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American Red Cross aid cargo being loaded aboard the Greek Freighter, Kassandra Louloudis, in American port

Loading of American Red Cross aid cargo aboard the Greek ship "Kassandra Louloudis" in the United States during 1941. A crane loads American Red Cross aid cartons aboard the Greek ship at a dock.. Workers unload the Red Cross aid sacks from a net and stack them in a cargo hold. They pile up the cartons in the cargo hold. Printing on some sacks states they contain 50 pounds of rolled oats. Officers stand on the deck and watch as the workers load the cargo. The Greek flag on the mast of the ship flutters in wind. The workers haul trolleys loaded with the sacks on the dock.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072292
Events on the Eastern front early in World War II; Nazi Germany battles Russia

Goosestepping German troops on the march and German Panzer I tanks moving in formation across a field in World War 2. A formation of German Fieseler Fi 156 Storch airplanes in flight overhead, accompanied by two He-111 bombers. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 aircraft. Grand Admiral Erich Johann Albert Raeder head of the German Navy, making a statement. Bucolic scenes of European farm country and grape vineyards, with local people harvesting crops and grapes. Soviet troops marching on parade to a military band on the sidelines in Red Square, Moscow, soviet Union. Soviet motorcycle soldiers armed with light machine guns. Soviet T-26 light tanks in formation. Glimpse of Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral and other famous buildings. Soviet troops crossing a river on inflated boats. A long column of T-26 tanks moving along a dirt road. Sky filled with variety of Soviet warplanes, including four-engine bombers (with fixed landing gear) to bi-wing aircraft. Soviet paratroopers jumping from a Tupolev ANT-6 bomber. They climb out on the huge corrugated wing and slide off. View out past the tail of an ANT-6 bomber. Soviet Union and Japan conclude a neutrality pact. Views of the pact being signed by Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov for the Soviet Union and by Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka and Ambassador Yoshitsugu, for the Japanese, in Moscow on April 13, 1941. Joseph Stalin is observing in the center of the scene.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072841
Large crowd of civilians gathered at the street square and military band plays during War Loan Campaign in Toronto,Ontario.

War Loan Campaign in Toronto,Ontario during World War II. Banner reads '1941 Victory Loan' and ' Tools for Churchill'. Large crowd of Canadian civilians gathered at the street square. Tanks move. American and British flags flutter in wind from a building. Woman hoists a flag. Military band plays.

Date: 1941, June 23
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072843
Training of American draftees before World War II; also Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Roosevelt's request for declaration of war.

United States soldiers and new recruits at a camp in the U.S. before outbreak of World War II. New recruits and U.S. Army soldiers in training run obstacle course. Soldiers in their uniforms march through the camp area. Tents in the background. Newly drafted U.S Army soldiers learn to fire weapons on firing range using artificial wooden rifles. U.S. soldiers seen training with wooden replica machine guns and using empty Adelphi beer cans as substitute artillery ammunition for training purposes. Teams of soldiers compete in moving a giant ball. They compete in blindfolded boxing on their knees. Lacking adequate war materiel for training, they make do by pretending that trucks are tanks and labeling them with such signs. They pretend with wooden guns and throw flour sacks instead of grenades. Scenes of the Pearl Harbor raid by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941. Views of the USS Arizona being hit and various ships on fire soon after the attack. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen addressing Congress, where he asks for a declaration of war against Japan.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073570
U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 in Norfolk.

A film dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants working to built USS Hornet (CV-8) and commissioning of the same in Norfolk during World War II. Workers work in shipyard to build USS Hornet. USS Hornet is launched. Sailors walk up gangway of USS Hornet. U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 on 20th October, 1941. Navy officers and sailors lined up.

Date: 1941, October 20
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074563
Japanese bombers bomb the U.S. ships anchored in Pearl Harbor, Island of Ohau during World War II.

Japanese air raid attack on Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu on December 7th, 1941 during World War II. Japanese aircraft take off from Japanese carriers in the Pacific. Formation of Japanese bombers bomb U.S. Navy ships anchored in Pearl Harbor. Smoke billows up from the explosion as the bombers bombard the U.S. ships.

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675074590