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U.S. Army C-47 transport plane warms up engines; a British soldier puts on life vest (WW2)

U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division paratroopers at Ramsbury airfield board transport planes bound for Holland, Netherlands during Operation Market Garden of World War II. They carry supplies as they step on landing strip covered in Marston Mats. Wings of the transport planes. C-47 Skytrain transport plane starts and warms up engine. A British paratrooper wearing a beret puts on his life vest and inspects his Sten MK II submachine gun. A young soldier writes a letter or takes notes.

Location: Newbury England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080772
Advance party leaving San Francisco to support U.S.Army Air Corp's Alaskan Flight project in 1934

View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.

Location: British Columbia Canada
Date: 1934
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064901
British officials meet in England as Adolf Hitler prepares his troops in Germany during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.

Location: Western Front European Theater
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021736
Men and women maquisards arm with British, American and German guns near farmhouse in Chateaudun, France, in World War 2.

The French Resistance Maquis (underground guerilla fighters) in Chateaudun, France. Men and women masquisards arm themselves near a French farmhouse. A man halfway up a ladder leading to a hayloft. Guns and packs are removed from the hayloft and issued to members. The weapons include English machine guns, U.S. Browning Automatic Rifles and captured German weapons and ammunition, dropped by the U.S. Air Force for the French underground. A masquisard with the French Resistance flag. A woman with a gun stands near him. Masquisards lined up. Men smoking. More fighters join the lines.

Location: Chateaudun France
Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021860
King Frederik IX of Denmark receives British honor in England, United Kingdom.

A large crowd honors Frederik IX of Denmark at Windsor in England. King Frederick of Denmark receives the highest order in Britain's chivalry. King Frederick is installed as knight of the Garter. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Britain's royal family at reception in Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), London. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth are seen entering the event. Herbert Morrison is seen. Princess Elizabeth is seen talking to King George VI. Other officials are present to honor the King of Denmark.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1951, May 17
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024725
Japanese warships and planes bomb Hong Kong during Battle of Hong Kong against British forces.

Japanese warships at sea. Mountains in the background. Japanese troops on ship. Japanese planes in flight. Japanese warships and planes bombard Hong Kong as Japanese troops go ashore in landing craft. Aerial view of Hong Kong. Explosion and smoke rising over target. (World War II period).

Location: Hong Kong
Date: 1941, December
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024818
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