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Crews perform last minute checks on racing yachts, Intrepid and Dame Pattie, before America's Cup race, in Newport, Rhode island.

Yachts being given final cleaning and checks before the America's cup race, in Newport, Rhode island. In opening scene, the racing yacht, Intrepid, is seen up on blocks, and surrounded by scaffolding, in a boatyard. "Intrepid New York" is inscribed on her stern. Several men stand nearby. Next, the Australian entry, "Dame Pattie," is also seen out of water, as her crew hoses down and cleans her hull. Change of scene shows others of her crew washing her sails with a hose and long-handles brushes, in a pool, at Vernon Court, which is serving as their headquarters during the event.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1967, September 5
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068302
United States Marines advance in landing crafts towards a beachhead in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts heading towards a beachhead. Ships in the background. A 50 caliber anti aircraft machine gun mounted on a jeep. A tractor pulls a truck out of a muddy area. Mutilated body of a dead Japanese. A tank with a dozer shovel clears inland beach area. Palm trees on the ground. A marine places a wire through a wooded terrain. He attaches a block of TNT (Trinitrotoluene ) to a Japanese bomb on the ground. Dead Japanese on the ground with a pool of blood around head. The Marines stand by an M-4 Sherman Tank with a damaged track.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July 21
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064605
Modernistic Teckna Plastic and Kimble Glass Company in Long Island NY.

Modernistic factories in Long Island New York.. Exteriors of Teckna Plastic Company in Bayside. Exteriors of Kimble Glass Company with glass block windows. 9 July 1945.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1945 9
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035748
America plunged into World War 2. Montage of various World War II scenes over the span of the war years

American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops entering Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women working in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036816
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division troops fight on Luzon and in Manila, Philippines.

A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. Troops fight on Luzon Island and in Manila. The U.S. troops on tanks and on a dirt road on Luzon Island. The troops advance towards Manila. The troops on a tank. Guns fired.. The troops near an artillery fire. A tank rolls on a mud road. The troops in the city. A damaged brick wall. Troops enter through a hole in the wall. The tanks fired in a field. Troops carry an injured soldier. A picture of the Commander of 1st Cavalry Division in 1939.

Location: Philippines
Date: 1946
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069199
Last prisoners leaving Alcatraz Island.

View of Alcatraz Island located in middle of San Francisco Bay in California which served as a Federal prison. View of empty cells from where prisoners are removed. Reporters and cameramen roam through the corridors and cell blocks of 'The Rock' or Alcatraz. Few prisoners left on Alcatraz are taken to boat for transferring them to other Federal penitentiaries.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1963, March 25
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039134
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