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Hitler Youth play rugby and boxing for recreation after working on annexed farms in Poland.

Recreation for Hitler Youth after a day's work on Polish annexed farms near Germany. A group of young boys play a game similar to rugby. They line up in front of an instructor. They toss a ball back and forth. Two Hitler youth participate in a boxing match while other boys crowd around and cheer

Location: Poland
Date: 1940, September
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043396
Hitler Youth make shoes and learn carpentry at a training school on annexed farms of Poland

Hitler Youth making shoes at a training camp in Polish annexed farmland. Young boys seated in line stitch shoes. They place the finished products in front. Instructor instructs carpenters how to use instrument. Boy plots a map on table.

Location: Poland
Date: 1940, September
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043397
Stateville Correctional Center model Penitentiary in the United States.

Facilities of Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, near Chicago, Illinois. View of a prison building with an open lawn in front and awnings on each window. Huge prison walls with watchtowers on it. Man watches and waves to camera from a watch tower. Group of prisoners play and relax on recreation field. They line up to go inside to their respective cells. Prison uniforms are like ordinary work clothes including cap. Officer locks the cell after prisoner is sent to his individual cell. Two officers do a final check of cells. Grounds have landscaping and flowers. A sign in the prison grounds points to State Street in one direction and to Madison Street in the other. Roundhouse buildings visible.

Location: Illinois United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043402
During U.S. military exercises, caterpillar tractor and road scraper scoop up coral from ground at Vieques Island in Puerto Rico

U.S. military engineers employ heavy equipment during joint-services exercises in Puerto Rico. Caterpillar tractor pulls a tournapull (road scraper). Front of the road scraper as it cuts into ground. Man hooks up cable tournapull. It scoops up coral from ground. Wheels of the vehicle roll on ground. tournapull loaded with coral moves downhill.

Location: Vieques Island Puerto Rico
Date: 1950, March 26
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043409
Allied forces attack German-occupied Ortona, and San Pietro in Italy during World War II

Opening scene shows British artillerymen bombarding the Italian town of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, which is held by paratroops of the German 1st Parachute Division in World War 2. Closeups of British soldier operating 155mm gun. British officers planning the barrage. Battery of guns firing. View of shells striking Ortona, along the coastline. Heavy guns firing from under camouflage netting. Smoke rising from artillery strikes. Scene shifts to Allied occupied airfield in Foggia, on the coast, South of Ortona, where P-40 aircraft of the 99th Pursuit Squadron are preparing to fly in support of the Ortona offensive. (This U.S Army Air Forces unit is comprised entirely of African American pilots and support personnel including Tuskegee Airmen.) Closeups of airmen fueling and arming the aircraft, and of pilots gathered in a mission briefing. 99th Squadron aircraft taking off and departing overhead in formations. View from the British artillery position of numerous bombs bursting on Ortona. Film shifts to the Central Front in Italy where U.S. forces are engaged in the Battle of San Pietro. Views of American artillery bombarding German positions in San Pietro. Closeups of numerous U.S. guns being fired. An ejected shell flies through the air from a U.S. Sherman tank during the bombardment. Views of U.S. troops passing a Sherman tank as they enter San Pietro and begin searching for booby traps in the wreckage of the town. Closeup of a soldier dismantling a booby trap. German aircraft sweep overhead and bomb the town. American soldiers dig out a buddy who was buried by a bomb burst, but rescued unhurt. He smiles for the camera. Casualties of the fighting, including many civilians are carried on stretchers and assisted. Local residents are seen grieving over fallen relatives and friends. Groups of townspeople stand along a hillside and watch as Italian soldiers join with the Allies in the fighting. Jeeps are seen navigating the muddy mountain trails as far as possible. Then further movement requires the use of mules. Troops are seen with mule trains. Soldiers shoulder heavy ammunition crates and slog uphill with them over a muddy mountain trail.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043438
German Army representative signs surrender document as war ends in Europe.

People celebrate as war ends in Europe. Huge crowd gathered on street for Victory in Europe day (or V-E Day). People enter an American Church. Clergy leading worship service inside a church. American citizens in pews participate in prayer and worship. United States President Harry Truman speaks, announcing that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. View of U.S. Army and Soviet Army forces meeting at River Elbe near end of World War 2. German Army representative signs surrender document at the Allied Mediterranean Headquarters in Italy. U.S. Army General W.D. Morgan signs on behalf of General Alexander for the Allies. The American flag hoisted in front of a large Nazi Swastika symbol on top of the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg Germany (Zeppelinfeld). A dead German soldier seen on the ground nearby just before the flag is shown being raised. American forces than detonate an explosion to destroy the Nazi swastika emblem.

Location: Italy
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043440
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