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P-38 aircraft of the U.S. 55th Fighter Group at British airfield Nuthampstead, England

U.S. 55th Fighter Group P-38 planes at Nuthampstead Airfield (Station 131) in England in World War 2. Mechanics prepare P-38 planes prior to the 55th Fighter Group's first combat mission on 15th October 1943. Some of the mechanics work on the .50 Browning machine guns mounted in the nose of the plane. One of them checks fuel lines and the interior of the plane. 38th Fighter Squadron pilots gather in front of their Commander, prior to the mission. Pilots include the Group's first P-38 "Ace," Gerald Brown, and fellow 38th pilots, Jerry Leinweber and Jo Myers. Visual and Audio of 55th Fighter Group Commander, Lt. Colonel, Frank James (Group CO), briefing pilots and emphasizing their bomber escort mission. He tells them not to break off to pursue individual German aircraft. The crews disperse to their respective aircraft for take off. View of Lt Col. Jack Jenkins' P-38H "Texas Ranger" readies for take-off with assistance from his crew chief Sgt. Donald Maloney

Date: 1943, October 15
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030628
U.S. Army soldiers eat chow and British soldiers unload supplies during the Korean War.

U.S. Army soldiers during the Korean War in Korea. Soldiers of "A" Company 1st Battalion 35th Regiment 25th Division queued up on hill for chow. Soldiers seated on the ground eating. A soldier smiles as he puts a spoon of food to his mouth. 3 September 1950: Soldiers of Middlesex Regiment unload supplies at the staging area. Soldier lights gadget used to heat water for tea.

Date: 1950, August 30
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030825
People cheer and welcome the U.S. and British soldiers in Pompeii Italy.

Views of narrow streets of Pompeii, with people holding flags standing on the street sides and army trucks entering the city. People cheering and clapping as the convoy of army pass through the streets. People hold WELCOME banner in the city. Army trucks and soldiers pass through the cheering crowd. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, August 10
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030861
U.S. and British naval bombardment and landings at Salerno, Italy.

View of guns mounted on an allied destroyer firing at targets in Salerno,Italy. Views of mountainous coastline in background while several ships and landing crafts moving near the beach including one carrying aircraft on a special platform. Smoke rising near the shore. Soldier looking through binoculars on the approaching warship. Soldiers standing near the mounted gun on the warship and looking towards the shore. Repeated scenes of landing crafts moving towards shore. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030925
Views of Jerusalem, Palestine, while under British Administration, in 1932.. Important buildings and ruins. Typical Street scenes.

Film 'The city of David' depicts notable landmarks and people in Jerusalem, Palestine. Film begins showing the Islamic shrine, the Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount (Qubbat al-Sakhra in Arabic or Kippat ha-Sela in Hebrew) in Jerusalem, Palestine. Film focuses on the city walls and some of its gates. Palestinians are seen walking near the Damascus gate. The Citadel (Tower of David) atop the walls. Visitors in Western clothes are seen entering through the wide Jaffa Gate (Omar Ibn Katab, Jerusalem). Local people enter and leave through another gate to David Street. Scene shifts to narrow walkways filled with shops and pedestrians, within sight of city Wall in the background. Camera pans down from rooftop to the narrow lane of shops and pedestrians

Date: 1932
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032033
Field Marshall Sir Bernard L Montgomery presents British awards to U.S. Army personnels in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Soldiers of 56th Armored Infantry Battalion in a ground in Wiesbaden, Germany. Some soldiers sitting, some marching, army band playing instruments. Field Marshal Montgomery and General Omar N Bradly troop the line of soldiers and presents awards. Motion picture photographers taking pictures. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, June 26
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032577