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President Truman in New York City for Navy Day and the Christening of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt in 1945

New York City motorcycle policemen gathered on a city street in readiness to escort Harry S. Truman upon his first official visit to the city as President. He is seen riding in an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents and several U.S. Naval officers. New Yorkers line the sidewalks to catch a glimpse of the President. Workers, of the 32nd Street Western Cafeteria, line the sidewalk in front of their restaurant in the Chelsea neighborhood. The Presidential motorcade crossing the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, and then turning into the gate of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sailors lining the Navy Yard roadway presenting arms. Military personnel, yard workers and others fill the Navy yard. The President's flag hoisted on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt. Hundreds of Navy officers and sailors all in white hats, salute in unison. All sit to listen to President Truman's remarks. Scene shifts back to the streets of Manhattan, as policemen control spectators lining the sidewalks. Brief view from a car moving along the path of the motorcade.

Date: 1945, October 27
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075943
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Admiral Bertram Ramsey on board a ship in region of Normandy, France, D-Day plus 3.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Admiral Bertram Ramsey on bridge of the British Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser HMS Apollo as it moves across the ocean in Normandy, France. General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey sail on the HMS Apollo for the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War 2. Soldiers lined up and salute the officers. British Field Marshal General Bernard Montgomery comes aboard the HMS Apollo. Soldiers salute to welcome Marshal Montgomery. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944, June 9
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038167
Buildup of South Vietnamese military with American advice and assistance

American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.

Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071035
U.S. paratroopers of 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command are reviewed by Brig. Gen. Williams during D Day practices in England.

A film about D-Day invasion practices by United States 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command in England during World War II. Paratroopers are milling about at an airfield in England. The Commander of 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command Brigadier General Paul L. Williams dramatizes as the paratroopers leave for D Day practices. Brigadier General Williams speaks to a paratrooper and asks his opinion about the invasion. The paratroopers speak about the invasion as a great responsibility on them. The paratroopers including Captain Charles D. Gun, Captain William K. Colp, Lieutenant Colonel Joel E. Crouch, Captain Frank L. Lillyman. Lined up at the airfield as Brigadier General Williams reviews them. He offers a cigar to Captain Lillyman. The paratroopers board a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058876
Canadian and U.S. Army troops disembark from landing crafts and move ashore in France during D-Day Invasion

View from Canadian landing craft as Canadian troops of the North Shore Regiment (3rd Canadian Division) land at the Nan sector of Juno beach on D-Day. View on the beach shortly after the landing. Scene shifts to American troops disembarking from a landing craft LST elsewhere at Normandy on D-Day. U.S. Soldiers move ashore in a long line through the water to reach the shore as an explosion occurs in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038169
Various scenes of Allied troops participating in D-Day Invasion on beaches of Normandy France

A landing craft carrying Allied troops sinks in rough sea off beach at Normandy, France. Men are thrown in water and one of them swims to a life preserver. Smoke rises from beaches during battle. Fires dot the battlefield. British forces at Sword Beach. View of U.S. military trucks, tanks and DUKWS (amphibious truck), rolling onto the beach with U.S. Army soldiers are seen in the background. All footage from between D-Day and D-Day plus 3 (June 6 - June 9, 1944). (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038173