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Fulgencio Batista greeted by President Roosevelt in Washington DC. Also Mexico, Brazil, and Chile side with Allies in World War 2

President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista greeted by President Franklin D Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace in Washington, as Cuba expresses support for Allies in World War 2. Next scene shows armored tanks of Mexico rolling through Constitution Plaza in Mexico City, with Metropolitan Cathedral in background, as Mexico also side with the Allies. Next, President Vargas of Brazil waves from a balcony to cheering crowds in Rio de Janeiro as Brazil declares war. Chileans demonstrate for the United Nations in Santiago, Chile. Chilean demonstrators with flags and banners march on streets. Some carry large pictures of the Allied leaders.

Date: 1943
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051754
Wilson urges $2 billion increase in defense budget during a defense budget talk at the Winter White House in Georgia.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a defense budget talk at the Winter White House in Augusta, Georgia. A sign reads 'Augusta National Golf Club'. The Winter White House. U.S. Budget director Percival Brundage, U.S. President Eisenhower, U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson and administrative leaders seated around a table. They discuss nations future defense budget. Wilson urges $2 billion increase in the budget. The members discussing the budget. A close up of Eisenhower.

Date: 1956, December 10
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069881
CAS-2A aerial camera and its functions with other units and assembly and camera loading are demonstrated in the U.S.

Functions of an aerial camera and its units are demonstrated in the United States. CAS-2A aerial camera for trick photography. A reel from which two images can be taken is unrolled. A reel which is used for obtaining 3D images by a stereo viewer is unrolled. A U.S. Navy demonstrator opens the slit of the camera and adjusts light intensity and film speed. He shows two lenses. Lenses can be rotated to several degrees. Manual settings are done prior to photography. Other units of installation include: power unit, scanner, scanner converter and control system of camera. Control panel: the power switch is turned on. Green light on special panel indicates that camera is operated correctly. Various buttons of panel including film failure, inadequate light intensity and exposure remaining. The scanner and computer dial of the control panel is adjusted. Dials for ground speed and altitude of flight are adjusted. Focal length and depression angle are adjusted on the power unit. Photo recorder unit incorporates a motion picture camera. Photo recorder panel is shown. Assembly and loading of the camera: Slit assembly is installed in the camera. 3 slit assembly include left oblique photography, right oblique photography and slit assembly for vertical photography. Electric connections are made. Assembly pushed in to the camera. Lens unit is mounted on the camera. One assembly is cleaned. Two cassettes are take up and supply cassettes. Loading of the supply cassette: A cover is removed, light lock is opened and a pivot is withdrawn. The film is pushed through the light lock. The cover is replaced and a latch is locked. The supply cassette is mounted on the camera. Take up cassette is mounted on the camera. Both cassettes are locked. Camera loading is complete.

Date: 1954
Duration: 12 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072217
U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bombers bombard Japan during WW2

United States bombers bombard Japan during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers dropping bombs over Tokyo, Japan. View of Mount Fuji in Honshu Island, Japan. Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers of the 21st Bomber Command in flight. Aerial view of bomb dropping into a Japanese town. Industrial zone being hit by bombs. General Henry H. Arnold shakes hands with an officer in Washington D.C. A message written on a bomb. Message on the bomb reads “TO THE WARLORDS OF JAPAN WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN- THE B-29’S WILL REMIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!”. Buildings in Tokyo, Japan. A map of Saipan. B-29 aircraft land at an airstrip in Saipan. B-29 take off for a mission. Bombs being dropped over Japanese town.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078188
Allied soldiers and Chinese laborers work on Ledo Road construction during WW2

Animated map showing the Ledo Road, an overland connection between Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, China during World War 2. This road would later be renamed the Stilwell Road. A 3D topography map of the Ledo route from Ledo to Kunming. A United States engineering unit along with Chinese engineers and laborers work on the Ledo Road. An engineer uses a transit scope, another soldier flips through his notebook. Engineer with transit scope waves at another from a distance. Soldiers plant explosives under a tree. Dynamite with burning wick under a tree. Tree explodes. Soldiers chopping away vines, weeds. A bulldozer clears away shrubs, scoops soil. An African American United States soldier operates a bulldozer. Two bulldozers driven by African American soldiers in jungle. Workers haul logs, hammer timber to make a log road in the jungle. Monsoon rain causing soil erosion on the side of a mountain during Ledo Road construction. Bulldozer moves alongside Chinese workers wearing conical hats. Trucks drive on mountainous Ledo road.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078821
Allied leaders and military officials meet during the Quebec Conference to discuss the creation of the South East Asian Command in WW2

The Quebec Conference in Canada during World War 2. View of the Château Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Quebec, QC G1R 5J5), in Quebec City. Conference takes place inside the Château Frontenac. Present in the Quebec Conference are United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, and US General George Marshall and Colonel Lewis A. Pick. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seen together. Their chiefs of staff sit at a conference table and discuss important matters such as the creation of the combined British and American South East Asia Command (SEAC). Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, the appointed Supreme Allied Commander, during the meeting. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten speaks with military officers while walking away from a transport plane in Asia. South East Asian Command insignia depicting a phoenix.

Date: 1943, August 17
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078824