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American soldiers of Japanese ancestry undergo training at Camp Shelby in World War II

Members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team are seen assembled near instructors at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Barracks are behind them. Two 37mm anti-tank artillery pieces are positioned nearby. Camp instructors roll another one closer to the camera, and an instructor points out its features to a 442nd officer, as the troops also observe. The troops then come forward and watch closely as several instructors demonstrate the operation of the weapon. Next, two 442nd troops take up positions at the field piece and are coached through the motions of its operation.Closeup of soldiers manning the gun.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071694
French citizens celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Returned Frenchmen as they walk through the streets of Paris. Two men push another man in a wheel barrow. Man hangs allied national flags including those of United Stated, Britain, USSR, France, and Belgium, on a building to mark VE Day. Large procession of Parisians as they walk down Champs Elysees Avenue carrying Allied National Flags t celebrate VE Day. People on foot, on cycles and in cars. Throngs of people around Tomb of The Unknown Soldier at Arc de Triomphe. Young men and women celebrate and rejoice on the surrender of Germany. A view of the crowd as they wave to the camera. Procession of Allied National Flags. Girls carrying Free French banner. A glimpse of the crowd at Place de la Concorde. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020434
Rallies and Demonstrations on the Independence Day (Liberation Day) in Korea.

The eve of South Korean's Independence Day (Liberation Day celebrating liberation from Japan) in Pyongyang North Korea. People demonstrate in number with Korean National flags,Soviet flags and several banners in hands.Pictures of Prime Minister Kim II Sung and Joesph Stalin in the rally can be seen.The demonstration passes under a bridge. Korean children carrying flags and banners parade on the streets. Thousands of people with floats ,flags ,banners and pictures gather to celebrate. Shows PM Kim II sung along with Russian officials spectating the celebrations from a balcony.

Date: 1948, August 15
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675028835
History behind President Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving and Praise (Thanksgiving Day)

Historic reenactment of American’s celebration of Thanksgiving in history. Date 1863 is highlighted atop an image of Sarah Josepha Hale, a 74-year-old magazine editor, writing a letter to Lincoln on September 28, 1863, urging him to have the "day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival." A copy of Codey’s Lady’s Book sits on her desk. Next, she is seen, meeting with Abraham Lincoln, to discuss the matter. Lincoln looks at her writings on this in Codey’s Lady’s Book, and they discuss the matter at some length. Scene shifts to a copy of a Presidential Proclamation of Thanksgiving, dated October 3, 1863, that sets apart the last Thursday of November "as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise." Film continues with scenes of farm crops ready for harvest, and view of people in church, giving prayers of thanksgiving. A 33-star American flag is hung on the church wall.

Date: 1954
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032790
Celebrations and parade on International Labour Day (May Day) salutes Soviet leaders in Moscow, USSR.

International Labour Day (May Day) parade at the Red Square of Moscow, USSR. march past of civilians who salute to their leaders. A small girl from a troop of marching school girls, the Pioneers, presents General Stalin a bouquet. Political as well as military leaders are on the stage watching the parade. Marching troops carry posters of Lenin, Stalin and other Soviet leaders. Citizens cheering.

Date: 1952, May 1
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035931
St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal church turns into Jewish Synagogue for a day; people say prayers on Day of Atonement, in New York City.

Exterior view of St Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 122-38 West 76th Street in New York City, (it is the modern day address 120 West 76th Street, New York City; the location of the West Side Institutional Synagogue). St. Andrews church turns into a Jewish Synagogue for a day in New York City. The Star of David symbol seen at entrance of church. Interior views of Jewish religious service in progress. Rabbi blows shofar and people are heard singing prayers. Rabbi I. Warsaw introduces Pastor Edward J. Aplin. Rabbi Warsaw thanks Pastor Aplin for offering the church space to the Jewish congregation of the Little Synagogue and Temple of Service, and permitting them to decorate the space with the symbols of a traditional synagogue and use the facility for Yom Kippur.

Date: 1934, September 19
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036759