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Japanese bombers strike Port Darwin, Australia, during World War II.

Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in World War 2. Animated map showing line of Japanese attack from the RyukYu Islands to Darwin, Australia. Japanese MitsubishiG4M1 (Betty) long range bombers being readied at a Japanese air base. They take off on mission to bomb Port Darwin.Those on ground wave goodbye to them. View through nose greenhouse of a bomber. Bombers in formation. View of pilot and copilot in cockpit. More views of formation flying over clouds. Pilot with hands on control yoke. A note in Japanese fastened to the cockpit window. Crew members take lunch break while underway. Crew of bomber seen in warm clothing and on oxygen, as they proceed at a higher altitude.Radio operator keys message. Gunner at his station. The bombers begin their bomb run over Port Darwin. Bomb seen dropping from the aircraft, and striking the airfield of the Australian Naval Base on the coast.

Date: 1942, March 16
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675071422
Rodeo contest in Brisbane, Australia with Australian and American competitors

A rodeo in Brisbane, Australia. Native indigenous Australians carrying spears do a dance demonstration. Spectators sit and watch the Rodeo event between the diggers and the Yanks (Australians versus Americans military personnel in Australia during World War 2). A rider climbs a horse. The horse bucks the man onto the ground. The spectators cheer while watching the rodeo featuring numerous riders on bulls and horses. A woman competes also. The Australians win the rodeo contest.

Date: 1944, March 20
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067069
Lord Gowrie reviews soldiers in parade in Sydney, Australia which is organized to honor returning Australian troops.

A ticker tape parade in Sydney, Australia during World War II . People crowd on either side of streets. Australian soldiers parade on a street. Civilians cheer. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops carry guns and parade. Governor General of Australia Lord Gowrie salutes and reviews the parade. A crowd marches with the troops. The troops march and the crowd cheers.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069145
Luncheon at Bolling AFB celebrating the 1929 flight endurance record of Fokker airplane named Question Mark, and 1963 speed record of a B-58 bomber.

Opening scene shows large group of retired Air Force officers seated at a number of tables in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeups of General Carl Spaatz, Lieutenant General Ira Eaker, Lieutenant General James Ferguson (Deputy chief of staff for research and development at Headquarters Air Force), and Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who, in October 1963, was aircraft commander of the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Old time aviators, Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are also seen. Closeup of a model B-58 Hustler bomber sitting on a luncheon table. Closeup of a model of the Fokker C-2A "Question Mark" next to old log book. ( This clip also shows two unidentified women participating in the luncheon.)

Date: 1964, January 29
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027444
Retired veteran aviators share Luncheon at Bolling AFB celebrating Air Force record-setting flights in 1929 and 1963.

A large group of retired Air Force officers are seen seated at a number of tables during a luncheon celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 1929 endurance record setting flight of the Fokker C-2A aircraft named "Question Mark." The event is in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeup of General Carl Spaatz, addressing the group from a podium. Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are listening, along with Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who,in October 1963, was aircraft commander on the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Lieutenant General Ira Eaker addresses the group next. Closeup of him and of General Spaatz tilting his head to hear. The audience applauding. Sergeant Roy Hooe then addresses the group. The clip ends as the luncheon ends and the participants socialize.

Date: 1964, January 29
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027445
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Secret Service, film reconstructs events involving assassination of President Kennedy in 1963

Segment of a U.S. Secret Service film retracing events in the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Film opens showing aerial view of the assassination scene. Principal streets are outlined and buildings surrounding the scene. Narrator describes the path of the President's motorcade. The location is shown, where Abraham Zupruder captured the entire event on his 8mm movie camera. Locations of two other persons filming during the event are also shown. Positions of the President's car when he was shot, are shown. Scene shifts views of the area from a camera panning across the area, including the Texas School Book Depository Building, from where the assassin fired. The pavilion from where Mr. Zapruder filmed is shown. Cars are seen driving in the so-called Triple Underpass. Dealy Plaza is shown along with the old County Courthouse and the new one under construction.

Date: 1964, March 18
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037379