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Allied aircraft bomb the City of Dresden in Germany on February 13, 1945 (British) and again on February 15 (American)

A film titled 'Allied air attacks on Germany'. Royal Air Force Lancaster aircraft drop bombs over German targets in Dresden during night of February 13 - 14, 1945 in World War 2. Bombs impact and view of explosions and smoke. Two views of German scarecrow bombs exploding, designed to look like the explosion of an Allied bomber aircraft in order to intimidate the enemy. United States B-17 bombers attack the City of Dresden two days later on February 15 - 16, 1945, focusing on railroad marshaling yards. Relentless bombing by both the American and British Air Forces destroy the city completely.

Date: 1945, February 14
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037776
Nearly 150,000 new citizens take the oath of allegiance on 'I am an American Day' at Central Park in New York City.

Nearly 150,000 new citizens being administered an oath of allegiance at Central Park on 'I am an American Day.' Military Service heroes from World War 2 being greeted at the stage by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Judge Learned Hand administers the oath to new citizens in New York City.

Date: 1944, May 22
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037905
A ceremony to pay tribute to maritime service in New York City: Scenes from Federal Hall and USMM facility at Sheepshead Bay

World War 2 period newsreel titled "Maritime hero day." A large number of mariners and citizens gather at a ceremony outside the Federal Hall Sub-Treasury building on Wall Street in New York City to pay tribute to Maritime service. Widow of Albert Fentris being presented the Mariners medal at the ceremony. A wreath is cast in the sea to commemorate dead heroes. U.S. Merchant Marine sailors train and parade in a ceremony at the U. S. Maritime Service Training Station facility at Sheepshead Bay, New York.

Date: 1944, May 22
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037906
Japanese evacuees with their belongings in the United States, preparing for movement to relocation centers

Japanese evacuees with their belongings, sit by the roadside in the United States during World War 2. Japanese children are also seen. People of Japanese descent load their belongings on to military trucks bound for relocation centers.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037934
American family of German or Italian descent leaves their house with their belongings for relocation to an internment camp

American evacuees leave their house with their belongings in the United States during World War 2. A woman, boy, and a girl (the three possibly of German or Italian descent) stand by as their belongings are packed up. Their belongings being loaded onto a truck with assistance from U.S. military personnel, and the truck moves away. Two policemen and a dog, patrol in front of an internment center. Military guard stops the cars passing by at the entrance. A Japanese relocation center under construction. Men load bags of sand building a sandbag wall beside a building and painting windows with black paint. Views again of the same American family from earlier in the clip, possibly of German or Italian heritage, begin relocated to an alien internment center.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037935
Famous persons gather at The Greenbrier Resort for its reopening celebrations in 1948

Scenes from reopening festivities in 1948 for the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, following its closure (usage as a government medical facility) in World War 2. Famous men and women pose for photographs. Closeup of Mrs. Fulton Cutting Junior. View of Winston Guest with his wife C.Z. Guest (formerly Lucy Douglas Cochrane) standing with John Simms Kelly ("Shipwreck" Kelly) and his wife Brenda (formerly Brenda Frazier). Dolly Dorelis wearing sun glasses. Mrs. Byron C. Floyd. Then Congressman John F. Kennedy poses with his sister, Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy.

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037948