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U.S. airmen who escaped internment in Switzerland pose at Annecy airfield, France, during World War II

American fliers who escaped internment in Switzerland, pose in front of a C-47 aircraft at Annecy Airfield in World War 2. They wear clothes provided by sympathetic civilians, and kid about the way they fit. They are accompanied by a Free-French Commandant (equivalent to U.S. rank of Major) who wears rank insignia on shoulders of his uniform and the Cross of Lorraine and rank insignia on his black beret.

Location: Annecy France
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070351
F4U Corsair pilots of VMF-214 "Blacksheep" in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, including Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington

U.S. pilots in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu during World War II. A U.S. Navy F4U Corsair parked in a sandy area. A pilot jumps down from the cockpit. The airplane captain greets the pilot. The captain stands near the tail section of the airplane. A small dog sitting on the tail of the aircraft. VMF-214 pilots (unit nicknamed the "Black Sheep") are briefed in front of an operations office by United States Marine Corps Major Gregory Boyington (nickname "Pappy". He was an ace pilot, had been a Flying Tiger, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor). The pilots running off after the briefing. They enter the briefing room. They run from the room outfitted with their flight gear. Pilot Boyington climbs in the cockpit of F4U aircraft. Palm trees in the background. Another pilot in a cockpit puts on headgear readying for takeoff. Pilot Bill Case (William N. Case), VMF-214, putting on a helmet. He buckles a chin strap. The aircraft taxis on the airstrip.

Location: Espiritu Santo Vanuatu
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070357
A mess and a hospital in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu during World War II.

Quonset huts in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu during World War 2 A row of Quonset huts and palm trees in an area. A sign board reads: 'Mess Hours'. A truck moves past on a road. A sign on a palm tree reads: 'US Naval Base Hospital No. 3'. The front of a Q uonset hut shows an officer and enlisted men entering. Another sign reads: 'US Naval Base Hospital No 3 Administration Office'. A painted bomb on the steps of the Quonset hut.

Location: Espiritu Santo Vanuatu
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070360
Equipment is loaded and soldiers board railroad cars at railroad stations in the United States (WW2)

Role of U.S. railroads during World War II. Soldiers and officers walk carrying personal belongings in the United States. They enter a building. Railroad freight cars parked on a railroad station. Tanks and artillery parked. Transport and equipment loaded on flat cars moving along a track. Soldiers entrain for a war front. A railroad train carrying U.S. troops and cargo moves along a railway track, with the black locomotive approaching camera position.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, July 30
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070404
Former Vice President Richard Nixon is nominated for the election of the Governor of California in the United States..

Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in California, United States.. Aerial view of the city. Nixon gets off a car with his wife and enters a building. He poses in front of cameramen. He casts his vote for the Republican nomination for Governor of California. His opponent Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. arrives with his wife. Cameramen take their photographs

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1962, June 7
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070434
Pilots perform acceptance test flights on new P-40 aircraft at Curtiss Aircraft facility in Buffalo, NY during World War II

Pilots test fly a P-40 airplane at a Curtiss Company facility at Buffalo, NY (the Buffalo municipal airport) during World War II. Curtiss company employees giving a final cleanup and polish to a shiny P-40 airplane. parked on the ramp. Two pilots are suited up to fly: H. Lloyd Child, Curtiss’ chief test pilot (at left), and a U.S. Army Air Force major (at right), are dressed in flight suits, helmets, goggles, and wearing seat-pack parachutes. They stand beside a well-worn P-40 airplane that has a pilot/technician in its cockpit, checking controls. H. Lloyd Child (at left), points to a clipboard on his leg with information on it and discusses it with another pilot (the USAAF major). Next, a pilot is seen taxiing the shiny P-40 at fairly high speed, with the canopy open. He taxis past parked aircraft in front of a hangar, including a Curtiss SBC Helldiver; a Stinson Gullwing; and a Spartan Executive airplane. The P-40 taxis out to the runway where the pilot makes a long takeoff roll before breaking ground. Then he pulls the P-40 into a fairly steep climb, leveling off at about traffic pattern altitude, without retracting his landing gear.

Location: Buffalo New York United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070470
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