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United States Fifth Regiment engineers set the pillboxes afire with well directed shots in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The United States Fifth Regiment engineers cross a river on 'assault' boats in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The men row the boats. Tanks cross the water over a bridge. Smoke due to explosions by hand grenades. The U.S. Fifth Regiment engineers in wooded area. The men are camouflaged. Men cross the field. The men set the pillboxes afire with well directed shots.

Date: 1941, March 18
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053548
A radio controlled boat used as a target for three-inch gun crews in Fort Story, Virginia.

Radio controlled boat in Fort Story, Virginia. A radio controlled boat used as a target for three-inch gun crews. The boat is guided by wireless from the shore. A man operates the controls. Several men stand in a group. They fire guns. (World War II period).

Date: 1941, May 13
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053971
The important role of taxes throughout the history of mankind and the United States.

A film titled 'Since The Beginning Of Time' based on the Internal Revenue Service Agency of United States. Animation depicts prehistoric times when humans were attacked by animals in jungle. Members of a family being attacked by a dinosaur as they leave an unprotected cave. Shows how one member of family stays back to protect the cave from animals while other members of family go out for food and hunting. When other members of family arrive from hunting they give their share to the member who stayed back in cave and could not go out for hunting. Animation depicts modern men. American ships supplied by taxes during wartime.

Date: 1953
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074555
Peacetime activities and contributions by the U.S. Army in the United States.

Scenes from Army Day on April 6, 1934. Secretary of War George Henry Dern, in broadcast to the nation about importance of the Army, in peacetime. Brief glimpses of the Yellowstone River lower falls and Old Faithful and Beehive geysers erupting in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. View amongst log buildings in Reproduction of Army Fort Dearborn, at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. A pioneer wagon; Native American Indians in ceremonial regalia; antique locomotives and trains at the Exposition. Army General Leonard Wood being sworn in as the Governor General of the Philippines. Closeup of General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, America's highest ranking Military officer. Headquarters of Walter Reed Army hospital, in Washington, DC, named for U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, who confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito. Acting on this, the U.S. was able to complete the Panama Canal. View of French dredging equipment sitting idle in the water after Yellow Fever prevented them from completing the canal. Closeup of U.S. Army General William C. Gorgas, who, in 1904, headed the Sanitary Department that controlled mosquitoes and eradicated Yellow Fever, so the canal could be finished. View of a cayman in swamp near the canal. Photograph of George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer credited with making the canal happen. Explosives employed in canal construction. Earth and rocks being loaded into open rail cars. A steamship transiting the Panama Canal. The Washington Monument; U.S. Library of Congress; and the Lincoln Memorial, cited as examples of accomplishments by U.S. Army engineers. The Wilson Dam, under construction by Army engineers, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and system of levees being built to control the Mississippi River. The raging Mississippi River during 1927 flood. Flood victims being assisted by U.S. Army soldiers, at a tent camp, receiving food and clothing. An Army airplane flying over a forest fire. Army personnel supervising men in the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Mail being loaded aboard an Army airplane, as airmail service is being opened between Washington DC and New York City. President Woodrow Wilson talking with Army pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet. Mail being loaded into the nose of an airplane. U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser airplanes in flight, returning from their trip around the world in 1924. A pilot sitting in front seat of a Douglas O-38 airplane, pulls a fabric hood over his cockpit to practice "blind flying". View of the aircraft in flight, with instructor pilot in the open rear cockpit. Army aviators taking a camera and a rifle aboard their airplane as they prepare to leave on an aerial mapping flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City. Army Signal Corps personnel working on communications devices. A cable laying ship operating at sea, in support of the U.S. Army's Alaskan cable and telegraph system. Men loading chemicals into hoppers on Army crop dusting airplane. Several views of Army airplanes crop dusting. Glimpse of boll weevil, the target of their efforts. Closeup of Karl Connell, who as a major in the AEF, in World War I, invented a superior gas mask known as the “Connell” or “Victory” mask. A group of miners wearing gas masks enter a smoky mine entrance. The Army invented tear gas, which is shown being used to thwart a bank robbery, in a staged demonstration. Brigadier General Hugh Johnson, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt, as head of the Great Depression era National Recovery Administration, or NRA, is seen about to give a speech. Narrator cites him as an example of U.S. Army officers who also serve the country in civilian life. Scene shifts to cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Date: 1934
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062506
United States Army engineers display a new mechanized mine layer at fort Belvoir, Virginia.

A new mechanized mine layer being used at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. United States Army engineers display an automatic mine layer which digs the divot. Man works on a mine and mine being planted automatically. Earth being replaced over the mine by a bulldozer.

Date: 1957, October 7
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042903
Italian General Giuseppe Pizzorno examines military equipment and bridge building demonstration at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. Artillery is fired to salute. Soldiers stand at attention. Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno reviews troops and gets into a car of 'Military Police'. Two men in a tank in the background. Sign: 'HQ Engineer Officer Candidate School'. General Pizzorno examines various military equipment. He inspects commemorative plaque. He observes a bridge building demonstration. Engineers work to construct a floating bridge. General Pizzorno in an informal discussion with U.S. officers.

Date: 1953, June 23
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071162