them, during World War 2. A flight of four fly over the camera, carrying a bomb under each wing. Scene shifts to German Bf-109 fighters being readied for takeoff. German ace, Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille, is being helped into cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf-109, by a crew chief. Camera focuses on the tail of his airplane displaying eagle atop a wreath encircling "100." An iron cross appears below the wreath. Ground crews crank start other Bf-109s, that taxi out and are seen, next, in formation flying above clouds. Closeup of two airborne Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers. View from the air of the harbor at Sevastopol, Crimea. Stukas dive bombing Sevastopol. German ground forces bombarding Sevastopol with heavy artillery. German soldiers advancing towards an area being shelled by German tanks. Soldiers using radios to communicate. Stuka dive bombers overhead. Bombs exploding in the city. A Junkers 88 bomber in flight. Bombs dropping on Port below. View of pilot in cockpit of German bomber. View from air of bomb craters below. View from cockpit of a Ju-88 of another Ju-88 ahead. View from overflying German aircraft of silent Soviet Coastal guns atop Fort Maxim Gorky. (Note: Some scenes may be from unrelated times and places. For example, Hans-Joachim Marseille, was know primarily for his flying exploits in Africa.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675038758
Traces the route of lend lease activities of American goods bound for Russia via Iran and Iraq

Lend lease activities at American outposts in Iran. Traces routes of American shipments from United States to Iran. Cargo unloaded from ships at ports in Basra, Iraq and Khoremshar, Iran. Officer checks the shipments. Piles of supplies like tires, bags and wooden boxes received from America.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038764
Views of Israel during the Arab-Israeli War and near the 1948 founding time of Israel.

State of Israel formed amid violence. Men and a woman with pilot of small plane. Aerial views of landscape. Aircraft in flight. Bomb damage at a port and a ship seen in harbor. Dead body in rubble, a victim of the Arab-Israeli war.

Date: 1948
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038961
Russia dismantles missile sites from the island of Cuba.

Population worldwide shown waiting for news about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Press announcement that President Kennedy has received message from Nikita Khrushchev, Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, saying that Russia will dismantle missile sites in Cuba. Views of various ships in United States fleet. Band playing at port as wives return to Guantanamo and the celebration goes on. View of a small church and citizens entering the church. Americans going to work. Reconnaissance photos showing missiles dismantled, and showing shadow of the photographing aircraft, itself. Soviet ships carrying missiles out of Cuba. Americans walking on town streets.

Date: 1962, October
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038968