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U.S. planes patrol the Caribbean Sea and U.S. Military officers at Aruba Oil refinery in West Indies.

U.S. Forces guard West Indies Oil during the World War II. U.S. Military men load bombs on a U.S. Bomber plane. The bomber takes off and in flight over the Caribbean Sea. Pilots in the cockpit. A ship in water. Officers of the U.S. Military at the Aruba Oil Refinery in West Indies. Supplies and equipment of the U.S. Military.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033543
Patients slide down a fire proof canvas chute during the testing of a device to evacuate patients in a hurry during a fire.

Testing of a new method to evacuate patients in a hurry in case of a fire. Exterior of a California hospital. A truck and men outside the hospital. A fire proof canvas chute extends from the ground to the fourth floor window. Patients slide down the chute. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033544
Laborers compete for the prize in a cotton picking contest in the United States and the winner gets a prize.

A cotton picking contest in the United States. Cotton pickers pick up cotton in a cotton field. A referee signals the end of the competition by flying a flag. The pickers with their bags on their shoulders move towards a weighing machine. They empty the contents of their bags. The winner is presented a prize.

Date: 1942
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033546
Mrs. T.D. Robinson christens the 5th USS Lexington, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts

Launch of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) in World War 2 at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy,Massachusetts, United States. The decorated aircraft carrier stands in the dock. A sign reads 'The navy wants this ship to replace the Lexington. Let's go. Fore River!' Several sailors who served on the 4th USS Lexington, are present for the launching. Mrs. T.D. Robinson, who also christened the 4th USS Lexington, does the honors for the newest one, and the aircraft carrier glides down the ways into Boston Harbor.

Date: 1942, September 26
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033547
U.S. transport airplanes drop supplies and the New Guinea natives carry wounded to the field hospitals during the World War II.

Allied Forces fight the Japanese in the South Pacific during World War II. U.S. transport airplanes bring supplies for the American and the Australian soldiers in New Guinea. The natives look up as the planes fly. The planes swoop and drop supplies. The Allied soldiers pick up the supplies from the mountainside. The troops clean their rifles. The Australian troops on offensive against the Japanese. The troops return back to the outposts. The natives carry wounded soldiers to the field hospitals. Soldiers tend to the wounded. A soldier lights a cigarette for another who is on a stretcher. A soldier with his arm in a sling. The Australian soldiers walk through ankle deep mud.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033549
General Dwight D Eisenhower and Allied forces capture North Africa and Sicily, receives the French Legion of Honour medal (WWII)

General Dwight D Eisenhower from the North Africa campaign to the D-Day Normandy landings during World War II. Eisenhower with other military officers in the War Plan Office discusses strategy. A mural covering the west wall of the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas. An animated map shows plan to seize key positions in North Africa. Fight in Algiers and Casablanca. Allied troops fire artillery, bombarding a North African coastal town. Troops advancing from beachhead, engage in street fighting with Vichy French troops in Casablanca, Morocco. A flare gun is fired. Unfavorable weather conditions delay the troops advancing towards Tunis and Bizerte. Allied troops fighting at nighttime. Allied soldiers walk through mud, allied military vehicles pass through water on the roads. Troops fire artillery under a canopy, hitting the side of a hill. Thick clouds of smoke cover a hill. U.S. General Omar Bradley and his troops capture Bizerte, Tunisia and the British 1st Army captures Tunis. German and Italian prisoners raise their hands up upon surrender. Animated map shows the surrender of the Axis troops. A ceremony commemorates the victory. North African cavalrymen join the parade. General Eisenhower and Free French Forces General Henri Giraud review a military parade. Henri Giraud bestows to General Eisenhower the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. A mural on a wall of the Eisenhower Museum depicts the Allied invasion of Sicily. Allied troops march into Sicily in 1943.Civilians in the streets to celebrate. A mural on the wall of Eisenhower Museum depicts invasion of Italy. Allied troops land ashore and march into Italy. U.S. General Mark Clark 5th Army at Salerno. A sign reads Napoli. Eisenhower comes out of a tent. U.S. President Roosevelt visits the troops in the combat area with Eisenhower. United States President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin in Cairo, Egypt. Another mural on the wall of the Eisenhower Museum. Eisenhower with other officers. Dramatization of German troops guarding and preparing the defenses of Normandy before the Allied landings. Eisenhower reviews training of the troops. Allied troops undergo physical training though obstacle courses. Churchill inspects the troops. Eisenhower reviews the troops on the eve of invasion. Eisenhower speaks to airborne troops wearing blackened camouflage face paint.

Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033592