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America's actions as World War II breaks out in Europe and Japan attacks China in Asia

Americans in bed listen to radio announcing beginning of World War 2 in Europe. French troops deploying to Maginot Line fortresses and firing their heavy guns. German heavy artillery firing. A rail gun firing. Pollsters gather American opinions about the war.Congress convenes in Special session. President Roosevelt requests changes in Neutrality Act. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota argues against and Senator Elbert D. Thomas (Utah) argues for changes in neutrality. Pollsters seek American's opinions. U.S. Congress ends arms embargo. The ship SS American Farmer (United States Lines) underway in the ocean. Animated map of Asia and views of Japanese forces bombarding China. Chinese civilians fleeing bombardment. Japanese soldiers executing two Chinese men. Dead Chinese civilians. American housewife being asked opinion about Chinese-Japanese conflict. Japanese ships load U.S. scrap iron, as some Americans protest. Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State explaining U.S. law and decision to stop all exports to Japan in Summer 1941.

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046111
Buildings restructured by Seabees during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II.

A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A German chart of Cherbourg harbor. Allied officers at a German hospital restructured by the 28th Battalion. A statue of Napoleon on a street. A naval headquarter building. Dr. Anderson of 81st Battalion with the first French baby delivered by him. The baby named 'Seabee' with his parents.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077918
Burned buildings and a power plant in southern France due to Allied bombings during World War II.

Aftermath of Allied bombings in southern France during World War II. Damaged buildings. Children walk past a damaged building. A French woman with her children after the Germans killed her husband and burned down their house. A sign reads 'Matafelon'. A burned restaurant. A sign reads 'Le Port'. Machinery at a power plant. Water comes through a spillway.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078074
FFI men arrest collaborators during the Allied invasion of southern France in World War II.

Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. Collaborators being arrested and taken away by FFI (French Free Forces) men. An old woman kisses men on a street. German prisoners march past a military truck on a street. British soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078092
Various views of the Manhattan bridge and environs, in New York City

Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078131
Contribution of African American soldiers during the Spanish American War and World War I.

A film about the role of African American soldiers during various wars in the United States. A dramatization shows a black soldier during the Spanish American War. He also talks about his role in Cuba and the construction of the Panama Canal. Footage of the Panama Canal being constructed and ships underway in the canal. United States Army forces including black soldiers boarding troop transport ships bound for Europe during World War 1. A railroad train carries African American soldiers to France during World War I. African American soldier units under General Pershing march in formation with an Army band in France during World War 1. African American soldiers work and fight against the Germans, including the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles, the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment near Verdun. African American soldiers racing for front lines including the soldiers with the 8th Illinois and the 372nd regiment and the 371st, and the 369th Infantry Regiment in the Argonne. View from behind soldier as he fires a machine gun, and United States Army infantry firing artillery. African American soldiers of the 369th regiment being decorated and receiving the French Croix de Guerre for their heroic actions in World War I. The African American soldiers march at a parade in New York City following World War I and are greeted by throngs of enthusiastic African American civilians attending the parade. View of Henry Johnson being congratulated by civilians after he and Needham Roberts performed with exceptional heroism and received the Croix de Guerre. Close up view of the Croix de Guerre medal on a uniform. Graves of African American soldiers who lost their lives during World War I at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. View of the All-Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square in Philadelphia (Logan Square, SE corner 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). View of a stone memorial erected in the Meuse-Argonne region, north of Sechault, as a tribute to the efforts of the African American soldiers of the 371st Infantry Regiment who fought and died there on April 21, 1918 during World War 1.

Date: 1917
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078145