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ARVN Special Forces trainees and U.S. soldiers at the 5th SFG (ABN) 1st SF compound in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.

U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1st Special Forces base in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Entrance to the US-ARVN Special Forces training compound. A sign over the entrance reads 'Home of Detachment B 51'. Soldiers walk past military trucks parked at the motor pool. A sign on the shed reads 'Motor Pool'. Two ARVN soldiers fix a tire. A sign for 'Detachment B-51, 5th SFG (ABN) 1st SF' in front of the Orderly Room. A Vietnamese girl walks past the sign. An ARVN Special Forces instructor demonstrates hand to hand combat positions and maneuvers in a field. Trainees follow instructions and practice. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1970, June 23
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021707
Montage of scenes involving military equipment and operations emphasizing signal corps communications

'The Signal Corps Fights' depicts the role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Montage of military equipment and combat scenes (some staged). Opens with glimpses of: massed formation of U.S. Army soldiers; similar formation of bombs in a munitions factory; row of P-47 fighter planes parked on an airfield; a huge radar antenna; battery of U.S. 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft guns; troops marching toward the camera; Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft dropping bombs, that explode on the ground; formation of German He 111 bombers in flight; U.S. battery of 120mm anti-aircraft guns firing; gun camera views of U.S. fighter strafing German aircraft on the ground, and attacking a German Messerschmitt bf 109 head-on (The tail is blown off and the pilot bails out at the last instant); fire engulfing some soldiers. Next, a soldier is seen at a large signal corps field telephone switchboard, and other communications switchboards are shown with operators. Momentary glimpse of troops, ostensibly engaged in combat. A soldier communicating from under a camouflage netting, and one holding a rifle and talking in a phone as he strings wire from a spool in his backback. A german soldier ostensibly cutting a U.S. communications cable that he discovers in the field. A U.S. soldier crawling along the line to find and repair the damage, followed by a staged "attack" by the German soldier. They engage in a knife fight. Soviet infantry advancing on the Eastern Front. Soviet T-34 tanks advancing. Soviet soldiers engaged in combat. An unusual U.S. tank with two guns, and side protection over track wheels. M3 Stuart light tanks going down hill with infantry in france during World war 2. Hand of signal corps soldier using a key to send morse code message. Soldier in bunker using field telephone. Signal corps soldiers communicating with field switchboards during combat. Momentary glimpse of German Messerschmitt bf 109 and another aircraft speeding past. Bomb exploding. Huge clouds of black smoke billowing, behind camouflaged German military vehicles parked. Twisted frames of German wrecked vehicles and rail cars. Huge number of German soldiers marshaling to retreat from advancing Allies. German officers conferring.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021719
Army Signal Corps receive and send messages via various methods in World War II; Pentagon signal center operations.

The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat during World War 2. Submarine cables laid down by the Signal Corps. Soldiers operate field army communication equipment for communication within and between units. Soldiers talk over the radio in a military jeep. American soldiers employ communication equipment seated at a table in a camp. A U.S. Army Signal Officer goes through documents. An officer receives a message in Washington DC. The message is relayed from the State Department to the Signal Center in the Pentagon building. Exterior views of the Pentagon building circa 1943 or 1944. Inside the Army Communications Signal Center in the Pentagon, technicians work using various communication equipment. They receive messages punched on tape as the tapes emerge from machines. Workers encoding and decoding secret and confidential messages that run the war. Workers at the 'Traffic Control, Army Command and Administrative System'. Paper messages seen gliding across a track near the ceiling above a signboard. A man inserts and removes cables from switchboard slots. The plans are then passed on in code through a maze of antennas all over the world. An animated map depicts the sending of these messages by radio multi-channels, radio teletypes, and manual radios to the front lines. A vast network of Army communication system from Washington DC to the rest of the world to carry a message around the world in three and a half minutes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021731
German invasion of France in World War II

Panzer II tank camouflaged with foliage emerges from woods, during the German invasion of France, during World War 2. A Panzer III tank also comes out of woods. German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane seen in flight. View from aircraft flying over battle front with clouds below and bombs or shells exploding on the ground. Explosions seen at ground level near a river. German tanks crossing a steel bridge over a river, and driving along a road past a knocked out tank and burning trucks. View from overflying aircraft f road filled with German armored vehicles. Henschel Hs 126 airplane maneuvering overhead and dropping a flare, which is picked up by a German soldier on the ground. Many tanks and a vehicle towing an artillery piece, moving over hilly terrain. A German Half-track Sd Kfz 250 personnel carrier. German tanks moving in a field as shells strike nearby.Geeman tanks firing at distant targets with white smoke obscuring the area. tanks breaking through stone wall to enter forests. Animated map depicts the advance of German Army Group A (under Gerd von Rundstedt) and Army Group B (under Fedor von Bock) through the Weygand Line defenses into the Chemin des Dames sector. German tanks advancing in all kinds of terrain, with some views from windows of the tanks View from a tank firing its gun at an Allied tank. A burning Renault FT light tank. Foliage camouflaged German army truck. Advancing motorized German forces raising huge dust clouds as they advance. German armor entering a village, past a dead horse on the street. German Field Marshal Fedor von Bock is seen on a street observing first hand the advance of his Army Group B. Oil storage tanks burning. Other huge fires with billowing heavy smoke. Fires burning buildings in a town and causing the collapse of some. Buildings in a city center surrounded by fires burning and heavy smoke. German soldiers clearing debris in midst of city. One has "Org.Todt" army engineer insignia on his sleeve. In closing scenes, the camera pans over the Notre-Dame cathedral in Roen, France.

Date: 1940
Duration: 7 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021752
German and Italian troops advance towards and enter Stalingrad during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.

The Battle of Stalingrad in USSR during World War 2. A map depicts the eastern front German advance into Stalingrad. German and Italian skirmishers crouch and advance in a field on the outskirts of Stalingrad. Soldiers advance under the cover of tanks and artillery. Aircraft provide aerial support. Troops enter Stalingrad. Street fighting in the city. Soldiers amidst war damaged buildings and structures. Wrecked abandoned Russian tanks and war equipment. Rubble on the streets. Military equipment on rail cars. Damaged Soviet factories and plants. The war torn city.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675021784
Dr. Robert Ley meets Romanian Prime Minister Ion Antonescu in Bucharest, Romania.

Dr. Robert Ley visits Romania. Nazi politician and Head of the German Labor Front Dr. Robert Ley gets off a train at a Bucharest train station during World War 2. He is greeted by Romanian officers. Romanian soldiers holding spades salute as the officers leave with the guest. Ley gives the Nazi salute as he passes the soldiers. Lay and the officers arrive at the meeting venue. Dr. Ley greets and confers with Prime Minister of Romania Ion Antonescu. Several Nazi and Romanian officers and officials at the meeting. Romanian soldiers and guards in formation at theTtomb of the Unknown Soldier in Bucharest. Dr. Ley lays a wreath at the tomb. Officers salute. Dr. Ley visits a project site near Bucharest. Romanian youth dig with shovels.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675021791