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Giant models of vegetables used to teach children the lore of vegetables at Hawthorne in California

Giant models of vegetables made of paper mache used to teach children the lore of vegetables at Hawthorne in California. Ears of corn and cucumbers six feet tall and squash and pumpkin bigger than a barrel are seen. Children sit on chairs in the class of Mrs. Dorothy B. Fraizer. A girl draws on the board. Children seen laughing and carrying the vegetable models over their heads.

Location: Hawthorne California USA
Date: 1932, November 21
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040751
Newsreel "Australians and Americans drive Japs from Lae" during World War 2

American B-25 aicraft bomb Japanese positions in New Guinea in advance of operations by American and Australian troops. Explosions seen on ground as bombs impact targets. Low altitude aerial view of destroyed Japanese troop transport ships and cargo ships near the shores of New Guinea. Naval bombardment of Lae is seen from aboard Allied invading ships. Australian soldiers go ashore. General MacArthur confers Lieutenant General George Kenney and other officers. U.S. paratroopers on ground at an airfield prepare equipment and ready for jump into enemy territory. Scene with close up of General MacArthur smiling. Paratrooper C-47 aircraft lined in rows. U.S. Army paratroopers loading into aircraft and C-47s taking off. Aerial view from inside a C-47 as equipment and men jump toward target area of Lae. Hundreds of parachutes seen in sky. A serviceman holding a motion picture film camera films the view of parachutes through the open aircraft door. View on ground 5 days later as Australian Army troops join up with American forces on a captured Japanese airfield. Close up views of faces of Australian soldiers. The soldiers cut tall grass at landing fields to prepare for arriving DC-3 aircraft. DC-3 landing with supplies unloaded by Australian troops for use in the drive into Lae and Salamaua New Guinea.

Location: Lae Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040778
Launching of the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38), her name honoring the historic Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

USS aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) being launched from Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Mrs. Josephine Doolittle sponsors the USS aircraft carrier. Crowd cheers as the USS Shangri-La is launched. Flashbacks show B-25 aircrafts taking off from the USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo Japan in the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. The base identified for that attack had been the non-existent "Shangri-La". U.S. President Roosevelt decorates General James Doolittle who was the Commander of Doolittle Raid. USS Shangri-La is christened and slides into the waters at Norfolk. (World War II period).

Location: Portsmouth Virginia USA
Date: 1944, February 24
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040794
A view of Taj Mahal with "Bamboo Hat" and another mausoleum in India (WW2)

A map of Japan and words ‘Hades Ab Alta' seen on side of a plane. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in India during World War II. A sign of Muttra railroad junction. Two vendors seen on the station along with crowd. A view of Taj Mahal with “Bamboo Hat” to camouflage from Japanese bombing. An archway is seen in the foreground. Four minarets of the Taj Mahal seen. Another Indian mausoleum seen. Carving of flowering plants on the wall of the mausoleum. Mirror pools are seen. An Indian driving a horse driven two-wheeled carriage. Another horse driven two-wheeled carriage parked on the road.

Location: India
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040865
View of a large Indian harbor and members of U.S. Army Air Force in China

A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.

Location: China
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040870
Italian Colonial troops entering Kurmuk , Sudan, during World War II.

Italian Colonial infantry are seen firing their rifles and entering the town of Kurmuk, during the World War 2 Italian campaign in Sudan. Notwithstanding their firing of weapons, the troops enter a deserted town, devoid of defenders. The local bank and other small buildings are seen. Views of local huts with straw roofs and some indigenous peoples. (Note: On July 7, 1940, more than 600 Italian troops with air support attacked the post at Kurmuk. The Fung Province District Commissioner had been been instructed to withdraw, if confronted by significant Italian forces. Accordingly, Assistant Commissioner, Mervyn F. B. Bell, stationed in Kurmuk, at the time, commanded a fighting withdrawal in which Italian forces reportedly suffered nearly 20 casualties while the Sudanese lost only one. The town was deserted when Italian Colonial troops entered to occupy it.)

Location: Kurmuk Sudan
Date: 1940, July
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041003
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