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Several photo reconnaissance F-5 Lightnings landing on Okinawa during World War II

Five F-5Bs (reconnaissance variant of P-38 lightning ) from the U.S. Army Air Forces 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, are seen landing at their base on Okinawa, during World War 2.

Date: 1945, May 6
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034706
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt being decorated by Major General Doolittle in North Africa, during World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt standing in front of a hangar on a wet airfield ramp, with B-17s parked in distance, during World War 2. Formation of airmen behind Colonel Roosevelt, standing in front of a B-17 bomber. General Doolittle walking up to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and pinning Dinguished Flying Cross medal on him and then shaking hands. General Doolittle and Elliot Roosevelt saluting. Doolittle walks away. Distinguished Flying Cross seen on Colonel Roosevelt's blouse. He wears Navigator wings. (He was not a pilot.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034708
U.S. Lt Col Elliott Roosevelt, placing camera in British Bristol Beaufighter Photo Reconnaissance aircraft during World War II

La Marsa airfield, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, Roosevelt, Commander, Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing (a multi-national Allied Command) walks across ramp and places an aerial reconnaissance camera inside a British Bristol Beaufighter Photo Reconnaissance aircraft, of No. 540 Squadron RAF Detachment. He speaks with photo reconnaissance technicians carrying cameras to and from the airplane. He converses with two U.S. Army Air Forces field grade officers, as they look at a map spread out on the airplane wing.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034709
General Patton and General Giraud with other Allied officers in Oran, Algeria.

Ship sunk in Oran harbor in Algeria during World War 2. Sterns of transports. Transports at anchor. American troops disembarking and on docks beside troop transport ships. American troops in formation on parade grounds. General Patton and General Giraud with other Allied officers watching. American troops falling into line. The Roman Catholic St. Peter's Cathedral or Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat in downtown Rabat, Morocco. General Giraud and General Patton placing wreath on soldier's grave honoring French and American dead. Grave with flowers.

Date: 1942, November 18
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034721
U.S. Navy capital warships underway during battle of Peleliu, Palau in World War II

U.S. Navy sailor, Bugler , blows call over PA (Public Address) system. This film, taken from the heavy cruiser USS Louisville, CA-28, shows a battle line of U.S. cruisers and battleships underway in the battle of Peleliu, Palau, in World War 2. The first ship is the heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33; the second ship is the battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; at time 01:06 the third ship in line is the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41. The Portland and the Mississippi display camouflage paint.

Date: 1944, September 11
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034732
U.S. Marine Battery firing 155mm howitzer during battle of Okinawa in World War II.

U.S.Marines of 3rd 155mm Howitzer Battalion, Baker Battery, in operation during battle of Okinawa, during World War 2. (For this campaign, they have been assigned to the U.S. Army 419th Field Artillery Group.) Camouflage netting is stretched over gun position. Crew fires many rounds. The operation appears routine: shell placed, propellant powder placed, breech closed, piece fired, crew uses pole to swab barrel, and the process is repeated. The Marines are stripped to the waist as they work. They pause after a session of firing. Gunner wearing headphone speaks into telephone. Gunner, in a tent, cutting bag charges of propellant. He reties sacks containing correct amount and gives them to another gunner.

Date: 1945, May 10
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034734