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German troops carry field post man, transport squadrons bring reserves to the Eastern Front (WWII)

German troops on the Eastern Front during World War II. Snow covered area. Germans chop down a pine tree to use as a Christmas tree on the Russian front in 1941. German soldiers rush out of the bunker entrance. A field post soldier arrives in motorcycle with a sidecar. Soldiers lift the field post man, triumphantly carrying him into the bunker. The German transport squadrons bring reserves to the Eastern Front. Soldiers on sledges. German ski patrol encounters Russian forces while towing equipment cross country. Soldiers unload supplies from an aircraft. German troops use reindeer to transport supplies in the snow. The soldiers wear white snow camouflage suits while skiing in the forest. Frozen coniferous trees covered in snow. Whitewashed Pz.38t Czech tank, used by Germans, passes in the snow.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028443
Thanksgiving Day celebrations at Oum El Aguareb in Algeria, North Africa in World War 2.

Thanksgiving Day celebrations at Oum El Aguareb in Algeria,North Africa. American soldiers chase a flock of turkeys. Natives gift turkey to U.S. soldiers. U.S. soldiers roll up copies of detailed war maps meant for tank commanders. Allied tanks deployed near Tebourba in Tunisia. Convoy of Allied tanks, half tracks and jeeps move.

Date: 1942, November 26
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029004
Ships underway at sea during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in World War II

Film begins showing a British Spitfire aircraft in flight overhead, viewed from a warship. Next the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable (67) is seen and an Atlanta class light cruiser nearby. A Corsair fighter plane circles the carrier and lands on it. It is followed by another that executes a missed approach, goes around and returns again to land. Two battleships are seen and then other warships and the carrier in the distance. A light cruiser is viewed from a following ship having twin guns in a forward turret. Several warships silhouetted against the sky in the distance. Near land, barrage balloons are seen in the sky. Several transport ships in the distance with barrage balloons above them. Ships headed toward a port with a city behind it.

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 5 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029016
"Carlson's Raiders," of the U.S. Marine corps, return to Pearl Harbor, on two submarines, after their Makin Raid in World War II

The return of "Carlson's Raiders," to Pearl Harbor following their successful Makin Raid in World War 2. View from a high point overlooking a wharf at Pearl Harbor, as the USS Nautilus (SS-168) approaches. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, a reception committee of high ranking naval officers, and other well-wishers. (Unrelated sequence inserted, of a surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun and smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship in the distance.) Scene shifts back to Pearl Harbor, again. This time it shows the USS Argonaut (SS-166) docked, and Admiral Chester Nimitz boarding the submarine and shaking hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, its Commanding Officer. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, (President Roosevelt's son) who is Executive Officer of the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. Scene shifts again, to deck of the USS Nautilus, where Admiral Nimitz, holding Japanese war trophies from the Makin Raid, discusses them with a young officer from the Second Raider Battalion. View of arms and equipment of the Marines on the submarine deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. Marine Raiders begin to leave the submarine and walk past a military honor guard with rifles at parade rest.

Date: 1942, August 26
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029283
Introduction to the Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft.

Documentary titled 'Introduction to the P-39'. Trainee pilots look at a Bell P-39 Aircobra pursuit aircraft in flight. It lands on an airstrip. The pilot emerges from the cockpit. The pilot talks to new P-39 pilots about the specification and capabilities of the P-39. Guns on the nose and wings of the plane. P-39 in flight. The guns triggered and fired. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 6 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029751
Cockpit controls of a Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft check before take off.

A Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft in flight. Pilot debriefs the trainee pilots about the maneuverability of the P-39. A trainee Pilot prepares to enter a P-39 taxi on airstrip. Parachute straps. Cockpit view of the P-39. Aircraft's rudder, pedals, elevators, brakes, shoulder straps, emergency release handle, radio control, transmitter, and receiver check before take off. Landing gear switch, guns switches and propeller controls also check.

Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029752