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Army Service Forces recruits undergo training in the United States.

images of Army Technical training manuals dealing with gas masks; camouflage; heavy tanks; and machine guns. U.S. Army Service Forces (ASF) recruits rushing down a hillside into waters of a swift river and swimming across. They undergo Live Fire Exercises near \end of their training. The must crawl while trainers fire rounds from a Browning M 1917 machine gun over their heads. An explosive charge goes off as the recruits crawl past. ASF troops are briefed about invasion techniques, by an instructor using a realistic small scale mockup of a port city. Recruits crouch over a model of front line terrain. Model trains operate as a training aid. Students at doorway of the U.S. Army School of Military Government. Numerous student studying in the library. In a classroom, a military officer instructor discusses the mission of governing an occupied country with cooperation of the existing governing officials. Closeups of officers discussing the occupation of Germany, at length. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075790
World War I draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is arrested by military officials in New York.

World War I draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll arrives at the New York Harbor in New York. He is seized by military officials as he ends his 20 year exile in Germany. A steamer underway. Bergdoll with his wife and child.

Date: 1939, May 29
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076149
Past events show the life of U.S. Army Sergeant Alvin Cullum York after he passes away in the United States.

U.S. Army Sergeant York passes away in the United States on September 2, 1964. Scenes from the life of Sergeant York. Alvin York seen flashing the 'V' for victory sign. York in the front yard of his home. Newspaper headline reads, 'War with Germany.' World War I newly drafted men in civilian clothing marching along with tags pinned to their civilian clothes. World War 1 new recruits undergoing physical examination as they enter the U.S. Army. Soldiers standing in formation learning to drill. Closeup of front of artillery piece as it fires. Trench fighting against the enemy on a World War I battlefield. A soldier hurls an explosive toward no man's land. Soldiers rushing out of trenches going "over the top" to charge the enemy. Sergeant York in uniform during WWI. Later in life, Sergeant York is seen seated in a car with his wife as photographers scramble to take photos. Sergeant York at the White House with his family. York receives a citation from the Gold Star Mothers Club and then gives a short speech.

Date: 1964, September 2
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076465
Private Snafu wastes food by taking too much at a battlefront (WW2)

Private Snafu in the U.S. Army during World War II. Animation shows supply of food and other things to soldiers. A bull and a cow get married. They enter a room. Nazi Germany and the Japan declare war at that time. Guns loaded on freight cars passing on railroads. A ship underway at sea. Periscopes of submarines emerging out of water. The bull aboard a ship and then a boat. It travels by a truck, a dog sled and then a camel. A snow covered area. A truck passing on a bridge. The bridge explodes. U.S. airplanes in flight overhead. Food and other supplies are dropped from the airplanes. Private Snafu seated on his bed in a barrack. A chow call for the soldiers. Private Snafu takes a large quantity of food. He sits near a tree and eats the food. He wastes some of the food and throws it in a dustbin.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076748
John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, returns from European trip to Washington National Airport on a C-121 USAF aircraft

U.S. Air Force C-121(Lockheed Constellation) aircraft taxis to ramp after landing at Washington National Airport. U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, descends steps from aircraft and is met by officials and well wishers. He stops to greet woman with small children. Dulles makes a few brief remarks to a large gathering of reporters and photographers. He is in a hurry because he must get to the White House to report to the President. He also notes that the next day he must report to the U.S. House of Representatives and to the U.S. Senate. Secretary Dulles comments about diplomatic events of the trip related to entry of Germany into NATO; movement toward formation of a European Union; signing of the Austrian State Treaty; and invitation from the Soviet Union for 4-power talks.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044031
Montage of scenes from political life of American President Ronald Reagan

United States Presidential election campaign in the United States. The Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan, accepts the Presidential nomination in his speech. His supporters cheer holding banners. Childhood pictures of Ronald Reagan with his family. He played football for the Eureka Team. He was also part of a baseball team and went to a training camp. (This clip shows the Chicago Cubs, but he did not play for them). Ronald Reagan became a Hollywood actor. He also joined the army for a few years. He sits on the 'Theater Ronald Reagan' chair. He was a strong supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (This shows FDR, but Reagan later left the Democrats and became a Republican.) Ronald Reagan is elected California governor. Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan stands with George Herbert Walker Bush, the Republican candidate for the Vice President. President Reagan at his inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Reagan is shot and is rushed to a hospital. The President resumes work after his recovery. He concentrates on the economic growth of the United States. Construction workers on both commercial and residential buildings. Scenes from the Williamsburg economic summit with world leaders including Margaret Thatcher. He also is seen speaking in Bonn Germany. President Reagan attends an outdoor church service with American troops. President Reagan visits a cemetery with wife Nancy Davis. (This is the American cemetery at Normandy on the 40th anniversary of the Invasion of Europe). The President and the First Lady visit Japan, China and South Korea. We see them walking on the Great Wall of China. He speaks at the Republican Convention in Dallas in August of 1984.

Date: 1984
Duration: 8 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044172