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Views of temples in Rangoon, Burma

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma (present day Yangon, Myanmar). A person walks past temple, carrying large bouquet of what appears to be flower-like objects. Two large Chinthe (stylized lion statues) standing guard by a pagoda on Mandalay Hill. A girl feeding pigeons in front of a temple. (Scaffolding seen on nearby structure.) Costumed men, on elevated outdoor stage, send decorated Chariot carrying several men, up inclined cables, toward a temple tower. They are watched by a crowd of spectators, seated on the ground. A temple in the woods. Silhouette of temple gate. A temple reflected in a lake.

Date: 1945
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031639
Preparations show sprinklers used to wet ground, race track, watch tower and seats in stadium during Olympics in Los Angeles.

Preparation for the 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles,United States. Written on a wall 'California State University Dominguez Hills'. A curved race track. A board reads 'Rider Time'. Seats around the race course. A watch tower with a ladder in its front. Sprinklers used to wet the ground.

Date: 1983
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031648
A gathering of sailors for official discharge from the navy in the United States.

U.S. sailors being honorably discharged at end of World War 2, as soldiers and sailors were separating from the military. Dramatization: A sailor sits in front of an officer during an exit interview before going back to civilian life. A gathering of sailors at a separation center for official discharge from the U.S. Navy. The sailors receive certificates of discharge. Robert Benchley dreams of his welcome. Sailors return home after World War 2.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031668
Crew of Japanese light cruiser battles cold and ice in Aleutian waters during World War II

Japanese light cruiser makes way in heavy seas of Aleutian waters during World War 2. Officer taking navigation readings with sextant. Stern deck covered with ice. Sailors in cold weather gear aloft. Another light cruiser seen astern, viewed from lower deck. Ice-covered bridge and superstructure of the ship. Crewman looks through binoculars. Iced deck, lifelines, and anchor chain. Sailor chops ice from lifelines. Front of a Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) float plane is seen on its catapult. The other light cruiser, very close astern. View from bridge of bow awash in heavy seas. Two of the Ship's single forward 5.5 inch guns seen.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031674
New U.S. Navy recruits arrive at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago, Illinois

New recruits for the U.S. Navy line up on a train platform after arriving in Chicago. Sailors in uniform organize the recruits into groups. The next scene shows the recruits, carrying personal belongings, being escorted through the gates of the Great lakes Naval Training Center. Several U.S. Navy officers step from an official staff car and are seen posing in front of a flag pole at the Navy Station. The senior officer is Captain William A. Moffett, USN, Commandant of the center, flanked by a Lieutenant Commander and a Lieutenant, and two other officers in the background. Captain Moffett is later seen observing the new recruits as they are escorted on the base. Next, the recruits are seen carrying white towels as they march to a building where they will be issued personal clothing and uniforms. Later they are seen marching in their new summer uniforms, carrying their original civilian luggage. Under the watchful eyes of the officers, the new sailors use their new mess kits to get food from a chow line. Captain Moffett watches and converses with other officers (not seen). The recruits are next seen, in winter blues, exiting a building carrying their bedding, and presumably headed toward their billets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031676
German blitz attack on London and damaged buildings during Battle of Britain in World War II.

Blitz (blitzkrieg) air attack on London by Germany during World War II. German officers led by Goering plan a attack on Britain. The officers stand in front of a map and discuss. German aircraft stationed. German planes take off. British officers in a control room receive reports from sighting stations of incoming Luftwaffe and scramble British spitfires. British aircraft take off in defense. British and German aircraft attack each other in multiple dogfight scenes including some gun camera footage. View from British machine gunner position firing at German aircraft. German fighter aircraft is hit and plunges toward the ground. A British man draws a swastika on brick in chalk beside a line of similar markings, indicating another downed German aircraft. German aircraft fly over London. They drop bombs. A man tries to save himself by ducking and covering his head in a low-lying area during the air attack. Typewriter or teletype machine typing out reports on downed aircraft. A woman tears the update from the machine and reads the report. A man reads a paper mentioning the total damage. Damaged German planes. Ruined buildings in London and the body of a woman buried in the ruins. Important buildings of London damaged, including: Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, House of Commons, newspaper publishers on Fleet Street, and St Paul's Cathedral. British soldiers inspect crashed and damaged German warplanes.

Date: 1940, September 15
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031686