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Allied bombers strike German military installations in Abbeville and Rennes, France, during World War II.

Opening scene shows view from a Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft looking down and back at others in a formation on a bombing mission in World War 2. Black flak bursts are seen all around them. Aerial closeup silhouette view of Douglas A-26 Havoc bomber crossing the English Channel en route to France. Others are seen flying far below. Next, a patchwork of farms is seen below from one of the bombers, followed by views of bombs striking a German airfield at Abbeville, France. Another view of Douglas A-26 bombers penetrating the coastline of France as they proceed on a mission to bomb the German supply depot at Rennes, France. View from cockpit of an airplane approaching the French coast at extremely low altitude and proceeding inland, skimming over buildings as it heads toward the target. Scene shifts to views from inside a British aircraft showing large holes from antiaircraft hits to its left wing, and then views of bombs bursting and dense white smoke rising from below as it passes over the German supply depot target.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034897
General Eisenhower, Allied commander in Sicily and General Patton of U.S. 7th Army, talking in Sicily, Italy.

General Eisenhower, Allied commander in Sicily and General Patton of U.S. 7th Army, talking in Sicily, Italy, during World War 2. British General Montgomery, steps down a plane. He shakes hand with U.S. Lieutenant General George S. Patton. Two hundred thousand Axis prisoners of war, mostly Italian, are assembled and board ships for POW camps in Africa, Britain, and the United States.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034898
Wash women take clothes in carriages to a building for cleaning in London, England.

Wash women take clothes for cleaning in London, England. The British women use prams and pushchairs to carry clothes for washing and park them in front of a building. The women are shown washing the clothes. After washing, women gather in front of the building where a man helps load their clean clothes into their prams.

Date: 1930, March 15
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035100
The repaired German U-boat Deutschland leaves New London, Connecticut, bound for Germany.

The German U-boat submarine, Deutschland, repaired after a 16 November, 1916 collision with the tugboat "T.A. Scott Jr.", leaves U.S. for Germany on 21 November, 1916. The launch "Efco" opens the pontoon fence guarding the submarine's berth, and the submarine slowly moves out of the dock area. She carries 6.5 tons of silver bullion on this successful British blockade-evading voyage back to Germany.

Date: 1916, November 21
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035172
SS Adriatic arrives safely from the U-Boat war zone in New York City.

SS Adriatic, the largest passenger liner in Trans-Atlantic service, arrives safely in New York City., from the Atlantic U-Boat war zone during World War 1. Irene Castle currently starring in the serial film "Patria" is seated on deck. She wears a fur coat and is holding a pet monkey. (Her husband, and professional dance partner, Vernon Castle, was away, flying as a pilot with the British Royal Flying Corps.)

Date: 1917
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035176
Llewelyn Evans demonstrates his "instant, hand held fire extinguisher" in England.

Invention of the "instant, hand held fire extinguisher." British inventor Llewelyn Evans stands by a stock of extinguishers. Various tests of the new invention in England. Fire put out with the help of the new extinguisher in a hall and a kitchen. A man set on fire, while another uses the invention to extinguish the fire.

Date: 1967, May 2
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035370