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Two U.S. Merchant Marine seamen who survived in life rafts are interviewed by U.S. officials.

Wartime safety measures for United States Merchant seamen. A document reads 'Wartime Safety Measures for Merchant Marine'. Survivors of sinking ships are asked to give suggestions by U.S. officials to improve survival at sea. Two Merchant seamen are interviewed by officials. They share their experience of spending days on a raft after sinking of their ship. Both seamen are shown on a raft floating at sea. They wave to ships passing faraway but ships did not notice them on raft. Officer asks if they had any signaling device on raft. Seaman says they never had any device but they used a tin can as a reflector to signal the ships. An aircraft flies overhead and seaman uses tin can to signal the aircraft and a cutter is sent for rescue. A U.S. Navy officer holds a mirror which is made required equipment on life rafts.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058112
American citizens walking in towns and cities during World War 2, with ration song "It's up to you" in background.

Rationing of food in the United States during World War 2. Propaganda song jingle heard on film soundtrack with words "It's up to you, mister, what do you say? It's up to you, sister, starting today." Other lines include "You can fix that shoe and you can wear it. And you can cut down food, and you can share it. Mister, sister, it's up to you." American citizens walking in American towns. A woman passes a storefront. Poster in window says "Your blood may save your next of kin" (encouraging blood donations). Another sign recruits woman SPARS for military service. Women exiting a church. A woman working tilling a victory garden. Men and women pedestrians and workers crossing city streets during a work day. A large crowd gathers in an open square.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058158
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones walk out of a building during the rehearsal of their wedding in London, England.

A rehearsal of the wedding-day of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones in London, England. Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones walk out of a building and pat a dog. Preparations for the procession of the wedding couple from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace shows setting up of a flagpole with triple crowns. To check the timing of each sequence the Queen's coach leaves the palace followed by a procession and the last coach in which the bride and the groom will ride. Household cavalry rides as escort.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1960, May 2
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058267
Soviet soldiers defeat Nazi troops and regain lost territories (WW2)

Soviet soldiers fight against Nazi troops and defeat them to regain lost territories during World War II. A map shows Soviet territories regained from German control. German prisoners of war (POW) being marched by Soviet Russian forces. Winter Palace, buildings, factories, arch, and famous landmarks and statues of Lenin and Peter the Great in Leningrad. The Narvskiye Triumfal'nyye Vorota or Narva Triumphal Arch (Ploshchad' Stachek, 1, St Petersburg, Russia, 190020) in Leningrad, present day Saint Petersburg. Tanks and soldiers on the street to face the German attack. Civilians including men, women, and children also dig trenches, erect barricade and build defenses. Soviet soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns at Nazi Luftwaffe fighters flying overhead early during siege of Leningrad.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058273
Civilians inducted into Army in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (WW2)

A large number of civilians inducted into Army in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in World War II. They take an oath of allegiance. At Army Day celebrations in Guatemala Foreign Minister of Mexico decorated with a medal as American and Guatemalan troops march.

Location: South America
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058310
Japanese troops surrender Marcus Island and Wake Island in the Pacific Theater

Part of ceremonies marking Japanese surender and victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese forces surrender Marcus Island on board USS Bagley (DD-386) in Pacific Theater. Japanese Rear Admiral M. Matsubara surrenders his garrison to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Whiting. Japanese and Allied officers sign the papers of surrender. View in September of American flag being raised on Wake Island by U.S. Marines after Japanese surrender. Colonel Walter Baylor accepts honors at the ceremony, having been the last to leave Wake Island, and now the first to return. View of destroyed Grumman F-4 Wildcats that assisted in efforts to hold off Japanese forces for 14 days of attack, earlier in the war.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058333
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