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Chinese and U.S. troops swim across a river to take up new positions and 14th Air Force provides a cover to the troops in Burma.

Chinese Army airplanes in Burma during World War II. Commander of U.S. forces in China Joseph W. Stilwell directs U.S. trained Chinese soldiers in a jungle. Troops carry a raft and move towards a river. Chinese and U.S. troops swim across the river to take up new positions. General Stilwell with other officers. The troops advance through the jungle. A soldier looks through binoculars. U.S. and Chinese troops fire guns. A U.S. soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier loads shell in an anti aircraft gun and fires. The troops cross a bridge. Men carry a wounded on a stretcher. U.S. and Chinese nurses treat the wounded. Chinese troops in jeeps move through the jungles. U.S. 14th Air Force provides a cover to the advancing troops.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069162
Coast Artillerymen unpack a barrage balloon and its accessories during a demonstration at Camp Davis in North Carolina (WW2)

Coast Artillery troops at Camp Davis in North Carolina demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon in World War II. Two types of barrage balloons. Army Soldiers lay a canvas cover on a balloon bed. A compact wooden box in which a balloon is transported. Men lift the box and bring it to the edge of the cloth on the ground. They remove a lid. A balloon and its accessories are unpacked. Men remove their shoes and spread the balloon. Men put an inflation tube into an appendix of the balloon and the other end is attached to an air blower. The balloon is partially inflated. A man enters a gas chamber through the appendix and takes an inspection lamp. Men prepare cylinders of helium for inflation the balloon. The inspection is complete and the man comes out from the appendix. Men walk on the balloon to remove the air.

Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069168
Coast Artillerymen fill a balloon with helium gas and raise the balloon during a demonstration at Camp Davis in North Carolina (WW2)

Coast Artillery soldiers at Camp Davis in North Carolina in World War II. demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon. The manifold of the balloon is connected to a helium gas cylinder by means of a rubber tube. Men connect one end of an inflation tube to the manifold. The end of the tube is connected with the appendix of the balloon. The envelope is inflated A soldier opens cylinder valves. The balloon gradually rises. Men install a rudder. Men hang sand bags on the balloon to control its rate of rise. Men move the balloon to a winch. The second balloon inflated in the same manner. Men remove the sand bags. A man operates the winch. The balloon rises. The second balloon rises. The balloons are raised up. A balloon is hauled down and anchored. Men hang the sand bags. The Army personnel march off from the field.

Date: 1941
Duration: 7 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069169
U.S. soldiers work out in trainnasium and taught pistol techniques at a secret camp in the United States.

A documentary shows a training program of U.S. Army hand picked volunteer soldiers in a secret training camp for guerrilla warfare during World War II. The students, masked to conceal their identity, enter the wooded area. The quarters for the students in the wooded region. They work out in a trainnasium. The soldiers swing on a rope. Climb up on a rope and practice other guerrilla tactics in the obstacle course. The students stand in formation and an OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officer teaches them the new pistol techniques. A target in the background. The officer wearing a mask demonstrates different handgun techniques specially adapted for fast offensive actions. The officer teaches them the firing action of the hand gun and students practice the action. A close up of a student wearing mask and practicing. They learn the techniques through demonstration and supervised practice. A student stands in front of a target. The officer instructs him and other look on. He fires at the target. A close up of the target. The student firing. He removes the magazine and reloads the magazine. The officer instructing and the student fire. The OSS officer walks up to the target and points out at the good shots.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069184
An officer demonstrate the techniques of the gentle art of murder at a secret camp in the United States.

A documentary shows a training program of masked, U.S. Army hand picked volunteer soldiers in a secret training camp for guerrilla warfare during World War II. An OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officer and a student wearing a mask at a field demonstrate the gentle art of murder technique with the help of slow motion sequences. The techniques include jabbing through chin and eyes of would-be armed assailant, and locking of arm. The students watch the demonstration as a mock assailant holding a hand gun at the back of the instructor receives the instructor's counter attack.

Date: 1942
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069191
Bell XFM-1 Airacuda taxis and takes off from the Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio for its first test flight.

The first test flight of U.S. Army Air Corps Bell XFM-1 Airacuda bomber destroyer aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. XFM-1 stationery at the field. A pilot and an officer stand in front of the bomber airlift. The propeller of the aircraft starts. XFM-1 taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. XFM-1 lands at the air field and taxis.

Date: 1937, November 3
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069218