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Germans laborers rest beside dragon's teeth at the Siegfried Line and Adolf Hitler with other officials tour Westwall bunkers

Germans at the Siegfried Line World War 2 defenses in Germany. German laborers take rest next to dragon's teeth (tank traps). Adolf Hitler in his car gives a Nazi salute. He rides on a road arriving at a Westwall standardized bunker. He speaks with other officials including Commander in Chief of Army Group 2, General Erwin von Witzleben, and enters a bunker. Views of German soldiers at Westwall bunker -- appears to be Regelbau 35 -- loading large artillery gun. Hitler and officials look at a map. Newspaper headlines announcing von Witzleben's declaration to Hitler about readiness of the Westwall fortifications.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043941
Bombed Berghof residence; German leaders surrender to Allies; stolen art collection retrieved after German defeat.

Ruins of Hitler's Berghof residence in Berchtesgaden after bombing by Allied forces near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Goering's stolen collection of paintings and art pieces taken from all over Europe. The stolen collection was hidden in air raid shelters and loaded on battle trains. View of U.S. soldiers retrieving the stolen works of art. Book 'Mein Kampf' written by Adolf Hitler in Landsberg prison. Portrait of Adolf Hitler with a Nazi symbol. German military officials including General Herman Gred Von Runstedt, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, and Hermann Goering surrender to the American Army. Views of Hermann Göring after having been flown from Austria to U.S. Army headquarters in Augsburg, Germany on May 9, 1945, where he is seen handing over his handgun. Göring talking to U.S. 7th Army officials.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043950
Japanese invasion of Northern French Indochina in brief military confrontation between Japan and Vichy France, 1940.

Film begins showing an army truck filled with indigenous troops driving in a street in Hanoi, Indochina, early in World War 2 (September 1940). Next, French soldiers are seen in defensive positions at a port. Bursting bombs from Japanese attack raise black smoke in the background as civilians run away from the area, and Vietnamese troops rush to defend Hanoi. Views of civilians hunkering down behind trees, under cars, and other means of protection, while plumes of black smoke rise in the near background. More scenes of civilian refugees fleeing. A fire raging in the background. Local troops in defensive positions behind a wall. French armored cars moving along a tree-lined avenue. A police van driving along a road with a Red Cross flag flying above it. A youth lying on a sidewalk. A nurse in white attire, directing men carrying a wounded person on a litter. A makeshift outdoor first aid station. smoke from fires obscuring most of the scene.

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044050
General Patton in background as General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses soldiers of United States 35th Infantry Division

U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War 2. General Eisenhower speaks into a microphone as he stand on a raised platform. Soldiers of United States 35th Infantry division listen to him. General Eisenhower speaks as General George S. Patton stands in the background. General Eisenhower with other officers. He along with an officer moves down the slope of a hill.

Date: 1944, June 26
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051308
Allied officers examine map in Chateau Frontenac and reports on India; also exterior views of Roosevelt's Springwood Estate

American military officer hats on a conference table in Chateau Frontenac, around time of the Quebec Conference during World War 2. Group of allied officers gathered around wall map. One points at India. Another points at Suez. Reports labeled India, marked "Secret." British officers examining charts. Scene changes to exterior view of President Franklin Roosevelt's Springwood Estate house in Hyde Park, New York. American flag flying on house. Rolls Royce limousine parked at entrance drives away.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051782
Frank Knox arrives at Patuxent River; assorted other scenes of Japanese military leaders and allied military leaders

A government official arrives by a plane and greeted by military officer during World War 2. Next scene is unrelated and shows Japanese General Hideki Tojo and an aide seated at a ceremony, with Imperial Japanese navy pilots seated behind and others including civilians in the audience. Next scene shows officers of Navy of Imperial Japan in conference as they examine a map on a ship deck. Scene shifts to another greeting of unnamed Allied officials meeting and greeting at an airstrip. Next scene shows a Pacific Island battlefield with both dead troops on beach area and live American troops walking nearby. Next scenes shows U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, as he arrives at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in a plane. Frank Knox and other officials leave. Various views of radio towers are seen in between scenes in the clip.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051791