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Sailors and medics march to welcome World War II heroes in Los Angeles, California.

War heroes of World War 2 are honored in Los Angeles, California. Soldiers in a jeeps drive past a large crowd in a stadium. Sailors of U.S. Navy training school in Los Angeles march past a review stand. Nurses, medics and soldiers march past a large crowd in the stadium. Officers pose for a picture. Officers seated in chairs.

Date: 1942, June 29
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057760
Norma Cappagli of Argentina wins 1960 Miss World in London, England.

The 1960 Miss World pageant at the Lyceum Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, England. Contestants from different countries walk down a ramp during the swimming suit round of the contest. Contestants from countries like France, United States, Argentina, Germany, and Israel walk on the stage. Judges of the contest look at the participants. Norma Cappagli of Argentina smiles after being crowned 1960 Miss World.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675057782
Pilots undergo various tests prior to a space flight at the Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States.

Various tests being conducted at the Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A pilot under goes a reaction test as he moves up and down on a vertical accelerator. Another pilot undergoes a test on a vibration table. A breathing apparatus checks for effect on pilots' lungs. A pilot wearing a MC-2 full pressure suit inside a heat chamber. The pilot being tested under extreme temperature and pressure conditions.

Date: 1958
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057797
A USAAF officer instructs a new B-17 pilot about ground inspection and safety precautions prior to take off.

A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) training film titled 'How to fly the B-17. Part I. Ground Operations.' about inspections and safety precautions by a pilot prior to take off. A USAAF officer trains a new pilot beginning his career as a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress pilot. A B-17 parked nearby. The recruit confirms possession of weather codes and radio charts. A Sergeant (engineer) gets down the hatch in the aircraft belly and joins the other two. External Inspection: The three airmen inspect various aircraft parts. Tire inspection for slippage marks, outboard brake line for oil leakage, tire tread for cuts or damage, brake line on the in board side. Inspection of the right oleo for the load, whip antenna. Similar inspection of the left hand gear, oleo, and tire. The officer performs checks for: turbo wheel on the engine, check for cracks at welded joints, wheel for clearance, missing bucks, mechanical linkage on the wastegate, skin covering access doors. Check: nicks, dents, cracks on the propeller number 2, anti ice boots, stones between the boot and blade. Inspection of the three blades, propeller governor, engine for proper cooling, engine and propeller number 1. Checks: DI support on one side under the wing, all access and inspection doors, aileron fabric, aileron trim tab for play, antennas present and accounted for. Inspection of the ball turret door, guns horizontal and pointed to the rear, trailing antenna anchored, marker beacon antenna on, breaks, stabilizer, elevator covering and trim tab play. Inspection of the rudder covering and trim, damaged skin parts, elevator down spring through the tail gunner's hatch. The officer instructs the new pilot to repeat the same inspections on the right wing and engines 3 and 4.

Date: 1944
Duration: 7 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057840
French civilians remove a roadblock in Fontenerment, France, as U.S. 9th Infantry Division advances during World War II.

U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 39th Regiment in Fontenerment, France during World War 2. Soldiers rest on a road near a road sign while a huge roadblock is removed by French civilians. An M10 tank destroyer moves cautiously through a hedgerow and into a field. Soldiers of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 39th Regiment cut a large tree blocking a road.

Date: 1944, August 4
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057864
U.S. troops of the 79th Infantry Division engage German forces in the Alsace Front during World War II

Opening shows animated map of Alsace front at junction of Belgium, Germany, and France, in World War 2. Allied forces are schematically shown sweeping toward Wissembourg, Haguenau, and Strasbourg. Next, several U.S. Army M4A3(75) medium tanks are seen driving toward the camera on a rural road, during a pull back by the 7th Army in the first week of January, 1944, from advanced positions at the front. Some are filled with infantry riding atop them. The last of them is seen crossing a bridge 13 miles Northeast of Haguenau. The engineers of the 79th Division place demolition charges to destroy the bridge. Closeup of them placing and then remotely igniting the charge. A huge explosion ensues that completely destroys the bridge. Scene shifts to several U.S. soldiers of an engineer combat battalion preparing 100 pound of TNT in a captured blockhouse at Lauterbach, Alsace. Closeup of engineer carrying the explosives into the blockhouse and preparing the remote detonation device. The engineers string wire in the snow and setup their remote detonation device. One depresses a plunger to ignite the charge and blow up the blockhouse, which explodes in a huge cloud of black smoke. Next, elements of the 79th Infantry Division supported by tanks, are seen moving forward to counter German gains Southeast of Haguenau. (On January 5th the German forces had established a bridgehead across the Rhein (Rhine) river near Gansheim, Germany.) Scene shifts to Drusenheim, Germany where U.S. forces are engaging a Battalion of occupying German forces. Machine gun fire is heard constantly, as American infantry battle the hidden German defenders and tanks drive them from defensive positions near a bridge at the far end of town. Infantry move from behind tanks toward the bridge and are seen crossing it. An M4A3(75) medium tank risks crossing the narrow bridge and is immediately followed by many 79th Infantry troops. The battle continues on the other side of the bridge.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057869