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German troops on the firing line at the Eastern Front during the First World War.

German troops man a firing line on the Eastern front in World War I. Opening scene shows German army officers and soldiers in a trench. They all wear cloth hats, except for one soldier wearing the new 1916 model steel helmet. They don't seem too concerned about possible enemy fire. An officer stands up, relatively exposed, and points out directions. Several soldiers lean forward in the trench, next to one manning a 1916 model MG-08/15 machine gun with wooden gunstock and a pistol grip (Maschinengewehr 08/15).The principal gunner is suddenly struck by an enemy bullet and falls back from the line. Two other soldiers seize the machine gun before it can fall from its position. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1916
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045955
Test of a B-17 Flying Fortress drone, converted into BQ-7 missile, at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah

Test at Wendover Army Air Field, New Mexico, of a drone B-17 Flying Fortress converted into a remote-controlled bomb (designated BQ-7 missile). The B-17 drone sits with engines running. Interior of the aircraft shows technicians of the "Weary Willie Project" checking over radio controls. The B-17 drone takes off followed by a B-17 controller (mother ship). The two aircraft in flight. A ground tracking and control crew on the ground, follows the two B-17s in flight. Ten miles from the target, the drone BQ-7 missile is released from the mother ship B-17. Tracking and controlling the BQ-7 missile, using ascania camera. A hand controlled unit as an operator tracks it through the camera. A finger tip control box is used to control the B-17 (BQ-7 missile). It flies towards the target area along slope of a mountain. The target is approximately 30 feet square white area on the side of mountain slope. The BQ-7 missile crashes into the area, a large column of flame and smoke rises. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046012
The launching and explosions of various test missiles in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. Interior of a steel mill shows workers performing various duties around an open furnace. The exhaust section of a JB-2, flames erupting from the same. A JB-2 launching. It taxis in a wooded area. A large explosion. The exhaust section of V-2 during launching. Failed test as a V-2 rocket streaks down towards the earth after a launch and slams into a wooded area, with a huge explosion resulting. The first guided missile robot torpedo aircraft crashes at Arcadia, Florida. First successful launching of the U.S. aerial guided missile. Exhaust section of JB-2 starting operation attached to a wing of a B-17. The B-17 launching. JB-2 in flight. PQ-8 target aircraft dives towards the slope of a mountain and explodes. An atomic bomb explosion. Atomic cloud formation rises up in the air from the Trinity test, the first atomic explosion, in New Mexico.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046014
Museum Photo portraits of American pioneer settlers of Hawaii, in the 1820s.

Photographic portraits,in a museum, showing with names and travel information about early American pioneer settlers in Hawaii. Includes photographs of the so-called "Pioneer Company" that arrived at Kailua, on the Brigantine Thaddeus, after 164 days at sea, from Boston, Massachusetts, landing at Monolala, April 19, 1820. Likewise, photos of settlers in the "Second Company" are shown. They arrived on the Schooner Aclife, from Tahiti, on February 4, 1823, and other who arrived on the Ship Thames, sailing 158 days from New Haven, Connecticut, arriving at Honolulu. Among pioneers identified are: Samuel Ruggles and his wife, Nancy; Artemas Bishop and Mrs Della (Stone) Bishop; and Mrs Clarissa Richards.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046030
Russian paratroopers move forward on the battlefield in Russia and take German prisoners of war with them.

Russian soldiers fight the enemy on the battlefield in Russia during World War II. Tanks advance, bombers take off, field guns are fired and cavalry charges across a field. Snow covered area. Smoke from bombardment. Soldiers watch through binoculars. Artillery is loaded and fired. Paratrooperss board transports. The planes take off. Paratroopers jump from the planes, open their parachutes and descend towards the land. They discard their parachutes and crawl forward. Bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke arises from the bombardment and firing. Tanks roll forward. Low flying German planes strafe the area. One tank is hit squarely. Ski troops move hurriedly into new positions. Ski and infantry troops charge into a town. Houses are searched and prisoners are taken.

Date: 1942
Duration: 6 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046061
President Franklin Roosevelt addresses the youth of the United States talking about the changes in the life of Americans.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses youth in the United States. The President seated at a desk in his office in Washington DC. He addresses the youth of the United States outlining the changes that have occurred in American life. He states that the changed conditions require a new approach.

Date: 1935, August 26
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046089