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Soldiers training at the United States Army Ranger school, Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii, during World War II

Soldiers go through the assault course with gas masks, under fire, at the U.S. Army Ranger Combat Training School in Fort Shafter, Hawaii, during World War 2. Opening scene shows several trainees in gas masks carrying rifles with fixed bayonets, advancing through rough terrain in which tear gas fumes are seen. Closeup of one soldier, wearing steel helmet and mask, but otherwise stripped to the waist, as he bayonets a stuffed dummy target on the course. He uses his bayonet on another dummy that drops down on him as he scrambles out of a tunnel. Views of other soldiers passing through the same portion of the training course. As they leave the tunnel, they encounter more gas that billows across their path. Change of scene shows the soldiers climbing over obstacles placed in their path. Closeups of some trainees scrambling over obstacles. Some soldiers are seen crawling as camera pans to sniper firing from a palm tree. Next, they must traverse another obstacle and engage two more dummies with their bayonets, next to barbed wire fence. As they pass a steep hill, an explosion occurs raising smoke and causing rocks and dirt to fall down towards them. Next, they must make their way along a ravine lined with barbed wire. One fires his rifle. Closeups of several trainees climbing out of a water filled ravine and crossing a stream on makeshift footholds. Soldiers must run on a log to cross a creek, as explosive charges explode around them. They emerge from a tunnel and charge up a steep dirt hill to encounter another dummy to bayonet. Film ends displaying a sign that exhorts soldiers to embrace killing and reminding them survival requires that they KILL or be KILLED. It is signed by Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair, Chief of the Army Ground Forces. It ends: "WE are not going to be killed!"

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068524
The Alaskan Highway is officially opened near Alaska and a truck convoy rolls northward.

A new route links the United States and Alaska during World War II. Trucks parked on a highway. Men stand holding the U.S. flags. Canadian Mounted Police men stand in formation. The U.S. flag is raised up. The soldiers stand wearing woolen hats and coats. Officials cut a ribbon and pay tribute to the U.S. Army. The soldiers applaud. The Alaskan Highway Alaska is officially opened. A truck convoy rolls northward.

Date: 1942
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069141
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II

U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt launches the new aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), successor to the earlier Yorktown (CV-5) lost in the battle of Midway during World War 2. The First Lady holds a bouquet and talks to an officer. People crowd at a shipyard for the launch and cheer. The ship begins to move down the ways prematurely, so Mrs. Roosevelt has to hurry with the Christening. View of the ship going down the ways and entering the water, at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia.

Date: 1943, January 21
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069155
A tiny girl doing hula and sailors watch her dancing in Hawaii.

A film depicts activities of the U.S. Navy personnel aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean. A tiny girl doing hula. The hula girl sitting around with sailors in the background. The sailors watch the girl dancing. A fleet underway in the extreme background.

Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069203
Mauna Loa erupts and the lava floats down the slopes in Hawaii, United States.

Volcanic eruption in Hawaii. Mauna Loa erupts. The lava flows down the slopes. Aerial view of the lava flowing along slopes.

Date: 1949, February 28
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069308
U.S. fliers drop bombs near river of Mauna Loa volcano lava to divert it from waterworks in Hawaii, United States.

U.S. fliers bomb Hawaii Mauna Loa volcano to divert lava in Hawaii, United States. Aerial view of diamond formation of three U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-3As bomber aircraft and two U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone LB-6A light bombers in flight over Hawaiian mountains. Eruption of Mauna Loa volcano. Lava flowing down its sides. The bombs exploding near river of lava to divert it from waterworks at Hilo, Hawaii. Three B-3As and two LB-6As in flight in line-a- step formation. The bombs exploding near river of flaming lava flowing down the sides of Mauna Loa volcano.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069574