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United States Army Airborne worldwide activities in the 1950s, following the Korean War

U.S. airborne troops training in hand-to-hand combat; scaling obstacles; crawling under barbed wire; and parachuting from C-130 aircraft. Paratoopers jump from aircraft and view of sky filled with parachutes and aircraft. Paratroopers landing on the frozen tundra in Alaska, and jumping from U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft, over the ice cap in Greenland. In February, 1956, U.S. Army paratroopers jump from Air Force C-119 aircraft during SEATO Operation "Firm Link," in Thailand. Civilians in Thailand watch the demonstrations, in which one of the paratroopers is forced to use his auxiliary chute when his main chute fails. Military General officers of Southeast Treaty Organization nations watch the demonstrations. U.S. Army airborne units practicing assault resupply techniques with NATO forces in Germany, supported by helicopters and light utility airplanes. Supplies being airdropped with parachutes to the resupply location. At Fort Bliss, Texas, a radio controlled drone plane equipped with a parachute (possibly a Radioplane OQ-14 or similar from slightly later generation), acts as a target for tank crews. When hit, the drone parachutes to earth. A different U.S. Army reconnaissance drone is launched from a catapult as a U.S. Army soldier stands nearby controlling its ascent with remote control joystick. Aerial footage shot by the drone is shown, revealing scenes on the ground useful to field commanders. The drone, with it's camera, returns to base and gently parachutes to be recovered.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061686
German and Japanese forces capture towns; Allied workers make ammunitions in factories (WW2)

German forces during remilitarization of the Rhineland: German Army supply wagons and German soldiers cross Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany, to reoccupy Cologne and the Rhineland on March 7, 1936. Change of scene to Japan in late 1930s. Emperor Hirohito of Japan inspects troops on his white horse, Shirayuki. Japanese soldiers bow in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Japanese men holding banners. Japanese soldiers and cavalry advance. Japanese soldiers stand in formation and march on a street. Japanese Navy officers view a map or chart and discuss their plans and strategies for attack. Japanese soldiers fire artillery and other weapons in battle. Japanese war production worker in munitions plant making shells. Change of scene to American workers in war production factories in the United States making shells, bullets, and various munitions during World War 2. Elevated view of large American tank factory floor with many Army tanks being assembled. War production workers building Army trucks and new trucks being driven off of assembly line. Rows of U.S. Army tanks and artillery on the ground. U.S. Army soldiers board a troop transport ship. A submarine is spotted by a sailor. A hand presses a button to launch torpedoes to attack a ship. View through periscope as torpedo moves just below water surface toward target. View in open water of torpedo moving through water. Torpedo strikes a ship and explosion rocks ship. Formation of torpedo aircraft and dive bombers in flight over an area. Ships on fire with black clouds of smoke rising above. British navy sailors firing anti aircraft guns from a British ship. Sailors and officers aboard ships watch enemy airplanes through binoculars. U.S. Navy sailor manning a machine gun aboard ship watches the skies overhead.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062662
Citizens and officials gather at the International Exposition in Paris, France in 1937.

The International Exposition in Paris, France in 1937 (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne). High altitude view of the area from the Eiffel Tower, with the National Socialist Germany Pavilion and the Soviet Pavilion flanking it togehter with other buildings. A bridge over the Seine. Exterior of the French Museum of Modern Art building with large flat relief sculptures designed by Alfred Janniot reflecting the power of land and sea. A sculpture in the courtyard of the Museum. Officials and dignitaries gather inside a building and discuss amongst themselves. They come down the stairs from the building. People watch the buildings and the sculptures. Soldiers stand holding rifles. High altitude view of ships underway in the River Seine. Exterior of a building. A bridge over the river Seine.

Date: 1937, April 2
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062691
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
French General Charles de Gaulle broadcasts from London calling on the French to continue fighting the Germans

View of the French Legion Headquarters in London, with flag at half-mast following the capitulation of France to Germany in World War II. Several French officers, including French Admiral Emile Henry Muselier, who support General Charles de Gaulle and his free French forces, walking on the sidewalk. General de Gaulle enters his Headquarters at St. Stephens House (Present day Norman Shaw Building South, 1 Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 5AQ, United Kingdom) in London, and broadcasts, via the BBC, to the French nation, exhorting them to continue fighting, with their Allies, against the Germans.

Date: 1940, June 18
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077068
An escaped German prisoner of war, who is the proprietor of a book store in Chicago, United States faces deportation.

A former German prisoner of war in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Former prisoner of war, Reinhold Pabel, is the proprietor of a local book store when the FBI locates him. Views of several shelves of books in the Chicago Book Mart store. Pabel places a book in a rack. His wife and 8 month old child are seen in the book store. Pabel plays with his son. He faces deportation back to Germany, after having established himself in Chicago under a new name.

Date: 1953, March 23
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077114