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Amphibious cars are tested in a stream and Hungarian units move to the front in the Carpathian Mountains.

German troops build a fortified line in the Carpathian Mountains, Europe, during World War 2. A map is shown. The troops shovel the field. They take away rolls of wires. A soldier works on barbed wires. Tents on the ground. Amphibious cars are tested in a stream. Cars are driven out. The troops walk along a bridge and enter a village. A soldier watches through binoculars. Army equipment in an open field. Hungarian units move to the front while tanks and mobile guns duel in a ruined village. Tanks are fired. Explosion and smoke over a target. Ruins of buildings.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044754
U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft from VT-15 in formation flight over the Pacific during World War II.

A flight of three U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft from VT-15 on USS Essex are seen in formation flight in the Pacific theater during World War 2. (Note: sequence ends with extraneous narration and glimpse of bomb burst at night over German target in World War II, Europe.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044903
Russian troops riding on captured German half-track in a German town, at end of World War 2

Scene in Germany as World War Two winds down in Europe. Russian troops in class A uniforms, ride on a captured German Sdkfz.251/21 Drilling half-track ,on street of a German town. They get down from the half-track and converse.

Date: 1945, April 26
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045003
Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen sticks with his ship, the 'Flying Enterprise' after a hurricane hits the ship in the Atlantic

Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen stays with the SS Flying Enterprise after a hurricane damages it in the North Atlantic. The broken freighter SS Flying Enterprise listing at a 60 degree angle at sea. Views of waves lashing the coast of Europe. Waterfront buildings damaged by the storm. The SS Flying Enterprise is towed towards Falmouth.

Date: 1952, January 7
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045429
Crew of the U.S. B-17 "Memphis Belle" begin their 25th (final) mission from Bassingbourn airfield, England, during World War 2

Scenes regarding the U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 named Memphis Belle, the first American bomber and crew to complete twenty-five missions over enemy territory in Europe during World War Two. Views of the peaceful English countryside around the British Royal Air Force Bassingbourn airfield, home base of the U.S. 8th Air Force 91st Heavy Bombardment Group. B-17s parked all around on the airfield. Views of Bassingbourn Church, graveyard, horse-drawn wagon, fields of grain, and farm buildings. On the airfield, ground crews clean canopies, refuel aircraft, and perform maintenance on the B-17s. Bombs seen stacked in munitions dump. Airmen ride on bombs aboard trolleys pulled by tugs. One plays the harmonica. Arriving at B-17s, they begin inserting nose fuzes in bombs. Pilots, Navigators, and bombardiers attend morning mission briefing and learn that their target is Wilhelmshaven. Chaplain prays over several crew members. Bombs are loaded on the B-17s. Crew of the 324th Bomb Squadron B-17, "Memphis Belle," arrives at the aircraft aboard a jeep. Pilot, Captain Robert K. Morgan gives last minute briefing and the crew boards the aircraft for their 25th bombing mission. Their airplane has 24 bombs painted on its side (one for each mission). They start their engines.

Date: 1943
Duration: 7 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045578
B-17s of 91st Bomb Group, including the "Memphis Belle," return from mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

One by one, 29 B-17 aircraft of the 91st Bomb Group (out of 36 launched) return from their bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany during World War 2. Many suffered battle damage and have wounded crew aboard. The B-17, "Dame Satan," is seen with large holes in it. The B-17, "Old Bill," is shot to pieces, with its nose missing. Lieutenant Colonel Stanley T. Wray waits in control tower as three more aircraft arrive, including the "Memphis Belle." Her crew members relax and smile as she lets down to land. Her pilot, Captain Morgan buzzes the airfield before landing to complete their 25th bombing mission. They are congratulated by well wishers on the ground. Their crew chief paints the 25th bomb on the "Memphis Belle" fuselage. Change of scene: Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. awards a Distinguished Flying Cross to each crew member. Change of scene: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, of England, visit the flight crew and ground crew of "Memphis Belle" and converse with them. Change of scene: Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of the 8th Air Force, visit and greet the crew. General Devers reads their orders to return to the United States and encourage Americans on the home front.

Date: 1943
Duration: 9 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045584