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U.S. Submarine USS Sabalo (SS-302) torpedoes the U.S. Destroyer Escort, USS Foss (DE-59) in live fire test

The U.S. Submarine USS Sabalo (SS-302) torpedoes the U.S. Destroyer Escort, USS Foss (DE-59) in a live fire test of new proximity fuse for MK 16 torpedo. View from above, of the Sabalo heading toward the Foss, in the Pacific Ocean, off the California coast. Slight trace of the torpedo visible as it runs toward the Foss. The torpedo hits amidship with huge explosion that breaks the Foss in two. A LIVE TORPEDO TEST BY USS SABALO SS-302 6 September 1966

Date: 1966, September 6
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076556
USS Foss explodes and breaks into two after being torpedoed in a live fire test.

Aerial views from a hovering helicopter, of the U.S. Destroyer Escort, USS Foss (DE-59) as is floats unmanned as a target in live fire test of a new proximity fuse for the Mk 16 torpedo. A huge explosion is seen as the torpedo, launched by the U.S. Submarine, USS Sabalo (SS-302) strikes the Foss amidship. The Foss breaks into two pieces, which float separately, until they begin to sink slowly. The bow, displaying the number 59 points almost straight up as it begins to sink. A helicopter flies low over the scene.

Date: 1966, September 6
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076557
Demonstration of weapons and equipment to women Marines during training at Camp Lejeune in the United States.

A film on the recruitment of women in the United States Marine Corps during World War 2. Training of the new recruits. The Women Marines marching on a parade ground. Trees in the background. Several weapons are demonstrated in front of them. A soldier firing rifle. Machine guns and other guns are also demonstrated. Women stand near and aboard a tank. They are informed about the workings of the tank. A woman reading a document. Women seated in a room. They have a choice of subjects available to them. They can chose accountancy, statistics or many other subjects. Women Marines lined up on a ground. They salute each other.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076578
Dramatization depicts: members of the southern Cameron and northern Stoneman families of Washington during civil war.

Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. Prewar conditions on the Cameron estate in Piedmont, South Carolina. The members of the southern Cameron and northern Stoneman families of Washington are introduced. Men and women reading a newspaper outside a house. The newspaper headlined read: 'If the North carries the election, the South will secede'. An abolitionists meeting. They discuss about the news. The Stoneman library in Washington. Women cleaning the library. One of the woman leaves. A man enters and talks to the woman. They argue and the man leaves the room. The woman cry. Man portrayed as Leader of the Senate Charles Sumner in the library. He looks at the books kept on a table. He arrives near the woman and talks to her. A woman and a man talking amongst themselves in a room. Other man enters and talks to them.

Date: 1916
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076594
Aerial view of B-25 Mitchell air raid; also scenes from an American combat air field and supply operations for the field in the Pacific.

Film titled "Service group" on the workings of the United States Army Air Force Service Group in World War II, and their role in keeping remote air force landing strips supplied and in good repair during World War 2. Aerial view of United States Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell medium bombers in formation over an enemy target area. Bombs away view as the B-25 aircraft release bombs over the coastal target area and explosions are seen on the ground. Aerial view of a partially sunken ship off of a Pacific island. A P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft landing at a Pacific combat air field. Closeup of pilot as aircraft finishes taxi, and lettering on plane identifies him as Lieutenant R. McHale. Scenes on the ground at the air field, jeeps arriving at the airfield, pilots and crews in meetings and discussions, tents and quarters, meal operations, a soldier gets a shave, medical facilities, religious services, and watch towers. Pilots scramble to their waiting P-40 aircraft after tower spots enemy aircraft in the distance. Animated map depicts operations of the Air Service Center and logistics for supporting multiple Combat Air Fields. Scenes from the Air Service Center as new planes (P-38 Lightning) arrive and bombs are unloaded. Repair work and provisioning of supplies for the air fields.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076664
Prisoners of war remake and repair shoes for U.S. soldiers in the European Theater.

Salvage and reclamation activities in the European Theater during World War II. An African American U.S. Army soldier in a camp stands beside a large pile of old shoes and boots. Scenes inside a reclamation facility where German prisoners of war remake the shoes. POWs salvage usable parts of the shoes and sew and manufacture new shoes and boots for American soldiers using various machines.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076667