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A BT-13 takes of and in flight, United States.

BT-13's on an airbase in United States. Other vehicles on the airbase. Men stand near the aircraft. Hangar and trees in the background. A BT-13 takes off. The aircraft in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028357
Line of BT-13's and pilot and civilians examine the aircraft in United States.

Line of BT-13's in United States. Civilians examine the aircraft. Pilot examines the aircraft. Hangar in the background. Trees in the background.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028358
Men work on the semi-finished BT-13's at Vultee Aircraft Plant in United States.

Semi-finished BT-13's inside the Vultee Aircraft Plant in United States. A welder at work on engine mount. Riveters at work. Line of BT-13's. Men work under wing of BT-13. Row of wings of BT-13's. Man works on tail wheel of BT-13.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028359
U.S. Army Air Forces repair and re-fly a battle-damaged B-17 after an emergency forced landing in World War II

Film opens showing a large formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 bombers flying high overhead as they return to bases in the United Kingdom, during World War 2. Closeup of one plane shows Triangle tail code of the 97th Bombardment Group, and tail number 42-23383. View looking past tail tunner turret towards numerous aircraft in a formation. Scene shifts to view from a B-17 of black flak clouds from German anti-aircraft guns. A B-17 in flight with flak damage to a wing, and another with a destroyed left tail stabilizer and elevator. Closeup of feathered right inboard engine on a B-17 in flight. More views from behind the formation, and looking straight up at passing B -17s overhead. View looking down at a B-17 approaching for landing. Closeup of both right engines feathered on a B-17 in flight. (Narrator states an aircraft named "Stella" had three engines inoperative and was unable to reach the field to land.) Army Air Forces controllers communicating by radio with crews of aircraft. View from ground of the B-17 ("Stella") coming in for a crash landing in an oat field, with landing gear not extended. Closeup from cockpit, of number 3 engine running and number4 feathered. View from inside the aircraft as it crash lands. View of it in the field. It displays tail number 42-5910 and a "G" tail code in a white triangle, identifying it as belonging to the 40th Bombardment Wing, 305th Bomb Group at RAF Grafton Underwood Trucks are seen carrying mechanics and technicians to the crash landing site. Next, the B-17 is seen surrounded by repair crews. It is sitting in a cleared area and its landing gear is intact. Closeup of the aircraft's flak torn fuselage. A severely damaged gun turret on the ground next to the aircraft. Section of cockpit sitting on the ground. Views of mechanics working in their portable shops as they make repairs to the B-17 aircraft. Machinist running a lathe in one of the portable shops.View from ground of the mechanics at work on the aircraft's engines, as engineers employ earth-moving equipment in the background to create a temporary runway to facilitate takeoff. Closeups of the earth-moving equipment at work. More closeups of mechanics working to restore the aircraft. Some work on an engine suspended from an A-Frame. Closeup of two mechanics, one of whom displays images of a Lockheed P-38 lightning fighter aircraft and a B-26 Marauder aircraft on his jacket. More views of eath-moving operations. Closeup of a mechanic being moved by crane as he guides a propeller into place on the B-17. Closeups of mechanics affixing propellers on the plane. View of engineers employing surveying instruments as they ready the emergency strip for the B-17's takeoff. Closeup of the aircraft ("Stella") surrounded by seated mechanics, as she is about ready to fly again. View from behind spectators, including local English people, as the aircraft engines start. The repaired B-17 taxis onto the improvised air strip, and raising lots of dust as she takes off. Glimpse of local people waving as the aircraft becomes airborne.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028381
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
"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