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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.

Location: Miami Florida USA
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.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
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.

Location: El Alamein Egypt
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 8 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052591
Balloons in flight during a balloon race in Detroit, Michigan.

A balloon race in Detroit, Michigan. The balloon race for Detroit News Ballooning Trophy. Balloons in flight include 'Skylark' piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren, 'S-1' piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and W.E. Huffman, Detroit Flying Club balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. George M. LeGallee, 'The Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Baettner and W.H. Mortan with H.W. Maxson and The Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell also participate.

Location: Detroit Michigan USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066084
Various balloons ascend during the Detroit News Balloon Race Trophy in Dearborn, Michigan.

Commercial airplane reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Two men work on a partially inflated balloon. Weights around the edge of the balloon. Aerial view of five balloons at a field during the Detroit News Balloon Race Trophy. 'Skylark' balloon piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren ascends. 'Club' balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. Geo M. LeGalle. The balloons ascend. A mooring mast in the foreground. Aircraft fly overhead. 'Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Bottner and W.W. Morton with H.M. Maxson in flight. 'Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell in flight as it ascends.

Location: Dearborn Michigan USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066094
Several balloons released and lifting off during the balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit.

A balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit, Michigan. A half filled balloon on the field. A few men beside the airfield. Aerial views of the balloons moored to the ground and the people spread over the field. A balloon piloted by W.C.Naylor and Kenneth Warren released and lifts off into the sky. 'Skylark' written on the envelope of the balloon. Another Army Air Service balloon piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and Lieutenant W E Huffman released and lifts off. A balloon piloted by Charles D Williams, Jr, and Arthur G Schlosser with Dr Geo M LeGallee lifts off. A balloon piloted by J.A.Boettner and W W Morton with H W Maxson lifts off. View of the balloon piloted by S A U Rasmussen, E J Hill and S A Mitchell lifting off from the field and who were the winners of the trophy. 'Detroit News Trophy Race' written on the envelope of the balloon.

Location: Detroit Michigan USA
Date: 1925, October 3
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066197
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