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Allied Harbor Defenses against maritime sabotage operations against Allied ships, United States.

Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method used as sneak craft is the use of human torpedoes. German one man super human torpedo in view. It is lowered in water. Crew member seated in it. Italian human torpedoes SSB in view. It has two enormous warheads. It is lowered in water. Men in submerged torpedo. Dramatization depicts the operation of craft. Men loosen the warhead. Animated diagram illustrates Allied Harbor Defenses. Sneak craft detection by hydrophones, Radio direction finding stations, super sensitive radars, magnetic sensing, Anti-submarine nets and indicator loops. Men work at controls. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 8 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053517
Animation: United States aid to Japan during 1923 earthquake.

"A Few Quick Facts - Japan". Animated propaganda film shows Japan facing an earthquake disaster in 1923. Animation shows an earthquake in Japan. U.S. aid to Japan shows U.S. warships carrying food, clothing and medical supplies to Japan. Japanese newspapers express gratitude. Japanese citizens waving flags of Japan and America together. Japanese leaders bow in gratitude. Quotation from a newspaper article of the time commenting on the support from America, and that if there is another war, "he who attacks America shall die." Narrator restates that same quote as animation in cartoon shows bombs raining down from the sky and exploding (reference to World War 2 bombing).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060885
Men loading the wheels of freight cars onto ships for their shipment to the Philippine Islands, United States.

A film titled 'Hannibal Victory' on the sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. Steam boat underway at Mississippi river. A man at the controls of the boat. Bridges over the river. A statue of Mark Twain amidst the ground. Two girls arrive near the statue. 'Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain' engraved on a plaque. Another statue amidst the ground. Cars passing on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. People walking. Trains passing on railroad stations. Aerial view of the town of Hannibal. Wheels of the freight cars on the ground. Men standing nearby. Animated map locates Hannibal and San Francisco. The wheels are loaded onto ships on the docks of San Francisco.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062867
Combat Exhaustion patients receive military training at a center after the completion of treatment in the United States.

Reenactment of combat exhaustion treatment for U.S. soldiers from World War 2 combat. Patients receive military training at a training center after the completion of treatment. The patients march during the training. Rehabilitated patients pitch tents and drill. The patients receive training of sensible occupation therapy project, constructive and field projects, sports for physical coordination and team spirit. (Note: Clips deals with treatment for Combat Exahaustion, also later termed Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD)

Date: 1945
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070656
U.S. Signal corps communications in war and in peace time in the United States.

A training film on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. Signal Corps. U.S. Signal Corps recruits disembark on a beach from landing barges during World War 2. The soldiers set up communications equipment and operate a EE-8 field telephone, and morse code keyer to transmit range observations. U.S. Navy sailor sends signal lamp blinker signals from a U.S. Navy ship offshore. The signal corps soldiers lay telephone wires by aircraft and truck. The telegraph and telephone poles are erected. The Chief Signal Officer seated at his desk. Exterior view of the Pentagon, and then interior views inside the Pentagon at the Pentagon signal center. Soldiers working in the signal center of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Tape machines dispense paper tapes with encoded communications. Sign "Traffic Control Army Command and Administration System" written on a board in the center. The transmission system of the message.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075797
The features and the workings of the T26E3 tank in the United States.

A film titled: 'The Heavy Tank T26E3' on the workings of the tank. The T26E3 tank parked on the field. The tank moving on the street. It moves over various obstacles on the street. The torsion bar suspension of the tank. The ability of the tank to cope with rough terrain, 60 percent grades and 8 foot trenches. The operations of its heavy armor. The identification and description of the weapons it carries. A man points at the support rollers of the tank. The demonstration of moving over a wooden log by the tank.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075905