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Air Sea Rescue operation for U.S. 8th Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in European Theater during World War II.

A dramatization detailing ASR (Air Sea Rescue) of U.S. 8th Air Forces crew members in European Theater during World War II. Rescue aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt fighters take off from English airfield. Airborne time is imposed on status board in control room by an officer. Same procedure is followed for PBY Catalina flying boat as it taxis and takes off from runway. Officer over phone notifies ASR. Planes head for their prearranged patrol points. High speed launchers and motorboats of Royal Navy underway. Shows U.S. 8th Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress going down on water after being hit. Pilot contacts ASR in England and speaks about ditching of B-17. Fixer station located on the English coast. Electronic Position Indicator (EPI) antenna mast used in Bering Sea operations and antenna receiving bearings on B-17. Door sign reads Triangulation Room. Officers in room plot the bearings on B-17 on a circular map. Last position of B-17 is determined by the triangulation process. ASR controller giving out ditching position on radio to crew member of PBY Catalina. PBY Catalina flies low over water. Crew members of B-17 on raft underway. PBY Catalina overhead. PBY lands on water for rescue of B-17 crews. PBY takes off after the crew boards the plane. Rescue operation for another 8th Air Force plane shows a plane descending over water. Parachute descends over water.

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061610
German gun crew fires camouflaged antiaircraft gun in European Theater during World War II.

German Air Force maintains sharp lookout on German-French border during World War II. German soldiers look through binoculars. German aircraft parked under camouflage. (A small dog stands by aircraft.). German gun crew rotates a camouflaged antiaircraft gun and elevates its barrel. Views of downed French aircraft in woods. Germans spraying water on the wreckage.

Date: 1940
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074052
Norwegian troops are inspected by Vidkun Quisling and German officers in the European Theater during World War II.

Norwegian troops in the European Theater during World War II. Minister President of Norway Vidkun Quisling and German officers inspect the troops. A statue in the background. Buildings in the background. Vichy French troops march. They entrain in Marseilles, France. They meet their loved ones and board trains. They bid good bye as the trains leave the station.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675065448
Allied prisoners eat, dance and relax at a prison camp in the European Theater during World War I.

Allied prisoners in the European Theater during World War I. Prisoners at a Central Powers' prison camp. British and French prisoners relax and eat at the camp. A Russian prisoner smiles as another raises his hat. Two men talk and shake hands. Food being served to the prisoners. The prisoners dance for recreation as others look on. A group of Allied prisoners march in France.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066061
French volunteers, Latvian volunteers and Lithuanian volunteers march to station in European Theater (WW2)

Parade on a street in Norway during World War II. Formation of Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling and Nazi German officials walking along the lined Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling salutes the flag. French Volunteers lined up in Versailles, France. Volunteers march to railroad station. Volunteers bid farewell to girls and board train. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers march to station. They bid farewell to their families. They board train and wave goodbye.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053938
U.S. Engineers work to construct supply routes throughout the world during World War II.

PBY Catalina aircraft seen inflight above an Allied convoy of ships at sea. Closeup of British flag displayed at stern of one ship. A destroyer escort in the convoy. U.S. Army engineers creating a road in an area of wilderness. A steam shovel empties its bucket into a truck. A surveyor taking readings with a transit. Two graders moving side-by side as they level a new road A tractor pulling a drum compactor. A vehicle drives on a mountainside road built by Army engineers. Snow covered mountains seen in background. Animated map showing far flung places where military supplies had to be delivered during World War 2. An open Army truck carrying American troops on Guadalcanal in the Pacific. U.S. soldiers walking on a pier at Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. American soldiers arriving at a pier in Accra, Gold Coast. Soldiers hold the American flag on a hilltop in Casablanca, French Morocco. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, in Chungking. American troops in foul weather gear neat tents in Kiska, the Aleutians. Troops offloading from a troop transport ship in Cairo, Egypt. Troops in Algiers, and in Sicily. Troops hitting the beach in an amphibious assault.

Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075784