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Activities of U.S.airmen in 323rd Bomb Group, at Denain Airbase (A-83) near end of World War II.

A number of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of 323rd Bombardment Group (9th Air Force) are lined up for takeoff. As they taxi past camera, tail number of one: 43-34344, is visible. All aircraft display the distinctive White Tail identifying the 323rd BG. (The Group is known to some as Wood's Rocket Raiders, so-named for their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson r. Wood.) The location is Denain Airfield (A-83), near the City of Valenciennes, France. The time is April, 7,1945, a month before VE Day. Several airmen are pitching horseshoes, while others watch. They use a shoe to measure how close one came to the pin. Two airment use a two-man saw to saw a timber while a third sits on it to hold it still.

Date: 1945, April 7
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051955
Gold rivet is installed to mark the dedication of huge Golden Gate bridge.

View of Golden Gate Bridge. Official shows the golden rivet to cameras. Crowd gathered for the dedication ceremony in the background. Ed Stanley drives the rivet into structure while Ed Murphy holds the rivet in place. Joseph B. Strauss, head engineer for the project, is also present. View of suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate.

Date: 1937, April 29
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052024
Captain Ernst Lehman is interviewed aboard zeppelin Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

Interiors of airship LZ 129 Hindenburg while moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. In the reading and writing room, the airship's Captain Ernst Lehman answers questions from an interviewer about their flight to Frankfurt, Germany and future flights planned for the Hindenburg. View of dining room with chairs and tables and open window. In a staged scene, two men look out the observation windows and talk of seeing America outside. A man walks up staircase from B-deck. A little girl is seated on a dining room chair at the observation windows. She smiles, gets up, and demonstrates that the chair is so light that she can pick it up with one hand.

Date: 1936, May
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052069
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California.

Airman along catwalk of USS Ranger. Men walk in the background along flight deck. Landing gears of A-7B Corsair II aircraft while it taxis along flight deck. Airman climbs up from catwalk to carrier's flight deck. Trucks and aircraft parked along flight deck. F-14 Tomcat aircraft taxis along flight deck. Pilots get out of plane.

Date: 1980, September 16
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052141
Airman prepares aircraft for take off along flight deck of USS Ranger in Alameda, California.

Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California. Airman hand signals aircraft. F-14 taxis along flight deck. A-7B Corsair II aircraft taxis as seen from elevator. Airman prepares aircraft for take off. Front view of aircraft warming up along flight deck of USS Ranger. F-14 Tomcat warms up on deck.

Date: 1980, September 18
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052144
Singer and actor, Al Jolson arrives at Pusan Air Base to entertain United States troops during the Korean War.

A U.S. Air Force VC-47B (VIP transport plane, tail # 43-49212) arrives at Pusan Air Base in Korea on 17 October, 1950. Singer and actor, Al Jolson steps from the plane and is greeted by American officers. Al Jolson gets into a jeep. .Next he is seen with officers on a sidewalk. Scene shifts to Jolson seated at a piano on and outdoor stage, where he just finishes performing and turns to speak to the large audience of soldiers present. The audience is seen applauding. Jolson is seen from behind, and then from various angles, as he sings a song. Some soldiers respond to the tempo of Jolson's music. (Narrator comments that 6 days after this performance, Al Jolson died from a heart attack, on 23 October, 1950 in San Francisco.) In final scene, he is seen raising the United Nations flag. (Note: this film is silent except for narration.)

Date: 1950, October 17
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052174