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U.S. Army training of Nicaraguan Contras forces at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States

Nicaraguan Contras soldiers arriving at Fort Benning Georgia in the United States to receive military and combat education from the U.S. Army in their fight against the Sandanista government of Nicaragua. Plane arrives carrying the Contra soldiers. The soldiers come out of an airplane. They move in a row inside a building at Fort Benning and get seated. A U.S. Army officer, Colonel Bobby J. Harris, speaks to the soldiers about their training. Training includes combat skills and leadership qualities. Views of the Contras marching on a field during the training. They practice shooting machine guns.

Date: 1983
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031644
United States Army in War practice at Fort Benning in Georgia.

A large number of Pre-World War II tanks moving across field in Fort Benning in Georgia. Several explosions in the field, two soldiers can be seen in foxhole. U.S. Army M2 Light Tanks enter enemy sector during a war practice at Fort Benning, tanks moving across field into and out of a gully, through woods, knocking down several small trees. Soldiers move across pontoon bridge on river to other side of river. A group of soldiers fire 75mm field artillery pieces set up in trees beside the road. Tracer bullets traveling across field and crews operate machine guns during night time.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032863
Modernization of the cities of Southwest region of the United States in the early 1940s.

Animation shows six cities in South Western region of the United States. These are the cities with more population. The cities are Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ft Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Modernization of the cities. Views of Main Street in Fort Worth Texas, with shops and traffic. Views of Main St in Ft. Worth facing both south and north, with the north facing view showing the Tarrant County Courthouse building and its clock tower in the distance. Business signs include Goldstein Bros Jewelry, Olenn Bros Furniture Company, Imperial Hotel, North Music, and other hotels and jewelry stores. Cars pass on the street. People walk on the street. Workers clearing brush from land to turn it into farm land. A farm in the area. Women herding sheep. Ruins of an old fort or of old native American Indian buildings in a desert area. Cattle graze on a field. An industrial factory or farming facility. The Alamo site building in San Antonio, Texas. View again of downtown Forth Worth, Texas.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028178
Paratroopers jump from an aircraft and descend during a training at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States.

Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Trainee paratroopers train at Fort Benning. They undergo obstacle courses. The paratroopers don equipment. Captain Lilyman as an officer speaks to the trainees. Aircraft in flight. The paratroopers aboard an airborne airplane. View from chest mounted camera of a paratrooper with a cigar in his mouth as he descends, smiling, toward the ground with his parachute open. The paratroopers drop from the airplane with parachutes and descend.

Date: 1944, July 31
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059240
U.S. Army infantrymen learn to fire rifles, repair vehicles and communicate during a training at Fort Benning in Georgia,US.

Training of U.S. Army infantrymen at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. Infantrymen run on a field during their physical training. They are vaccinated. They give measurements for their uniform. An officer instructs them in a classroom. They learn to use rifles and other weapons. They study theory to be applied in field. They learn techniques of communication and vehicle repair. After maneuvers the infantrymen advance in a battlefield and fire artillery.

Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073599
Driving into downtown Atlanta, Georgia along Irvine St. and Houston St.

View from moving car traveling down Irvine Ave in Fourth Ward towards downtown Atlanta. A road as seen from a moving car as it approaches intersection of Irvine St. and Fort St. NE. Bridge abutments for Interstate 85 under construction seen in background. View shifts to buildings in downtown Atlanta along Houston St. (now John Wesley Dobbs Avenue.) A sign reads “Dunlop Tires”. Hotel Hampton, Pathway Bookstore and Avon Hotel are seen on the left side of the street while The Candler Building and The Rhodes-Haverty Building are in background. The English-American Building, commonly referenced as the Flatiron Building (84 Peachtree St, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA), in downtown Atlanta. Two taxis follow a truck as they turn onto Luckie St NW. Taxi rear advertisement reads “Visit Lake Spivey”.

Date: 1960, May 24
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079736