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President Harry S. Truman announces the surrender of Germany, ending World War II hostilities in Europe.

President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032950
TBM aircraft bomb loading activities on USS Makin Island.

Bomb loading activities on USS Makin Island. Men move bombs on truck. Men bombing up aircraft TBMs. TBMs taxi on flight deck for take off. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039509
Men bring rockets on flight deck of USS Making Island and FM aircrafts catapulted.

Men bring rockets up on elevator to flight deck and transport rockets on flight deck. Pilots emerge on flight deck to man their planes. FM aircrafts catapulted from flight deck.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039510
Ship is moored using hawsers in island area.

Ships at anchor in island area. LCI underway. Tugs approach and ship is moored using hawsers.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 9 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039511
Protecting harbors against sneak attack craft.

Animation depicts various means of detecting sneak attack craft and protecting harbors. It illustrates ways of detecting a sneak torpedo through means like multi terrain loop and short pulse herald. A man in a control room speaks on a phone. A human torpedo underwater. A torpedo dives under the water. Detection device used to detect the presence of torpedoes in water. A technician works on the control panel of the detection device. A graph being printed. Short pulse herald technique being used to to detect torpedoes underwater. A radar detects the presence of torpedoes in sea. A torpedo underway on the surface and underwater. Effectiveness of torpedo nets. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077691
YC-97 aircraft being configured for cargo (vehicles), troops, and passengers (WW2)

View of vehicles being loaded via rear loading ramp, on YC-97. Technicians configure the YC-97 for troops and passengers. (World War II period)

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063397