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First flight of the Lockheed XP-80A (Prototype of P-80 Shooting Star, America's first operational jet fighter aircraft).

Scenes from first flight of the Lockheed XP-80A, prototype of the P-80 Shooting Star, America's first operational jet fighter aircraft. The aircraft livery (paint job) is dull gray. Unlike the future operational versions, this XP version has no tip tanks. The aircraft piloted by Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier, is seen flying low over the Muroc Flight Test Base (later Edwards Air Force Base).

Date: 1944, June 10
Duration: 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044929
French troops shell rebel -held towns and mop up the entrenched Vietnamese in Hanoi, Vietnam during Indochina War.

Rebellion flares in Hanoi, Vietnam during Indochina War. French troops shell rebel held towns and then move in for bitter in-fighting with machine guns and small arms to mop up the entrenched Vietnamese. Wounded and dead combatants in the ruins. General Jacques-Philippe LeClerc, in charge of the military operation in Indochina, and French oversea minister, Marius Moutet, inspect the area. They move in towns by jeep and army tanks. General George and others standing outside the Pasteur Hospital building (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1 P. Yec Xanh, Phạm Đình Hổ, Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam), which had been vandalized. Debris and wreckage in buildings. French soldier enters a trench and finds a Japanese-made helmet (World War 2 era) that was used by a Viet Minh soldier.

Date: 1947, January 23
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045371
Oval Office of President Franklin Roosevelt; dignitaries inside the White House.

The White house in Washington DC. Exterior of the White House. Trees in the foreground. Interior views of the Oval Office. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt works on his desk inside the White House. Paintings on the walls of the building. Flags near a table. A statue, a clock and some books on the table. Close-up views of various furnishings and art work in the Oval Office of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A shelf near a window. Books in the shelves. View of the outer area through the window. Secretary Stephen Early sitting beside the President at his desk. Side view of President Roosevelt seated at desk and writing. President Roosevelt's secretary, Marguerite LeHand, talking to Secretary Marvin McIntyre. Dignitaries seated on chairs in a hall. Closeup views of artwork on walls in areas in or near Oval Office. Exterior view of White House North portico in background, with equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square in foreground. Streetcar or trolley and various cars pass by on road in front of White House.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046094
President Franklin D Roosevelt and others aboard his Presidential yacht Potomac in United States.

The Presidential yacht Potomac underway docked and then underway in Miami, Florida, United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt along with Harold LeClair Ickes, Secretary of interior, James Roosevelt, Hopkins and others on board the yacht named "Potomac". President Roosevelt talks to them as he relaxes. A large number of people gathered at the dock to welcome the president. An official building with the American flag in the foreground.

Date: 1937
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048954
Preparations for bombing, and bombing of Tokyo, Japan, by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.

From "The Last Bomb", shows U.S. Army Air Forces conventional bombing of Japan in 1945, during World War 2. Map shows take off points in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Guam Island shores. Houses and mountains in Guam. Civilians in village. U.S. military equipment, ammunition, vehicles and aircraft parked at airfield. Men around tents. Men at airfield engaged in morning activities. B-29 aircraft parked and others taxi at airfield. Technicians work on aircraft engines. Men manning B29s. Men board B29s. Sign reads 'Headquarters XXI Bomber Command'. General Curtis LeMay around chart planning raid on Japan's industrial areas. Other officers in room. Officer stand up as General Curtis leaves. Officers discuss the plan of attack. Bombs including GP bombs transferred at airfield. Submarines speed up in water to take up positions. Officers at headquarters in discussion. Officers talk on phone. Officer around flight status panel carry out visual progress of the flights. Officer marks positions. Time table for statistics of each wing on wall. B29s taxis for take off at airfield.

Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051971
First Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, in World War II

Opening scene of "Desert Victory" shows vast desert in area of El Alamein Western Egypt, during World War 2. Several British Army officers and men gather around a Humber Mk II armoured car serving as an improvised field command post. A soldier holds an aiming compass. Troops attending to themselves and their equipment, being annoyed by flies. Stripped to the waist in desert daytime heat, soldiers are seen huddled in sleeping bags during cold nights. View of approaching sand storm as it rolls over troop positions. Views of German armored columns moving through the desert. Closeup of passing German Army SdKfz. 7 half-track carrying six soldiers. German army vehicles speeding past the camera. One towing a 10.5 cm leFH 18 light howitzer. A Sd.Kfz.222 armored car. A German Stug III self-propelled assault gun. Closeup of a formation flight of German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers. Closeup of individual Stuka, in flight, with pilot and gunner visible. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel seen standing in an open car, accompanying his armored forces. He turns to look as they pass a knocked out British tank. Animated map showing El Alamein, where Rommel was headed with his forces. Highlights of the nearby areas of interest. A shepherd and flock in the Nile delta. View from the air of Al Rifa'i Mosque and Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, in Cairo, Egypt. Panning view of waterfront in Alexandria, Egypt. View of the Suez Canal. Animated map returns to El Alamein. Barbed wire strung along the Mediterranean coast. Hills overlooking the Quattara Depression and closeups of its salt marsh that vehicles cannot cross. British troops moving toward El Alamein in trucks. British General Claude Auchinleck taking personal charge of the 40 mile front. British troops preparing defensive positions, using pickaxes, jackhammers, and shovels. They dig deep trenches and lay protective mines, set up machinegun positions and anti-aircraft batteries. Closeup of a British soldier manning a Vickers medium machinegun. Soldiers laying camouflage netting over defensive position. General Auchinleck standing in a vehicle, looks through binoculars. British gunners begin firing 25 pounder field pieces. German General Rommel, standing in his staff car, directs his officers. German gunners begin returning fire toward the British positions. German Ju 97 Stuka dive bombers attack and British anti-aircraft gunners defend against them. Bombs striking in the sand. A British gunner marks a 10th victory on the barrel of his anti-aircraft gun. In August, British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, is seen visiting and mingling with troops at the front. Churchill stands with General Sir Harold Alexander the new Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command and Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, new Commander of the 8th Army. Copy of directive to General Alexander, ordering him to defeat Rommel's forces.

Date: 1942, July
Duration: 8 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052591