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U.S. engineers construct bridge on the Ledo Burma roads in South East Asia during Allied Invasion of France during World War 2

Bridge construction on the Ledo Burma roads in South East Asia during World War II on 5 August 1944. Aerial view of the flooded and damaged roads and bridges. United States engineers watch as the worker operates crane. They instruct the bridge building. Mountains in the background. Cable is pulled over tower by the block and tackle. Cable anchors are embedded in hillside caves. View of the completed suspension bridge. American and Chinese workers clear debris using bulldozer. Allied soldiers look at the map and discuss. Soldiers move with the horses loaded with their belongings. They cross flooded stream. Aircraft in flight. Supplies are dropped by parachutes on field.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073004
U.S. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division being withdrawn to Camp Mourmelon,in France, for a rest after Operation Market Garden in World War 2.

U.S. troopers of the 101st Airborne Division, are seen marching in full combat gear along a road in Nijmegen, Holland. Next, trucks loaded with paratroopers drive around a bend on Bow Street, at the corner of Lindenberg, where part of the "hello castle" (aka ""Old Man-Bat-Zate") is seen in background. An MP (military policeman) controls traffic. Local people wave friendly goodbyes from the side of the road, as the trucks pass out of the city. The trucks stop for a break en route, where paratroopers warm themselves by a fire, as local children gather near them. One small boy tries to sell a pair of boots to a paratrooper. A middle age man looks into the camera as it photographs paratroopers reboarding their trucks. View of troopers seated in back of a truck. Camera focuses on several smiling as they climb into their truck. Others posing for the camera as they lean out the side of their truck.

Date: 1944, November 26
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076980
Phoenixes and pier heads in the English Channel during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II.

A film titled 'Seabees in Normandy' about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors in the English Channel during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Aerial view of several Phoenix units or artificial harbors along the English Channel off the British coast. A pier head in water. Whales joined together to form a 80 feet long bridge. A pier head at the end of a bridge.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077913
Seabees construct an artificial harbor during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II.

A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors in the English Channel during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. U.S. Navy Captain Clark, in charge of artificial harbors and Commander Calair, in charge of installing Phoenixes and pier heads in the English Channel. Ships underway in the English channel. Tugs at a harbor. Beetles being pulled. A tug prepares to tow a Phoenix. Men work on lines. Whales spread across the channel. Pier head at sea. A dumb barge underway at sea. A captain looks at the towing operation from the bridge of a vessel. Aircraft in flight. Crew aboard a phoenix. Gliders in flight above the convoy. A signalman sends a blinker signal. Animated diagram depicts the creation of an artificial harbor. First tow arrives at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Landing crafts at the Normandy beach. Artificial harbor being constructed. A bridge being completed and pier head being attached to it. Seabees at work.

Date: 1944
Duration: 7 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077914
French General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny speaks about France's intention of helping Indochina.

General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny in Indochina. The French General gives a brief speech over a microphone. He explains that the French are still in Indochina not for colonial interests but to help the natives build their own independent country. The French are also fighting a war against the Communists.

Date: 1951, September 18
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043811
Battle of Hanoi during First Indochina War between France and Viet Minh Vietnamese, 1946.

Film begins showing an army truck filled with Viet Minh soldiers driving on a street in Hanoi, Indochina (Vietnam), during the Battle of Hanoi in December 1946 (early in First Indochina War). Next, French soldiers wearing berets are seen in defensive positions at a port. Bursting bombs from Viet Minh attack raise black smoke in the background as civilians run away from the area, and Viet Minh troops rush forward taking up positions in Hanoi. Views of civilians hunkering down behind trees, under cars, and other means of protection, while plumes of black smoke rise in the near background. More scenes of civilian refugees fleeing. A man carrying two young children runs by a building with sign "Chi-Thành" (denoting the Duong Chi Thanh street area and neighborhood of Hanoi). A fire raging in the background. Viet Minh troops in defensive positions behind a wall. Activity along a tree-lined avenue. A police van with French and Vietnamese identification driving along a road with a Red Cross flag flying above it. Injured youth lying on a sidewalk with another teenage boy beside him. A nurse in white attire, directing men carrying a wounded person on a litter. Jeep in background with text sign "Trung Liet" on its hood (denoting the Hanoi neighborhood of Trung Liệt). A makeshift outdoor first aid station. Smoke from fires obscuring part of the scene.

Date: 1946, December
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044050