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Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt being decorated by Major General Doolittle in North Africa, during World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt standing in front of a hangar on a wet airfield ramp, with B-17s parked in distance, during World War 2. Formation of airmen behind Colonel Roosevelt, standing in front of a B-17 bomber. General Doolittle walking up to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and pinning Dinguished Flying Cross medal on him and then shaking hands. General Doolittle and Elliot Roosevelt saluting. Doolittle walks away. Distinguished Flying Cross seen on Colonel Roosevelt's blouse. He wears Navigator wings. (He was not a pilot.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034708
U.S. Army Public affairs film to explain idea of Universal Military Training (UMT) as a Plan for Peace, in 1947

The Universal Military Training Plan for Peace, 1947. A civilian spokesperson stands before a briefing chart entitled "Plan for Peace." He explains the concepts for the program, involving military training for young men immediately after they complete high school.He explains how young men would register and be screened, assigned, and trained under the program. Two college students discuss a requirement to join the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) under the program. Scene shifts to a U.S. Army officer talking with a civilian about the cost of World War 2. As scens of wartime military production are shown, Narrator interjects that "a full year of Universal Military Training will cost less than three days of war." Scene shifts to Separation Center, Fort Douglas, Utah. U.S. soldiers are seen mustering out. One holds his Honorable discharge certificate. View of marching German soldiers is inserted at this point. Contents of the U.S. Constitution are displayed in plain print, higlighting the part: "...provide for the common defense..." View of college students on a campus. Closeup of Dexter Gate at Harvard College, and three men walking through it into Harvard Yard. ROTC cadet talking with acquaintances about studying rockets. ROTC cadet talking with two middle aged men about unique sounds of airplanes. A B-17 bomber in flight. A C-119 (flying boxcar) aircraft in flight. A formation of B-17s viewed from above with clouds beneath. The XP-84 jet in flight. A V2 rocket being test fired at White Sands, New Mexico.

Date: 1947, May
Duration: 6 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034919
AJ Savage airplanes are catapulted from the flight deck of USS Midway (CVB-41) in the Atlantic.

AJ Savage planes with engines running on flight deck of USS Midway (CVB-41) in the Atlantic. AJ taxis onto the catapult. AJ on a starboard catapult catted off. AJ readied and catted off. F2H-3B plane towed onto the catapult. F2H-3B catted off port catapult.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035265
Aircraft operations on the flight deck of USS Midway aircraft Carrier in the Atlantic

Two AJ Savage airplanes land successively on the flight deck of USS Midway (CVB-41) aircraft Carrier in the Atlantic. F2H-3B plane lands and right tire blows out. Following F2H-3B has to execute go-around. It lands after the first F2H is cleared from the deck. An AJ Savage on final approach is waved off and goes around. It makes a somewhat rough landing.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035266
Decommission Ceremony aboard USS Midway CVB-41 in San Francisco.

Decommission ceremony aboard USS Midway CVB-41 in San Francisco. View of stage with chairs and rostrum. Officers W B Mack, Fredrick Kivette, Roy M Isaan, Allen M Shinn, Captain Eugene J Carroll, Norbert Frankenberger, Leo B McCuddin, Captain Leroy E Harris and Captain E Jacobsen. Officers give invocation. Officers and guests rise for presentation of colors. Officers salute during honors.

Date: 1970, January 28
Duration: 10 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035272
F-4J plane makes recovery as air operations go on aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) in Tonkin Gulf.

F-4J plane ready for launch from angled deck, after-burners cut in as air operations go on aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) in Tonkin Gulf. Plane leaves. Lower after section of F-4J, after-burners cut in. F-4J launched from angled deck. A-7B plane and F-4J make recovery. A-7B makes recovery after a bombing mission. RA-5C plane makes recovery. Arresting wire is let go, plane begins taxiing. RA-5C makes recovery.

Date: 1970, February 14
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035359