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A Russian pilot who rammed a German bomber, tells his family about it. Small children being tended for parents during World War II

Film opens showing a wounded Soviet army aviator lieutenant, at home on leave, surrounded by family members. He holds a microphone with his bandaged right hand. According to narrator, he is telling his sister and a girl he went to school with, about his recent experience. He was at 4 miles altitude intercepting a German bomber on its way to Moscow. He chased and fired at the bomber until he ran out of ammunition and the blast from his machine gun had burned his hand. So he accelerated and rammed the German aircraft, bringing it down. His mother is seen telling that she had heard the news, on the radio, of her son ramming a German airplane. She kisses her son. Change of scene shows small children in a play ground under the care of several women Next, children are seen seated at tables for a meal, as Girl Scouts attend them. Later, the children are tucked into bed for the night, and Two Girl Scouts make soft toys for them.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038623
View of U.S. ships burning, and rescue efforts underway immediately following Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

View from a high ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor, with smoke emerging from ships all through the harbor immediately after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Ships burn as firefighters spray water to control fire. Hull of overturned battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Rescue ships afloat as United States Navy ships continue to burn. United States Navy battle ship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in foreground. At very end of clip, light cruiser USS Phoenix CL-46 sails by on her way out of the harbor. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038760
U.S. Navy ships ablaze and smoking after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Damaged American ships after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. United States Navy Arizona battle ship. Other battle ships like Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada, California.

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038761
The Battle of Changsha at the end of the Second Sino-Japanese war (WW2)

Japanese infantry, accompanied by several Type 95 Ha-Go tanks, wade across shallow rivers East of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province, China, during World War II. Closeups of soldiers with their field packs and rifles. They reach a bluff where they encounter heavy resistance from Chinese defenders.View of Japanese soldiers spread out in defensive positions overlooking the top of the bluff. The sound of machine gun fire is heard continuously. The Japanese forces fire type 3 heavy machine guns from positions in woods and marshes. Some fire mortars. A flight of three aircraft is seen briefly overhead. A bomb bursts in the midst of the Japanese forces. Infantry are seen through barbed wire as they move single file across a grassy field in the distance. Closer view of Japanese soldiers in a field of tall grass bounded by some trees. in Closeup of Japanese soldiers under heavy Chinese fire. A bomb or artillery shell bursts close to them. Closeup of Japanese gunners firing a Type 91 10-cm-howitzer,with wooden spoked wheels. Next view shows the same gun firing with a group of Japanese soldiers behind it, some using binoculars to observe the shells striking. The final scene shows numerous shells striking in a line with white smoke rising from each in the distance.

Date: 1941, September
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675038832
Donald Douglas, Edsel Ford and Charles E. Sorensan examining aircraft A-20A in Santa Monica plant

Donald Douglas, Edsel Ford and Charles E. Sorensan examining aircraft A-20A in Santa Monica plant. They inspect the nose section of the aircraft and look at a plane taxiing out

Date: 1941
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039291
Aircrafts stunting at All American Air Maneuvers.

Duke of Windsor at All American Air Maneuvers speaking into microphone of Radio station WQAM. Aircraft Grumman F4F-3s, Piper Cub J-3s and an old Ford Trimotor stunting. Uruguayan Waco Model D on ground and Thomas Boyd descending with wings and parachute.

Date: 1941
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039292